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I have been working with Ellsin Environmental trying to
secure financing for the Tire Recycling Plant and it has
not been easy task. I have been to so many financial institutions
and investment firms and I am very tired of hearing "But
it's a start-up company, its unproven technology, it's in
Northern Ontario and it's on Yates Avenue." No one
wants to invest in Northern Ontario and that is very sad.
Ellsin has now arranged for their own financing and we have
ordered the building from Steelway. M. R. Wright & Associates
will be starting on the engineering and drawings. Time is
of the essence as we have to get the vegetation cleared
from the site as soon as possible. The Migratory Bird Act
says that once the birds nest, no work is allowed on site
until the birds have left! We are allowed to clear the site
in the "off-nesting" season.
We had to give up on securing financing for the Solar Panel
Manufacturing Plant. I ran into the same problems. Even
though this is proven technology from a leading Spanish
firm, I am still getting the "But it's Northern Ontario"
issue. I understand that they have a deal with McRain Developments
and wish them the best of luck.
Clinton attended the Elementa Group's Open House last week.
We are waiting for the proposed floor plan layout and then
we can put together our pricing for them. Their building
will be approximately 20,000 square feet in size.
We are waiting to hear from Matheson Constructors about
the 16,000 square foot building in Concord that we priced
last month. It was for the supply and erection of the Steelway
building.
Sal-Dan was successful in negotiating the Blind River Public
Works project and we have been awarded the supply and erection
of the three Steelway buildings.
We have discussed the Algoma University project and for
various reasons, we have decided not to submit a tender.
We submitted pricing and revised pricing on the Anmar Energy
Boiler House and Turbine building. We had to revise our
price several times as there were a lot of changes made.
We are waiting to hear back from them.
We submitted our price for the proposed steel fabrication
building that we priced back in 2008 and are waiting for
the Owners decision on whether to proceed with the project.
We are working with Sal-Dan on this one.
Other projects that we have submitted pricing on are for
a crusher building for Carman Construction in Copper Cliff,
a vehicle storage building in the Sault, another steel fabrication
building in the Sault and a 10,000 s.f. building for Khouri
Granite in Sudbury.
Some of the projects that we are pricing include the dismantling
of a building for And-Son Contracting, an addition to a
building that we have already completed 2 previous additions
to and the new design-build Toyota Dealership in the Sault.
Clinton and Dwayne have priced several demolition projects
at Essar Steel and they are pricing some additional cladding
work at the Co-Gen.
It has become very busy and does not appear to be letting
up. It is only March and we have already placed orders with
Steelway for over $3 million dollars and about 284,000 square
feet of buildings! Amazing, and there is still 9 more months
to go.
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