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Boucherville, Quebec, Canada
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Tel.: 450-641-1434
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Fax: 450-449-1772
If you want flawless plans delivered on time, on budget,
every time, it is not enough to simply establish good
policies and procedures.
The key to your success and that of your customers lies
with the people you choose to work with.
You need a team...
A SPECIAL TEAM
One that has seen everything
We know because our clients
exceptional experience after
the industry can throw at it and
and partners have come back
another, has made us into one
that still delivers on time, on
to us time and again, relying on
of the largest North American
budget, and error free.
us for the most difficult cost-
structural steel detailing offices
sensitive
east of the Mississippi.
and
time-sensitive
BD Structural Design has that
projects. And we know because
special team. How do we know?
our customers' faith, born of one
“Deadlines loomed and we
had little to go on.”
Showing our sense of initiative
H
aving worked in the
The structural drawings of the
We dispatched one of our most
Despite the obvious difficulties,
construction industry
existing
not
senior draftsmen, who spent two
the initiative and the efforts
for over 35 years, I
available. Pearson is a busy
painstaking weeks surveying the
of
thought
that
seen
place and the area of concern
project site and acquiring the
get all the detailing done in
everything. We've all learned to
had to be maintained in service
required dimensions information.
the
live with complex specifications
up
and
erection.
last
requests.
MAURICE DESJARDINS
Project Manager
With BD since 1993
Has worked on more than 300 projects
I
minute
But
when
Motto:
"It’s all in the details..."
change
I
to
a
few
were
days
before
In close cooperation with the
was
fabricator and the erector, we
Clearly, you can't do a 2,000
were able to come up with a plan
supervision of the extension to
ton
to get feasible field works into
the
International without the existing
their
drawings. Deadlines loomed and
delays in the project.
Toronto
airport,
I
saw
extension
to
we had little to go on.
Pearson
our
team
most
allowed
effective
hands
without
causing
us
way
without the slightest error.
assigned to do the detailing
something new.
Favorite steel building:
Becancour aluminum smelter, QC, Canada
had
buildings
to
and
“We proposed to do it at cost and
our client greatly appreciated
the gesture.”
Sharing responsibility
ometimes opportunity comes
S
In
special
wasn’t comfortable with this situation
which they could not find other reliable
disguised as a problem.
circumstances created a situation
either. Rather than wasting time and
detailers. We proposed to do it at cost
where the extent of one revision was
energy to allocate blame or responsibil-
and our client greatly appreciated the
A while back, Charles brought me in on
not carried out entirely.
ity for what had obviously been a mis-
gesture and accepted.
this
case
however,
the project to provide assembly plans
and
drafting
for
the
Interquisa
understanding, we told this long-standThat
discrepancy
was
eventually
ing client we would absorb the cost of
What could have been the end of
refabrication.
a long relationship turned into an
petrochemical facility in Montreal.
discovered, but by that time, fabrica-
Industrial work is complex and revisions
tion was well under way and, bottom
to the Engineering drawings are
line, some columns would have to be
Our client, who had worked with us on
their ties and the trust they had in one
common. BD is well-equipped to
re-fabricated resulting in additional
the basis of a fair relationship for more
another. The proof of the value of a
handle revisions efficiently and this has
costs for our customer fabricator.
than 25 years, refused immediately.
relationship built on respect and fairness
They offered, instead, to let us name our
is that, to this day, we have been work-
been a strong contributing factor in our
success with industrial work.
I
wasn’t
happy
and
Charles
opportunity for two firms to deepen
price on the drafting of two viaducts for
ing with them on a continuous basis.
STEPHAN DUBEAU
Project Manager
With BD since 1988
100 projects under his belt
Favorite steel building:
Freemont Energy Center, OH, USA
Motto:
"Perfection is the only option!"
True dedication
very project plan 'enjoys'
petrochemical
in
that we adhere to the schedule
deliver as promised. Though it
its fair share of changes.
Alberta. We had two months of
while delivering the same high
was unlike any challenge we had
We've all seen it before.
hard work invested to detail over
quality product. That's where I
faced before, we got the job
or
70% of the project and 50% of the
came in. I called the client and
done
changed. Things get rearranged.
tower. That's when the revisions
offered more overtime and a
changes at time of erection.
Complications
came
second crew to take care of
E
New
equipment
is
added
arise.
That's
a
typical Fast Track Project.
in.
completely
columns
building
The
tower
was
changed.
were
New
added;
the
the
revision.
Also,
with
teamwork that's legendary here
at BD.
are
made two to three times heavier;
effective
monumental effort to get the job
and,
connections sketches. Working
done
what
three to four times more work.
closely and in partnership with
were
Despite the mass of revisions and
our client made us determined
Carbide's
new work, the project demanded
and confident that we would
on
time.
happened
when
detailing
Union
That's
we
a
new
connections
meant
any
collaboration with the client, we
were
require
without
That's a story of partnership and
bracing system was doubled and
and
time
close
Sometimes, though, the changes
huge
on
able
to
find
the
most
solutions
on
the
KATY MICHAUD, P.E.
Project Manager
With BD since 1998
20 projects under her belt
Favorite steel building:
Harborside Plaza 10, NJ, USA
Motto:
"A late project is a failed project."
“The changes were huge and
required a monumental effort
to get the job done on time.”
“All seven of our modules were
installed without incident.”
Anticipating problems
T
he project, a nickel mine
want to have sliding around on the deck
We felt it was only normal that we took
were constructed, transported and
in Northern Quebec, had a
of a barge; so, the engineering
all necessary precautions to ensure that
assembled together at the site without
dozen modules, each weigh-
consultant designed a steel support that
things would go as smoothly as
incidents.
would be integrated into the module.
planned.
ing from 600 to 800 tons. Each of these
was pre-assembled in Quebec harbor
CHARLES E. BLIER
President
Founded BD in 1975
Experience covering more than 1,200 projects
Favorite steel building:
IBM Markham, ON, Canada
Motto:
"Efficiency, efficiency, efficiency!"
Some time later, we took our team to
and shipped north on a huge barge to
For this module, we received two sets of
One example of this was Normand’s
the site to have a look at the work. All
be assembled on site.
engineering plans, one for the building
idea
the
seven of our modules were installed
and one for the steel support. The
Engineering plans for the buildings and
without incident. Going beyond our
I was the lead and Normand was in
engineer had come up with an original
for the support steel. This helped
client's expectations is a habit at BD
charge of erection diagrams and
and sophisticated
design solution to
identify any potential interference in
and one which makes us particularly
coordination documents on the grinder
minimize the amount of site work to be
the detailing work. In cooperation with
proud to be a member of that team.
module. As you can imagine, a huge
carried
the Engineer the necessary design
grinding mill is not the kind of thing you
conditions of this remote Northern site.
out
in
the
very
difficult
to
combine
together
changes were made and the modules
Equipment
11,000 square foot drafting room
OCE 9600 printers and scanners
Custom FTP application
Custom time tracking application
40 SDS/2 detailing software licenses
The Team
5 professional engineers
38 draftsmen
3 administrators
1 programmer
Our Capabilities
The Company
Heavy industrial buildings
Complex geometry buildings
Power plants
Refineries
Pipe racks
Multi-story structures
Skyscrapers
Bridges
Schools
Auditoriums
Heavy-duty equipment
Pulp and paper mills
Created by Charles E. Blier in 1975
Location: Boucherville, QC, Canada
A portfolio of over 500 projects
80,000 hours of detailing per year
Single project capacity of up to 10,000 tons
An annual capacity of 20,000 tons
Member of CISC-ICCA and of
THE TEAM TO SERVE ALL YOUR
DETAILING NEEDS
Our Detailing Services
Shop drawings
Erection plans
Anchor bolts diagrams
3D modeling
Steel interchange CIS/2
Connection sketches and design calculations
Coordination with sub-contractors
Reports (Drafting progress, ABM, Bolt list, etc...)
File management (DXF, TIFF, PDF, DWG, BIF, CNC, etc...)
Additions and revisions management