W.
(BILL) EADIE, P. Eng.
Project Manager,
Structural Engineer & President
Eadie Technology Inc. - Eadie Engineering Inc.
BACKGROUND
Bill
Eadie started his engineering career in Canada with a Vancouver structural consulting
engineering firm. His early
experience was in the structural design of heavy concrete structures for pulp
mills and industrial plants.
In
addition to marketing the company owned EADIEMAC Process, Mr. Eadie is
currently looking for new and interesting management, project management or
engineering opportunities that can utilize his diverse professional experience.
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE
In
a technical capacity Mr. Eadie was responsible for engineering designs & project management activities for the
following works:
-
600 MW Clover Bar gas fired generating station Stage II building structure
including turbine generator and boiler structures, river pump house, outfall,
switchyard and associated structures.
-
150 MW Battle River coal fired generating station foundations and turbine hall
structure.
-
Explosion repairs investigation, design and expediting at the Battle River Station
'A' coal fired power plant.
-
H.R.Milner coal fired generating station at Grande Cache, baghouse civil works,
ash disposal conveyor system and ash silo foundations.
- 10 million gallon underground reservoir and pumping station, Edmonton.
RESEARCH
FACILITIES PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
The following projects, related to hydrocarbon & biotechnology research facilities, involved various engineering disciplines:
- Alberta Research Council Clover Bar, pilot plant modifications
- Alberta Research Council Nisku, high pressure research facility installation of containment vessels & related utility services
- Devon, Alberta, high head laboratory installation of containment rooms & related utility services for pilot plants
- Heavy oil visbreaking & partial upgrading pilot plant process testing (at Nisku facility).
-
Alberta Research Council biotechnology laboratory, installation of process
services
ENERGY
In
the energy field Mr. Eadie provided technical support to a Canadian oil, gas and
minerals exploration company involved in the installation of field production facilities for oil and gas wells in the
West Oneida Field in Eastern Tennessee.
Mr. Eadie's activities involved the design, purchasing, expediting and
construction of pipelines, tankage, separators, pumps and delivery pipelines and
meters. In addition Mr. Eadie was
involved in presenting the company's position at a dozen State of Tennessee Oil
and Gas Board unitization hearings.
On
completion of this project Mr. Eadie was involved in the acquisition of oil and
gas properties in the Redwater area of Alberta.
PROCESS ENGINEERING
Starting
in the mid-1980's Mr. Eadie directed the expansion of Eadie Engineering Inc.'s
process engineering department with particular emphasis on projects involving
heat exchangers and pressure vessels.
Over a 10 year period a process for the partial upgrading of heavy oil was
jointly developed by Mr. W.A.MacWilliams,P.Eng. and Mr.Eadie. Canadian and U.S. patents were secured for
this thermal visbreaking based process (known as the EADIEMAC Process).
Detailed
designs, including manufacturing drawings for skid mounted heavy oil processing plants, were developed under Mr. Eadie's direction
all geared to establish the economics of the process. Locations for a 500 bbl/day
demonstration plant are currently being sought. Ongoing
discussions are taking place for the design of a 20,000 bbl/day visbreaking unit to be located
on an ocean drilling platform where the compact nature of the EADIEMAC
Process is an advantage.
EDUCATION
Associate:
Civil Engineering, Dundee College of Science & Technology, Scotland. (Now the University of
Abertay.)
Member: APEGGA.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
President:
Consulting Engineers of Alberta, 1989/91
Chairman:
Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada / Industry Science & Technology Canada Liaison Group, 1990/91
PATENT
Co-developer:
"Process
and Apparatus for Partial Upgrading
Canadian & U.S.Patents.