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BiomassBioprocess & Controlled Environments

Senior ManagementJoe GangiManaging Director Bioprocess & Controlled Environments, Australia and South East Asia

Darren GreenTechnical Director Bioprocess & Controlled Environments, Australia and South East Asia

Frederic JeunetGeneral Manager Bioprocess & Controlled Environments, Australia

Nenad FirezBusiness Development Manager, Bioprocess & Controlled Environments, Australia

Tel: +61 (0) 400 495 885 Email: [email protected]

ContentsCompany overview 1

Beyond Zero 2

Services 3

Project delivery 3

Engineering 4

Procurement and construction management - EPCM 5

Commissioning services 5

Operation support 5

Biomass capability 7

Relevant experience 9

Clients 9

Charter Street Biomass Conversion Project 10

New Recovery Boiler and Turbine Generator 11

600 tpd Waste-to-energy facility expansion 12

Wood-fired cogeneration Plant - Kvaerner 13

Wood-fired cogeneration Plant 13

Waste-to-energy Facility Modification 15

Other selected project history 16

Company overview

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AMEC is a focused supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to its customers in the world’s oil and gas, minerals and metals, clean energy, environment and infrastructure markets. AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers.

AMEC’s businesses employ over 29,000 people in more than 40 countries globally. AMEC shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange. The company has a strong reputation for operational excellence, and combining global excellence with local delivery.

In 2011, AMEC and Zektin Engineering combined strengths to improve delivery for our customers by offering combined expertise, wider global coverage and increased scale within the bioprocess and controlled environment sectors within Australia and South East Asia.

AMEC’s Bioprocess & Controlled Environments (BCE) business operates from Australia and China and services a wide variety of related industries:

Bioprocess

• Biotechnology and pharmaceutical

• Laboratories and research facilities

• Food and beverage

• Biofuels

Renewables

• Biomass / Bioenergy

• Solar

• Wind

Industrial / Commercial

• Advanced manufacturing / Heavy industrial

• Waste treatment and emissions control

• Energy efficiency and optimisation

Government services / Defence.

AMEC’s global locations

AMEC’s BCE Australian locations

AMEC’s BCE project locations

AMEC’s vision is to achieve sustainable, world class Health, Safety, Security and Environmental (HSSE) performance excellence throughout our global operations.

The AMEC Beyond Zero program aims to create an HSSE culture where strong leadership, personal responsibility and an unyielding commitment to excellence are cornerstones of how we conduct our business. We consistently take HSSE performance beyond the work place and out into the wider community.

Engagement at various levels within the organisation provides an opportunity to influence safety behaviour and create a culture of HSSE commitment greater than self-interest. AMEC has developed engagement tools to support this process, taking our HSSE performance ‘Beyond Zero’.

Beyond Zero

I believe real leadership can only be demonstrated by setting personal standards that capture the hearts and minds of our people, thereby encouraging the right attitudes and behaviours throughout the organisation.’’Neil Bruce, Chief Operating Officer AMEC Natural Resources

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ServicesProject delivery

Ensuring the design solutions meet the project and compliance requirements.”

AMEC’s project delivery is based on a proven gate system that ensures the deliverables are appropriate to the relevant project phase. This system is well aligned with our clients’ requirements for funding approvals and improves our clients’ risk management profile due to our experience with and understanding of all phases of asset life cycles. This knowledge enables our clients to achieve their business objectives by confidently making decisions that provide optimal solutions for profit and sustainability.

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Engineering

AMEC offers a multi-disciplined engineering design team, which includes Mechanical, Chemical, Process, Electrical, Instrumentation and Automation Engineers, and associated drafting support.

Our engineers are skilled in providing design in compliance with a wide range of regulatory bodies and codes, relevant to our industries of specialisation.

Complimentary to our engineering team is our in-house Architecture group who provide all additional building design and permitting requirements.

The knowledge base gained from our widely varying range of speciality projects brings to our clients a source of design solutions that provide innovative and cost effective outcomes.

Our aim is to fully understand our clients’ scope, cost, time and quality requirements, and ensure that our assigned personnel have the experience and resources necessary to exceed our clients’ expectations. Our focus is to deliver a fully coordinated, process driven design with strong emphasis on compliance and safety.

AMEC’s scope of services span the entire asset life cycle from Phase 1 (Feasibility Study) through to Phase 5 (Operation).

We utilise best industry practices in all areas of our business, providing the following service range to our clients:

Project management (incl. capital cost estimation, cost control and planning)

Field development strategies and planning

Feasibility and conceptual studies

Front end engineering design (FEED)

Process / production modelling

Project risk analysis

Energy efficiency audits and solutions

HAZOP Studies, SIL reviews & safety management studies

3D Plant and facility modelling

Infrastructure planning

Detailed design

EPCM services.

Phase 1

Feasibility study

� User brief � Concept options � Feasibility analysis � Modelling � Execution strategy � Value assessment � Business case analysis.

Phase 2

Concept design

� User Requirements Specification

� Concept design � Design criteria � Site selection � Cost planning � HAZOP 1.

Phase 3

Feed

� Functional specification

� FEED Documentation

� Design basis � Planning / permitting

� Cost estimating � HAZOP 2 � Risk assessments / safety reviews

� Value engineering.

Phase 4

Detailed design / tender / execution

� Design specification � Detailed design documentation

� Authorities approval � Cost estimating � HAZOP 3 � Risk assessments / safety reviews

� Tender evaluation / review � Construction supervision / assistance

� FAT / SAT � Commissioning.

Phase 5

Operations

� Operational assistance

� Process optimisation

� SOP’s � O&M manuals � Value assessment

Engineering delivery model

Operation support

AMEC is experienced in plant operation, maintenance and development of operational documentation.

�Development of standard operating procedures

�Development of maintenance procedures

�Preventative maintenance program establishment

�Operator training

�Operations advice

�Operational optimisation assessments

�De-bottlenecking studies

�Hazard identification and rectification.

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Procurement and construction management - EPCM

AMEC offers the following procurement and construction management services individually or as an EPCM contractor:

Procurement management

�Identification and approval of suitable contractors

�Development of tender packages and contract conditions

�Assessment and analysis of tender submissions

�Recommendation of tender offers

�Preparation of orders

�Expediting

�Assessment and approval of vendor data

�Inspections.

These tasks can be carried out using AMEC’s proven systems or tailored to our clients’ preferred or existing systems.

Construction management

Construction management can be executed on behalf of our clients, or individual discipline support can be provided where appropriate, and can be in conjunction with client representatives or other service providers.

�Assistance during construction

�Site supervision

�Site management

�Contract management.

Commissioning services

AMEC is widely experienced in the start up and commissioning of complex technical facilities and process systems.

Our inherent understanding of the way things work brings a thorough approach to commissioning, with the use of job specific methods and procedures, delivering safe and incident free start-up. This provides a high degree of confidence for plant operation and validation in highly regulated project environments.

Our commissioning services experience includes:

�Preparation of inspection and test plans

�Preparation of commissioning plans

�Preparation of commissioning procedures

�Commissioning management and direct supervision

�Plant start up and performance testing

�Commissioning documentation compilation.

AMEC is experienced in plant operation and development of documentation, for operations and ongoing compliance.”

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Biomass capabilityAMEC works with utilities, independent power producers, and process industry clients to develop biomass energy applications in biopower and biofuels. Wood is still the largest biomass energy resource today, and AMEC’s experience with wood handling, storage and conveyance dates back nearly a century. The company’s experience as a leading provider to the world’s forest industry has established an impressive project portfolio of power plants using biomass feedstocks such as wood, paper mill residue, municipal solid waste and agricultural products.

AMEC is a full-service provider - from planning, initial design, permitting and licensing through to construction and long-term asset support – we help develop the best solution for your project.

Our core competencies in services are:

Engineering

�Simple and combined cycle plant design

�Alternative energy facility design

�Biomass system design

�Cogeneration and industrial power plant design

�Air Quality Control System (AQCS) design

�Strategic planning and market assessments

�Feasibility studies

�Owner’s engineer

�Power costing studies

�Process development

�Geotechnical engineering

�Environmental services

�Thermal cycle analysis

�Procurement

�Project management

�Multidiscipline engineering.

Construction

�Plant start-up and commissioning

�Operator training

�Material management

�Constructability reviews

�Construction management.

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Relevant experienceClients

�Alstom

�APS

�Babcock Power Inc.

�Basin Electric Power Cooperative

�Black Hills Energy

�Chevron

�Dominion

�East Kentucky Power Cooperative

�EG

�Energie NB Power

�EPCOR

�ExxonMobil

�Kvaerner EnviroPower

�Mirant

�Mitsubishi Power Systems

�MPU

�NV Energy

�Old Dominion Electric Cooperative

�Ontario Power Generation

�Progress Energy

�RWE

�Santee Cooper

�SEC&G A Scana Company

�Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc.

�Shell

�Siemens

�Southern Company

�TECO Tampa Electric

�TransAlta

�TVA

�Veolia Environnement

�University of Wisconsin

�Xcel Energy.

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Charter Street Biomass Conversion Project | University of Wisconsin

Project description Boldt-AMEC will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the installation of a new biomass boiler that is capable of burning 100 percent biomass, natural gas, or ultra-low sulphur distillate; as well as two new gas and ultra-low sulphur distillate fired package boilers to replace the existing coalfired units.

Scope of Work

�Upgrade of existing gas-fired boiler, existing plant infrastructure and facilities, plant control systems and rail delivery system

�Addition of 2 ea. 225,000 lb/hr package boilers

�Addition of 350,000 lb/hr biomass boiler and associated air pollution control and material handling systems

�Addition of a new 22 MW steam-driven turbine generator, and associated electrical work

�Balance of plant and ancillary equipment

�New bike path

�New distributed control system (DCS).

Project Highlights

The upgrades will significantly reduce emissions at the facility, while significantly increasing steam and electrical generating capacity.

The facility will be able to burn biomass fuel up to 250,000 tpy. Plant efficiency is expected to be improved by 5 to 10 percent.

New Recovery Boiler and Turbine Generator | Packaging Corporation of America (PCA)

Project description PCA is the fifth largest producer of containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the United States with sales of $2.4 billion in 2008. PCA operates four paper mills and 68 corrugated product plants in 26 states across the country.

The Valdosta project will reduce fuel and electricity purchases at the mill by 75%. The plants efficiency improvements include a new recovery boiler and turbine generator and upgrades to the paper machine dryer. AMEC’s scope includes engineering design, procurement services and construction.

Scope of Work

�New 624,000 lb/hr, 1500 psig high efficiency recovery boiler to replace three existing recovery boilers

�New 52 MW double extraction, condensing steam turbine generator

�New high solids black liquor concentrator

�Demineralizers for boiler water treatment equipment

�Installation in an existing, operating pulp mill.

Project Highlights

Mill will burn only internally generated, wood waste and black liquor and self-generate 100% of its electricity.

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600 tpd Waste-to-energy facility expansion | Veolia ES (Covanta)

Project description Veolia ES (now Covanta) waste-to-energy has experience in retrofitting and carrying out modifications to existing facilities with minimum interruption to incoming waste flows. This expertise enables communities to maintain continuous services to their residents while preserving their investment. When the time came to expand the York County facility Veolia contracted AMEC to execute the detailed design.

Scope of Work

�AMEC was contracted to provide detailed engineering, ground fault study, and a coordination study for the 600 t/d waste-to-energy facility expansion. This project included a new boiler/grate (horizontal unit), APC, 25 MW turbine generator, deaerator, cooling tower, demineralizer, condenser, step-up transformer, MCC’s, new chemical feed system, and DCS.

�Expansion of existing plant includes: tipping floor, refuse crane, stack modification w/new flue, boiler feed water pumps, ash handling system and all misc. pumps and equipment associated with the new plant requirements.

�State-of-the-Art APC includes a semi-dry absorber, lime slaker/storage, activated carbon storage/injection system, a baghouse, SNCR and heat recovery.

When I initially discussed this project with the AMEC office in Atlanta, I stated that if I ended up as the Project Manager for one or more of these projects, I couldn’t imagine a more suitably qualified or better engineering team than AMEC, both based on my personal experience with the Atlanta group and by the reputation of the Vancouver group.”

Leo Lakowski, VP Engineering Veolia Environmental Services

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Wood-fired Cogeneration Plant | Kvaerner EnviroPower

Project description The Brooklyn Energy Centre supplies 24 MW of electric power to Nova Scotia Power and 150,000 lbs/hour of process steam to nearby Bowater Mersey Paper Company. The plant burns wood waste in a bubbling fluidized bed boiler and three stages of feedwater heating are employed to increase cycle efficiency. The plant is also equipped with two heavy oil-fired package boilers to deliver as much as 325,000 lbs/hour of process steam in a standby mode.

Scope of Work

�AMEC designed the facility using its 3-D modelling system (PASCE). This allowed the complex facility, consisting of intricate piping and ductwork, to be fit into an optimal building size with reduced interferences during construction.

�The control system was staged and tested in AMEC’s Atlanta office prior to shipment to the site, resulting in a smoother, more trouble-free start-up. AMEC also provided electrical design coordination of the plantutility interface, including step-up transformer design, short circuit, load flow analysis and protective relaying design.

Project Highlights

3-D PASCE modelling reduced design, routing and installation errors through interference checks.

Extensive power experience of the design team produced a quality plant design at a minimum cost.

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Wood-fired Cogeneration Plant | Biomass Gas & Electric

Project description AMEC worked with Biomass Gas and Electric (BG&E) to integrate the FERCo Silva Gas Gasification Process into both a Rankine and Combined Cycle Power Plant. The FERCo Silva Gas gasification process gasifiers biomass by volatilizing the biomass in the absence of oxygen, to produce a medium BTU gas.

Scope of Work

�AMEC provided conceptual process and balance of plant engineering to integrate this process into power plants. GateCycle software was used to perform cycle design; heat exchangers were sized to reduce sensible heat in the flue gas and syngas. This heat was combined and optimized with heat produced in a fired boiler, firing syngas, to produce an efficient power plant.

�In addition, the process was also conceptually engineered to feed a gas turbine, exhausting into a HRSG and producing steam for a steam turbine generator, resulting in a high efficiency combined cycle power plant.

�AMEC’s work included the conceptual engineering of all process, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and controls, civil, and environmental aspects of the plant. A capital cost of the project was produced.

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Waste-to-energy Facility Modification | Veolia ES (Covanta)

Project description Veolia ES (now Covanta) waste-to-energy has experience in retrofitting and carrying out modifications to existing facilities with minimum interruption to incoming waste flows. This expertise enables communities to maintain continuous services to their residents while preserving their investment. When the time came to make improvements to the Pinellas, FL facility they called on AMEC to execute the project management and engineering for the rebuild and maintenance upgrades.

Scope of Work

�AMEC provided project management and engineering services for upgrades to 3 waste energy boilers. Work included boiler retubing, ash system redesigns, stoker casing and hopper redesign and miscellaneous BOP system upgrades. Performed detail design on Boilers 1 and 2, and repaired 60 MW generator.

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Other selected project history

Client Description of services

University of Wisconsin,Madison, WI, CharterStreet BiomassConversion Project

Boldt-AMEC will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the installation of a new biomass boiler that is capable of burning 100 percent biomass, natural gas, or ultra-low sulphur distillate; as well as two new gags and ultra-low sulphur distillate fired package boilers to replace the existing coal-fired units.

PCA, Valdosta, GANew Recovery Boiler, evaporators and 40 MWTurbine Generator

EPC contract for the design and installation of a new recovery boiler, evaporators and 40MW turbine generator. The project is intended to significantly reduce manufacturing costs as well as reduce the potential impact of escalating fuel and electricity costs. Work is expected to be completed by the end of 2011, The mill will burn only internally-generated wood waste and black liquor in its boilers and will self-generate 100% of its electricity requirements.

American FiberResources, L.P.,Fairmont, WV FairmontWVA Greenfield DeinkedRecycle

Performed modifications to American Fiber Resource Fairmont, WVA mill for optimization of processes, primarily in the pulping area and storage conveyor systems. AMEC also provided assistance in various maintenance routines as well as scheduling and execution of numerous mill outages.

Aracruz Cellulose,Aracruz, Aracruz BrazilBleach and White LiquorPlant

AMEC provided complete Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) services for the installation of a new recovery boiler, bleach and white liquor plant in Aracruz, Brazil. The work was executed through local Brazilian contractors. In addition, AMEC provided technical training for the crafts and project control system training for the contractors.

Aracruz Cellulose,Aracruz, BR RecoveryBoiler Installation

Construction management services for a new Ahlstrom 4.5 million lbs/d recovery boiler. Project scope included managing the welding process, welding control, non-destructive testing and documentation. AMEC was the liaison between the fabricator and Ahlstrom.

Boise Paper Solutions,Wallula, WA ProjectManagement for #3 RB

AMEC managed the construction of the # 3 boiler re build modifications to an existing 400,000 lb/hr C-E process recovery boiler firing kraft black liquor (2.8 MM LbDs/day). Scope included all demo and installation of lower furnace walls, auxiliary burner systems, three level air systems, fans, superheaters, generating bank, low-odor economizer, casing, duct work, main steam piping, feedwater piping, sootblowers, structural steel revisions, electrical and instrumentation.

Bowater, Calhoun,TN Recovery BoilerInstallation

AMEC was the EPC contractor for the construction for a new 2,500 tpd recovery boiler and 6-effect evaporator including all civil, pipping, equipment and boiler erection, electrical and instrumentation.

Boiler / Steam Turbine (EPC & construction)

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Bowater, Catawba, SCNo. 3 Recovery BoilerUpgrade

AMEC performed the capacity/environmental upgrade for boiler modifications to existing 450,000 #/hr B&W process recovery boiler firing kraft black liquor (3M#’s ds/d). Scope included all demo and installation including secondary airport wall panel openings, secondary velocity airports, windbox modifications, drum/header drilling, supply/riser piping circuitry additions, complete drum internals, feedwater airheater and piping.

Bowater, ThunderBay, ON Thunder BayRecovery Boiler

General Contractor for the installation of a 680,000 #/hr process recovery boiler, firing black liquor (4.5 #’s ds/d), at Bowater’s Catawba, SCC mill. Scope included erecting the structural steel, steam drum, furnance, generating bank, economizer, superheaters, piping, pumps, fans, forced air systems, windboxes, burners, casing, flues, sootblowers, concentrators, insulation and lagging. Achieved a Safety Total Incident Rate (TIR) of 2.00; and the Lost Time Ratio (LTR) was 0.000. Erection of the boiler commenced in October 2000; the hydro was completed on-time at the end of February 2001. Ann early finish was reported for the first gas fire and first liquor fire.

Champion, RoanokeRapids, NC No. 7Recovery BoilerInstallation

AMEC installed the Ahlstrom designed pressure parts and equipment into Champion’s existing No. 7 Babcock & Wilcox of process recovery boiler. Scope included demolition all old equipment and installation of new support steel, lower furnace wall panels, buckstays, floor panels, smelt spouts, downcomers, supplies, load burner wallpanels, screen, superheaters, headers, crossover piping, sweetwater condenser, feedwater piping, risers, main steam piping, windboxes, tertiary fan, three level FD ducting, burners, sootblowers, piping, instrumentation, electrical, insulation and lagging.

Domtar, Lebel-sur-Que’villion, Lebel-sur-Que’villion RecoveryBoiler

Major shutdown work - upgrade of thee recovery boiler system.

Donohue Matane, Inc.,Clermont, PQ ClermontBubbling Bed BoilerInstall

Supply and install bubbling bed boiler.

Foster Wheeler EnergyServices, Inc., PowellRiver, BC Powell RiverInstall

BFB Power Boiler #19 erection.

Gaylord Container,Bogalusa, LA RecoveryBoiler Repairs

AMEC installed a new Kvaerner economizer in customer’s existing # 20 Babcock & Wilcox process recovery boiler. Scope included all demo and installation of new support steel modifications, feedwater pipping, economizer modules, casing, insulation and lagging.

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Georgia-Pacific, NewAugusta, MS NewAugusta Millwide Outage

Provide craft labor in mechanical, piping, rigging, structural, boilermaking, welding, safety, quality as well as site supervision / project management for millwide outage in February 2001.

Georgia--Pacific, PortHudson, LA Port HudsonRecovery Boiler Upgrade

Scope and Estimate study for a 5.2 million lb/day dry black liquor solids chemical recovery boiler and evaporator island. Scope later expanded to include construction phase. Demolition off old boiler pressure parts, top support steel, duct work, casing, and sootblowers, and the installation of new boiler components supplied by Georgia-Pacific. Scope included installation of forced draft system, partial furnace walls, complete screens, superheaters, furnace roof panels, steam drum, generating bank, economizers, casing, outlet flues, backstays, soootblowers, interconnecting pipping, penthouse, main steam outlet pipping, insulation and lagging. Construction was completed two days ahead of schedule during a 34-dayy shutdown.

International Paper,Georgetown, SC B&WPower and RecoveryBoiler

Rebuild of two Babcock & Wilcox power boilers and one Babcock && Wilcox recovery boiler. Recovery work included replacement of both sidewalls, new panels, ID scrubber ducting and general maintenance.

International Paper,Savannah, GA SavannahRecovery Boiler Rebuild

No. 14 Recovery Boiler Rebuild: Partial demolition of existing 20-yeear-old boiler and replacement with Ahlstrom Economizer, generating bank, superheater and screen.

Kimberly -Clark, CoosaPines, AL, Coosa PinesRecovery Boiler Upgrade

Rebuild of #3 Recovery Boiler including demolition and installing new lower furnace, load burners, generating bank, instrumentation and electrical.

Kimberly-Clark, Mobile,AL Recovery Boiler

Mechanical erection of new 2.5 million lbs/day recovery boiler and auxiliary equipment.

MacMillan Bloedel,Powell River, BC PowellRiver BFB Boiler

Erect new Bubbling Fluidized Bed boiler.

MeadWestvacoCorporation, Covington,VA New WoodyardExpansion

General contract for woodyard expansion project. Scope of work included new stacker reclaimer system, truck dumpers, rail car unloading, screens, chip thickness screening system and new building, new conveyors and new electrical distribution. AMEC was responsible for all field construction, construction management, procurement, tie-ins and start-up assistance.

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Nova Scotia Power,Point Aconi, N S PointAconi 165 MW CFBSteam

Erected a CFB steam generator of 16 5 MW in Cape Breton. Pyropower supplied the process design, system engineering, commissioning and start-up for the power boiler. AMEC’s scope included handling, welding and erection of all boiler components, as well as installation of the coal, limestone and ash handling systems and all other auxiliary equipment and piping systems. AMEC worked closely with the construction manager and Pyropower to develop the overall construction plan and meet all the project milestones and quality requirements.

P.H. Glatfelter, SpringGrove, KY Spring GroveRecovery Boiler

Turnkey proposal for a 2.67 million lb//day dry black liquor solids chemical recovery boiler and concentrator.

Riverwood International,Macon, GA RecoveryBoiler Installation

EPC General Contractor for a Recovery boiler erection. Project included construction of foundations, steel erection, tube welding, pressure part welding and electrical and instrumentation.

Smurfit-Stone ContainerCorporation, PanamaCity, FL Panama CityWoodyard

General contractor for grass roots, Kone Wood, turnkey woodyard installation. The project included new roundwood line, chipping, transfer tower and conveyors, screening, hardwood & softwood stacker reclaimer, purchased chips area, bark system and control building.

Temple-Inland, Silsbee,TX No. 3 Recovery BoilerRebuild

No. 3 Recovery Boiler Rebuild: Demolition of existing 26-year-old C.E. Recovery boiler and installation of new single drum Ahlstrom recovery boiler on customer’s existing boiler support steel.

Temple-Inland, Silsbee,TX No. 4 Recovery BoilerRebuild

Complete rebuild of #4 Recovery Boilers. Included all demolition, boiler erection and piping. The existing CE Drum remained; the balance of the system was replaced.

U.S. Alliance, CoosaPines, AL #3 RecoveryBoiler Upgrade

AMEC installed new Ahlstrom designed pressure parts and equipment into customer’s existing No. 3 C-E process recovery boiler. Scope included demolition of all old equipment and installation of new support steel, lower furnace wall panels, floor panels, backstays, smelt spouts, supplies, load burner panels, generating bank, panel inserts, sootblowers, pi ping, tertiary fan, three level ducting, windboxes, auto port rodders, burners, instrumentation, electrical, insulation and lagging.

University of Georgia at Athens, At hens,GA UGA steam plant modifications

EPC installation of a Boiler Steam Header and related steam condensate piping system at the University’s Central Steam Plant. The work included purchase of required equipment and materials; demolition of existing steam header system and support structure; installation of the replacement steam header, foundations and structure; and installation of all piping, equipment and electrical. Work was performed to a tight schedule to ensure completion prior to school starting again in the fall.

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Weyerhaeuser Canada,Prince Albert, SK –Wood Waste/Low OdorCM and MP Install

Construction management contract for a wood waste/low odor upgrade at their Prince Albert Saskatchewan mill. The project scope included installation of a new recovery boiler; conversion of an existing recovery boiler into a fluidized bubbling bed boiler and installation of precipitators, concentrators, a turbine generator and a wood handling system. AMEC self performed all mechanical and piping work and the balance of plant work.

WeyerhaeuserCorporation, Inc.,Hawesville, KY Ahlstrom2.7M lbs/day RecoveryBoiler

AMEC installed a new 430,000 lb/hr Ahlstrom process recovery boiler firing kraft black liquor (2.7 MM LbDs/day). Scope included erecting the structural support steel, steam drum (75 tons), furnace, generating bank, economizer, superheaters, feedwater piping, down comers, risers/supplies, main steam piping, windboxes, burners, forced draft air ducting, fans, casing, backstays, flues, sootblowers, sweetwater condenser, interconnecting pipping.

WeyerhaeuserCorporation, Inc.,Kingsport, TN No.2 Recovery BoilerInstallation

AMEC was the prime contractor for the erection of a new Kvaerner recovery boiler purchased by Willamette Industries. AMEC’s scope was the erection of thee furnace, generating bank, economizers, superheaters and all auxiliary equipment to the ASME limit. AMEC also installed the primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary and load burner forced air systems.

WeyerhaeuserCorporation, Inc.,Valliant, OK 6.3M Lb//DBlack Liquor RecoveryBoiler

AMEC was contracted to erect an Andritz high pressure black liquor recovery boiler (6.3MLbs Steam/Hour at 1500 Psig) including waterwalls, superheaters, economizers, supports, interconnecting piping, casing, buckstays, primary air system, secondary air system, tertiary air system, load burners, start-up burners, airheaters.

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Client and locationRating (MW)

ManufacturerThrottle flow (lbs/hr)

Type Activity

Verso Paper CorpBucksport, Maine

24 Siemens 257,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

NewPage, PortHawkesbury, Canada

63 To be determined 476,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Confidential Client Power Various Various Woodwaste Preliminary Engineering, Cost Estimate

PCA Valdosta, Georgia 52 Mitsubishi 625,000 Double Automat Condensing tic

Engineering and Procure Construct

Verso Paper CorpQuinnesec, Michgan

28 Siemens 292,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Alberta-P Industry, Canada Pacific Forest Alberta,

32 Mitsubishi 506,000 LP Condensing Detail procurement engineering

BC Hydro Canada o, FtNelson

30 Shin Nippon 223,000 Double Admission Condensing

Detail procurement engineering

CMPC Celulosa Laja, Chile

80 To be determined 870,000 Extraction Condensing Definition engineering

CMPC Celulosa, Santa Fe, Chile

60 To be determined 570,000 Extraction Condensing Definition engineering

Nippon P Angeles, USAPaper, Port Washington

20 GE 225,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Owner’s engineer, balance of plant

Aserraderos Arauco SA,Aserradero Viñales, Chile

41 550,000 Combined Biomass and Fuel Oil N° 6 Boiler

Detail Engineering

CMPC Celulosa, Laja &Santa Fe, Chile

50 & 90 463,000 Recovery boiler and 50 MW generation 90 MW from Biomass Steam Boiler

Detail Engineering. Plant Modernization

Steam Turbines

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Type Activity

CMPC Tissue MexicoMexico

22,000 Burning sludge from effluent treatment plant

Detail Engineering

Confidential Client, South Carolina, USA

51 Mitsubishi 900,000 Backpressure Detail Engineering

ENCE, P Uruguay PuntaPereira

88 Siemens 738,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Basic Engineering

ENCE, P Uruguay Punta Pereira

88 Siemens 635,000 Extraction Backpressure Basic engineering

Tuffs cove, Nova ScotiaPower, Canada

50? Mitsubishi Single Admission Condensing

Detail Engineering

Paneles Arouco S.A.,Trupán-Cholguan, MDFMill. Chile

Biomass Steam Boiler Detail Engineering

Celulosa Arauco yConstitución, Los Horcones Pulp Mill;, Chile

30 550,000 Combined Biomass and Fuel Oil N°6 Boiler, 210 tph of steam @ 85 barg and 485ºC

Detail Engineering

Energía Verde S.A., Planta Viñales Constitución, Chile

35 300,000 Biomass Turbo generator, Grate and Fluidized Bed Combustor Boilers, 135 tph of steam @ 85 barg and 485°C

Detail Engineering Replacement of 2.4 MW and 8.7 MW by a 35. MW turbo generator

Smurfit Kappa Cartón deColombia, Cali, Colombia

21 Siemens 450,000 Double Extraction Backpressure

Basic

Columbian Chemical 15 GE 200,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

Celulosa Arauco yConstitución, Constitución,Pulp Mill, Chile

C Power Boiler Combustion Air

Mass balance

Celulosa Arauco yConstitución, Nueva PulpMill, Chile

2 x 60 1,413,000 Turbo Generators 64 1 tph steam from the recovery boiler

Detail Engineering

CMPC Celulosa, Pacífico,Chile

14.55 Steam Biomass Boiler, ESP Precipitators

Detail Engineering

CMPC Celulosa, Santa Fe, Chile

2 x 50 Siemens 1 x 705,000 / 1 x 595,000

Power Boiler and Steam Turbo Generators, Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering and assistance during construction

Celulosa Arauco yConstitución, Nueva Aldea Pulp Mill, Chile

35 507,000 Combined Biomass and Fuel Oil N° 6 Boiler, 210 tph of steam @ 85 barg and 485 ºC

Detail Engineering

Manitowoc Public Utility,Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA

70 Mitsubishi 700,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

Celulosa Arauco y,Constitución Valdivia, Pulp Mill, Chile

2 x 60 1,300,000 Biomas Turbo Generators, 500 tph steam @ 85 barg and 485 ºC from the recovery boiler and 90 tph from the fluidized boiler

Detail Engineering

CMPC Celulosa, Laja Chile

42 Alstom 838,000 Extraction Non condensing Detail Engineering

CMPC C Chile Celulosa,Pacíficco

40 Alstom 364,000 Extraction Condensing Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

CMPC Celulosa, ProfalProject, Chile

42 Biomass Boiler, ESP and Steam Turbine

Detail Engineering

Aracruz Celulosa, Aracruz, Brazil

50 Siemens Extraction Non condensing Procurement

Celulosa Arauco yConstitución, Licancel, Pulp Mill, Chile

30 Steam Turbine Generator Detail Engineering

Celulosa Arauco yConstitución, Alto Paraná, Pulp Mill, Misiones, Argentina

25 Biomass Steam Boiler Precipitator and Turbo Generator

Detail Engineering

Celulosa Arauco, yConstitución, Puerto Piray, Misiones Argentina

30 375,000 Biomass Steam Boiler, 170 tph of steam @ 82 barg and 485°C

Detail Engineering. Transformation of a recovery boiler into a fluidized bed boiler

IMC, Kalium,Saskatchhewan, Canada

20 GE 464,000 Non-condensing Procurement

Paneles Arauco S.A.,Cholguán MDF Mill, Chile

30 375,000 Combined Biomass and Fuel Oil N°6 Boiler, 150 tph of steam @ 82 barg and 485°C

Detail Engineering. Transformation of a recovery boiler into a fluidized bed boiler running on biomass

Weyerhaeuser, PrinceAlbert, SaskatchewanCanada

40 GE 661,000 Extraction Non condensing Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

Kimberly-Clark, Pictou,Nova Scotia, Canada

27 Dresser-Rand 470,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering Rebuild

Mobile Energy ServicesCompany Mobile, Alabama,USA

35 GE 250,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

Union Camp, Savannah,Georgia, USA

82 GE 1,250,000 Single Extraction Backpressure

Detail Engineering

Domtar Inc., Label-Sur-Quenvillion, Quebec,Canada

48 Asea Brown Boveri

702,000 Single Extraction Non condensing

Detail Engineering / EPC

Portside Energy SteelPortage, Energy, Midweergy Facility, Indiana, USA

19.5 GE 305,000 Controlled & Uncontrolled Extraction Non condensing

Detail Engineering

Potlatch Corporation,Cloquet, Minnesota, USA


500,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detali Engineering / Capital Cost Estimate

PT Kiani Kertas, EastKalimantan, Indonesia

63.2 (2 units)

Mitsubishi 650,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Owners’ Engineer

Celulosa Arauco yConstitucion, Arauco Pulp Mill, Chile

36 ABB 330,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering upgrade

Kimberly-Clark, Everett,Washington, USA


Detail Engineering

Kvaerner EnviroPower,Polsky Energy Center,Brooklyn, Nova Scotia,Canada

27 Dresser-Rand 310,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

International Paper, Selma, Alabama, USA

35 GE 600,000 Single Extraction Non condensing, Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Nicholls-Radtke, LakeSuperior Cogen Plant, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

25 GE 280,000 Single Extraction Admission Condensing

Detail Engineering

Outokumpu EcoEnergy,Whitecourt Power Ltd.,Whitecourt, AB, Canada

25.6 GE 220,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

Alberta-Pacific ForestIndustries, Alberta, Canada

2 x 35 Mitsubishi 723,,000 Single Extraction Non ondensing

Detail Engineering

Celgar Pulp Co., Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada

50 IMO 540,000 Single Extraction Non condensing

Detail Engineering

Dupont, Camden, SouthCarolina, USA Electric

18.8 GE 200,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

Georgia-Pacific, Palatka,Florida, USA

27 Dresser-Rand 480,000 Single Extraction Backpressure

Detail Engineering

Alabama Pine Pulp,Claiborne, Alabama, USA


Detail Engineering

Celulosa del Pacifico SA,Mininco, Chile

37 Siemens 590,000 Single Extraction Non condensing

Detail Engineering

Claiborne, Alabama, USA 69 GE 925,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

Howe Sound Pulp &Paper, Port Mellon, British Columbia, Canada

62.5 / 55 Mitsubishi 977,000 / 570,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing, Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering


45 Siemens 860,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Federal Paper BoardCompany, Augusta Georgia, USA

18 GE 400,000 Non-condensing Detail Engineering

Federal Paper Board,Augusta, Georgia, USA

18.75 GE 400,000 Non-condensing Detail Engineering

Union Camp, Savannah,Georgia, USA

23.5 GE 500,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Daishowa Canada Co.Ltd, Peace River, Alberta,Canada

40 Toshiba 743,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Inland Rome, Rome,Georgia, USA

35 GE 600,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Weldwood, Hinton, Alberta, Canada


Weyerhaeuser, Columbus, Mississippi, USA

2 x 64 GE 2 x 966,500 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering


16 Siemens Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

Forestry DevelopmentServices, Drasa, Fiji

3 Peter Brotherhood 60,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Occidental Chemical, White Springs, Florida, USA

27.3 GE 250,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Australian PaperManufacturers Division,Maryvale, Victoria, Australia


308,600 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Gulf States Paper, Demopolis, Alabama, USA

12.5 GE 360,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Hammermill PaperCompany, Selma, Alabama, USA


Detail Engineering

Northwood Pulp & Timber, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

28 Stal-Laval 586,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Polimex-Cekop Ltd.,Kwidzyn, Poland

3 x 27 Zamech 3 x 518,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

British Columbia ForestProducts, Crofton, BritishColumbia, Canada

33 Hitachi 900,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Midtec Paper Corp. Inc.,Kimberly, Wisconsin USA


Detail Engineering

Nigerian Paper Mill,Jebba, Nigeria

22.5 2 units Worthington 447,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

British Columbia ForestProducts, FletcherChallenge, Mackenzie,British Columbia, Canada

20 Westinghouse / Mitsubishi

485,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

International Paper,Androscoggin Mill, Jay,Maine, USA

37 GE 710,000 Noncondensing Detail Engineering

Australian PaperManufacturers Division,Maryvale, Victoria, Australia

2 x 15 Stal-Laval 220,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Carton de Venezuela,Yaracay, Venezuela

12.5 Worthington 200,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Panafrican Paper Mills,Broderick Falls, Kenya

12.5 GE 262,000 Detail Engineering

Celulosa Argentina,SA, Captain Bermudez,Argentina


Detail Engineering

Celulosa Argentina,SA, Captain Bermudez,Argentina


Detail Engineering

Northwood Pulp &Timber, Prince George,British Columbia, Canada


Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

St. Joe Paper, Port St. Joe, Florida, USA

12.5 GE 540,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Gulf Coast Aluminum Corp., Lake Charles Louisiana, USA

16.5 (2 units)

Worthington 168,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

Churchill Forest Industries, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada

14 / 12 English Electric 240,000 / 219,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Georgia-Pacific, Woodland, Maine, USA

27 De Laval 356,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Jefferson Smurfit,Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA


Detail Engineering

The Pas, Manitoba, Canada

12 English Electric 219,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Weyerhaeuser, NewBern, North Carolina,USA


Detail Engineering

Crestbrook ForestIndustries Limited,Skookumchuc, BritishColumbia, Canada

16 Mitsubishi 375,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Industrias de CelulosaArauco SA, Arauco, Chile

14 English Electric 350,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

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Type Activity



Detail Engineering


32 GE 620,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Union Camp, Montgomery,Alabama, USA


Detail Engineering

Northwood Pulp & Timber,Prince George, BritishColumbia, Canada


Penobscot Company, GreatWorks, Maine, USA

11 Worthington Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Skeena Pulp Co., PrinceRupert, British Columbia, Boveri Canada

32 Asea Brown 950,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Southland Paper Mills, Inc., Sheldon, Texas, USA


Detail Engineering

MacMillan Bloedel Limited, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada


Detail Engineering

Tahsis Company Ltd., CIP Inc., Gold River, BC, Canada

1 Parsons 27,000 Condensing Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

Crown-Simpson Ltd.,Eureka, California USA


Detail Engineering

East Texas Pulp & PaperCo., Temple-Eastex Inc.,Evadale, Texas, USA


Detail Engineering

Fibreboard PaperCorporation, Antioch,California, USA


Orient Paper Mills Ltd .,Madhya Pradesh, India

15 Westinghouse 305,000 Single Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

S.D. Warren Company,Westbrook, Maine, USA

11 Worthington Single Extraction Noncondensing

Detail Engineering

Jefferson Smurfit,Brewton, Alabama, USA

12.5 262,000 Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Cajamarquila, Peru 4 ABB Non-condensing Detail Engineering

Colbún SA, Chile 10, 20 & 30 Feasibility study for three power levels

International Paper Selma, Alabama, USA

14 355,000 Single Extraction Noncondensing / Double Extraction Condensing

Detail Engineering

Kamloops Pulp & Paper,Kamloops, BritishColumbia, Canada

1 x 26 Stal-Laval 600,000 Non-condensing Detail Engineering

Kamloops Pulp & Paper,Kamloops, BritishColumbia, Canada

1 x 26 Stal-Laval 575,000 Detail Engineering

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Type Activity

Nippon Paper, Port Angeles, USA

Power 945/900 225,000 Woodwaste and Sludge Feasibility Study, Owner's Engineer

Confidential Client Power Various Various Woodwaste Preliminary Engineering, Cost Estimate

Confidential Client Power Various Various Various Industrial Boiler MACT study

Verso Paper Bucksport, Maine

Power 900/900 400,000 Boiler Modification to 100% Woodwaste

Detail Design

Verso Paper Quinnesec, Michigan

Power 625/750 375,000 Boiler Modification to 100% Woodwaste

Detail Design

CMPC, Laja, Chile Power 660/824 330,000 Woodwaste Feasibility Study, Owner's Engineer

CMPC, Santa Fe, Chile Power 1220/905 463,000 Woodwaste Feasibility Study, Owner's Engineer

New Page, Port Hawksbury, Nova Scotia, Canada

Power 914/896 476,000 Woodwaste and Sludge Feasibility Study, Procurement

Biomass Gas & Electric, Forsythe, Georgia, USA

Gasification Biomass Gasification to Electric Power

Detailed Project Scoping Study

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, Arauco, Chile

Power 1230/905 550,000 Woodwaste Owner's Engineer, BOP Engineer

CMPC, Pacifico, Chile Power (fluidized)

870/842 330,000 Woodwaste Owner's Engineer, BOP Engineer

CMPC, Santa Fe, Chile Power (fluidized)

928/851 158,000 Woodwaste Owner's Engineer, BOP Engineer

Biomass Woodwaste

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Type Activity

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, Neuvo Aldea, Itata, Chile

Power 1230/905 550,000 Woodwaste, Oil Owner's Engineer, BOP Engineer

Abitibi Consolidated, Lufkin, Texas, USA

Power (fluidized)

650/750 700,000 Woodwaste, TDF, Sludge Feasibility Study

Tembec, Chetwynd, British Columbia, Canada

Power 650/750 375,000 Woodwaste, Natural Gas, Sludge

Feasibility Study

Celulosa Arauco y Constitución, Valdivia, Chile

Power (fluidized)

1230/905 198,000 Woodwaste, Oil Owner's Engineer, BOP Engineer

NorskeCanada, Elk Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Power 630/750 400,000 Woodwaste, Coal, RDFI, TDF

Feasibility Study

CMPC, Pacifico, Chile Power 870/842 154,000 Woodwaste, Natural Gas Definition Engineering

NorskeCanada, Crofton, British Columbia, Canada

Power 630/750 440,000 RDF Feasibility Study

Weyerhaeuser Canada, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Power (fluidized)

600/750 420,000 Woodwaste, Natural Gas Detailed Engineering

MacMillan Bloedel, Powell River, British Columbia, Canada

Power (fluidized)

900/890 600,000 Hog Fuel, Natural Gas Definition Engineering

PT Kiani Kertas, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Power 900/850 465,000 Wood waste, Oil Basic Engineering

Donohue St. Felicien, Clermont, Quebec, Canada

Power 200/460 23,300 Wood waste Owner's Engineer

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Type Activity

Kvaerner EnviroPower, Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Canada

Power (fluidized)

1250/950 310,000 Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Outokumpu EcoEnergy, Whitecourt Power, Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada

Power (fluidized)

900/900 220,000 Woodwaste, Natural Gas Detailed Engineering

AL-PAC, Alberta, Canada Power 900/850 465,000 Woodwaste, Gas Detailed Engineering

Alabama River Pine Pulp, Claiborne, Alabama, USA

Power 1225/900 150,000 Woodwaste, Gas Detailed Engineering

FedernI PaperBoa~, Augusta, Georgia, USA

Power (conversion from recovery)

875/900 300,000 Woodwaste, #6 Oil Detailed Engineering

Howe Sound Pulp & Paper, Port Mellon, British Columbia, Canada

Power (natural gas)

1315/896 569,800 Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering


Power 900/850 265,000, 330,000 Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Daishowa Canada, Peace River, Alberta, Canada


Domtar, Windsor, Quebec, Canada

Power 600/750 300,000 Woodwaste, #2 Oil, Gas Detailed Engineering

Federal Paper Board, Augusta, Georgia, USA

Power 875/900 300,000 Woodwaste, #6 Oil, Natural Gas

Detailed Engineering

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Type Activity





Forestry Development Services, Drasa, Fiji

Power 600/750 60,000 Woodwaste Detailed Engineering



Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA

Power (2x) 150/ Sat. 25,000 Woodwaste, Natural Gas Detailed Engineering

Augusta Newsprint, Augusta, Georgia, USA

Power 300/422 225,000 Woodwaste, #6 Oil, Coal (future), Natural Gas


Federal Paper Board, Augusta, Georgia, USA

Power (conversion from recovery -2 units)

900/900 360,000 Woodwaste, #6 Oil , Coal, Natural Gas


Hammermill Paper, Selma, Alabama, USA

Power 1500/900 160,000 Woodwaste, Natural Gas Detailed Engineering

Northwood Pulp, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Power 650/750 375,000 Woodwaste, Oil, Gas Detailed Engineering

Weldwood of Canada, Hinton, Alberta, Canada


625/750 200,000, (240,000 Wood waste, Gas Detailed Engineering

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Type Activity

Australian Newsprint Mills, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Power 200/372 176,300 Woodwaste, Oil, Gas, Coal (future)


Polimex-Cekop, Kwidzyn, Poland

Power 940/825 140,000 Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Techopol Bratislava, Ruzomberok, Czechoslovakia

Power 600/750 400,000 Woodwaste, Oil, Gas, Sludge Detailed Engineering, EPC

Boise Cascade Canada, Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada


650/750 253,000, 290,000 Wood waste, Oil Detailed Engineering

British Columbia Forest Products, Crofton, British Columbia, Canada

Power 600/750 400,000 320,000 Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Federal Paper Board, Riegelwood, North Carolina, USA

Power 900/825 350,000 Woodwaste, #6 Oil Detailed Engineering

MacMillan Bloedel, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada


International Paper, Androscoggin, Maine, USA

Power 900/825 300,000 Woodwaste, Oil, Sludge Detailed Engineering

British Columbia Forest Products, Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada


Weyerhaeuser Canada, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada


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Type Activity

Churchill Forest Industries, The Pas, Manitoba, Canada


Georgia-Pacific, Woodland, Maine, USA


International Paper, Ticonderoga, New York, USA


Jefferson Smurfit, Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA


Weyerhaeuser, New Bern, North Carolina, USA


Industrias de Celulosa Arauco, Arauco, Chile

Power 650 340,000 Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Georgia-Pacific, Port Hudson, Louisiana, USA


CIP, Tahsis, Gold River, British Columbia, Canada

Power 625 400,000 (525,000) Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Southland Paper Mills, Sheldon, Texas, USA

Power 875 200,000 Woodwaste, Gas Detailed Engineering

Union Camp, Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Power 900/825 500,000 Woodwaste, #6 Oil, Gas Detailed Engineering

Crown-Simpson, Eureka, Canada


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Type Activity

Northwood Pulp, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada


Skeena Kraft, Canadian Cellulose, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada



Power 900/825 500,000 Woodwaste, Oil, Coal (future)


MacMillan Bloedel, Harmac, British Columbia, Canada



Power 600 360,000 Wood waste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Temple-Eastex, Evadale, Texas, USA


Celgar Pulp, Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada

Power 600 210,000 Woodwaste, Oil, Gas Detailed Engineering

Elk Falls Company, Elk Falls, British Columbia, Canada


International Paper, Gardiner, Oregon, USA

Power 600 200,000 Woodwaste (future), Oil Detailed Engineering

Jefferson Smurfit, Brewton, Alabama, USA


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Type Activity

Brunswick Pulp & Paper, Brunswick, Georgia, USA






Tennessee River Pulp & Paper, Counce, Tennessee, USA

Power 625 500,000 Woodwaste, Oil, Gas Detailed Engineering





North Western Pulp, Power, Hinton, Alberta, Canada


J.R. Murray, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


Temple-Eastex, Evadale, Texas, USA


MacMillan Bloedel, Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada


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Type Activity

MacMillan Bloedel, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada


Elk Falls Company, Elk Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Power (2x) 600 95,000 Woodwaste, Oil Detailed Engineering




Power 600 85,000 Wood waste, Oil Detailed Engineering

Bloedel Stewart & Welsh, Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada


Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion, Chile

Power (fluidized)

1200/905 551 ,000 Woodwaste, Oil

CMPC, Mexico Power 300/212 50,000 Sludge Feasibility Study

CMPC, Laja , Santa Fe, Chile

Power 460,000 Woodwaste Detailed Engineering

CMPC, Laja, Chile Power 660 200,000 Woodwaste, Oil

CMPC, Pacifico, Chile Power (fluidized)

970/842 220,000 Woodwaste, Oil Owner's Engineer

Col bun SA, Chile Power 800/750 Woodwaste Feasibility Study

ENCE, Punta Pereira, Uruguay

Power 1230/905 280,000 Woodwaste Feasibility Study

Energia Verde Plant Constitucion, Chile

Power 1200/905 155,000 Wood waste Basic Engineering, Detailed Engineering

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Wood handling


Nippon Paper, Port Angeles, Washington, USA

Brownfield Wood-Fired Cogeneration Facility

CMPC, Santa Fe, Chile Mill expansion. Feasibility study and project definition engineering for 100% external Biomass/hog fuel delivery and handling as well as processing system for a new 210 Uh steam capacity Biomass boiler for electric power generation.

CMPC, Santa Fe, Chile Owner's engineer for Greenfield pulp mill with wood room and chip processing.


LWC. Definition Study for TMP upgrade with modifications to the chip delivery system

Weyerhaeuser, Plymouth, North Carolina, USA

Woodyard upgrade. Loan of lead designer for detail engineering involving new log processing, new chip and hog conveyors, modifications to existing chip and hog fuel system.

Australian Paper Manufacturers, Maryvale, Australia

Woodyard upgrade. Preliminary and Definition Studies for new and modified chip and crumb pulp handling systems to support a fiberline expansion. Included stacker reclaimer, flingers, chip screening.

CMPC, Laja, Chile Woodyard upgrade. Study to replace the mill's debarking and chipping plant with a new, single line of 2M m3/yr capacity.

CMPC, Pacifico, Chile Power export increase. Definition Study for new power boiler island and hog fuel handling system.


No. 4 power boiler emissions upgrade-bark presses. Definition Study and Detail Engineering for installation of four (4) bark presses, sludge conveyors and hog fuel conveyors.


Hog fuel handling & storage power boiler. Feasibility Study to address serious dust problem and to improve reliability of boiler feed system.

Weyerhaeuser Canada, Saskatchewan, Canada

Woodwaste and low odor. Prefeasibility study and definition engineering for woodwaste/hog fuel handling system to feed a converted recovery boiler.

Bowater Newsprint Co., Calhoun, Tennessee, USA

Chip handling system to support 800 TPD TMP mill.

Champion International Corp., Bucksport, Maine, USA

Preliminary engineering for woodyard including log de-icing, barking, groundwood sorting and chip handling.

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Detailed Engineering, procurement and construction management to debottleneck and convert the Arauco 1 mill from softwood to eucalyptus. Scope included eucalyptus log debarking, chipping plant, chip storage and reclaim and upgrade of chip screening system for pine process.

Riau Andalan Pulp & Paper, Sumatra,

Studies, project management, engineering co-ordination, process design, construction management and commissioning assistance for expansion of existing mixed waste hardwood woodyard and chipping systems to increase

Indonesia production of existing pulp mill line.

Valdivia, Chile Feasibility study for wood preparation and materials handling system for a proposed bleached kraft pulp mill producing 2,000 tpd from pine and eucalyptus. Scope included log receiving and handling, drum debarking and chipping, thickness screening, conveying to storage and reclaiming, wood room, water cleaning and refuse handling.

Eurocan Pulp & Paper, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada

Increased fiber utilization study for complete evaluation of fiber sources including sawmill residue chip manufacturing at this mill. Study of options to reduce quantities of pins and smaller chip fractions, while also optimizing recovery of the fiber.

PT. Kiani Kertas, East Kalimantan, Indonesia

Conceptual design of complete mixed tropical hardwood log handling, chip production and chip handling systems at a 1,500Adtpd greenfield bleached kraft pulp mill.


Detail engineering for thickness screening system upgrade, including replacement of vee-disc screens with bar screens. Scope also included log storage, debarking and chipping plant, including log portal crane, barking drum, chipper, chip storage and reclaim (travelling screws) and refuse hog.

Fletcher Challenge Canada, Elk Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Detailed engineering for replacement of three old chain mat bark presses with new Saalasti Bark Master drum type presses, including modifications to the existing bark press distribution conveyor and chutes.


Definition study of hog fuel unloading system, with hogged materials delivered from truck or barge to either boiler house or to storage pile.

Northwood Pulp & Timber, Prince George, British Columbia

Study to evaluate forest products operations, chip storage, handling and screening system to assess maximizing fiber recovery and process concept to produce optimum pulping results, and use of wasted fiber for other products.



Definition study for a chip thickness screening and conditioning system at a pulp mill followed by detailed engineering of a 175 units per hour two-line chip thickness screening and conditioning system, including Rader bar screens, ADS system and chip cracker; with Liwell screens, associated conveying systems, and dust collection system.

Bahia Sui Celulosa, Bahia Sui, Brazil

Detail engineering for chip screening addition, including 2-lines of high capacity, conventional chip screening, using Kone vibratory screens and associated chip handling equipment.

Eurocan Pulp & Paper, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for chip screening system upgrade, including Rader bar screens, ADS system, Acrowood chip cracker, Liwell screens, Acrowood diamond roll screen and associated conveying systems.

Fibreco, Taylor, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for a chip handling system, including a new chip flinger, addition of conveyors to new storage lab and modifications to existing conveyors.


Definition study for bark press replacement at a pulp mill.

Fraser, New Brunswick, Edmondston, Canada

Definition study for the upgrade and modernization of chip handling facilities, including review of the existing wood room, and truck dumpers and installation of a new chip reclaim and blending system.

Industries James Maclaren, Thurso, Quebec, Canada

Definition study, detailed engineering , procurement and construction management for the modernization of the wood yard.

Quno, Quebec, Canada Conceptual study, preliminary engineering, capital cost estimate, detailed engineering and procurement for the modernization of chip handling facilities.

Sappi Saiccor, Umkomaas, South Africa

Engineering, procurement, and construction management for a dissolving pulp mill expansion from 1240 to 1600 tpd, including new log handling system and log storage, log flume, jack ladders, chipper feed system and 120 tph chipping plant, chip handling, storage and conveying system.

Scott Paper, Everett, Washington, USA

Definition study and detail engineering for floating barge unloading facility with conveyors to storage and tie-in to existing chip system at a pulp mill. Scope included hog fuel barge unloading, storage and reclaim system, including conveyors to boiler feed (435,000 Ib/hr), and sludge/waste paper conveyor tie¬in .


Definition study of 65 tph hog fuel reclaim system from the storage pile by means of high pressure blowing system to live-bottom storage bins at the boiler house.

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Abitibi-Price, Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada

Evaluation study of existing wood room and chipping and debarking facilities, including an order-of-magnitude capital cost estimate.

Aracruz Celulosa, Aracruz, Brazil

Optimization study of a pulp mill's wood processing facilities covering conveying from plantations through to wood preparation plant and digesters, as well as bark processing to boilers.


Definition study of 96 tph hog fuel reclaim system from storage pile through conveyor and screening to boiler house with surplus materials returned to pile by conveyors.

Sappi Saiccor, Umkomaas, South Africa

Detail engineering for eucalyptus log receiving and chipping plant including log flume, jack ladder, conveying, washing system, chipper and chip handling to storage with belt conveyors and pneumatic system.

Stone-Consolidated, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada

Definition study and capital cost estimate for the installation of a new truck dumper and chip storage and reclaiming facility.

Abitibi-Price, Alma, Quebec, Canada

Conceptual and preliminary engineering and capital cost estimate for a new debarking system.

Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries, Alberta, Canada

Engineering, procurement and construction management for a greenfield 1,500 tpd bleached kraft pulp mill from hardwood and softwood, including complete wood preparation and materials handling system with portal crane, drum and ring debarking, chipping, thickness screening, conveying to storage and reclaiming. Scope also included wood room water cleaning and hog fuel handling.


Engineering, procurement and construction management for expansion and modernization of a bleached kraft pulp mill from 550 tpd to 1200 tpd including complete site residuals handling rationalization with truck dumping, chip thickness screening, and extensive modifications to existing conveying system.

Industries James Maclaren, Mason, Quebec, Canada

Technical assistance for modifications to the woodyard at this pulp mill.

Industries James Maclaren, Thurso, Quebec, Canada

Conceptual study to increase the capacity of the woodyard at this pulp mill.

Miramachi Pulp and Paper, Newcastle, New Brunswick, Canada

Feasibility study for the modernization of a chip handling facility, including optimization of existing facilities, evaluation of a new truck dumper and unloading facility, a new chip screening system and a new chip storage and reclaiming system.

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Abitibi-Price, Alma, Quebec, Canada

Preliminary engineering for new wood rooms for the Alma and Kenogami mills, in association with an equipment supplier for a turnkey bid.


Detail engineering for a chip thickness screening system, single line (future second), for a 1,000 tpd kraft mill.

Daishowa America, Port Angeles, Washington, USA

Detail engineering for used telephone directory receiving and handling system for recycling plant, including truck dumper and conveying system.

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion, Arauco, Chile

Engineering, procurement and construction management of 1,000 tpd bleached kraft pulp expansion including log receiving and handling with aportal crane, drum debarking and chipping, truck unloading, storage and traveling screw reclaiming, thickness screening and conveying . Scope also included fuel wood handling and chipping, wood room water cleaning and refuse handling.

Celulosa del Pacifico, Pacifico, Chile

Engineering, procurement and construction management for a 900 tpd greenfield bleached kraft pulp mill from radiata pine, including log receiving and handling with a bridge crane, drum debarking and chipping, truck unloading storage and traveling screw reclaiming, thickness screening and conveying, wood room water cleaning and refuse handling.

Howe Sound Pulp & Paper, Port Mellon, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering, procurement and project management for a major expansion to a bleached kraft pulp mill to 1,200 tpd and a new TMP plant, including complete hog fuel handling rationalization, unloading storage reclaim to intermediate surge/feed bin, with recirculation, bark pressing and feed to new power boiler. System is designed to handle over 400,000 units annually. Scope included chip handling from existing silos to new single line digester and from chip screening to TMP plant.


Detail engineering for chip thickness screening project.

Daishowa-Marubeni, Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Engineering, procurement and construction management for a 1,000 tpd greenfield bleached kraft pulp mill from hardwood and softwood, including chip unloading and handling to storage, reclaim and conveying to thickness screening and hog fuel handling and reclaim to boiler.

Fletcher Challenge Canada, Crofton, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for major modernization of chip receiving and handling, including tandem floating platform chip barge off-loading system and chip reclaim system to silos.

Blandin Paper Company, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, USA

Engineering, procurement and construction management for a 600 tpd paper machine, including wood room, two-line debarker, log sorters and bark conveyors to adjoining cogeneration facility.

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CIP, Gold River, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for new 650 tpd newsprint machine and CTMP plant addition to an existing bleached kraft pulp mill, including complete modernization of chip and hog fuel handling systems. Included conversion from pneumatic to belt conveyors for old system and chip thickness screening in CTMP line.

Daishowa America, Port Angeles, Washington, USA

Study for the complete wood preparation and residuals handling for N-1 machine project, including log receiving, slashing, debarking, chipping, log handling to groundwood mill, chip handling, screening and hog fuel handling.


Engineering services for a sawdust outstocking, blending and reclaim system.


Engineering, procurement and construction management for chip handling system including chip truck unloading, conveying to a covered 'A' frame storage, traveling screw reclaiming, chip screening and conveying to new CTMP.

Skeena Celulosa, British Columbia, Canada

Definition study for bleached kraft pulp mill expansion and optimization, including chip thickness screening system, railcar and barge unloading, and conveying to storage.


Engineering, procurement and construction management for 600 tpd expansion of a bleached kraft pulp mill, including log handling, pocket slashing, drum debarking and chipping, chip screening and conveying, woodroom water cleaning and refuse handling.

Weyerhaeuser Canada, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada

Detail engineering for 630 tpd free sheet paper machine addition to 337,000 tpa kraft pulp mill, including new wood room with log receiving and handling with portal crane, tree length slashing system, drum debarking and chipping, wood room water cleaning, hog fuel handling, fines screening of chips, chip outstocking system.

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion, Arauco, Chile

Engineering, procurement and construction management for a bleached kraft pulp mill expansion and modernization, including chip handling and thickness screening.

Fibreco, Taylor, British Columbia, Canada

Detailed engineering for a 600 tpd greenfield CTMP mill, including chip truck and railcar unloading and conveying to storage, reclaim, screening and conveying to chip bin.

Australian Paper Manufacturers, Maryvale, New South Wales, Australia

Detail engineering for the expansion of a bleached kraft pulp mill including addition of eucalyptus log handling, chip thickness screening and conveying, water cleaning and hog fuel handling.


Detail engineering for chip handling and screening system modification at this pulp mill.

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Skeena Cellulose, British Columbia, Canada

Definition study and detailed engineering for chip thickness screening system, hog fuel truck dumper and conveying to storage, followed by a bark pressing study.

Forestry Development Services Project, Fiji

Detail engineering for log handling, drum debarking, ring debarking, chipping, chip conveying, hog fuel handling to boiler and chip export facility including ship loader.

Boise-Cascade, Fort Frances, Quebec, Canada

Detail engineering for bark handling improvements at this pulp mill.

Boise-Cascade, Kenora, Ontario, Canada

Detail engineering for complete wood handling modernization including two lines of drum debarking, block slashing and feed to groundwood mill, chipping screening and conveying to surge bin, wood room water cleaning and hog fuel handling.


Detail engineering for power plant optimization, fuel handling and metering systems study and increase of groundwood capacity -block handling system.

Western Pulp Partnership, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for modernization and expansion of a bleached kraft pulp mill to 600 tpd including chip handling and screening, chip barge unloading, hog fuel handling, pressing and conveying to boiler.

Australian Paper Manufacturers, Maryvale, New South Wales, Australia

Detail engineering for pulp mill expansion including log conveying, drum debarking, chipping, chip truck unloading, screening, storing and reclaim system, refuse and hog fuel handling system.

Northwood Pulp & Timber, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for pulp mill expansion, including chip truck unloading and conveying via flingers to outside storage piles, chip thickness screening and conveying, hog fuel conveying and modifications for new boiler.

Australian Newsprint Mills, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Detail engineering for 500 tpd newsprint mill, including log conveying, slashing, barking, chipping, screening, covered 'A' frame storage and automatic reclaim system, chip truck unloading system, refuse and hog fuel handling, hogging, storing and blowing system.


Detail engineering for hog fuel drying and conveying and flue gas precipitation.

Alaska Lumber and Pulp, Sitka, Alaska, USA

Detail engineering for bark hogging, pressing and conveying system.

St. Regis, Hinton, Alberta, Canada

Detail engineering for recovery boiler conversion, including hog fuel conveying to boiler.

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Detail engineering for 300 tpd TMP mill expansion, including chip truck unloading, conveying, storage silo with automatic rotating screw reclaim and blowing to chip bin.

Crown Zellerbach, Elk Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for NO. 5 newsprint expansion, including chip barge unloading, conveying, storage reclaim and screening systems.

Fibreco, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for chip export terminal, including chip rail car unloading, conveying and surge bin system.

International Paper, Gardiner, Oregon, USA

Detail engineering for a sawmill modernization, including hog fuel conveying, storing and reclaim, chip conveying, screening and blowing to outside storage.


Detail engineering for newsprint expansion (No. 11 machine) including, chip barge/hog fuel barge unloading system, chip conveying, screening, silo storage and outfeed system.

International Paper, Jay Maine, USA

Detail engineering for replacement of pneumatic system, including hog fuel conveying and surge bin system.

Crown Zellerbach, Elk Falls, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for Stage 1 -350 tpd TMP plant, including chip barge unloading, and conveying system.

Jari Florestal e Agropecuaria, Brazil

Detail engineering for chip screening, conveying, outside storing and reclaim system and refuse conveying at a pulp mill.


Detail engineering for a No.4 hog fuel burning boiler, including hog fuel truck unloading and conveying system.

Canadian Cellulose, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for pulp mill expansion including chip screening and conveying.


Detail engineering for a No.4 steam generating incinerator including hog fuel conveying, outside storing, reclaim and pressing system.

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Brunswick Pulp and Paper, Brunswick, Georgia, USA

Detail engineering for pulp mill expansion, including chip conveying, outside storing and reclaim system.

Tahsis Company, Gold River, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for chip barge unloading and conveying system, hog fuel storage reclaim and conveying to boilers.

Weyerhaeuser Canada, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for a pulp mill expansion, including chip truck unloading, conveying, outside storing, reclaim and screening system.

Tasman Pulp & Paper, Kawerau, New Zealand

Detail engineering for pulp mill expansion, including chip conveying, blowing, outside storing, reclaim and screening system, refuse conveying, hogging and hog fuel conveying.

Crown Zellerbach, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Detail engineering for log barking, bucking and sorting, refuse handling, hogging conveying, outside storing and reclaim system.

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