Columbia Container Rebuilds Transloading Facility
Investing $26 million in new structures, silos and facility improvements
The Western Producers’ Brian Cross reported on the progress of Canada’s Columbia Container $26 million rebuild of a transloading facility on the south shore of the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, British Columbia. The project will increases transloading ability of the company from 650,000 tones/year to 1.3 million tones /year.
According to the project overview page on Columbia Container’s website the upgrades intend to add:
· Improved safety and efficiency
· A more visually attractive site
· Less noise and dust from our operations
· Reduced noise from rail car switches
· Reduced truck traffic
· Job security for our workers
· Increased competitiveness within the global grain commodities market
The project started on April 4, 2017 and is expected to be finished by April 30, 2018. The construction is divided into four phases:
· Ground improvements, Excavation, Sheet pile cofferdam,
· Foundations,
· Structures and Silos
· Building Fit Out, Systems, Site works and Rail
