Tracking Titan Environmental’s Ontario expansion

It hasn’t been long since Titan Environmental Containment touched down in Ontario. Now, months after establishing a new corporate location in Burlington, the geosynthetics and civil construction product specialist has stamped its mark on roads, mines, municipal landfills and wastewater lagoons, and other civil infrastructure projects across the Province.

“Even though we’ve had a presence in Ontario for several years, setting up an actual brick and mortar shop in Ontario is allowing us to better serve the market in Eastern Canada,” says Lucky Montierro, Operations Manager for Titan.

Surely, Titan has spent years establishing a reputation as a trusted supplier and installer of high-quality geosynthetics and specialty civil engineering construction products, both within Ontario and across North America. The secret to its growth, says Montierro, is the years of “boots-on-the-ground” experience it brings to all stages of a project: “We’re fortunate to have a wealth of experience on our team, and that enables us to make product and design suggestions at the early phases which can be cost-effective solutions that work for the engineers and end-users.”

“We like to approach everything from different perspectives,” he adds. “We’re always dealing with new challenges, and we like finding new efficiencies or solutions we never thought of before.”

Building a reputation

Recent years have seen Titan contribute to several high-profile projects throughout Ontario. Among the highlights include a lining project at a new waste management facility in Port Hope where they installed over 900,000m² of HDPE geomembrane, geotextile , and geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) to three radioactive waste cells.

“That project demanded rigorous quality control (QC),” explains Montierro. “We’d gone through that level of QC before, so we were able to come in with a conductive liner that ensured a watertight lining system.”

Elsewhere, Titan also brought its expertise to bear for a lining system for a new landfill cell in Hanover, where it installed 60mil HDPE geomembrane, 16oz nonwoven geotextile cushion layer, and 10oz nonwoven geotextile separation layer.

“After completing lining for the first phase of this project for the Town of Hanover, we were trusted to come back and continue to the job,” recalls Montierro. “Thanks to the materials we used and our crews, we were able to complete this project 25 percent faster than expected and the client remained pleased with Titan’s speed of installation and quality of work.”

Titan’s speed, quality, and professionalism have also given its crews an edge on numerous mining and pond lining initiatives. In 2020, the Ontario crew laid down a record-breaking 9,347 m2 of Bituminous geomembrane (BGM) for a dam raise lining project in Northern Ontario in just one day, all while beholden to stringent quality control and safety audits.

Monteirro says BGM has also been the material of choice for numerous mine lining projects throughout the region, explaining, “Those sites typically use a lot of blast rock on-site, so the native substrate is a lot more angular rock. For these types of projects, BGM is a much tougher and more forgiving material with the bonus of having self-healing components.”

“After completing lining for the first phase of this project , we were trusted to come back and continue to the job,” recalls Montierro. “Thanks to the materials we used and our crews, we were able to complete this project 25 percent faster than expected and the client remained pleased with Titan’s speed of installation and quality of work.

Titan’s speed, quality, and professionalism have also given its crews an edge on numerous mining and pond lining initiatives. In 2020, the Ontario crew laid down a record-breaking 9,347 m2 of Bituminous geomembrane (BGM) for a dam raise lining project in Northern Ontario in just one day, all while beholden to stringent quality control and safety audits. 

“BGM is not a conventional geomembrane and requires specialized installation techniques for efficient execution,” says Montierro.  “Before Titan became involved in this project, it was progressing extremely slow due to the original installer’s lack of experience with the product. The contractor was experiencing a lot of standby time causing delays in the project schedule. When Titan was asked to step-in, production rates increased dramatically ensuring that the job got done right and on time. In the end, the contractor saw the value of working with Titan on future liner installation projects.”

Monteirro says BGM has also been the material of choice for numerous mine lining projects throughout the region, explaining, “Those sites typically use a lot of blast rock on-site, so the native substrate is a lot more angular rock. For these types of projects, BGM is a much tougher and more forgiving material with the bonus of having self-healing components.”

These highlights only scrape the surface of Titan Environmental Containment’s work in the Province. And whether the task at hand calls for asphalt reinforcement or soil stabilization, erosion and sediment control, or specialty geomembranes, Monteirro and the team have built a reputation for working with clients to find the material that fits and installing it to the highest standards.

“We’ve had a lot of great feedback from all of our clients,” he adds. “In a lot of cases, we’ve been brought in to help get existing jobs past the finish line or bring more expertise to the site. Once people know how fast and efficient our workers are, and the depth of knowledge they can bring, we usually become the team they call on first the next time around.”

Only just begun

Setting up shop in Ontario has been a solid move for Titan. And today, the company continues to supply geosynthetic products for a wide range of construction industry stakeholders from infrastructure projects to engineers, earthmovers to mine work, and beyond.

Says Montierro: “We’ve worked with road builders, earthmovers, mine site operators, municipalities, and more. Our goal is always the same: find out what they need to make their project successful and give them a solution to match.”

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