Roquette Canada Ltd is building a new pea protein production plant in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. The new facility will have a production capacity of 125,000t a year, processing yellow peas into powdered fibres, protein and starch, which have applications in pharma, nutrition and food sectors. Roquette’s new plant will include four key areas, namely production, utilities, packaging and outbound trucking, and administrative offices. It will also include a wash bay for cleaning trucks carrying the raw material to remove snow, salts, and other road debris in winter months to ensure that the peas are free from contamination.

The electrical & instrumentation work includes the installation of:

• electrical temp works
• grounding
• e-houses
• transformers
• generators
• capacitor banks
• cable tray
• control cables  

Civil work includes:

• direct bury trench work
• concrete duct bank
• excavation & back fill
• concrete forming