TITAN
TIMES
2021 YEAR IN REVIEW
Take a look at what we were up to in our biggest growth year ever. Celebrating 15 years!
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A LOOK BACK TO THE START
Original backyard shop.
TITAN WAS BORN!
Geomembrane installation service only.
2006
Opened 1st location (Manitoba).
2009
Supply only division starts.
2011
Opened 2nd location (Alberta).
2012
US Expansion. Titan USA was born!
2013
New logo. New brand.
2013
Opened 3rd location (Saskatchewan).
Opened 4th location (Texas) & fabrication in the USA starts.
2018
Fabrication in Canada starts.
2020
Opened 5th location (Ontario). Biggest growth year ever!
2021
TITAN FACTOIDS
21 Countries serviced around the World (product supply & installation service). 26,000+ projects supplied. 1,200+ installations completed. 5 locations, 120 employees, and growing!
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BIG NEWS!
Hitting the Ground Running in Eastern Canada
We were thrilled to announce a new full-service location in Ontario, servicing in Eastern Canada. Our new location, 4390 Corporate Drive in Burlington, has a 28,000 square-foot building with offices and a stockyard that is easily accessible from all main roads in the region. To support this growth, we welcomed Wes Anderson, Fraser Robinson, Tanner Westfall, Kevin Barnett, Holly Cobb, Thane Law & John Gold to our Eastern Canada team, which included industry veterans John Mooney, Sam Bhat, and Manoj Amuzuri, to run this new operation.
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BIG NEWS!
NEW Geogrid Launch!
This year Titan launched our very own trade-marked geogrids ! Laying the foundation with innovation, our line of geogrids are next to none.
Swamp Grid™ - Soft Soil Reinforcement Titan Earth Grid™ - Base Reinforcement
Pyramid Grid™ - Wall & Slope Reinforcement Titan Rail Grid™ - Railway Ballast Reinforcement Mine-Shield Grid™ - Underground Mine Tunnel Reinforcement
WEBSITE
Fresh look. New Features!
LAUNCH www.
www.titanenviro.com
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EVENTS
Titan Webinars
We continued sharing our knowledge through webinars this year with four new educational sessions :
Do you know about Concrete on a roll? When it comes to paving a road, it's what's beneath that counts! The secrete to long-term life for gravel roads and sites. The science behind MSE walls and slopes
All recordings are available on our website here .
More to come...
More webinars will be delivered by our team and special guests in 2022! Stay tuned for details early in the new year.
To ensure you're on our email list, click here .
FEEL GOOD MOMENTS
Titan Tots!
Our Titan family is growing! Congrats to:
Rebecca Spitzer and Ron Drewry on their first baby Casey.
Making it official!
Congrats to Taylor and her husband Grant! They tied the knot in September.
Dani and her husband walked down the aisle in November. Congrats to you 2!
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PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
Shout Out To All Our Field Crews!
126 Construction Installation Projects Completed in 2021 Amazing Work!
Tackling Irrigation in the Caribbean
Our Titan USA team headed to Barbados where we supplied and installed 90,000 sq. ft. of 60mil HDPE geomembrane liner for a farm irrigation system located at a research center owned by the Barbados Department of Agriculture. This system includes an irrigation pond that stores water from the wet season to be used during the dry season for field irrigation. Water is collected from localized rain runoff that is channeled into the pond. This is part of the government initiative for self-sufficient farming on the island. These irrigation ponds are part of critical infrastructure that provide plant sustainability to the local farmers looking to start orchards.
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Rip Rap - Out! ShoreFlex® - In! This summer Titan supplied ShoreFlex®, a high-strength geogrid encapsulated in a matrix of concrete blocks, for a project in Saskatchewan. The product was used for end treatment of culverts. Normally, the finishing treatments for these culverts would be rip rap. Because of the higher expense of rip rap as well as the lower- end performance, ShoreFlex® was the superior choice for this job. It allows for vegetation and can be mowed over which is not possible with rip rap. ShoreFlex® is also held in place whereas rip rap can be removed or can shift with the passing of water. Titan was on-site to deliver the ShoreFlex® product and to inspect some of the culvert field sites. The proper site requirements for the installation of ShoreFlex® were discussed. The installation went quicker than expected, and Shoreflex® is proving to be a viable solution!
"Secondary" to None A dosing system at sewage transfer/pumping station in Los Angeles California required a small secondary containment. Titan USA supplied 30 mil XR5 a geomembrane as well as a 44" high containment system. Our team started and finished the job in one day, despite working in a limited location surrounded by a fence with only one entry point and barely a foot of space around the perimeter of the installation area.
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Titan to the Rescue with Concrete Canvas®!
This spring we supplied Concrete Canvas® to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways & Infrastructure to repair two badly damaged outfalls off a bridge near Estevan, Saskatchewan. The original design was rip rap and half- cut PVC pipe, which both failed resulting in serious erosion. Concrete Canvas® was laid down longitudinal on the east and laid down transverse on the west side of the highway. Another quick solid solution for Concrete Canvas®!
Owning the Road in California Titan is proud to have completed its first Federal pavement rehabilitation project in southern California for the Department of Public Works using our high- quality Spartan Road Grid™. Spartan Road Grid™ was applied over the leveling course, followed by a 2" asphalt overlay. Even though the road had gradients along the route, Spartan Road Grid™ strongly adhered to the leveling course, and the entire installation operation proceeded successfully.
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Steep Slopes? No Problem!
Titan was involved in the pre-implementation and execution stages of a steep slope application for a dam raise mine in a remote area in Northern Saskatchewan this summer. The dams needed to be protected and controlled for erosion as the lake water levels rose. Our crew collaborated with Nuna contractors to install an 80mil HDPE liner and a 12oz non-woven geotextile in a safe manner. “The Titan crew was excellent to work with, worked safely and efficiently, and completed the work well under the expected timeframe”, said Assistant Project Manager, Nuna Group of Companies. Working from a height was also an issue because our workers had to wear a safety lanyard while working on slopes. Conducting daily safety briefings (before and after work) is vital to our crew's well-being and ensuring that they get home safely to their families.
Stepping Up to the Plate During the Pandemic Our crews traveled to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, to install a liner for a new soil treatment facility. Using our expertise and experience, we stepped up to the plate to start this project during the pandemic, alleviating a major challenge for the General Contractor.
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Crushing Another Landfill
This landfill in Whitby, Ontario is meant for disposing of automotive shredder residue, where old cars go to be shredded. The metal is taken out of them to be recycled, and whatever components are leftover like plastics, fibers, glass goes into this landfill. Titan supplied and installed both geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) and geomembrane liner. On top of that, two more layers of separation geotextile, our TE-8, and TE-W315 were also installed. Although the start of construction was a little bit delayed pushing it into slightly colder conditions, our small crew was able to complete the project on schedule and under budget.
Cold Weather Won't Stop Concrete Canvas®!
A drainage ditch in the County of Grande Prairie, Alberta had been problematic for a number of years. A lining solution was required Concrete Canvas® was the superior solution due to its ease and speed of installation, especially when contending with impending winter weather! We installed 500m2 of Concrete Canvas® in November with freezing temperatures, tarps were placed over the hydrated material during the day for proper curing. The installation was completed quickly and successfully.
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Getting in Deep with Concrete Protective Liner
Titan completed a pipe welding project using 3mm Concrete Protective Liner. We supplied the product and used it to weld together pipe sections that are part a of sewage pumping station overflow tank. The tank is used for additional sewage storage in the event that the pumps fail. It is designed to contain sewage overflow for up to 48 hours until the tanks are repaired.
Titan is the Name, Lining Ponds is Our Game!
In the fall Titan partnered with Halfway River Group of Halfway River First Nation in Fort St. John, British Columbia, and supplied and installed a 6-layer containment water storage pond system. The existing freshwater dam needed to be converted into two produced water storage ponds. The ponds consisted of 3 layers of 60mil HDPE (1 layer of single-sided texture and 2 layers of smooth), 2 layers of Geonet, and one layer of Geocomposite making up 196,000m2 of geosynthetics installed for this project.
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Snow Business The City of Fort McMurray required a snow storage pond for runoff from a new snow storage pad. There were two components to the project: the stormwater management pond was which Titan lined in 2020. This year we completed lining of the snow storage pad. The pond was 16,000m2 in size, while the pad was 41,580m2. Titan supplied and installed 1 layer of SST LLDPE 60mil and 1 layer of geocomposite in both.
Paving the Way with Spartan Road Grid™
This summer, we supplied the City of Winnipeg with 20,000m2 of Spartan Road Grid™ for the reconstruction of a concrete street, which was paved over the grid. The Spartan Road Grid™ solution will help to extend the life and performance of the road while also lowering maintenance costs.
Wrapping Up The Season, Titan Style!
Titan crews worked through the winter weather in late November to install two cells for a water storage pond for a new hog operation. Our crew installed 28,000 m2 60mil HDPE single-sided textured liner in less-than- ideal conditions, and in true Titan style still got the job done in time! Great job team!
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STAFF GROWTH
NEW TITANS!
We added more amazing staff to our Titan crew! Welcome! ALBERTA (Western Canada)
Bryant Jefferson - Technical Manager & Intl. Sales Ron Pickett - Sales Consultant Dakotah Guidroz - Fabrication Technician Jesse Deleon - Fabrication Technician USA
Alex Moran - Project Manager John Laycock - Technical Sales Representative Candice Sockett - Fabrication Technician
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Alex
John Candice
Bryant
Ron
Dakotah
Jesse
MANITOBA
ONTARIO (Eastern Canada)
Janelle deRocquigny - Sales & Marketing Coordinator Cathy Dunsmore - Customer Service Representative Joe Dark - Yard Coordinator Colton Wooster - R&D Project Coordinator Joice Alvarenga - Accounting Assistant Hayley Lynch - Receptionist / Administrative Assistant Jamie Rogerville - Procurement & Logistics Coordinator
Fraser Robinson - Regional Operations Manager Wes Anderson - Regional Manager Thane Law - Warehouse Manager Don Duhaime - Territory Representative Tanner Westfall - Senior Account Manager Kevin Barnett - Business Development Manager John Gold - Warehouse Labourer Holly Cobb - Customer Service Representative
Janelle Cathy
Joe
Colton
Fraser
Wes
Thane
Don
Joice
Hayley
Jamie
Tanner
Kevin
Holly
John
PROMOTIONS!
Congrats to the following Titans on their promotions and new roles:
Bryce Goehring - Vice President of Business Development Janelle Hebert - Senior Procurement & Logistics Coordinator Kris McElhatton - Regional Manager (Western Canada) Tanis Smyrski - Accounts Receivables & Collections Christine Dupuis - Inside Sales (Manitoba) Dan Putt - Supervisor
Bryce
Janelle
Kris
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Christine
Dan
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Research & Innovation
With a strong commitment to innovation 2021 saw continued partnerships between Titan and post-secondary academia on research and product development initiatives benefiting the engineering community. The following outlines our research projects and published technical papers developed in conjunction with our partners.
Concordia University, Montreal QC (3 years NSERC Alliance Grant)
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (Various NSERC Grant Projects)
Titan’s R&D team continued to work this year for the 3 years Alliance NSERC program for the ‘Geotextile Filtration to Improve Surface Water Quality' , with Concordia University Montreal, QC. Very encouraging results were obtained from both for Lake Caron and Lake Johanne studies. Emphasis was laid on the recycled use of custom-made geotextiles to contribute to the circular and sustainable economy.
Titan continued the novel research on Bituminous Geomembranes to investigate their physical, hydraulic, and chemical performance along with seam performance and shear behavior with Queen’s University Kingston, Ontario. Titan is also participating in the NSERC strategic research grant proposal on Geosynthetic Liners for the sustainable development of Arctic mineral resources. This research will be extremely useful for Canada’s Northern Regions in light of global warming.
McGill University, Montreal QC (3 years NSERC Alliance Grant)
University of Waterloo (NSERC Alliance (3 years)
One grant is to continue the research for improving the performance of ground-supported slabs subjected to extreme environmental conditions using Titan’s innovative high modulus rigid Fiberglass Grids. Sam Bhat, Titan’s CTO of Geosynthetics says, “I’m excited to collaborate with McGill University’s Geo- Group on this groundbreaking study, which aims to provide an alternative environmentally friendly design option by utilizing Titan’s advanced ConForce Grid™ to reduce maintenance costs and extend the service life of concrete structures exposed to harsh environmental conditions and cold climates in Canada. This method is projected to result in long- term solutions with a significant reduction in carbon emissions”. The second innovative grant is pertaining to the sustainable design of railway embankments in the Canadian cold climate. This is a new research project with McGill University studying the performance of reinforced railway tracks using Titan’s innovative geosynthetic products.
Titan’s research team has been working closely with the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology at the University of Waterloo (UW) on, ‘Evaluation of geosynthetic reinforced pavements by field and laboratory testing, integrated with thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling.' In this project, Titan’s innovative Freeze-Thaw SuperGrid™ and Spartan Road Grid™ EPM are being used in lab-scale testing and will be later used in field testing. In the Canadian context, climate factors such as temperature, frost and thaw actions, and moisture are the primary cause of pavement deterioration. Titan is optimizing products to effectively mitigate cold climate impacts in project design and applications.
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Research & Innovation
University of Saskatchewan (NSERC CRD 2 years)
Journal Research Articles
This research project entitled “Durability and Performance of Bituminous Geomembranes,” is progressing with the U of S. This two-year CRD project will incorporate a detailed program of evaluation of the performance, and durability of several bituminous geomembranes (BGM) products under conditions of high vertical load, with significant point loading resulting from aggressive natural and recycled aggregates, including tire-derived aggregate (TDA) which is widely used in Western Canada. Various BGMs were evaluated for this project to be used with aggressive recycled TDA aggregate. In the current year, the research team investigated the performance of Bituminous Geomembranes (BGMs) over a wide range of temperatures to determine the short-term viability, and very interesting data was obtained. 2021 Publications
University of Ottawa - Ottawa, ON - NSERC-EGP
Titan’s R&D team along with the University of Ottawa research team has been working on the Development of a Geosynthetic Mechanical Stabilization Technique for Road Subgrade in Warming Cold Regions. Titan has developed an innovative Freeze-Thaw SuperGrid™ for this application. Filtration for improving the surface water quality of a eutrophic lake. Dileep Palakkeel Veetil, Esteban Castillo Arriagada & Catherine N. Mulligan, (Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University) and Sam Bhat, (Titan Environmental Containment Ltd.). Published in: Journal of Environmental Management January 2021 Effect of Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of Two Polymeric Geogrid Materials. Mohamed Shokr & Mohamed A. Meguid, (Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University), and Sam Bhat, (Titan Environmental Containment Ltd.). Presented at: Geosynthetics International October 2021
Conference Papers
Environmental Remediation of a Shallow Mesotrophic Lake Water Using On-Site Non- Woven Geotextile Filtration Treatment. Pereira, A.C., Veetil, D.P., Mulligan, C.N. and Bhat, S. Presented at: 2021 CSCE Annual Conference Short Term Durability and Performance of Bituminous Geomembranes with Respect to Temperature. Mitchell Rogal, I.R. Fleming, & B. Marcotte (Department of Civil Geological & Environmental Engineering – University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada), and S. Bhat (Titan Environmental Containment Ltd.). Presented at: 2021 GeoNiagara Conference The Effect of Thermal Cycles on the Tensile Behavior of Rigid Fiberglass Geogrid. Shokr Mohamed & Meguid Mohamed, (Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Canada), and Sam Bhat, (Titan Environmental Containment Ltd.). Presented at: 2021 CSCE Annual Conference
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Giving Back!
Pro Bono for Ronald McDonald House
When the Ronald McDonald House Charities Manitoba reached out for help with an Advance Drainage System project, we gladly jumped in to offer supplies and a team to install the StormTech system's needed liner. This new Ronald McDonald House will assist more families, address unserved families and wait periods, and expand its capacity to assist more families in need of pediatric mental health, rehabilitation, bone marrow, and organ transplants.
Contributing to Rural Communities
Our contribution to this community initiative in rural Manitoba is hidden behind 8+ inches of pea gravel, but it is critical to the long-term viability of this playground environment! We hope the kids had a good time!
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Giving Back!
Supporting Charity
From walking over 1,200 kilometers in 'Movember' to promote awareness of men's health and raising $3,500 for the cause, to challenging the team to walk 5 MILLION steps in 4 weeks for charity our team achieved a total of 5,099,459 steps. With this, we raised $2,500 for Dream Factory to assist Kayne in building his dream playhouse in his backyard and $2,500 for the Alzheimer Society of Alberta. We also were proud to play a part in the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Annual Dr. Goodbear Golf Tournament, which raised more than $267,000 for sick and injured children at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Center Children’s Hospital – the highest amount ever for this event! Our team also took part in Operation Christmas Child, filling surprise boxes for less fortunate children throughout the world, to make their Christmas special.
Amazing accomplishments year-round from our Titan team!
Operation Christmas Child
'Movember'
Children's Hospital Golf
S e a s o n ' s Gr e e t i n g s AND HA P P Y NEW Y E AR
Thank you for your business & support. Warm wishes for the holiday season.
We will be closed December 23 at noon and will be back January 4, 2022.
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