company and operate across Canada. We talked about how
to put the knowledge, expertise and talent of the two companies
together and build synergies between them.”
On the first day of Q1 2019, Soletanche Bachy Canada
came into existence. National functions such as safety,
finance, business development and corporate services report
directly to CEO Robert Marzetti, while all operational entities
across the country report through the president, Jonathan
Hazenberg, formerly president of AGRA Foundations.
The new company will continue to operate out of five
Canadian locations: Hamilton, Saskatoon, Edmonton,
Calgary and Vancouver. From an operational standpoint, the
company is organized along two major geographic divisions: East
– VP operations, Todd Barlow; VP project delivery, Andrew
Weltz – and West – VP operations, Brian Horner; VP project
delivery, Mike Lamborn.
The equipment side of Bermingham Foundation Solutions,
Berminghammer, led by Steven England, will continue to
operate as a wholly-owned division of SB Canada, manufacturing
lead systems, hammers, reverse circulation drills and custom
engineered solutions for the pile driving industry out of its
50,000 square foot facility in Hamilton, Ont.
“Bringing together so many years of combined experience
in the Canadian market has given us fantastic insight into the
soil structures and deep foundation knowledge from coast to
coast. Right now, we’re talking about how we can utilize the
expertise from one region to strengthen our offering to clients
in a different region. An example is, how can we leverage the
capabilities out of Ontario, where our marine experience
resides right now, to win and execute marine projects in
the west?” said Marzetti.
Similarly, the new company is determining how to combine
expertise from the Prairies to improve its offering in Ontario.
As it continues to grow that knowledge, it will eventually
look at expanding to the East Coast. Being part of Soletanche
Bachy gives access to expertise and equipment from around
the world, which further enhances its Canadian capabilities.
Marzetti sums it all up, “It’s one of those situations
where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” Two
distinguished, long-standing deep foundations companies
bringing together all their knowledge and experience into
one entity, ready and able to provide a larger offering to all its
clients from coast to coast.
Recent SB Canada project changing the face of
Toronto’s waterfront
Southeast of the downtown core of Toronto, Ont., lies what is
considered to be one of the largest underdeveloped stretches
of downtown waterfront in North America – more than 350
hectares of land, much of it stretching along the edge of Lake
Ontario. Originally a wetland at the mouth of the Don River,
most of the area has been infilled over the past century, blocking
and diverting the flow of the river and increasing the risk of
flooding in surrounding neighbourhoods.
The Port Lands Flood Protection (PLFP) Project – one of
the largest in Toronto’s history – is going to change all that
and more. An enormous undertaking, the project is designed
to provide flood protection to Toronto’s eastern waterfront
and surrounding communities, unlocking almost 300 hectares
of land for revitalization.
The project is being led by Waterfront Toronto, the City
of Toronto, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority,
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