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O’Brien Installations Ltd.
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across North America in- stumped on something,” he
cluding key distributors in said. “We can offer solu-
northern and eastern On- tions to the most difficult de-
tario. sign challenges.”
“The one thing which Company founder Hugh
sets us apart from anybody O’Brien started the business
else is our ability to solve in the 1960s, originally in-
problems,” says general stalling cranes and doors for
manager Wayne Davis. “We other manufacturers.
have a group of people here O’Brien remains as com-
who can find answers to any pany president, now backed
type of situation – with engi- by dozens of employees in a
neering and manufacturing, business with annual gross
there isn’t much we haven’t sales greater than $25 mil-
done in the past 45 years. lion.
“Very rarely are we Installation – and after-
O’Brien Installations:
Some project examples
Here are examples of some succesful recent projects from
O’Brien Installations, provided by GTA Territory Man-
ager Phil Tilton.
Project Name: Construction of the Lorne Park Water
Treatment Plant
Pumping Station Expansion and Jack Darling Park
Sewage Pumping Stations.
Owner: Regional Municipality of Peel installation service – are still
General Contractor: Kenaidan Contracting Ltd a major part of the business,
and these are focused within
Scope of work:
the local market area.
A) Remove two (2) - ten (10) tonne overhead crane and
“We’ll travel anywhere
runway systems
within three hours of Stoney
B) Design, fabricate, install and commision three (3) - fif-
Creek,” Davis said.
teen tonne “O’Brien” overhead cranes complete with
The company is happy to
interlocking transfer beams.
C)
handle simple projects val-
Supply, install and commision one (1) - six (6) tonne
ued at less than $10,000 in
monorail, electric chain hoist system.
D)
the GTA.
Supply, install and commision one (1) - three (3)tonne
Larger projects valued to
explosion proof wire rope monorail hoist system.
E) Supply, install and commision one (1) - two (2) tonne
more than $1 million are
wire ropemonorail hoist and runout crane system.
sold internationally; as
O’Brien Installations has the
Project Name: Lorne Park Water
capacity to provide special-
Treatment Plant
T
ized jib and overhead cranes
reatment Capacity Expansion.
for large-scale manufactur-
Owner: Regional Municipality of Peel
ers and institutional facili-
General Contractor: Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd.
ties, such as sewage
treatment plants, oil and gas
Scope of Work:
refineries, power generating
A) Design, fabricate and install four (4) overhead crane
facilities and pulp and paper
runway systems totaling 1400’ 0”
mills.
B) Design, fabricate, install and commision four (4) - ten
Within the GTA, O’Brien
(10) tonne “O’Brien” overhead cranes complete with
Installations is especially
transfer beams. competitive on larger proj-
Congratulations to O’Brien Installations Ltd.
C) Supply, install and commision four (4) - one (1) tonne ects requiring union labour.
monorails complete with electric chain hoists “We retain our own union We are proud to be part of your success.
D) Supply, install and commision eight (2) - two (2) tonne workers, iron workers and
monorails complete with electric chain hoists. electrical workers,” he said.
With unionized employ-
Project Name: Articulated Bus Garage
ees, O’Brien Installations
Owner: City of Ottawa
does not need to rely on the
General Contractor: Ellis Don Construction
hiring hall to provide skilled
labour needed for installa-
CENTRAL RAIL SUPPLY LTD.
Scope of Work:
tions and service calls.
A) Supply and install eighteen (18) “Spanco” stainless
“This means if you are a
steel ridgid track fall arrest systems complete with sup-
general contractor, you
porting stucture and fall arrest lanyards and harnesses.
P.O. Box 5158, LC.D.1, Hamilton, Ontario L8L 8G1
B) Supply, install and commision two (2) free standing
won’t be stuck with some-
one who doesn’t know what
Tel: (905) 521-8477 Fax: (905) 529-7912
one (1) ton “O’Brien” jib cranes complete with power
Email: centralrail@on.aibn.com
rotation and electric chainhoists.
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