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Coping with COVID-19
Elias Bulhoes, senior operations superintendent at the
Lloydminster refinery that produces Husky Asphalt’s PMA
products, says because health and safety is a key priority
for his company, Husky was ready for COVID-19 with a
comprehensive pandemic response plan to protect workers,
contractors and customers.
On the business side, Husky Asphalt didn’t experience a
downtown, unlike many other companies striving to cope
with effects of the pandemic.
“The Husky refinery in Lloydminster has been running at
full rates through the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Doney,
senior manager of sales and marketing for Husky Asphalt.
“The reason for that is that the road construction industry
hasn’t had any major disruptions to the supply chain
since governments have deemed road construction to be
essential, which is where our product flows into.”
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“We wanted to get ahead of the curve and make sure that we have
enough capacity to meet market demand today and for tomorrow,” said
Dallin Doney, senior manager of sales and marketing for Husky Asphalt.
“Many jurisdictions in Western Canada are moving towards having more
polymer being used in their roads. We now have a plant capable of producing
all the volumes we will need to service those markets.”
With the completion of the Lloydminster facility in April, Husky’s Black
Max production capacity has increased substantially. According to Doney,
the production process at the new plant has also been redesigned to make
it easier and more straightforward, with innovations like a continuous-feed
mill creating new efficiencies that can be passed on to customers.
Other improvements include new multi-flex spouts, which make it possible
to load multiple grades of asphalt at each loading station, all automated
for operation from the plant’s control room. That means customers can
pull in, load up and be back on the road to the job site without delay.
Direct-to-rail facilities are also in the works and Elias Bulhoes, senior operations
superintendent for the Lloydminster refinery, says the new Husky
Asphalt PMA plant has definitely been built with the future in mind.
“There is one continuous-feed mill operating there right now, but there’s
actually a second one on site that’s been purchased,” says Bulhoes. “The
building is large enough that we could tie in a second mill, which would essentially
double our existing production capacity.”
Saskatchewan projects
All the advances at the Lloydminster PMA facility means more Black Max
products will be available for use in large, multi-year projects in urban areas
like the recently completed Regina Bypass.
Doney says that Husky was the main asphalt supplier for the Regina
Bypass, which is the largest infrastructure project in Saskatchewan’s history,
and over the years has done a great deal of business in the province.
“Saskatoon and Regina are big markets for us that we’re able to supply
directly from the refinery,” said Doney, adding that the Province of
Saskatchewan is one of Husky Asphalt’s key customers.
An example of that are some recent PMA trials that Husky conducted
for the Saskatchewan government, which Doney says is really looking to
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