DEPARTMENTS
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Iot Advancements in Thermal
Integrity Profiling
Junttan Develops Safe, Smokeless
Pile Cushion Technology
Mobile Payment Technology for
the Construction Industry
COMPANY PROFILES
Black Diamond Shines for
Ontario’s Ring of Fire
Driving Small Diameter Piles?
GREAT CANADIAN PROJECTS
Fort McMurrary West 500-kV
Transmission Project
Slope Stabilization and Pathway Work
Spray Lakes Slide Repair
Augustana Residential Tower
BiPole III Transmission Line
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ON THE COVER
Northstar Sharp’s kicks off
our annual Great Canadian
Projects issue as they take us
through the installation of
nearly 12,000 piles during their
work on the Fort McMurrary
West 500-kV Transmission
Project. Their thorough
planning resulted in a project
delivery four months early.
That story starts on page
24. Thank you to this year’s
participating companies.
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GREAT CANADIAN
PROJECTS ISSUE
Northstar Sharp’s
installed nearly 12,000
piles and finished
four months ahead of
schedule; their work on
the Fort McMurray West
500-kV Transmission
Project kicks off this
year’s celebration
of Canadian deep
foundations projects
DIGGING INTO
CONSTRUCTION
EXTRAS
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Contamination Clean-Up
The Monarch Building
Port of Trois-Rivières
BUSINESS
Digging into Construction Extras
LEGAL
Is Non-Compliance an Option?
PERSONNEL – IN THE RIG
Switching Gears
INDUSTRY NEWS
News Pile
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Contents Q1 • 2019
COVER PHOTO AND ABOVE COURTESY OF NORTHSTAR SHARP’S
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