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The company’s fleet currently consists of two LoDrils and
two Soilmecs.
“The LoDrils can go pretty much anywhere an excavator
can go,” said Williamson. “And they don’t require near
the ground stability so the ground doesn’t have to be flat
and level. We can drill on a pretty steep angle. Ramps and
areas like that, on any kind of an interchange, we can crawl
up the side and perform piles. We can reach over obstacles
quite safely to perform piles. They’re an incredible, versatile
machine. And that’s why they go up to the tar sands so much;
(into) awkward places and drilling these awkward holes.”
This kind of experience has given the company a bit of an
advantage, says Jeff Johnson, who looks after business development
for Ki.
“We can do a lot of angled, battered piles,” he said. “That’s
a specialty that we’ve developed in the tar sands over the
years that we’ve recently used on building a bridge here in
Airdrie for PCL.”
But the company is not just confined to industrial plants
and cloverleaves. The Ki International team has worked
on some high-profile jobs, including Rogers Place, the new
home of the Edmonton Oilers, as well as the Western Alberta
Transmission Line (WATL) between Calgary and Edmonton.
The company also takes safety very seriously; they have
their Certificate of Recognition (COR), a trained national
construction safety officer on staff and enjoyed a 2015 with
zero incidents.
But with Alberta’s recent economic changes, there have
been challenges. As well, the fires in Fort McMurray last
spring didn’t help anyone in any industry, especially if they
worked regularly up north. As with a lot of companies,
however, a diversity of clients seems to be a good hedge
against downturn.
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