LMC Awarded for Entrepreneurial Achievement

Lorneville Mechanical Contractors proudly received the Saint John Board of Trade Entrepreneurial Achievement Award at the board's 2008 Outstanding Business Achievement Awards.

Styve Dumouchel, President of LMC, accepted the award on behalf of the company which was founded by his father and uncle in 1977. The award recognizes the steps taken by Styve and his brother Martin Dumouchel, LMC Vice-President, who upon taking over the company in 1999, recognized they would need to expand outside of their core business in order to grow.

To access the larger construction market, they approached large general contractors and proposed that LMC take ownership of small sections of large jobs. This strategy enabled the company to grow and extend its solid reputation. In 2001, LMC obtained broader capabilities when partner Carl Tremblay, Operations Manager, brought expertise in hydro and gas turbines.

Another important stride was building the company's own fabrication shop in 2001. "This enabled us to construct our own components for industrial contracts, ensuring quality workmanship and timely delivery through vertical integration," explained Styve Dumouchel. "With 18 full time and 150-300 project employees, a key factor in our success is that we are hands-on and on site, which is unusual in a company of this size. This gives our customers the best of both worlds, the resources of a large general contractor with the personalized service of a small company."

Attended by hundreds of Saint John region business leaders, the awards ceremony also recognized Canaport LNG, a major customer of LMC. Canaport LNG was honoured for its corporate generosity and community involvement.

Point Lepreau Reactor Re-build an Impressive First!

LMC's unique contract for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) at the Point Lepreau Nuclear Power Station in southern New Brunswick is led by Carl Tremblay, Operations Manager, and Fred Bouchard, Project Manager. "LMC is proud to provide labour and equipment for re-tubing, supervision and other related services for the mechanical portion of the reactor refurbishment," explains Mr. Tremblay. "We are one of the first companies in Canada to do this and developing these specialized erection and welding techniques has prepared us for other similar projects."

Point Lepreau Generating Station is the first of the world's fleet of CANDU 6 reactors to undergo a refurbishment. The main activities include the replacement of all 380 fuel channels, calandria tubes and feeder pipes as well as other station maintenance work.

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) is the main contractor and the original designer of the station. The Point Lepreau Generating Station provides up to 30 per cent of New Brunswick's electricity and is one of the lowest cost generators on NB Power's electrical system.

LMC Constructs Three Storage Tanks Canaport LNG

Canada's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Saint John, features three 160,000 cubic-meter storage tanks. In October, 2006, under the leadership of Styve Dumouchel, LMC was awarded a contract for the mechanical erection of the storage tanks and the mechanical equipment for the balance of the plant. The following year, a third tank was announced for the terminal and construction is now underway.

"Tank 1 hydro test was successfully completed in September, 2008," said Mr. Dumouchel. LNG tanks are a lot more complex than typical storage tanks and use advanced welding procedures. The inner tank is made of nine per cent nickel alloy steel. At the peak, more than 250 workers were employed on the project by LMC.

"The expertise required to construct these tanks is significant and the fact that we have many local companies working on the site is a testament to the expertise readily available right here in the region," said Jorge Ciacciarelli, General Manager of Canaport LNG.

Canaport LNG is a partnership between Irving Oil Limited and Spanish energy giant, Repsol. Canada's first LNG receiving and regasification terminal will supply up to 1.2 billion cubic feet of clean-burning natural gas per day to northeastern markets via Emera's Brunswick Pipeline and its connection with the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline.