The Unofficial
Piling Canada
Editor’s Choice Awards
Some of the best articles that Piling Canada
has had to offer over the past decade
In the Lester Communications Inc. offices, located in Winnipeg,
Man., it’s no secret that I love Piling Canada. I’ve
been working at Lester for about five years – the first year
in our advertising department and the rest as editorial director
for the company. One of my favourite projects in both
professional capacities has been Piling Canada. As I’m sure
you’ve figured out, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the
magazine, a milestone that I’m extremely excited about.
Piling Canada was launched as a biannual magazine in
2006 in response to requests for a publication dedicated to
the Canadian market. Lester published magazines for an
American audience, but a Canadian voice was lacking. After
some research and a lot of work, Issue 1 2006 hit the desks
of new readers across the country. Including this issue, we’ve
published 28 issues of Piling Canada, making significant
changes along the way – including moving to a tri-annual
publication in 2012, and then to a quarterly format (completely
redesigned!) in 2013, and adding a digital edition in
2014.
The feedback for this magazine is overwhelmingly positive,
and it’s my goal to continue improving over the next
10 years – Piling Canada is the number one publication for
Canada’s deep foundation construction industry, and it’s our
every intention to keep it that way.
Integral to any successful magazine in any industry are
articles that keep readers interested in coming back for more.
I’ve been the editor for 14 of Piling Canada’s 28 issues, and
while it requires a lot of effort to plan engaging, original content,
it’s also a lot of fun. I’ve learned more than I thought I
ever would about deep foundation construction (one of my
favourite quotes from the magazine is from Northstar’s Tony
Evangelista in his Networking Corner profile: when asked if
he had ever thought of working with piles, he said, “Piles of
what?” – that was me when I started at Lester); and although
we haven’t always hit the nail perfectly on the head every
time, I’m proud of every issue of this magazine.
To celebrate Piling Canada’s 10th anniversary, I set out to
round up my favourite 10 articles that have ever appeared in
the magazine. I thought it would be an easy task; however, two
hours and 20 articles later, I needed to whittle down my list.
The following are, in descending order, my top 10 favourite
articles from Piling Canada’s past decade, along with five
more that I couldn’t let slip by without at least an honourable
mention. To read each article, go to www.pilingcanada.ca/
news/editorschoice. If you think there are any that I should
have included and didn’t, I’d be thrilled to hear what your
favourite articles are and why you think so.
And so, for the readers of the best magazine for the
Canadian deep foundation construction industry (if we
do say so ourselves …), I present to you the unofficial Piling
Canada Editor’s Choice Awards. I hope you enjoy the magazine
as much as I enjoy putting it together for you every issue!
By Jill Harris, Piling Canada
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