Colony Construction designs, fabricates, and installs bridge cranes mezzanines equipment supports for mining, oil and gas, and manufacturing facilities across Canada. Whether the scope is a new 50-tonne crane bay, a multi-level mezzanine, or custom equipment supports integrated into an existing plant, our in-house team delivers the structural components your operation depends on.
What Structural Components Does Colony Build?
Structural components are the load-carrying elements that make an industrial facility functional – the crane runways, mezzanines, pipe-rack supports, equipment platforms, and stairs that every process building requires. Cranes lift, mezzanines expand floor area, and equipment supports carry the weight of the machinery that drives the operation. Getting these components right demands precise engineering, tight fabrication tolerances, and crews who understand industrial operations.
Colony Construction has engineered, fabricated, and installed industrial crane installation packages, mezzanine construction scopes, and custom equipment supports on more than 700 projects in 40+ years. Our shops in Surrey, Kelowna, and Edmonton routinely produce crane runways for 50, 100, and 200-tonne bridge cranes along with mezzanines rated for heavy process loads. Because our engineers work alongside our ironworkers every day, the components we deliver go in fast and work reliably for decades.
Every component is CWB-certified, stamped by a professional engineer, and integrated with the existing or new structural frame. No off-the-shelf compromises.
Key Benefits of Colony’s Structural Components
- Heavy Bridge Crane Capability: Industrial crane installation up to 200+ tonnes, including runways, stops, and building integration to match plant-specific lift requirements.
- Custom Mezzanine Construction: Mezzanines designed for heavy process loads, storage, office build-outs, or multi-level equipment platforms with vibration-tuned framing.
- Retrofit-Friendly Design: We integrate new components into existing buildings with minimal production downtime, designing around live operations wherever necessary.
- Complete Scope Ownership: Engineering, fabrication, installation, and commissioning are all handled in-house, eliminating inter-contractor gaps.
Industries That Rely on These Structural Components
Bridge cranes, mezzanines, and equipment supports are essential in any industrial operation that lifts, processes, or stacks heavy loads:
- Mining – mill maintenance cranes, mantle-rebuild cranes, and heavy equipment supports for crushers and conveyors.
- Manufacturing & Warehousing – production cranes, mezzanine offices, and multi-level equipment platforms.
- Oil & Gas – maintenance cranes, pipe-rack supports, and module platforms in Alberta oil sands and BC gas facilities.
Featured Projects
MEG Energy Phase 2
Colony fabricated and installed structural components for this major Alberta oil sands expansion, including pipe-rack supports, equipment platforms, and module-integration structural steel engineered for the site’s demanding process loads.
Syncrude Mildred Lake
At this flagship Alberta oil sands facility, Colony delivered industrial crane installation, mezzanine construction, and heavy equipment supports integrated into the main maintenance and process buildings. Every component was engineered for sub-arctic operation and continuous production.
Our Structural Components Process
- Step 1 – Load & Integration Study: Engineers confirm crane, mezzanine, or equipment loads and develop a structural scheme that integrates with the existing or new building.
- Step 2 – Fabrication & QA: Runways, mezzanine framing, and equipment supports are fabricated in our CWB-certified shops with dimensional QA matched to the installed tolerances cranes and equipment require.
- Step 3 – Installation & Commissioning: Components are installed, aligned, and commissioned – including crane load-testing when part of the scope – ready for operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What bridge crane capacities can Colony install?
Colony has engineered and installed industrial crane installation packages from 2-tonne jib cranes up to 200+ tonne heavy bridge cranes. We handle runways, supporting columns and building integration, tie-rod systems, and crane stops. The crane itself is typically procured from a specialist OEM; we deliver the structure that carries it.
What load ratings can mezzanine construction achieve?
Colony routinely designs mezzanines from light-duty 75 psf office loads through heavy process mezzanines rated several thousand psf for equipment platforms. Live, dead, point, and impact loads are all accounted for in the engineering. If your operation needs a specific capacity, we design to match.
Can Colony integrate new structural components into an existing building?
Yes. A significant portion of our work is retrofit – adding bridge cranes, mezzanines, and equipment supports to plants that must stay in production. We phase the work around shift schedules, use modular installation methods where possible, and engineer connections that work with existing structural conditions.
How are structural components priced?
Pricing depends on capacity, span, span arrangement, and integration complexity. A light jib crane runway might be under $50k installed; a heavy industrial crane installation with a new runway and building reinforcement can run into the millions. Colony provides fixed-price budgets after a site review.
Ready to Start Your Structural Components Project?
Send us your scope, schedule, and site details. A Colony estimator will review your project and reply within one business day.