Jeremy Later

Operations Manager, York1 Demolition

 

 

TOPIC

Former OPG Thunder Bay Generating Station Decommissioning

 

SYNOPSIS

The former coal fired power generation station had three boilers over 91.4 m (300 ft), three turbines, three precipitators over 60.96 m (200 ft), a 198 m (650 ft) concrete stack, a water inlet and outlet, and associated outbuildings.  Work started onsite in April 2021 with a large asbestos abatement of Boiler# 1 and prepping the stack for felling and removal of the turbine hall to the north of the boilers.

 

The stack was felled using explosives in September 2021, the precipitators were detached from the boilers and dropped using explosives in December, and finally the top hung boilers were toppled using explosives in June 2022. A large piece of the project is the sorting, categorizing, preparing, and shipping offsite the ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals.

 

Large second member shears and torch men have been working diligently to move the material offsite via truck and rail. The project included abatement of the boiler refractory, demolition of the power generating station, processing and disposal of all construction and demolition waste, and recycing all scrap steel.

 

BIOGRAPHY

Jeremy has been with York 1 since 2013. He began his career as a general labourer and worked his way up to becoming the senior site superintendent and then operations manager for his former company.

 

After 11 years there, he decided to take his knowledge, and join the team at York 1. He is a senior site supervisor and has proven to be an outstanding asset and wealth of knowledge to every member of the team.

 

He has proven his ability to take on any task with enthusiasm and without significant supervision. His duties have included but were not limited to heavy equipment operator, equipment manager, asbestos and mould abatement (Type 1 to 3), operation of site equipment, handling of hazardous material and supervision of site crews and trained in in-situ chemical remediation.