MAADI Group Opens New Pedestrian Bridge Manufacturing Facility

The 6,000 square-foot facility is located in the heart of Quebec''s aluminum corridor, The Make-A-Bridge® pedestrian bridge will be fabricated using new, custom-made automated production equipment. MAADI engineers and production crew will custom design, fabricate and manufacture each Make-A-Bridge® and prepare bridge components for shipment in bundled sections that may be transported anywhere in the world via overseas shipment in ocean containers within a few weeks, or quick-shipped via standard-size trailer within the Continental U.S. and Canada within a few days.

Make-A-Bridge® modular units may be assembled on site by a few workers, without specialized tools or training. MAADI engineers offer technical support from design through installation for each bridge project.

"We are very excited about the addition of manufacturing and production capabilities and our move to new larger facilities in Boucherville," said Alexandre de la Chevrotiere, P.Eng., President of MAADI Group, "We are an experienced structural engineering firm that now offers full manufacturing capabilities for our award-winning Make-A-Bridge®, along with complete engineering design and build of our many custom pedestrian bridge designs that are made with high-strength aluminum alloy."

MAADI engineering personnel will supervise the production of Make-A-Bridge® extruded aluminum truss framework components and cast aluminum tripod node joints. The new MAADI Design/Build production facility will fabricate the aluminum components with an automated line to process the MAB ready for assembly. All structures'' weldments will be verified as meeting strict welding procedure specifications. MAADI''s facility will undergo consistent standards review by Certified International Welding Engineers for the fusion welding of aluminum. Quality control is supervised on the production floor by MAADI Professional Engineers.

MAADI Group''s new address is: 1445 Graham-Bell St., Boucherville, QC, J4B 6A1, Canada; Tel: 450.449.0007; Fax: 450.449.7707. For more information: alex@maadigroup.com.