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Alma Aluminum Smelter
Project Information
- Project Location:
- Québec, Canada, TX
- Status:
- Completed
- Structure Type:
- Industrial Maintenance
Scope Of Work
Originally conceived by former owner Alcan, the Alma project aimed to build a major smelter that would further develop Québec as a global aluminum center.
Alma included building a carbon plant, a reduction plant, a casting center, and supporting infrastructure to produce a smelter with capacity of more than 400,000 metric tons per year.
To achieve this goal, Alcan (which was later acquired by Rio Tinto) awarded the project to Bechtel in 1998. Our scope included project management; engineering, procurement, and construction management; pre-operations testing; and startup assistance.
Bechtel managed a site team that peaked at over 4,500 workers, oversaw architecture and engineering firms and worked closely with Alcan to incorporate process equipment and technology into the smelter. The result was a facility that produced five times more aluminum than a nearby plant but required only 35 percent more workers.
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