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biggest growth customer of the year, CNRL, at both

their Horizon and Albian sites.

As of Q4 2021, Soogadin has 375 active employees

across its projects, with 15 million pounds of
scaffolding spread across the sites. The teams erect

and dismantle between 20,000 and 30,000 pieces

daily and have just under 5,000 scaffolds tagged
and ready for use. In addition, this year, the teams

have installed over 550 m2 of fireproofing material
and have insulated over 20km of piping.

“Our goal is to build a strong and healthy
community in Fort McKay,” says Smits. “First

Nation-owned Business Revenues account for

52 per cent of total revenues for the Nation and
provide the necessary resources needed for

programs, healthcare, education, and infrastructure

Brock has operated in the Fort McMurray region

going back decades, with a steady workforce
fluctuating between two hundred and eight hundred.

“A few weeks after the formation of Soogadin in
Celebrating 30 Years of Developing
2019, we kicked off a turnaround event with our first
Custom Removable Insulation
customer Cenovus (Formerly Husky) Sunrise, as Solutions for Extreme Conditions

well as a fireproofing project at Suncor Base Plant,”

says Smits.

Soogadin really took off in early 2020, with the

awards of Kearl Lake Maintenance, Suncor Firebag
Maintenance and Suncor Fort Hills Maintenance,

bringing its average daily employment from fifty
to two hundred. In 2021, Soogadin broke in with

various projects and turnaround activity with its

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