Leading the Canadian railway engineering industry with

integrity and versatility

Canarail Leading the Canadian railway

engineering industry with integrity and versatility

Learn how this Canadian company provides reliable and efficient solutions to fit all of its clients’ needs

Written by: Cutter Slagle Produced by: Andy Turner

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Canarail Leading the Canadian railway

engineering industry with integrity and versatility

Learn how this Canadian company provides reliable and efficient solutions to fit all of its clients’ needs

Written by: Cutter Slagle Produced by: Andy Turner

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As a leading Canadian railway engineering consulting firm since 1990, CANARAIL’s

main focus has always been quality and providing reliable and efficient solutions tailored to the client’s objective. Because of this, the company has achieved recognition in international markets.

With experience in a range

of areas that include track and infrastructure, rolling stock, railway operations, signaling and telecommunications, manage consulting and much more, CANARAIL has had the opportunity to work on a variety of transportation projects in North America, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe and Latin America.

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Due to the company’s great reputation, word-of-mouth recruitment, design technology skills and strategic management, CANARAIL continues to maintain excellence.

A team effort CANARAIL prides itself in providing innovative and customized

solutions, which the company is able to do because of its diversified team.

Miguel Valero has been the President of CANARAIL since 2011, overseeing a variety of consultants that include alignment and track engineers, rolling stock engineers and technicians, workshop designers and more.

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The entire CANARAIL team is known for listening to its clients, allowing them to analyze problems and find appropriate solutions, which then lead to the development of projects and measurable results.

Acting as CANARAIL’s senior vice president, one of Joseph Sarkis’ responsibilities is leading the engineering teams, which assist in providing technical support to the network of field offices throughout the world.

It is through the efforts of the entire company that CANARAIL has earned and maintained a great reputation, as well as accomplishing many achievements. This include the ongoing feasibility

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study for a 330 multi-user mining railways in Northern Quebec, the ongoing refurbishment of the Rocky Mountaineer fleet’s GoldLeaf cars in Western Canada, and the feasibility study for the improvement of the accessibility of rail services in Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, which was completed in 2014.

Further ongoing projects for CANARAIL include the engineering, supervision, and a feasibility study of construction for a new 2,400 kilometers rail link in Saudi Arabia, the feasibility study for a new 600 kilometers rail link in northern Afghanistan, and the feasibility study of seven different railway projects to improve the Trans-Asia connectivity in Bangladesh.

Skills and services The CANARAIL team has a wide collection of skills and services that has led to a list of impressive projects.

The company’s consulting, engineering and project management services have resulted in more than 800 projects completed throughout the world with major clients that include mining companies, rail operators, world financial institutions and public and parapublic sectors.

Specifically, CANARAIL’s special expertise in heavy haul railway operations and the company’s overall support in the mining sector to plan and transport products allows it to stand out among others in the industry.

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CANARAIL also utilizes a range of tools to aid to their skills and services. These innovative tools include various commercialized software packages such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Matchhcad 14.0, Planimate, Raster Design and SAP and customized Excel Visual Basic Applications. CANARAIL has even developed numerous spreadsheet-

based models to facilitate the analysis and design of the most efficient rail-based transport systems for its clients.

Current events Recently, CANARAIL has closed on an agreement with Reli Assest Holding Company (RAHCO), the rail infrastructure manager in Tanzania

With over 800 projects carried out all

over the world, Canarail has made a

name for itself in the industry.

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for the Inspection and Capacity Rating of Railway Bridges.

The objectives of this project are to update the existing bridge and culvert register for Tanzania’s Central and Mwanza lines, as well as identify the structural rehabilitation work that is needed to allow operations of inter-modal container trains with 15 tonne axle loads.

In gaining control of the project, CANARAIL will be able to both strengthen its position as a leader in railway disciplines and as an important industry player in Eastern Africa.

This new project will be the first for CANARAIL since the company completed its preliminary engineering study, which explored the construction of a new railway line between Isaka, Kigali and Musongati (Burundi), and the upgrading of the existing infrastructure between Dar Es Salaam and Isaka.

Moving towards the future As a member of the Systra group of companies led by Systra France, a leading European company specialized in railway, urban, high speed and light rail transit systems, CANARAIL will continue to pursue international growth.

Moving towards the future, the company will maintain its objective to be the absolute best, accomplishing this task with its unique approach in bringing together the most talented people and focusing relentlessly on its railway engineering core business.

Company Information

I N D U S T RY

Supply Chain

H E A D Q U A RT E R S

1140 de Maisonneuve

Blvd. West, Suite 1050

F O U N D E D

1990

E M P L O Y E E S

500

R E V E N U E

100 million

1140 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Suite 1050

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

H3A 1M8

T: 514-985-0930 E: 514-985-0929

inbox@canarail.com

www.canarail.com