Engineering - Norda
Engineering

Engineering

At Norda Stelo, engineering emerges as the essential catalyst in strategies focused on impact engineering and value creation. By combining innovation and technical expertise in asset management, our offer is made up of sustainable solutions addressing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, driving technological and social progress. Engineering thus becomes the main driver of significant transformations and positive developments in asset management. 

Our Approach to Engineering
Our team has a wealth of experience in carrying out engineering projects, enabling us to leverage best practices and deliver innovative solutions to our customers.

Norda Stelo has worked in several industries for many years and has developed skills in various areas of expertise. In all our projects, we have provided engineering services in industrial mechanics, structural, electrical, instrumentation and control, civil engineering, asset integrity and reliability management, automation and robotics, and environmental studies. 

The expert engineering offered by Norda Stelo is one of innovation, experience and even modernity, whether in terms of technology or respect for the environment. 

Methodology
Our Project Management Methods

Norda Stelo multiplies modern practices among its numerous centers of excellence. By mobilizing the collective intelligence of its experts, Norda Stelo achieves innovative solutions that create value for its customers. 

EPCM

Norda Stelo turns your visions into reality with our expertise in EPCM (engineering, procurement, construction and management) project management. We offer comprehensive, customized solutions for all your engineering and project management needs. 

Our expert teams are committed to providing superior services at every stage of the EPCM process. From initial design to construction management and commissioning, we guarantee to deliver on time and on budget, while ensuring the highest standards of safety and sustainability. 

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Norda Stelo’s BIM approach offers collaborative solutions in which all project stakeholders pool their information. Once the information has been collated and integrated, it is made available to the various teams involved in the project. 

This approach becomes an invaluable decision-making aid, making a major contribution to project quality and efficiency. 

Diagnosis and Support for Maintenance Management

Renowned for its expertise in asset management, Norda Stelo is the partner of choice for optimizing maintenance management. At the heart of our approach is an in-depth diagnosis, providing an overview of best practices and opportunities for improvement, as well as targeted training in planning and scheduling. 

Ingénieurs
Our Integrated Engineering Services

Norda Stelo provides you with all the expertise required to carry out your projects and ensure their perfect integration into their environment.

The synergy between our teams enables us to meet your engineering needs and support you at every stage of your project. 

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Asset Integrity and Reliability Management

We offer our customers planning, prevention and maintenance solutions tailored to their priorities, to ensure the sustainability of their assets.

We help extend the life of assets thanks to our extensive knowledge of degradation mechanisms in all sectors and our rigorous, innovative solutions.

We all work around equipment and structural failures to prevent them. We work together to manage and reduce risk by eliminating bottlenecks that impede production. By training plant personnel to recognize failures and be on the lookout for signs of degradation, we help reassure our customers and build trusting relationships. 

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Automation, Robotics and Industrial IT

We help increase productivity by optimizing and improving processes.

We aim to automate manual and repetitive tasks that can be boring, tedious, and dangerous for employees. This also helps to reduce labor turnover.

Our expertise enables us to select the best solutions and identify the components required when designing systems (robot cells, machines, production lines). 

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Bridges

We carry out major structural projects with passion and rigor.

We contribute to the development of our community by building structures with a lifespan of 75 years or more.

Our expertise enables us to recommend an optimal solution based on a number of criteria and the conditions of the surrounding environment. 

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Building

Our building design philosophy incorporates sustainability, reliable electromechanical systems, innovation and cutting-edge technology.

We adopt the principles of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification to ensure sustainable development. This includes the reduction of energy consumption and the efficient use of drinking water. 

Thanks to 3D modeling using the BIM (Building Information Modeling) approach, we reduce the risk of errors on site, ensuring more accurate and efficient project execution. We also use energy simulations and rigorous monitoring of financial programs to optimize building performance while respecting the budgets and schedules set by our customers. 

In addition, we develop functional and technical programs (FTPs) to ensure that each project meets defined budgetary and time constraints. Our commitment to sustainability, precision and innovation enables us to deliver superior design solutions that meet our customers’ current and future needs. 

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Civil Works

Our sphere of activity covers a wide range of industrial, commercial, institutional, public and parapublic sectors, from mining and energy to rail transport, airports and municipal infrastructure.

Renowned for its innovation and the quality of its methods, it is above all the level of commitment, boldness and leadership of our team that makes us a true partner for our customers. 

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Electricity

Our electrical solutions optimize equipment operation, increasing efficiency and safety. We are involved in virtually every engineering project.

Our in-depth knowledge of electrical codes and standards enables us to analyze all installations and optimize their capacity.

Together with our customers, we identify the purpose of the project, to create sustainable electrical installations that will meet their current and future needs.

We help to ensure the safety of people and equipment, through our understanding of the risks associated with electrical energy, in both static and dynamic conditions. 

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Environment, Climate Change and Community

For projects that respect communities and the environment.

We act to create a better environment for everyone, without holding back development projects.

We have an excellent knowledge of regulations, enabling us to successfully obtain the necessary permits and government approvals for all our projects.

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Geology

Backed by the latest technological and methodological advances, our team provides technical support to our clients, estimating resources and creating geological reports for natural resources such as precious, base, critical and strategic metals. 

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Industrial Engineering

Simplify and optimize processes: systems and organizations themselves according to best business practices.

For many companies, optimizing operations and standardizing processes are prerequisites for implementing large-scale projects. Equipment upgrades, process automation and task digitization are just a few examples of targeted improvements.

The approach advocated by industrial engineering is an integrated one, considering human, technological, environmental and financial factors. 

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Mechanical and Material Handling

Our team’s agility and flexibility in work execution enable us to design cost-effective engineering solutions.  

Here, every project is unique, since our customers have very specific needs and challenges. Creative and innovative, our consulting engineers, technicians and industrial mechanics specialists push the boundaries of what’s possible, adapting their methods and processes to suit. We often face daunting challenges, but we always rise to them with courage and flair. 

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Mining Engineering

We offer a wide range of services and can support our clients in their mining projects from A to Z. 

We offer tailor-made solutions that are achievable for our customers. We have a thorough mastering of specialized mining tools and software, combined with hands-on expertise to deliver viable, high-value solutions. 

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Piping and Pressure Vessels

Thanks to their know-how and state-of-the-art tools, our experts ensure that all problems, including health and safety risks, are solved for our customers.

Systems for loading/unloading and storage, as well as processes involving liquids and gases, require specific expertise, especially when hazardous products are involved.

Thanks to point cloud technology (3D scanning), we are able to carry out high-precision surveys to facilitate the integration of new structures into existing ones, or to validate the structural integrity of equipment. 

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Ports and Coastal

Our expertise covers all types of port and maritime infrastructure, coastal protection projects, and marine studies.

We support our customers in all aspects of their projects, whether for the design of port sites, quays, marinas, protective jetties, terminals, waterway works, shoreline erosion management or any other requirement.

Our expertise covers various phases like development, audits, preliminary studies and modeling, inspections, design, detailed engineering, and construction management.

At all these stages, we ensure rigorous technical and environmental follow-up, with a constant concern for community acceptability. 

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Processes

We design safe, reliable industrial processes to optimize the efficiency of our customers’ plants.

Our team’s mission is to identify technical solutions to support the development of every stage of projects involving an industrial process.

We determine operating conditions, identify risks related to the nature of products and equipment operation, and advise on best practices and available technologies.

Whether in terms of safety, reliability or process efficiency, we can design systems to meet the most stringent requirements, while being proactive in anticipating future needs and challenges. 

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Railways

As one of the most efficient modes of transport, rail offers convenient, fast and reliable mobility. With this market set to grow over the next few years, rail is a sustainable solution with a very low environmental impact that can move large numbers of goods and people.

Whether it’s a question of maintenance, upgrading or repairs, our specialists need to have highly specialized expertise to design reliable and realistic engineering solutions.

Thanks to our experienced rope access technicians, we carry out rigorous rope-supported inspections on all types of structures. We optimize worksite safety with immediate assistance from our emergency team.

Given the versatility of our team, we also provide comprehensive and diversified inspection expertise for bridges, buildings and all types of engineering structures. 

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Roads

Our Road Networks team carries out structuring projects to ensure the safe mobility of communities.  

Our team includes technical experts renowned for their professionalism and significant achievements in the transportation field. With over 50 years’ experience in roads and bridges, we have been involved in many major projects. 

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Smart Mobility and Electrification

Our mission: to develop sustainable transportation and ensure user safety.

We have the experts and all the appropriate technological tools to analyze traffic conditions, quickly identify problems and determine mitigation measures for all situations.

Our focus is always on the needs expressed by our customers, and our recommendations are fair and honest.

Our track record contains many examples of projects where our customers have achieved significant gains in terms of return on investment. 

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Structures

Our approach is designed to build trust and limit the unexpected.

Asset durability is an ever-present issue for our customers, who need to keep their infrastructures in good condition for as long as possible to guarantee the safety of their workers, as well as maintaining the productivity and profitability of their plants.

To meet this challenge, we offer comprehensive inspection programs and engineering services tailored to the brownfield context, combining quality, precision and innovation.

We get involved in projects with the aim of combining our know-how with technical, economic and geographical particularities. We offer a tailor-made service and constantly strive to achieve the optimum meeting point between feasibility, efficiency, safety and performance, at the best possible cost. 

Our Inspection Tools and Techniques

Engineering at Norda Stelo means more than just design and build. We now offer a complete service around the lifecycle of your assets, incorporating both rigorous conventional and high-tech inspection stages. 

Rope Access

Norda Stelo is a recognized expert in the inspection of high-rise and hard-to-reach structures, with asset management specialists skilled in rope access inspections.
 
To maximize the lifespan and performance of assets, these inspections enable us to assess the criticality of defects and the best courses of action, using the latest techniques and technologies. 

3D Laser Scanning and Modeling

3D scanning of building structures and equipment is the new standard in industrial surveying. In addition to extreme accuracy and speed, the use of a 3D scanner makes it possible to carry out surveys in places that are difficult to access, or which involve health and safety risks for workers.

Whether for equipment prefabrication or engineering design within the existing process, our team carries out 3D surveys to capture the existing environment and transform it into a three-dimensional point cloud. 

Stelar – Asset Management Platform

Stelar is an asset data management and strategic planning platform developed for asset sustainability experts. It enables you to collect, centralize and structure your relevant data for high-value analyses and simulations. Stelar helps you make fast, effective and well-documented decisions.

Its structuring functions and artificial intelligence tools draw on the expertise of engineers and specialists in asset integrity and reliability, giving you the power you need to optimize your investment management to keep your asset base healthy. Stelar displays the dashboards you need to meet your business challenges. 

Projects
Some Engineering Projects

Discover some of our most representative projects, which illustrate our engineering expertise.

Railway

Engineering Services for the Gaspésie Railway Track Bridges

Norda Stelo provided engineering services for bridge inspections, bearing capacity studies and design studies, in addition to technical assistance in managing rail structures.
Roads

Construction of Highway 85 at Saint-Antonin (Section 2)

Route 185, which used to link Rivière-du-Loup and New Brunswick and was known for its high accident rate, was gradually transformed into a 4-lane divided highway to ensure the safety of motorists. However, the objective was also to reconcile development and sustainability, human safety and that of large wildlife, as well as the protection of flora, waterways, small and medium-sized fauna, all equally essential to the balance of our ecosystems.