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Salas O’Brien welcomes rCon Engineers, enhancing expertise in the heavy industry engineering sector throughout North America
Salas O'Brien welcomes rCon Engineers.
Salas O’Brien announced today that rCon Engineers has joined the company, strengthening multidisciplinary expertise and expanding service throughout North America. The merger bolsters Salas O’Brien’s position as a leading provider of turnkey services within heavy industry sectors like cement, lime, and bulk material handling.
Based in Woodbridge, Ontario, rCon provides a wide range of services for industrial clients, including civil and structural design, feasibility studies, general arrangement layouts, inspections, and the design of remedial work for damaged structures. The team has earned a reputation for delivering reliable, practical solutions that meet the rigorous demands of industrial operations.
With a multidisciplinary approach, rCon has long supported clients through the entire project cycle—from early planning and feasibility to construction oversight and repair design. Their commitment to technical excellence, safety, and long-term client relationships aligns closely with Salas O’Brien’s entrepreneurial culture and vision for growth.
This merger advances Salas O’Brien’s strategy to join with top-tier firms that share its commitment to innovative, sustainable solutions for complex engineering challenges. The combined team creates new growth opportunities, while providing clients with the personalized service and technical rigor for which both firms are known.
Comprehensive upgrades for raw material handling equipment
Our team provided a full multidisciplinary engineering package delivery for Amrize’s raw material handling upgrade project at their plant in Ravena, New York. The project included an upgrade to their crushing system, installation of several material conveying systems and installation of an 800-foot-by-190-foot limestone storage hall. The project was part of an earlier plant modernization that involved installing a new dry kiln line, improving efficiency, and significantly reducing environmental impacts.
Expanding lime production capabilities in Texas
Our team delivered a full, multidisciplinary engineering package to expand Lhoist North America’s lime production expansion facilities in New Braunfels and Marble Falls, Texas. Both projects included installing energy efficient vertical kiln shafts with supplementary material feed and discharge systems, as well as designing foundations and steel structures for the various material handling systems from their quarries to the main plant. The Marble Falls facility was commissioned in October 2021, and the New Braunfels facility was commissioned in February 2022.
Designing upgrades for Canada’s largest cement plant
Our team provided a full multi-disciplinary engineering package delivery for Amrize Canada’s Exshaw plant expansion near Canmore, Alberta. The project included a sixth-generation new kiln line (K6) with a yearly capacity of 2.2 million metric tons of clinker per year. Our involvement in the project included all the civil works for the K6 line and all civil/structural engineering for the raw material handling portion of the plant. Once the K6 line was engineered and installed, we were also fully involved with multidisciplinary engineering for the plant’s finish mill system. This system included the installation of a large baghouse, and a tall steel structure that housed equipment.