CIVIL & STRUCTURAL SERVICES

SCOPE OF SERVICES

Gryphon provides the full scope of civil and structural engineering services for all aspects of power generation, utility and distribution projects, from the initial conceptual phase, through detailed design, specifications and construction documents to providing construction observation.

• Henderson Hospital - Hamilton, Ontario - All sitework, structural and architectural work for a new boilerhouse of 37 x 28 x 14 m high dimensions. All the civil and structural work was completed in-house.

• Lake Superior Power - HRSG Enclosures - Sault Ste Marie, Ontario - New building of approximately 30 x 20 x 23 m high dimensions, enclosed two (2) HRSG units, including maintenance spaces for the removal of the LM6000 gas turbines from their packages, and a connection to the main power plant building.

• Cornell University - Lake Source Cooling Project - Ithaca, New York - Multi-story Heat Exchanger facility for the pumps, heat exchangers, wet well and controls for the Lake Source cooling project.
• Junbunzlauer – Port Colborne, Ontario - A new building with dimensions of approximately 70 x 20 x 9 m high enclosing the complete central utility plant.

• Cornell University - Boiler 6 & 7 Replacement Project - Ithaca, New York - Demolition of a corner of an existing boiler house and the civil and structural works to extend the boiler house to accommodate two (2) new larger package boilers.

• Other similar steam line projects: Lake Superior Power, TCPL North Bay, Kapuskasing and Nipigon Projects and Ontario Hydro Bruce Nuclear Reconfiguration Project, each of which included pipe racks and individual supports to accommodate steam lines and miscellaneous equipment.

• Ormat International Inc. - Upper Mahaio and Leyte Projects in Philippines, and Rotokawa Project in New Zealand - Foundation designs for the various configurations of General Electric Fitchburg steam turbine generator foundations incorporated in these power plants.
• Ormat International Inc. - NOVA Gold Creek Project - Grande Prairie, Alberta - Detailed foundation design for all the Ormat Energy Converter (OEC) equipment, including heat recovery unit, turbine-generator, air-cooled condenser, tanks, heat exchangers, pumps, shelters, and auxiliary equipment.

• Kimberly Clark - 20 MW Steam Turbine Generator Project - Terrace Bay, Ontario – Foundation design for the backpressure steam turbine generator.
• Jungbunzlauer – Port Colborne, Ontario - Gas turbine generators, HRSGs, and all plant auxiliaries foundation design.
• Northland Power ST02 Turbine Replacement, Kirkland Lake, Ontario – Existing concrete tabletop foundation adapted and modified with concrete work to accommodate new steam turbine.

• Cornell University - Ithaca, New York - Gryphon has provided engineering services for several new distribution steam lines feeding the campus. The lines are installed in a buried concrete tunnel system, specially developed by Gryphon personnel and used throughout the Cornell campus.

• Other similar steam line projects: Lake Superior Power, TCPL North Bay, Kapuskasing and Nipigon Projects and Ontario Hydro Bruce Nuclear Reconfiguration Project, each of which included pipe racks and individual supports to accommodate steam lines and miscellaneous equipment.

• Detailed .design of boiler ducting and breechings up to 66” diameter for retrofits to various coal-fired power plants.

• Union Gas Power - Ford Windsor Powerhouse - 28.5 MW Steam Turbine Generator Project - An existing concrete high tuned “tabletop” foundation was adapted and modified with steel and concrete works to accommodate a new 28.5 MW extraction-condensing steam turbine generator set, including static and dynamic analysis.

• Potter Power Station - 40 MW Gas Turbine Generator Replacement Project - Tunis, Ontario - A piled foundation was designed for the new LM6000 GTG package, along with associated modifications to the existing building and ducting.

• TransCanada Power - North Bay and Kapuskasing - 40 MW Enhanced Combined Cycle Projects

• Lake Superior Power - Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - 105 MW Combined Cycle Cogeneration Plant