About Cord Projects Ltd.
Cord Projects Ltd. is an open-shop merit contractor, offering extensive expertise in engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) across Canada.
Since 1978, Cord has been committed to creating value for our clients. Our history includes projects ranging from single-discipline construction to complete turnkey EPC installations. Cord's track record of efficient and effectively executed work has resulted in many long-term
business relationships and repeat clients.
Cord specializes in the construction and/or design of conventional oil and gas facilities, oil sands and heavy oil facilities, petrochemical plants and thermal power projects. As a fully-integrated general contractor, Cord Projects Ltd. is dedicated to safety, quality workmanship and fiscal accountability.
Safety
The management of Cord Projects Ltd. is committed to providing a safe and healthy work environment for our employees, clients and subcontractors.
No area of our business is more important than safety. Our goal on every project is zero incidents; our mandate is zero incidents. We are committed to working purposefully to realize excellence in workplace safety.
Cord has been the proud recipient of the Canadian Gas Producers Suppliers Association (Gas Processing Association Canada - GPAC) Safety Award for accident-free operations in 1999, 2000, 2001 2002, 2003 and 2004, as well as the GPAC President's Safety Award for Field Construction for 2004.
From the Government of Alberta, Cord received the 2003, 2004, & 2005 Best Safety Performer, Work Safe Awards.
All of Cord Projects' superintendents and safety representatives are qualified through the Alberta Construction Safety Association training courses in the following:
- Principles of Health and Safety
- Leadership for Safety Excellence
- Construction Safety Administration
- H2S Alive
- St. John Ambulance First Aid
- Confined Space Entry
- CSTS Training Systems
The Cord Advantage
Cord offers an exceptional team with "best-in-class" project management, engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction competencies.
Cord has history of commitment to safety, cost control, schedule achievement and high quality.
The Cord advantage includes:
- Industry leading loss management performance
- Consistent achievement of project goals and objectives, verified by repeat business from our clients
- A seamless organization providing a single point of contact and full responsibility for all aspects of EPC design, procurement and construction
- Long-term committed employees with substantial heavy industrial oil and gas plant experience
Cord's EPC background provides our staff with the experience to assist engineering firms as follows:
- Participation in constructability analysis
- Ability to coordinate engineering deliverables
- Participation in HAZOP reviews
- Understanding of the minimum requirement for detailed engineering
- Conceptual estimating capabilities
- Our open-shop construction strategy can deliver the lowest possible facility cost
- Cord can meet all project skilled labour needs through access to Alberta's extensive open shop labour pool
Markets Served
Cord Projects Ltd. provides a full range of services relating to the design, procurement and construction of industrial facilities.
We have constructed a diverse range of facilities, which have included the consideration and installation of many items and technologies.
Our construction projects have included:
- Gas compression stations – including engine drives, electric motor drives, reciprocating compressors and centrifugal compressors
- Conventional oil facilities – including vapour recovery production, treating facilities, tank farms, pump stations and waterflood facilities
- Dew point control and LPG recovery units – including refrigeration units, auto-refrigeration units, desiccant adsorption, lean oil adsorption, turbo expanders and liquid fractionation
- Gas sweetening units – including amine systems (MEA, DEA, MDEA), Selexol, and iron sponge
- Sulphurplants – including Selectox, ari locat, 3-bed Claus and Superclaus
- Gas dehydration facilities – including desiccant adsorption, glycol injection, and glycol contact
- Heavy oil facilities – including SAGD, cyclic steam injection, fireflood, caustic flood, steam drive
- LPG storage, loading and unloading facilities – including ethane, butane, propane and condensate
- Water treatment facilities – including waste/produced water facilities, potable water systems and cooling/steam generation
- Cogeneration facilities – gas turbines, steam turbines and OTSG/HRSG
Ewart Cameron, General Manager: The 'C' in EPC