Projects
Sanofi Pasteur Pharmaceutical - Building #89 Expansion
Completion: June 02, 2015
Location: Toronto
Expansion of existing production facility, which has been facilitated by: Creating of a new central utilities plant to house major process and utilities equipment, that is to be retrofitted within an existing building structure. Creating a new production facility within the confines of a 30’ wide space, which is “sandwiched” between two existing structures. Creating a mechanical trellis to allow for efficient fluid-transfer between the two building structures (as new building structures are separated by existing building). Building structure and mechanical services need to be completed within an eight month period to facilitate commissioning of process equipment (by Sanofi). Commissioning of process equipment is a fixed date, which is required to meet production of vaccines (to be reviewed and approved by the FDA and Health Canada). The significant challenge of the project is constructing the new building and associated services within the tight confines of the project footprint (small space) and within a short amount of time (aggressive project schedule).
Mechanical Systems
Highlights: Design-Assist with Sanofi Pasteur prior to the start of construction. Work with the design-team to review mechanical design/layout. Determine areas for value-engineering to minimize total project cost. Prepared mechanical budgets for owner review/consideration to ensure project costing was accurate. Prepare and distribute pre-aware mechanical equipment renders for long-lead items. Coordination and development of integrated 3D Model to ensure mechanical services could be installed as shown. Implementation of 3D Scanner to map existing building structure and services to incorporate into 3D model. Lead role in 3D model, integration and clash detection
Water Process Construction: Maximum utilization of pre-fabrication – i.e. underground piping, overhead mechanical room piping, trellis piping, and equipment. Assisted in meeting short/tight project durations. Minimized the amount of material laydown thereby increasing productivity, which is greatly affected by the minimal footprint of the project
Preselected Equipment: Coordination and installation of pre-purchased mechanical equipment (Air Handing Units, Chillers, and Cooling Tower). Develop a purchasing guideline to facilitate pre-tender of equipment to minimize the impact of long-lead mechanical equipment. Coordination with Owner supplied equipment (process skids). Coordinate mechanical layout and installation with process skids, which were brought into the space after building construction was completed – services needed to be routed around “hatch” opening to facilitate landing of process skids. Coordination and installation of supporting utilities for process skids/equipment. Ensure that required process piping (e.g. plant steam, process chilled-water, clean-steam, water for injection, process water, vent, etc.) was installed to facilitate proper equipment commissioning – this included main distribution piping and interconnect piping between skids. Submittal and review of process piping documentation to facilitate Owner Commissioning and Qualification