Total Dismantling of 7 High-Power Transformers at Churchill Falls, TL
Centrem buys, dismantles, transports and recycles seven high-power transformers weighing approximately 175 t each. The challenge: transporting of very heavy transformers in thirty-six 2,400 km round trips.
SERVICES PROVIDED:
- Recovery of 7 transformers
- Decontamination (PCB)
- Recovery/recycling of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal
- Sorting
- Shearing
- Oxy-cutting
- Transportation
- Purchase/sale of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal
VARIOUS CHALLENGES:
- Remote site
- Strict HSE requirements
- Complex logistics
- Developing an effective procedure
- Environmental protection
- Project within an operating site
- Hazardous materials management