Hamilton Liao

Director of Capital Projects

Contact Info

Location

Campbellville, ON, Canada

Areas of Expertise

Capital Projects Management, Drawing and Specifications, Process Engineering, Automation, Commissioning & Qualification.
Hamilton is Director of Capital Projects at Cheme Engineering, he has 25 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology and industrial sectors such as petrochemical, oil & gas, pulp & paper, and wastewater treatment.

Hamilton is a senior engineer specialized in managing engineering design for biopharmaceutical process facilities. He has been involved in design projects of different magnitudes, spanning the various engineering design stage gates. His core competencies reside in leading and executing/managing large design projects, automation/controls, process engineering and engineering management. Having worked in roles as a consultant, as an owner, an owner’s representative and in equipment design/fabrication, he provides a unique perspective to clients and in the mentorship of young engineers.

Hamilton has been involved in green and brown field international projects spanning North America, Asia, Middle East and Europe. He is comfortable working in different cultural environments and is convinced sound engineering transcends international borders.

Hamilton holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He is a licensed Professional Engineer under PEO.
“Good engineering is rarely accomplished by a single individual. It is the collaborative effort of a dedicated team of passionate individuals working in synchronicity towards a common goal that is defined by our clients.”

Recent Success

Quality Assurance Lab Scale Up & Relocation

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Large Scale HTST Automation

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Laboratory Conceptual Design for Asparagus Breeding

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Snack Packaging Expansion Project

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Compressed Air Upgrade Feasibility

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Vaccine Manufacturing Process Upgrades Project

We partnered with our client in the biotechnology industry to design, optimize, implement, and validate their existing biologic manufacturing process.

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Pet Food Fats and Oils Continuous Mixing System

An award-winning, independent pet food maker needed our help designing a custom system to create dog and cat food from fresh regional ingredients.

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Major Component Replacement Project

Cheme was engaged to design and commission equipment to support a Major Component Replacement (MCR) project at one of the largest electricity suppliers in Ontario.

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Beverage Quality Assurance Lab Project

Our client needed to relocate a high throughput beverage quality assurance laboratory to a high-rise building location without disrupting business continuity. Learn how Cheme helped.

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In Line Oil Winterization and Evaporation Production Suite Project

A pharmaceutical-grade botanicals oil producer approached Cheme to scale-up, design and optimize an existing multi-step extraction and winterization process.

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OSD Facility Expansion Project

A Canadian pharmaceutical client needed to expand manufacturing capabilities for oral solid dose production. Here’s how Cheme support our client’s execution of the manufacturing expansion.

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Sterile Compounding Optimization Project

Our client in the biotechnology industry required optimization of an antiquated sterile manufacturing process that is critical to vaccine formulation.

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