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DIAMOND Precast Concrete Ltd.| 7520 Conrad St | Burnaby, BC V5A 2H7
Tel: 604.415.5181 | Fax: 604.415.5185 |
www.DiamondPrecast.comSection: 12
Date: 12/03/2015
Edition 1, Revision: 0
Page: 1 of 2
Section 12: Storage System and Transportation
A.
All incoming raw material is stored with great care. Cement is stored in Silo fully protected
from weather and there is separate bay for Sand and Gravel inside the plant in controlled
atmosphere.
B.
For Steel, we have a designated location. In this location we make sure the material does not
deteriorate, or become contaminated.
C.
Labelling: All finished products are labelled as described in Exhibit # 21. Labelling is done by
spray paint on stencil. Once labelled, products are then taken to the yard. Finished products are
handled with forklift by storing on pallets. The
Q
C in charge is responsible to identify and label
products and materials correctly. All products produced at Diamond will marked as CSA mark.
D.
Inventory: The Yard is maintained by highly dedicated working with us past 6 years having
forklift certification and is responsible for managing and controlling inventory of finished
product. All finished products are properly labelled (Permanent marked by spray paint) from the
production department and stored in groups of range of product. They are stacked & palletized
in proper rows to height of capacity of Forklift. Yard person has high capacity forklift with 8000
lbs capacity and moves the products after placed on pallets by production team.
Concrete products stored in yard are watered in summer when the temperature rises above 27
deg. C
Products are maintained in yard on principle of “First
-In, First-
Out.” We have created two
rows
of each product and achieve 28 days of natural cure. Oldest product is always to be shipped
first.
There are four different types of material kept in Yard:
1)
Finished Products - Good for Sale
2)
Defective Products generated in Production - to be Repaired
3)
Rejected material - NOT FOR SALE, TO BE DESTROYED
4)
Returned material
–
may be rejected or defective to repair
E.
Transportation:
Diamond follows all current DOT and Municipal policies in regards to the transportation of
goods. We have 2 full time drivers and 1 driver as back up.
One driver is Class 1 certified and other two have Class 3 certified. They have Air Brakes and
Folding Boom Crane certification we have 2006
–
Sterling (Crane Truck), 2010
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Hino (Crane
Truck), 2005
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Sprinter (Flatbed Truck) & 1966 Brand ford (Trailer)
All fleet vehicles are certified by Western Star Sterling as per the appropriate GVW rating for
MVI, and the applicable cranes are certified yearly through Falcon Equipment as per the
government requirements.
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