You can't even get labourers for anything less than about $20/hour in that area of Alberta and skilled labour (like welders and pipe fitters) for less than $35/hour.
800,000 kg superload!!!
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It is done far quicker in their facility than on site, less waste, better quality which also results in reduced costs from having to be re-worked, lower costs for non-destructive testing, etc. They have been building bigger and bigger modules and components over the years and project managers will almost always default to having components and assemblies built in a manufacturing facility vs in the field. Even more so when there are specialty considerations such as pressure and/or heat containment, processing, etc. Believe me, if it was better to build on-site, that's what they would be doing.Oxbow, Isafarmboy, MagnumaMoose and 3 others Thank this. -
Oversized megaloads aren't really anything special up here. Between 2009 and early 2015 there used to be convoys of 4-12 giant modules passing through town a couple nights a week. All the overpasses have high load bypasses, there are no overhead wires and all traffic lights can rotate out of the way.
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Alberta has a High Load Corridor (see map) which has been built to accommodate loads up to 12.8 m (42 ft) high by 9 m wide. Permitting and commercial escorts are still required, but route surveys, pole trucks, electrical and mechanical contractors to move wires, light, signs, etc., are unnecessary.
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