A Job Well Done
Our Wire Rope division worked closely with Surerus Murphy Joint Venture to supply and install a heavy-duty cable for the Elko pipeline project. The Elko project is a 48-inch natural gas pipeline installed in steep mountainous terrain near Fernie, B.C.
Our techs went to the site to train and work with the Surerus Murphy Joint Venture crew to spool this kilometre-long, 1.75-inch thick cable to a winch and install an end termination at the largest and steepest slope on the project, Flathead Ridge. Once installed, this cable was used to install ~800 m of pipe up a slope with a max gradient of 35 degrees (70%) and hold it in place for installation. The installation required lowering and hoisting two pipelayers along this slope 26 times while carrying 24 m sections of 48-inch pipe and securing the equipment as the ground crews welded each section together.
This project also required using Northern Metalic’s 136 tonne test bed to perform load monitoring equipment calibration verification to ensure the equipment was working as intended and accurately with the new cable. This load monitoring equipment was used to provide real-time load monitoring of the tension within the cable to the winch and pipelayer operators to ensure the W.L.L of the cable was never exceeded. A project like this requires significant collaboration with our client, Surerus Murphy Joint Venture and expertise on a large scale to ensure winching operations are smooth and safe.
