Services
Oil and Gas Pipelines
Somerville's oil and gas pipeline experience stretches back more than 50 years and includes projects across Canada, in the United States, United Kingdom, Africa, and the Caribbean. With this broad … Continue Reading ›
Commitment & Experience
Commitment to Quality
Somerville works with clients and partners in many provinces and regions, each with their own particular set of regulations and requirements. We built that broad experience into our Quality … Continue Reading ›
Somerville Team
Nick de Koning – President
Nick de Koning has served as president of Robert B. Somerville since 1994. His responsibility is to ensure the company's long-term viability and its continued ability to create value for its … Continue Reading ›
Featured Projects
Scarborough Reinforcement – Phase II
This project involved the construction of 3,900 meters of 16' High Pressure Steel Natural Gas pipe along a newly constructed residential area in Scarborough, Ontario. With the rapid population growth in the Greater Toronto Region there is an increased demand for natural gas supply. This pipeline provides the backbone for reinforcing that demand. The project was constructed in a residential area. Special provisions to ensure public safety during and post construction were implemented. … [Read More...]
Brock Road North Widening – Utility Relocate Project
Approximately 1 KM of open cut concrete encased duct structure, placement of 4 new Manholes, and directional bore 1 road crossing … [Read More...]
Edmonton Meter Move Program 2010
The scope of the work was to relocate existing residential and commercial inside gas meters to the exterior of building for reading purposes and as a safety upgrade to ATCO Gas' system. All work was witin the City of Edmonton and Capital Region, which includes St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan, as well as other surrounding towns. In total there were 1,611 moves completed. Somerville was responsible for contacting customers and making appointments, applying for and tracking … [Read More...]
Regent Street Townhomes Secondary Piping
Regent Park Energy (RPE) is a Joint joint venture of Toronto Community Housing and Corix Utilities. RPE will run a district energy system in Regent Park. The system will produce high-efficiency heating and cooling for all the residential and commercial buildings in Regent Park and will have the potential to generate electricity from green sources like cogeneration, solar and geothermal in the future. The energy generated by the district energy system will keep 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas … [Read More...]
Oakville Hydro MTS #1
Eptcon was contracted by Oakville Hydro to construct a 230/27.6 kV Municipal Transformer Station # 1 in the Town of Milton. Robert B. Somerville was subcontracted to supply and install 12 underground manholes and approximately 2,000 meters of concrete encased duct structure to deliver power from the new transmission station to the overhead distribution system. Structures ranged from 4 duct to 32 duct, and terminated at DIP poles at various locations. … [Read More...]
Lakeside Meadows – Phase 1A & 1B – Joint Utilities
Lakeside Meadows in Sutton is a masterplanned subdivision consisting of 103 lots for single detached and townhomes. Robert B. Somerville Co. Limited was awarded a contract to for the installation of the Hydro electric distribution and service connections, streetlighting, Bell Telephone, Enbridge Gas and Rogers Cable TV service conenctions. The project was completed utilitizing a Joint Trench approach whereby all of the utilities are installed in a single trench. This instalaltion process … [Read More...]
