IHI held a Spade Turning Ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of its first fully-automated factory on a 15+ acre site located on Tilbury Island in Delta, British Columbia, just outside of Vancouver.
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Shareholders view the installation of the first floor panels.
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Electrical cable trays are placed beneath the raised floor allowing for easy servicing and upgrades of factory equipment from the crawlspace.
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10-ft x 10-ft floor panels are placed on rubber pads over the foundation to form a complete flexible raised floor system.
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The first 10-ft x 40-ft wall panel being installed.
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The first 80-foot span service roof truss being installed onto the wall panels at the east end of the factory. Mobile cranes and trucks are visible on the raised floor system (capacity 562 lbs/ft2).
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