ENGINEERING

As business enterprise, the broad and integrated services of Akron Engineering Consultant’s Group Ltd. serve both public and private clients throughout Canada from our office located in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Akron’s value-based technical areas of expertise fall into broad categories of civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering, project/construction management, quality management & inspection, planning, surveying, feasibility studies, permitting, landscape architecture and community work involvement. Many of Akron’s managing directors are registered professional engineers with decades of experience in various engineering disciplines.

Based in Fort McMurray, Akron Engineering has been providing engineering structural, environmental, mechanical, and electrical assessment and/or design services, including suggested repair scopes if feasible. One of Akron’s core business is to provide inspection and certification services for fall protection systems and devices.

Our engineering/inspection services are mainly utilized for new structures and/or for existing structures in relation to flooding and wild fires impacts on residential, commercial and  industrial buildings. We played a major role in our community’s recovery from 2016 wild fire as we provided quality and timely services to our local community, insurance companies, and the Red Cross, post 2016 wild fire, for very reasonable fees.

PROJECTS MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

The success of any project relies heavily on how it is being managed. Project managers are constantly faced with the challenging task of assembling the right resources that will produce the right mixture of teamwork in order to complete the project safely with quality, within costs and schedule. Akron has the necessary expertise to assemble the right team of subject matter experts for client’s project management needs that will ensure the three objectives of a project (Quality, Cost, Schedule) is achieved.

CARBON CAPTURE

The forefront of sustainable innovation with Akron-SCD Engineering firm’s revolutionary carbon capture technology, tailored for the dynamic needs of the Canadian oil and gas industry. As a distinguished leader in multidisciplinary engineering consultancy, Akron Engineering Consultants Group Ltd. (Akron) proudly collaborates with Shahrekord Carbon Dioxide (SCD) under a joint venture agreement to offer groundbreaking solutions that redefine Carbon Capture (CC) in a significantly more effective, lower cost, and environmentally friendly methodology

Recognizing the industry’s evolving landscape, our post-combustion, amine-based technology, equipped with our proprietary MPn®solvent, propels us to the forefront of CC innovation. As a testament to our commitment to excellence, Akron-SCD’s unique solvent boasts patent in Canada, the United States, and the European Union, that was granted by the close of 2023.

Advantages of using our CC technology includes but is not limited to the following:

1. Foam-Free Excellence: Say goodbye to foaming challenges. Our breakthrough MPn®solvent defies conventional norms by eliminating the need for an antifoaming agent,
2. Sustainability Redefined: Our closed-loop system reduces water usage by up to 20%, and energy requirements by up to 40%, championing sustainable practices of the CC industry,
3. Capital Efficiency: Experience unmatched cost-effectiveness with Akron-SCD’s Carbon Capture System, boasting the lowest CAPEX among commercialized solutions,
4. Proven Performance: Totally trusted solution that is backed by a decade of operational excellence. Our technology has proven its mettle with two Carbon Capture and Utilization plants, standing strong for over ten years of successful/continuous operation,
5. Scalable Ingenuity: Our solution is customized to each client’s needs, scaling up to the client’s requirements while guaranteeing over 90% CC efficiency from a spectrum of flue gas sources,
6. Regulatory Harmony: Embrace peace of mind as our solution adheres meticulously to Canada’s relevant federal and provincial regulations, a testimony to our commitment to compliance, and
7. Pathways Alliance Alignment: Though our ongoing discussions with Pathways Alliance, we ensure our solution harmoniously aligns with the vision of Pathways Alliance’s proposed CC and storage project.

   Our business models are customized and negotiated with our clients, two of our most popular business models are as follows:

   • Managing Contractor: This package encompasses licensing, basic engineering, construction administration, start-up and training, and maintenance consultation services.
   • Single Point of Responsibility: With this comprehensive package, we provide turn-key solution with an end-to-end service, encompassing technology, engineering, procurement, and construction

EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Akron Engineering now offers Emergency Response to any site within Fort McMurray. Having our home base in Fort McMurray we can respond to your site in under an hour. Being able to provide this service is a huge benefit and provides peace of mind for any industry operating within Fort McMurray.