Facilities

ALCO’s 32 acre plant-site includes shops dedicated to module assembly, pressure vessel fabrication, pipe spool welding and structural steel fabrication all to enable ALCO to construct a wide variety of oil and natural gas processing plants. From wellsite production equipment to central processing facilities ALCO is ready to serve all of it’s customers. ALCO employs a skilled and dedicated workforce consisting of pressure/structural welders, instrumentation technicians, electricians and assembly specialists. As work flows cycle, ALCO human resources group draws on local and international labour pools as necessary to accommodate all of our customer’s requirements. ALCO is firmly established in steel construction and constantly ensures that the right skill set is on the floor to adequately manage any and all incoming work.

ALCO’s hook-up and assembly shop is a state-of-the art building that is designed with efficiency in mind. With an under-hook height of 45 feet, ALCO can assemble almost any size of modularized oil and gas plant. Just like ALCO’s vessel fabrication facilities, this shop has its own skilled work force that is committed to producing a top-quality product. Pipe spooling is completed in a dedicated workshop shop and is manufactured according to the requirements of ASME B31.1 and 31.3.

PWHT Furnace

ALCO performs on-site stress relieving for all vessels and pipe spooling. This ultra-modern PWHT furnace is comprised of two (2) – 12’ wide x 12’ high x 40’ long sections that can be operated individually, or combined as one 80’ long unit. Each furnace section has two burner assemblies fitted with 3HP medium velocity blower at 1400CFM. The furnace temperatures are monitored using thermos electric recorder that displays the temperature of each thermocouple. Performance of the furnace is verified and regularly calibrated to ensure reliable results in strict accordance with the requirements of CSA B149.3 and is CSA.

Specifics:

ALCO’s state-of-the-art assembly shop spans 44,000 sq. ft. and includes eight (8) overhead cranes totaling 200 tonne capacity with 44’ under the hook height. This shop consists of six (6) 26’ wide doors, one (1) 24’ door, two (2) 16’ doors, and one (1) 57’ wide full height swing door.

ALCO’s pressure vessel and HEX facility spans 49,000 sq. ft. and includes six (6) overhead cranes ranging in capacity from 10 tons to 22.5 tons complete with twenty-eight (28) 1ton jib cranes to support fabrication.

ALCO’s pipe spooling facility spans 11,000 sq. ft. and includes seven (7) overhead cranes (5 – 10 tons). This facility also includes eight (8) individual bays each with it’s own access door (12’ -16’ wide).

ALCO’s reboiler/heater fabrication facility spans 17,000 sq. ft. and includes six (6) overhead cranes to support fabrication.

ALCO’s office area is 11,000 sq. ft. and is conveniently located adjacent to the fabrication facilities to ensure close communications between the fabrication and engineering.

ALCO’s capable engineering group is fully integrated to completely engineer any modularized gas or oil production equipment. ALCO’s project and enginnering group includes expertise in process, mechanical, instrumentation, and project engineering. In addition to engineering in house work for modularization, ALCO can offer engineering services that include detailed cost estimates, feasibility analysis for new projects and debottlenecking, detailed engineering design, as well as plant performance analysis.

ALCO is an industry leader in the engineering and modularization of gas processing equipment including dew point control plants, deep cut LPG recovery plants, amine plants, fractionation facilites, process heaters, separators, and dehydration units.

To any customer, no matter what location or for what use a plant is to be designed for, ALCO’s engineering group can rely on it’s ability and experience to produce a product that is unequaled by any others in terms of engineering design and innovation.

ALCO’s engineering and projects team is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist any caller with their process equipment needs or emergencies. For all such situations, call (780) 914-7006.

ALCO recognizes that in a globalized world with ever increasing emphasis on quality, in order to be considered a leader in the industry, a very specific and dedicated approach to quality control and quality assurance is needed.

In order to meet this need and to adhere to our mission, ALCO has developed its in house QA/QC program to meet or exceed all aspects of regulatory and customer requirements. Given the importance of quality of workmanship and the need to meet and exceed customer expectations, QA/QC forms an integral part of ALCO’s bidding process.

When it comes to Quality and Customer Satisfaction, ALCO offers:

A company-wide philosophy of delivering quality excellence.

A commitment to meet or exceed industry standards.

A program that covers all aspects of non destructive examination including (RT, MPI, LPI, UT, PMI and Hardness).

A welding program certified to CSA, CWB, and ASME. This welding program also includes a set of weld procedures written according to the ASME Section IX. This set of weld procedures cover a range of welding capabilities that includes the following processes SAW, SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW. ALCO’s weld procedures also cover a wide range of carbon steels, and low and high alloy steels.

A certification to design, fabricate, and designate pressure vessels with the applicable American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) “U2”, “U”, “UM”, and “S” stamps.

A commitment to engineering excellence. ALCO is registered with APEGA (Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta).

A capability to adapt to the design, fabrication, and manufacturing requirements of other international standards including, API, ASME, CENELEC, NEMA, CSA, CE Directives, GOST, ANSI, ABSA, ATEX, IEC, NEC, PED, DNV, TEMA, and UL.

A detailed summary of ALCO’s Quality Control / Quality Assurance is available on the following link.

Since ALCO’s inception over 40 years ago, ALCO has been supplying engineered gas and oil processing equipment to Canadian  and global energy producers.  ALCO has designed, built, and commissioned equipment that is currently operating  in several countries on every continent (with the exception of Antarctica) in the world.

ALCO’s diverse background and experience continues to instill confidence in customers from every corner of the earth.  Confidence that ALCO possesses the technical skill sets, cultural understanding, and work force that are all so vital when it comes to creating a product for use in any climate and any location.