List of Projects
The following summarizes our largest projects in the recent twelve years listed by area.
Also included are some ealier projects when they demonstrate unique areas of competency.
Our recent focus has been on Utilities, Power and Water Treatment as well as Water Supply.
We have experience working in North America, Israel, and Russia.
Projects within an industry and listed in reverse chronological order, so the more recent
projects appear earlier in the text.
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Aircraft
Industry and Airports
United Parcel Services (UPS) Canada Limited at L. B. Pearson Airport, Mississauga, Ontario
Electrical power and lighting for new gateway cargo terminal
Black and McDonald, Toronto, Ontario
Greater
Toronto Airport Authority Lester B. Pearson Airport
Tunnel lighting control system in Four-Lane tunnel under
runway 15-R
Miscellaneous control and protections panels for tunnel and
subway applications
DeHaviland (Subsidiary of
Bombardier Airspace), Downsview, Ontario
Aircraft painting and curing facility (“Bay7”)
System troubleshooting after major failure.
Review and upgrade of process control and PLC program.
Israel Aircraft Industry, Lod, Israel
Automated paint and cure line
Automotive
Honda Canada Manufacturing, Alliston, Ontario
Integration of new section of conveyor (3c) with the
existing conveyors 3a-3b
Design Review and Report
Prodomax Inc., Barrie, Ontario
Design review, engineering support and project supervision
of two robotic spot-welding lines.
Equipment intended for manufacturing of car and truck
suspension components
ErgoLift Systems Inc., Concord, Ontario
GM Canada, Oshawa, Ontario
Allied conveyors Ltd.,
Pickering, Ontario
New power and free conveyor No
P115C
Electrical Design
Matcor Automotive Inc., Mississauga, Ontario
Reverse engineering and complete
retrofit of three presses and press feed lines:
200T “Wean
united”
400T “Wean united”
440T “AIDA”
(see picture)
Fenwick Automotive, Toronto, Ontario
Major retrofit and modifications
of two part-sorting machines:
1. Voice
controlled automatic sorting machine for handling of refurbishing of water
pumps for car and truck engines.
The machine was redesigned for new
raking lineup of 240 bins. It is now capable of processing up to 10,000
different types of water pumps.
2. Similar upgrade has been done
for barcode sorter machine for refurbishing of calipers, break pads and
cylinders.
Both voice sorter machine and
barcode sorter machine were integrated in Factory Manufacturing Management
(FMM) and SCADA systems.
Brican Automated Systems Inc., Brampton, Ontario
Standard tube manufacture cell for Copperweld Canada Ltd.
PLC Programming and Startup
Decoma-Mytox, Subsidiary of
Magna International, Woodbridge, Ontario
Automatic welders and fixtures;
several retrofit and upgrade projects
KAMAZ Co., Nabereznie-Chelni, Russia
Automatic transfer line for
manufacturing of components of heavy truck engine
The line machines a piston rod
and a piston rod assembly (for engine crankshaft mechanism).
The line comprises of seven
technological units, manipulators, industrial robots, intermediate
transportation systems, automated storage facilities, interfaces with plant
conveyors, as well as interfaces with manufacturing support utilities and
plant’s SCADA system.
(see picture)
Building
materials, recycling
Eco-Woods Inc., Concord, Ontario
New wood refuge and cardboard recycling facility
Orbond Gypsum Industries Ltd., Allan Tabor Industrial Park, Afula, Israel
New Gypsum and Drywall panels’ plant
Eitanit Asbestos Industries Co., Naharyia, Israel
1. New control system for Paste & Mixture preparation
facility
2. Packaging and wrapper machine: migration of control
system from relay logic to PLC
Nesher Cement Co., Haifa, Israel
Automatic control system for silo No 11 of 28,000 metric
tons
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Chemical
and Petrochemical
Annadale Finishing Systems, Cambridge, Ontario
Automated control system for cure oven.
Speed Stamp Co., (formerly PolyBright) Richmond Hill, Ontario
New control for coating line and dosing pumps
Gadot Biochemical Industries Ltd., Haifa, Israel
Citric
Acid Plant
Control and Instrumentation system for 21 reactors
Haifa Chemicals Ltd., Haifa Bay
Industrial area, Israel
Slow-released fertilizers plant
Electrical design and Instrumentation system
Haifa Oil Refinery Ltd., Ethylene
plant, Haifa Bay, Israel
1.
Migration of relay-based control to Modicon PLC system
This
control system was the first application in Israel of a Hot-Stand-by-Redundancy
system.
It
was the seventh application in the world.
2. New Process Substation including:
6.6kV Main board
0.4kV Main board
Control and PLC panels
3. Substation L302I: new 3.3kV Board and PLC panel
4. Ethylene plant, utilities area, new 6.6/0.4kV Substation
including:
Three transformers 1600KVA
6.6/0.4kVA
6.6kV Main board and 6.6 kV MCC
6.6kV Motor drive for new propylene
4000Hp compressor
0.4kV Main board
0.4kV Emergency board
Utilities panels (400/230VAC, UPS,
24VDC)
Motors restart system for existing
MCCs’
PLC Panel
MCC for Air-cooler’s and cooler
tower
Design, supervision, start-up
5. Upgrade of Ethylene plant main electrical room and main
process areas including:
Upgrade of PLC-based SCADA system
Upgrade of 400VAC UPS system
Upgrade of 24VDC Supply system
Battery room
MCC Board for new air-coolers,
VFD-Drive system for main blowers
(Furnace No5, No7)
6.6kV Motor for methane compressor
(3200hp)
Electrical design, supervision,
start-up
6. Upgrade of Ethylene Plant, Main Control Room including:
Review, design concept and proposal for improvement of PLC
control system
Topaz International, Herzliya, Israel
Automatic machine for manufacturing of gold jewelry based on
electroforming technology
Tambur Ltd., South Industrial Area,
Acre, Israel
Upgrade project including:
Water paints storage
Alkyd-paints plant
Integration of paint filling
machines
Acripol & Acronal storage
Pot cleaning machine
Texture coating plant
Send-Mill facility
Haifa Oil Refinery Ltd., FCC Plant,
Haifa Bay Industrial area, Israel
PLC-based Hot-Stand-by-Redundancy system for burners
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Electrical Engineering and Consultancy
Kitchener New Twin-Pad Hockey Arena and Boxing Club, Kitchener, Ontario
New LEED Gold certified sport facility
Electrical Systems, Lighting and Fire Alarm
(see picture)
Milton Branch Library. Milton, Ontario
ZAS Architects and Genivar LP.
New LEED certified building
Electrical Systems, Lighting and Fire Alarm
Alliance Surface Finishing Inc. Mississauga, Ontario
New Production Facility. Retrofit of existing space
New unit substation of 4MVA, including transformer
replacement new switchboard and new power distribution
(see picture)
United Parcel Service (UPS) of Canada
Limited at L. B. Pearson Airport, Mississauga, Ontario
New Cargo Gateway facility
City of Hamilton, Residence for senior citizens, Hamilton, Ontario
Review and upgrade of underground parking garage lighting
system.
Toronto Truck Lines, Hamilton, Ontario
Electrical design of process equipment
Red Path Sugar, Subsidiary of Tate & Lyle, Toronto, Ontario
Power and lighting systems for new bulk load facility
(see picture)
Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Highway 407
extension, Toronto, Ontario
Supervision of electrical design and fabrication of highway
lighting control panels
Port of Haifa and Port of Kishon, Haifa, Israel
Upgrade of area lighting system including:
Twenty 13.2/0.4kV transformer
substations
0.4kV Distribution panels
Remote control by PLC “MOSCAD”
(Motorola)
Calculations of loads, cables and
voltage drop
Optimization of system layout
Israel Railway Authority Haifa Depot, Haifa, Israel
New
garage for suburban trains
Design
of power, lighting, building automation, control and security systems,
as well as a train washing facility
Port of Ashdod, Ashdod, Israel
Upgrade of power supply and power distribution systems
Design concept and proposal of power management and
monitoring SCADA system
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Miscellaneous
Industries and Applications
Mittal Canada Hamilton Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering
Relocation of two Annealing Furnaces from Burlington
facility to Hamilton Plant
Project entails review of existing facility, design of new
power distribution at 600V and UPS, new services, tie-ins, new control room
equipment layout, assistance with relocation, reinstallation and start-up
Mobile Climate Control Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Testing rig for refrigeration compressor including automated
control system based on original algorithm
DSH Inc. Concord, Ontario
SIMEX Inc. Toronto, Ontario
Universal Studios Amusement Park, Port Aventura, near Barcelona, Spain
Control and automation systems for two theaters
Electrical design, PLC/HMI -programming, start-up and
commissioning
Degem Systems Ltd., ATIDIM
Industrial Hi-Tech Park, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Training Center of Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Technologies (CIM) (see
picture)
After completion the project was customized and replicated
for several universities and colleges around the globe
Klil Industries Ltd., Carmiel Industrial Park, Israel
Furnace for artificial aging of aluminum profiles
Electrical design, Instrumentation, PLC -programming, and
start-up
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Pharmaceutical
and food
Apotex Inc., Toronto, Ontario
Automatic label printing and verification machine
The machine was tested and certified by the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
Project includes electrical design, PLC programming, motion
programming, supervision of fabrication, start-up, testing and commissioning
Red Path Sugar, Subsidiary of Tate & Lyle, Toronto, Ontario
1. Power management system for centrifugal machines
2. Power and lighting design for new bulk load facility.
Crown Cork and Seal, Woodbridge, Ontario
Real Time Systems, Etobicoke Ontario
Development of lubrication monitoring panel. The project includes
electrical design, prototyping, testing, calibration, trial operations,
supervision of installation and commission of prototype. A total of more than
twenty panels were manufactured and installed.
Wringley Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Upgrade of control and batching system for chewing gum mixer
Tnuva Dairy Industries Haifa plant,
Haifa, Israel
Control system for new pasteurizer and milk separator
Tnuva Dairy Industries, Nave Josef, Israel
Electrical and control system for milk powder plant
Carmel Mizrachi Ltd., Zikhron-Jacob, Israel
Automatic line for making grapes juices and wines
Etzot Elat Inc., Elat, Israel
Automated control system for algae growing pools
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Plastics
and Plastic Molding
ABC Tech Center, Subsidiary of ABC Group, Toronto, Ontario
Retrofit of several injection molding and blow molding
machines
Supreme Tooling, Subsidiary of
ABC Group, Toronto, Ontario
More than 20 separate fixtures
and testing machines, including:
Design of pneumatic
system
Electrical design
Supervision of
manufacture and assembly
PLC programming
Testing and
commissioning
Corma Inc., Concord, Ontario
Control system for two prototypes of in-line cutters
designed for corrugated piping products
Tangibles Ltd. Etobicoke, Ontario
Reverse engineering and retrofit of in-line cutter for
extrusion molding machine
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Safety
reviews Design reviews and Reports
New combined cycle Power Plant, Portland Energy Center,
Port of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Genivar Ontario LP for SNC Lavalin
Electrical part of Pre-Start Health and Safety Review (PSR)
(see picture)
Goreway Drive New Combined Cycle 860MW Power
Plant, Brampton, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering Limited for SNC Lavalin
Electrical part of Pre-Start Health and Safety Review (PSR)
(see picture)
New Combined Cycle 117MW co-generation plant GTAA, Great
Toronto Pearson Airport, Toronto, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering Limited for SNC Lavalin
Electrical part of Pre-Start Health and Safety Review (PSR)
ARCON Metal Processing Inc. Richmond Hill, Ontario
PSR Safety review of automated stamping, plasma cutting and
hot forming equipment
Total of more than ten units
ARCON Metal Processing Inc. Richmond Hill, Ontario
AVENGER Plasma cutting robotic cell and automated crane
Process Review and Cycle optimization proposal
LCM Hot-forming robotic cell, ARCON Metal Processing
Inc., Richmond Hill, Ontario
Cell is based on 3000T hydraulic press. Process Review and
Cycle optimization proposal.
(see picture)
Honda Canadian Manufacturing, Alliston, Ontario
Giffels Associates Limited
Integration of new conveyor section (3c) with the existing
conveyors 3a-3b and Multi-mount unit
Design review, Report and Recommendations
Cadbury Adams Canada Limited, Toronto, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering
Electrical part of PSR review of three robotic packaging
facilities based on laser guided vehicle
Perma Paving Stone, Mississauga, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering
Electrical part of PSR review of three production
facilities
Perma Paving Stone, Woodstock, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering
Electrical part of PSR review for new plant
Expansion of CNH GLOBAL warehouse, Brampton, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering
Survey, design review and report.
Mac Tailored Blanking Ltd., Concord, Ontario
Pre-Start Safety and Health Review (PSR) of several stamping
and blanking presses
(see picture)
Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, Tiverton, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering
Pre-Start Safety and Health Review (PSR) and modifications
of safety circuitry of two plastic coverall washing machines.
Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, Tiverton, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering
Pre-Start Safety and Health Review (PSR) of about twenty
battery rooms and several other units
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Mississauga, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering, Burlington, Ontario
Pre-Start Safety and Health Review (PSR) of fuel tube
machine for Bruce power plant
(see picture)
Prodomax Inc., Barrie, Ontario
Design review of safety circuitry for two robotic welding lines
Biltright Bolton, Ontario
Pre-Start Safety and Health Review (PSR) of hydraulic shears
and hydraulic bending press
Utilities
and Power
670MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant, InvEnergy,
St. Clair (Corunna) Ontario
Cochrane Engineering Limited, for Kiewit (Formerly Bibb
and associates)
Collaborating Engineer for Electrical and Instrumentation.
(see picture)
320MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power plant, Thorold, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering Limited, Kiewit (Formerly Bibb and
associates)
Collaborating Engineer for Electrical and Instrumentation.
(see picture)
Substation Greenwood 230kV, PowerStream, Vaughan, Ontario
ALGAL INC. Toronto, Ontario
Expansion project with expansion of 230kV switchyard, two
new transformers 130MVA (ABB) and switchboard 27.6kV.
Scope includes development of HMI/SCADA system based on GE
iFIX software package, integration with Schweitzer SEL 2032 data concentrators
via DNP3 protocol and OPC server (Triangle Macroworks), integration with
protection and control relays, startup and commission.
(see picture)
Design concept, preliminary designs and proposal for
design-built project of two Push-Pull Pickle Lines and Acid Recovery Plant.
STELCO, Hamilton, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering Limited and Industrial Division of
AECON Group
Project comprised of three substations 13.8/0.6kV total of
15MVA, power distribution at 600V, six electrical & control rooms, utility
power, lighting, UPS/DC power, CCTV, communication, and other systems. Other
activities include site review, draft specifications of major components,
determination of equipment tie-in points and integration with the existing
services.
Virelec Ltd. Mississauga, Ontario
1. Substation Charrua 500/220kV (see picture), Transelec
Chile, a subsidiary of Hydro Quebec
Control and protection based on GE-Multilin protection relays
2. Substation Ralco 220kV, for Transelec Chile, a subsidiary of Hydro Quebec
Control and protection based on GE-Multilin protection relays
Main Substation 161/22/13.2kV
expansion
United Steel Mills Ltd., Haifa, Israel
Project including:
Switchyard 161kV
Transformer 80MVA, 161/22kV
Main board 22kV
Harmonic Filters and Power factor
compensation at 22kV
Control, protection and power monitoring
Utilities panels (400/230VAC, 230V
UPS, 110VDC)
PLC and SCADA system
Integration with power grid 161kV
Integration with existing
switchboards
Remote control and power monitoring
equipment
Electrical Corporation of Israel, Haifa Power Plant, Haifa, Israel
Upgrade of control and automation systems for water
treatment and water chlorination facility
Main substation 161/22/3.3.kV
Nilit Ltd., Migdal-Ha-Emek
Industrial Park, Israel
Project including:
Switchyard 161kV
Two main transformers 30MVA,
161/22kV
Main distribution board 22kV
Two transformers 14MVA, 22/3.3kV
Control, protection and power
monitor
Utilities Panels (400/230VAC, 230V
UPS, 110VDC)
Event recorder panel based on
System-90 by ROCHESTER Inc
Integration with power grid 161kV
Integration with existing 3.3kV
Board
Remote control and power monitoring
equipment
Expansion of Main Substation
161/6.6/3.3kV
Carmel Olefins Ltd., Haifa, Israel
Project comprising:
Expansion of Switchyard 161kV
Transformer 40MVA, 161/6.6kV
Main distribution board 6.6kV
Control, protection and power
monitor equipment
SCADA system, based on PLC MOSCAD
(Motorola)
Upgrade of control and protection
of the existing 6.6kV Boards
Integration, startup and commission
(see picture)
Water
treatment and water supply
New Bio-Sludge Dewatering Facility,
Arcelor-Mittal-Dofasco, Hamilton Plant
Genivar Ontario LP
Electrical Design, Control and Instrumentation
New Elevated Water Tanks and Upgrade of North Brampton
Pumping Station, Brampton, Ontario
Genivar Ontario LP
Electrical Design, Control and Instrumentation
Mid Toronto Interceptors, City of Toronto, Ontario
Genivar Ontario LP
Upgrade of 11 chambers
Electrical Design.
Canadian Center for Inland Water, Burlington, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering Limited
Electrical Design of Transformer Replacement
Upgrade of DI Water Plant, Pickering Nuclear Power Plant,
Pickering, Ontario
Cochrane Engineering Limited, Eco-Tec and Industrial
Division of AECON Group,
Electrical Design of heat tracing system.
American Water Services Canada, Hamilton, Ontario
Real Time Systems Inc.
Preliminary study, cost estimation and proposal for Toronto water supply project
Valle Creek Waste Water Treatment Plant
US-FILTER ASHDOR PRODUCTS, Markham, Ontario
Control system for sludge transportation conveyors and lime
addition system, miscellaneous control panels
Ganges Waste Water Treatment Plant, Ganges, British Columbia
Zenon Environmental Oakville, Ontario
Membrane-technology waste water treatment plant
Startup
Waste Water Treatment Facility
Gadiv Petrochemical Industries
Ltd., Haifa, Israel
Electrical Design
New Water Pump House with Main pump
motor 25,000kW and Prime pump motor 19,000 kW
Mekorot Water Supply Co., Tiberias, Israel
Automation, control and SCADA systems
Automatic control system for irrigation pump house
Kibbutz Ha-Solelim, Israel
Instrumentation, Automation, Control, Startup and Commission
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