and millwrighting. Their clients span a range of industries, and their projects vary greatly in size, value and contract length. A smaller project might take a couple hours, while a larger project can take years – as with the BMO Centre Expansion at the Calgary Stampede ground where, Spencer says, they installed “just about every single piece of heavy equipment.” In Edmonton, the company has also played a key role in a series of large-scale projects. For example, they were recently involved in the installation of a large, automated glue line at a cabinet and door manufacturing facility in the city. There, Prime Movers facilitated storage of the equipment until project commencement, transportation to site, placement of all equipment, and the mechanical installation of the line. In Edmonton, the company was also part of the rigging and hoisting scope for the escalator replacements at the West Edmonton Mall. That project involved: the offloading and storage of the trusses; assisting with splicing at their facility in Leduc; and transportation to site. Once onsite, Prime Movers also took care of offloading the trusses, rolling them through the mall, and then lifting them into place with their Minijack 20T Hydraulic Gantry Systems. As one more example of what Prime Movers is capable of, Tye cites a case where their Leducbased team travelled all the way to Prince Alberta, Saskatchewan, to assist the mechanical contractor with the install of 31 air handling units and three large chillers on the third floor of the Prince Albert Victoria hospital expansion. According to Tye, that THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA
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