Paradox Access Solutions

Paradox Access Solutions is a construction company specializing in customized access solutions for companies who need temporary or permanent roadways built on unstable terrain, such as muskeg, permafrost or mud. The company is located in Acheson, Alberta with distribution nodes across Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Paradox Access Solutions
TypePrivately held company
IndustryConstruction
Founded2004
Headquarters
Acheson, Alberta
Key people
Marc Breault, Founder and CEO
ServicesAccess solutions (mats, cellular confinement, geotextile), Earthworks (engineering))
Websitehttps://www.paradoxaccess.com

About

Paradox Access Solutions was founded in 2004 by Marc Breault, who holds six patents relating to roadway construction.[1] In 2012, the company formed an engineering firm called Stratum Logics to provide geotechnical engineering expertise.[2]

In the aftermath of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, the company assisted with road restoration into affected communities, creating 40 km of temporary roads in a little over week.[3] It also donated used mats to regional nature trail construction groups to aid in trail stabilization and sustainability.[4]

In 2018, the company began work to restore the Hudson Bay Railway to Churchill, Manitoba, which was washed out by floods in May, 2017. Paradox provided railbed restoration while Cando Rail repaired the rails.[5][6]

Products and services

The company is a provider of wooden, rubber and composite mats (often called rig mats or swamp mats), intended to provide stable, if temporary, roadways for industrial applications, such as in oil and natural gas, pipeline access, mining, and utility corridors. The mats are placed in the spring when the ground thaws and removed later in the year when the ground re-freezes, providing extended access to industrial sites in locations where traditional access construction methods are ill suited, due to location, cost or sensitive environmental conditions. These mats may also be used in aviation, rail transport and paved or unpaved public or private road surfaces applications.[2]

Other similar companies that work within the plant and machinery company include Powered Access Solutions located in Swidon, UK.

Tough Cell

Paradox Access Solutions is the sole Canadian distributor of a product called Tough Cell, a Novel polymeric alloy cellular confinement product developed by PRS-Geo-Technologies known as Neology geocell.[7]

Once the honeycomb-shaped geotextile is placed, it's filled with sand, gravel, dirt,[8] or other locally available materials, and then compressed. The honeycomb shape is able to support heavy equipment by redirecting downward energy outward, “decreasing differential settlement of soft subgrades,”[9] providing soil confinement, stabilization, and reinforcement.[10] The resulting surface is functional in very cold (-60C) to very hot (60C) conditions.[11][12]

The product is notable for its durability, and reduced cost and carbon footprint, resulting from the use of local, rather than imported, aggregate materials.[13]

In addition to temporary roadway applications, it has also been approved for municipal road construction projects.[14][15]

References
  1. "Patents by Inventor Marc Breault". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. "Matting Products". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  3. Caroline Barghout (2018-09-05). "Company fixing Churchill rail line says repairs will be complete in 60 days". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  4. "Paradox Access Solutions Donates Rig Mats for Trails" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. Michael Lee (September 5, 2018). "Cando awarded contract to repair Churchill rail line". Brandon Sun. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  6. "Ottawa to provide long-term support for Churchill rail line, port: new owner". The Globe and Mail. September 4, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  7. "Building roads to anywhere". St. Albert Gazette. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  8. Snyder, Jesse (24 February 2012). "Paradox Access Solutions supports a horizontal shift". Alberta Oil Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  9. "Tough Cell (PRS-Neoweb): Technical Overview". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  10. Pokharel, P.Eng, Sanat Kumar; Martin, P.Eng, Ian; Norouzi, E.I.T., Meisam; Breault, Marc (February 15–18, 2015). Validation of Geocell Design for Unpaved Roads (PDF). 2015 Geosynthetics Conference. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  11. Tannas, Kim. "Tips for a Greener Work Site". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  12. Mickle, Dale (10 February 2015). "Frigid Weather Couldn't Slow Oil Sands Road Development". Retrieved 8 May 2018.
  13. "Innovative Roads". Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  14. "Paving a new way for road base material". Daily Commercial News. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  15. "Ryley's Railway Avenue using innovative 3D cellular confinement system – looks like a honeycomb before filled in and paved over". The Tofield Mercury. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
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