Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc. is pleased to announce the official opening of our fourth office, located at #1000, 888 – 3rd Street SW Bankers Hall, West Tower, in the heart of downtown Calgary, Alberta.

The new space will allow us to extend our engineering and project management service offerings and provide a dedicated facility to host client meetings and other activities.

“We are very excited in opening our new office in Alberta,” says Chris Sacré, President of Sacré-Davey Engineering, “and we are committed to providing high quality, customer focused services to our clients in Alberta.”

Sacré-Davey’s new Calgary office complements our Vernon, British Columbia and Regina, Saskatchewan offices.

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Sacré-Davey is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority interest in The Oilsands Research Group (ORG). ORG specializes in innovating and optimizing oil sands mining, processing and tailings operations.  ORG has, at it’s core, a group of 20 specialists and gurus with over 200 years’ experience in the oil sands research, development and operations industries. They are leaders in the advancement of oil sands technology and in the discovery, scale-up and development of extraction processes.

This acquisition will result in the creation of Sacré-Davey Oilsands Innovation (SDOI), the newest member of the Sacré-Davey Group, and will focus on process optimization, pilot plant development and oil sands efficiency audits. Together with Sacré-Davey Engineering, SDOI will be able to extend their offering and also include project management, engineering, procurement, construction management and other technical services to our growing oil sands customer base.

Brent Hilscher, P.Eng will lead this group as Managing Director of Sacré-Davey Oilsands Innovation working with the Sacré-Davey Leadership Team to ensure that our combined reputation for delivering excellence in customer service, quality and innovation continues.

About Oilsands Research Group

The Oilsands Research Group is capable of providing a wide range of oil sands related work within 6 main technical categories: Mining, Extraction, Environmental/Reclamation, Utilities, and In-situ. Our team includes PhDs in extraction and environmental studies who not only are familiar with but have been personally developing the latest advancements in the oil sands. Technologies to use less water, emit less CO2, recover more bitumen, and reclaim the land back to a natural state faster, are just a few of the areas in which our specialists have been involved. Our group also has young scientists and engineers, learning from some of the leading names in oil sands research. Visit www.oil-sands-research.com for more information.

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Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority interest in Calgary’s Vantage Engineering and SolTech Projects. Vantage and SolTech have been providing extensive engineering and project management services to the Oil & Gas Industry in Western Canada since 2001 and bring in excess of 35 highly motivated and qualified professionals to Sacré-Davey’s existing team of 100.

This acquisition will result in the creation of Sacré-Davey Vantage, the newest member of the Sacré-Davey Group, which together with Sacré-Davey Engineering will be able to offer a broader range of engineering, project management and technical services to our growing customer base in Canada and abroad.

“We are very excited with this merger – it aligns perfectly with our growth strategy and desire to serve our customers from their own back yard. Sacré-Davey Vantage will serve as our Centre Excellence for Oil & Gas – specifically adding additional gas processing, salt cavern development and gathering system expertise to SDE’s existing competencies in gas processing, Liquefied Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, distribution and facilities. The two firm’s similar values and visions make the fit perfect and we look forward to offering the services of both companies under one brand,” said Chris Sacré, President and CEO Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc.

“Sacré-Davey, Vantage and SolTech are joining forces to create a one-of-a-kind Canadian engineering firm, one that is uniquely positioned though both size and expertise to help our customers through the current oil price fluctuation and grow with our customers once this commodity swing is behind us. I am looking forward to the future with our new team”, said Ian Squires, President of Vantage Engineering. Ian will lead our Calgary team as Managing Director of Sacré-Davey Vantage working with the Sacré-Davey Leadership Team to ensure that our combined reputation for delivering excellence in customer service, quality and innovation continues.

About Vantage Engineering and SolTech Projects

Vantage is an engineering and project management firm that specializes in oil and gas facilities. Our qualified staff cover all of the engineering disciplines and with the assistance of our design and drafting, procurement, and regulatory groups we are able to effectively provide quality service and build strong ties with our customers. SolTech Projects is our affiliated company that specializes in the field of development and management of underground storage facilities. Visit www.vantageengineering.ca for more information.

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May 5^th 2015 was the official opening of Gulf Fluor (GF), the UAE’s leading chemicals manufacturer. GF opened its new state-of-the-art, world-class fluorine complex at the Industrial of City Abu Dhabi (ICADII). The complex is both a first in its kind and the largest In the region as well as the fifth largest in the world.

GF new complex cost over AED1.5 billion (USD 410 million).  The complex has a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes/annum aluminum fluoride (AlF3), 140,000 tonnes/annum sulphuric acid (H2SO4) and 54,000 tonnes/annum hydrofluoric acid (HF), in addition to a water purification plant. Gulf Fluor supplies chemicals for use in the aluminum, building, agriculture and refrigeration sector.

Sacré-Davey was the Commissioning and Startup Consultant for the GF Complex as well as managed the handover of all main packages from the different suppliers, technology providers and contractors to GF operations.

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In a formal signing ceremony on August 11th 2015, Emirates Business Group (EBG) awarded the engineering consulting services contract for its new Aseptic Packaging Plant to Sacré-Davey Middle East LLC (SDME).

Mr. Mohamed Al Blooki, EBG’s Chairman and Mr. Jalal Abdenour signed the contract. SDME will provide full engineering services and process design for the anticipated greenfield project.

Emirates Business Group (EBG), with a workforce of over 10,000 employees across the Middle East, is one of the leading holding companies in the UAE with businesses across a broad spectrum of industries including but not limited to agriculture, industry and real estate.

The Project Developer is INMA Business Development.  INMA, led by directors’ with significant experience in developing successful industrial projects in the UAE; is taking the responsibility of developing this Aseptic Packaging project to be the state-of-the-art in both technology and operation.

The project site is located in ICAD-1 Abu Dhabi. The commercial production of the plant is expected towards the fourth quarter of 2016 with a capacity to meet major part of the region’s market.

Aseptic packaging is commonly used for the packaging of milk, fruit juices, liquid whole eggs, gravies and tomatoes.

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Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc. (SDE) is pleased to announce the appointment of James Scobbie as Vice President, Mining and Industrial divisions of the company effective December 14, 2015.  James joined SDE in early 2015 and has proven to be a valuable member of our team. In this executive position, James will be driving both business and projects forward as we grow into new areas and sectors.

Mr. Scobbie is a professional engineer registered in BC and holds an MBA from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, as well as undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering and Construction for Project Management and Control.   He has over 20 years’ experience in business and major project management including turnaround and maintenance exposure.  James joined us from previous careers at both AMEC and Hatch where he held senior positions and most recently was the Regional Managing Director for Western North America at Hatch for Energy, Mining and Metals, and Infrastructure sectors.

Please join us in congratulating James on his new position.

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Following a prior announcement wherein SDE and Vantage announced their intention to merge, changing economic conditions have resulted in the termination of Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc interest into Vantage Engineering Inc. and SolTech Projects Inc. Sacré-Davey will relocate to its new Calgary office in early 2016.

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Sacré-Davey Middle East LLC announces that as part of its annual ISO 9001 review and improvement, the company has also been awarded both ISO 14001 accreditation for environmental management, and OHSAS 18001 accreditation for health and safety. The awards recognize Sacré- Davey’s commitment to an integrated management system covering QHSE for its employees, clients and shareholders.

Certification to OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 demonstrates that Sacré-Davey’s quality management system successfully:

• Identifies and assesses the health, safety and environmental impacts of its activities and products

• Monitors, self-corrects and continuously improves its processes  

Achieving ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001, in addition to ISO 9001 awarded in 2012, is a major milestone and reflects Sacré-Davey’s continued ongoing commitment and responsibility to our employees, customers and projects.  

Highlights

ISO 9001 is a family of standards related to quality management systems and designed to help organizations ensure that they meet the needs of customers, shareholders and employees. ISO 9001 certification recognizes that the policies, practices and procedures of our company ensure consistent quality in the services and work product provided to customers.

ISO 14001 is the internationally recognized standard for the environmental management of businesses. It prescribes controls for those activities that have an effect on the environment. These include the use of natural resources, handling and treatment of waste and energy consumption.

OHSAS 18001 is an international standard that is developed by the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) Project Group, an association that includes government agencies, certification bodies, national standards, industry associations, and consultants. The aim of OHSAS 18001 is to assist organizations in managing and controlling their health and safety risks and continually improving their OH&S performance.

The Sacré-Davey Group is committed to delivering excellence in customer service, value, quality, integrity and innovation.

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Seattle, WA & Vancouver B.C. – January 11, 2016 – Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc. is pleased to announce it is partnering with Seattle’s E3 Energy Partners LLC (E3), to form SDE3 Engineering — the newest member of the Sacré-Davey Group.  E3 Energy Partners is a full-service chemical, process and design engineering firm specializing in advanced conversion processes for renewable energy, fuels and chemicals.  E3’s team of highly motivated and qualified professionals adds to Sacré-Davey’s depth, bringing the Group to over 150 in number across the US and Canada.  SDE3, together with Sacré-Davey Engineering, will offer the Group’s customers enhanced process and discipline engineering expertise, project management, procurement and technical services to our growing customer base throughout North America.

“What an exciting time!  We are thrilled to be expanding our process and discipline engineering capabilities with the formation of SDE3 and to growing our participation in the field of engineering for renewable projects. Partnering with Rich and Dan’s exceptional team gives us greater reach into the US Market. SDE3 will continue to evolve its offerings into strategic market segments leveraging Sacre-Davey’s systems, people and North America customer base.  As a group, we will continue to work to enhance our customers factories, helping them drive greater value from their operations.” said Chris Sacré, President and CEO Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc.

“Today, the Pacific Northwest takes center stage within the advanced renewable fuel and chemical industry worldwide”, said Richard Bacigalupi, Principal of E3 Energy Partners.  “Our partnership with Sacré-Davey Engineering brings forth an expanded team of proven process experts and multi-discipline engineering leaders.  Our mission is to solve very real technical and economic problems for our clients as they face intense scrutiny and high expectation from their investors and customers.  Our partnership is truly an example of the sum being greater than the parts.”

Richard Bacigalupi and Dan Parker will continue in their roles as Principal Leaders in Seattle and work with the Sacré-Davey Leadership Team to ensure that our combined reputations for delivering excellence in customer care, quality and innovation continues.

About Sacré-Davey Engineering

Sacré-Davey has been providing full discipline engineering and project management services to the oil and gas, infrastructure, mining and mineral-processing and clean technology sectors around the world for over 30 years. We work hard to develop a deep understanding of our customer’s needs and objectives so we can think differently about challenges and provide innovative solutions that maximize value, measured in terms of lower total cost, flexibility of execution, or simply helping our customers get their project completed and commissioned faster.

E3 Energy Partners

E3 Energy Partners LLC is a global leader in advanced chemical and process engineering for energy, renewables, wastewater and heavy industrial markets.  Headquartered in Seattle, WA, we work across all stages of project development, including technical and economic due-diligence, FEED (Front End Engineering Design), detailed design and project management.

To learn more about E3 Energy Partners please click here.

Contacts

For further information, please contact Richard Bacigalupi at SDE3 in Seattle, WA at (206) 462-3601 or Warren Johnson at Sacré-Davey in Vancouver at (604) 998-4158.

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Vancouver B.C. – June 3, 2016 – Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc. is happy to announce the addition of several new members of our team. We continue to grow to better support our clients. Please join us in welcoming to the team Jill, Lia, Jafar, Gabriel, Emad, and Nathan. 

Are you interested in a career with Sacré-Davey Engineering? Keep an eye on our Careers page for future opportunities. 

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Sacré-Davey congratulates Duonix on the successful start-up of the Beatrice Plant. SDE3 was pleased to be a key member of the Duonix team providing support for the plant commissioning and start-up.

The full press release can be found here: http://businesswire.sys-con.com/node/3911593

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The ability to provide quality service to our clients is one variable that sets us apart from our competitors. Not only does it add strength and value to our identity in the industry, it also strengthens our relationships with our clients. Building strong relationships with our clients does not happen overnight; like any relationship it requires effort and care.

Providing quality service to our clients means putting effort into our relationships and putting you, our client, first. It means ensuring that our clients know who we are, where we are and who they can contact when in need. More importantly, when you approach us, it is vital that we are available to discuss your needs and provide quality answers, solutions, and guidance to help you resolve your business problems. An essential part of building rapport with our clients, is ensuring that you are heard, and that we facilitate a two way conversation that is guided by strategic, open ended questions, so we may learn about your needs. Building meaningful relationships with you also means reaching out during the quieter times, perhaps when you least expect it, to ensure everything is going well or if you might need assistance. This develops and establishes good communication habits so that we are not only communicating with clients when problems arise or things go awry but rather we communicate as stakeholders in your success.

Most of us, including our clients, are constantly on the go, which can lead to some very stressful situations, especially when proposals and deadlines are constantly being pursued. During these times it is easy to forget decorum, however it is crucial, especially during these times, to be mindful that you, our client, are people, and ultimately people have an inherent desire to be cared about. Caring allows us to create and build a foundation with you; One where you are being taken care of and also aware that when you need us we are here for you. Furthermore, that we are able and willing to go the extra mile for you, and that you are consistently informed of our appreciation for your alliance and loyalty. Service takes effort and commitment; but serving our clients with sincerity develops loyal and everlasting relationships that evolves into a “partnership” in each other’s successes.

There is incredible value in providing service that goes above and beyond for our clients, and that value will be found in the everlasting and loyal relationships we build with you, our clients.

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Production of Sustainably-Sourced Food Ingredient Xylitol Expected to Begin in 2018

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North Vancouver, BC – Monday, October 31, 2016 – Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc. is delighted to announce that it has reached an agreement with Ferenco, an engineering and project management expert in the Lime Industry and Industrial Minerals market segments.

Effective the date of this release, Ferenco will begin conducting its practice as Sacré-Davey Ferenco, a member of Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc. The Ferenco team will be relocating from its office in Delta, BC, to Sacré-Davey’s headquarter in North Vancouver, BC.

“For the last 30 years, our firms and predecessors have been working hand-in-hand, and with the addition of Ferenco’s skills to the mix, we are excited about the extended offering to our combined customers” said Chris Sacré, President and CEO of Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc.

About Sacré-Davey Engineering

Sacré-Davey has been providing full discipline engineering and project management services to the mining and mineral-processing, oil and gas, infrastructure and clean technology sectors around the world for over 30 years. We work hard to develop a deep understanding of our customer’s needs and objectives so we can think differently about challenges and provide innovative solutions that maximize value, measured in terms of lower total cost, flexibility of execution, or simply helping our customers get their project completed and commissioned faster.

About Ferenco

Since 1983, Ferenco has built their reputation as a trusted partner in design engineering projects for industrial mineral processing. Ferenco has focused efforts primarily on the lime industry. They have been responsible for 23 lime plants, including limestone crushing plants, lime production facilities, hydrate plants, and precipitated calcium carbonate plants. This has resulted in 4.3 million tons per year of added capacity (per 2013); and those numbers continue to grow with new projects and new partnerships. As a natural progression Ferenco has diversified to include the cement, gypsum, flyash, clay, coal/coke, industrial sand and salt industries. Today, their work includes; plant expansion studies, strategic planning, permit application assistance, process design, plant and facilities design, and process problem resolution.

Contacts

For further information, please contact James Scobbie at 604-202-1526 or Craig Shaw at 604-986-0663.

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We are proud to share the video in recognition of the nomination of our CEO Chris Sacré as the Business Person of the Year by North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. This wonderful video was created for us by the talented Capilano University team: Brendan, Mitch, Jenny, Zac and Lucas. We would like to thank everyone for their input and participation, this wouldn’t have been possible without the enthusiasm of the entire team.

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Giving back to the community is very important to us. Once again, Sacré-Davey Engineering contributed to the Dundarave Festival’s “Forest of Miracles”. Thanks to our volunteers who came out to Dundarave to decorate a Sacré-Davey Christmas tree in support of Lookout Society’s North Shore Shelter. Together we can end homelessness. To see more about Dundarave Festival, please click here. 

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Sacré-Davey Engineering is proud to announce that it has been named a B.C. finalist for Deloitte’s “Canada’s Best Managed Companies” program.

“Our continuing growth is a result of a culture based on providing innovative solutions with a customer centric approach that maximizes value to our customer. This is a recognition of the hard work and effort put in by the Sacré-Davey team”, said Chris Sacré, President and CEO of SDE.

Established in 1993, Canada’s Best Managed Companies is the country’s leading business awards program, recognizing excellence in Canadian-owned and -managed companies with revenues over $15 million. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates the company’s management abilities and practices of business excellence. They focus on Canadian-owned and managed companies, recognizing overall business performance and sustained growth.

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Sacré-Davey Engineering is pleased to welcome Fred Di Tomaso and Les Smith as team members to our expanding Calgary office.

Fred has over 40 years of experience with oil & gas processing facilities, from engineering to project management, including design and completion of gas plants, oil treating facilities, compressor stations, pipelines, pumping stations, and countless other studies and projects. Fred’s international experience includes projects in Pakistan, Kuwait, Iran, Bangladesh, Yemen, Chad, and Algeria.

Les boasts 35 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, managing projects in sectors such as engineering, process, manufacturing, and destructive testing. His work in the engineering business has given him exposure to a broad range of industries, such as oil & gas processing, conventional & heavy oil, sour gas applications, water treatment, and liquid solids handling in North America and internationally.

“The addition of Fred and Les will strengthen both our Calgary presence and our Center of Excellence of Oil & Gas, enhancing our services offering and technical expertise to our current and future clients. We welcome Fred and Les to the Sacré-Davey family!” said Chris Sacré, President and CEO of Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc.

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Sacre Davey’s Mining Division is pleased to announce that of the 17 mining projects completed in 2016, all 17 were on or under budget.  We would like to thank our clients and our engineering teams for making this achievement possible.  Despite our rapid growth in the mining sector we have maintained firm and consistent budget control of each and every project.

We believe this clearly demonstrates our commitment to deliver what we promise for the price we promise.

Brent Hilscher

Mining Sector Lead

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Sacré-Davey Engineering is pleased to welcome Fred Di Tomaso and Les Smyth as team members to our expanding Calgary office.

Fred has over 40 years of experience with oil & gas processing facilities, from engineering to project management, including design and completion of gas plants, oil treating facilities, compressor stations, pipelines, pumping stations, and countless other studies and projects. Fred’s international experience includes projects in Pakistan, Kuwait, Iran, Bangladesh, Yemen, Chad, and Algeria.

Les boasts 35 years of experience in the oil & gas industry, managing projects in sectors such as engineering, process, manufacturing, and destructive testing. His work in the engineering business has given him exposure to a broad range of industries, such as oil & gas processing, conventional & heavy oil, sour gas applications, water treatment, and liquid solids handling in North America and internationally.

“The addition of Fred and Les will strengthen both our Calgary presence and our Center of Excellence of Oil & Gas, enhancing our services offering and technical expertise to our current and future clients. We welcome Fred and Les to the Sacré-Davey family!” said Chris Sacré, President and CEO of Sacré-Davey Engineering Inc.

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