DEPARTMENTS
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Foresight is 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2019/20 Deep Foundation Industry Events. . . . . . . . . . 8
COMPANY PROFILES
Reliable Welding Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Scandinavian Pile Driving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PRODUCT PROFILES
Deep Foundations Work Goes Electric. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Operation Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FEATURES
STATE OF THE INDUSTRY
Challenges facing the construction sectors. . . . . . . . . 28
APPLICATION OF NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING
Solutions in Integrity Evalution of New
and Exisiting Foundations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Whale Tail Dike. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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BUSINESS
Let’s Get Political . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Is Your Bias Showing?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
HUMAN RESOURCES
The Art of Networking Inside Your Company. . . . . . . .65
TECHNICAL
Underground Investigation and Risk Mitigation
Part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
PLUS
Women in Deep Foundations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
News Pile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
ON THE COVER
The deep foundations industry world-wide has reached a
point of disruption unlike
anything seen in previous
years. New technologies,
the skilled trades shortage,
political uncertainties and
the ever-growing threat of
climate change are just a
few of the stressors industry
is facing. Piling Canada
investigates what is being
done at home and aboard
to help curb the impacts
of these changes. That
story starts on page 28.
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COVER PHOTO AND ABOVE: AARSLEFF GROUND ENGINEERING
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