Northern Strands and it's employees recently received a letter of thanks and appreciation from Winsafe Corp. regarding the launch of the SaskPower Poplar River Boiler Maintenance Work Platform (BMWP). Northern Strands Suspended Access and Training divisions were instrumental in the successful launch of the BMWP.
Below is the testimonial letter from Winsafe:
"I would like to take a moment to thank you, Northern Strands, and the Northern Strands team for their contributions to the recent successful first launch of the SaskPower Poplar River Boiler Maintenance Work Platform (BMWP).
As you may be aware, while in transit to Saskatchewan, a number of training, certification, and documentation requirements were conveyed to us. Ray Nemethi’s efforts on the ground while our team was in the air were instrumental in making it possible for our employees to be able to perform work at the SaskPower site and to be in a position to successfully perform the launch. It clearly tooka great deal of coordination in a short period of time, and we are very thankful for those efforts.
Also, Ryan Green was able to travel to our hotel in Assiniboia on equally short notice to provide Fall Arrest and Confined Space certification training. We were impressed with his presentation and teaching skills and are likewise thankful for his efforts and his flexibility.
This project carries a very high profile and has been of significant importance for both of our organizations. The efforts put forth by Ray, Ryan, and other behind-the-scenes members of the Northern Strands team are certainly solid reminders of why we are pleased to be partnered with you."
What a great testimonial letter from Winsafe! Thank you Winsafe!
Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan owned and operated and are the official supplier of Winsafe products in Canada.
Northern Strands delivers presentations on Safety with Rigging at the Agrium Safety Fair. These presentations included aspects of rigging inspections, examples of rejections and the do's and don'ts of rigging safety. Northern Strands provided a test bed to perform breaks on lifting slings as part of the presentation.
The test bed demonstration:
New web and wire rope slings ( 3/8 x 6ft and 1” 1ply and 2ply ) were supplied for demonstration. Agrium also supplied Northern Strands with 10-12 used wire rope and web slings in varying degrees of degradation. All new slings were benchmarked to have breaking load 5 x Working load limit. All new slings broke above this benchmark. The used slings broke all over the map. Some of the new slings were given a knot and then tested with an expected 50% reduction in breaking load. Slings with knots were 40% to 60% of benchmark. Hitches were also tested ( Choker style ) there were consistent breaks near calculated load. We did have a number of eye breaks on new web and wire rope slings but above projected breaking point.
Approx. 300 people attended the presentations and were very interested in the demonstration results
Some of the comments overheard were along the lines of: Who'd of thought...I didn't know that...great to see what we only read about before....guess we don't do that anymore.
The comments were very positive and it's very likely Northern Strands will be asked by Agrium to give additional presentations on Safety with Rigging at the Agrium Safety Fair next year.
Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada owned and operated.
Northern Strands is on the cover of Business and Industry Magazine! We are featured in the Mining edition of the magazine. It's our 45th Anniversary and this is a great start to the year. This is an exciting time for Northern Strands. Check out the fantastic cover! You might recognize him...
The article mentions all 5 divisions of Northern Strands and how we have evolved into the company we are today. Mining and Attachments, General Rigging, Engineered Fall Protection, Suspended Access and Training are all referenced. Very interesting article with some great quotes from our owner, Mr. Clarke.
Here is the link to the PDF of the article!
Northern Strands cover page and article in Business and Industry Magazine.pdf (2.37 mb)
Northern Strands is celebrating it's 45th Anniversary! For 45 years Northern Strands has been an international supplier of mine hoist ropes.
Throughout the year we will be posting blogs exploring the history of Northern Strands and how it has evolved into the five divisions it's currently comprised of; Mining(mine hoisting solutions), Engineered Fall Protection, Suspended Access, Rigging and Safety Training.
Northern Strands is proudly Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada owned and operated.
The Northern Strands Safety Division has developed a multitude of Safety Training Courses to meet industry needs. We now offer the following Safety courses; Fall Arrest training, Tugger / Winch training, Wirelock Socketing training, Crosby Rigging training, First Aid / CPR and Swing Stage training. All of our safety courses meet and exceed Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety standards. Northern Strands Safety Training Division is now an industry leader in construction safety training in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan.
Link to Training Division webpage: http://www.northernstrands.com/training.aspx