DEPARTMENTS
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A Big Year for Canadian Deep Foundations. . . . . . . . . . 2
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2020 Deep Foundation Industry Events . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
NEWS PILE
Industry News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
FEATURES
NORTH AMERICA’S TALLEST BUILDING
ON HELICAL PILES
Revolutionary engineering technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
A HIDDEN DANGER
Suicide is killing construction workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
TECHNICAL
Underground Investigation and Risk
Management Part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Non-Destructive Testing of
Unknown Foundations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SAFETY
Noise Issues in the Construction Industry. . . . . . . . . . 77
LEGAL
Health and Safety Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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GREAT CANADIAN PROJECTS
BELCO North Power Station Project:
Hamilton, Bermuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Building Peace of Mind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Laying the Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Helical Expertise in the Keystone Province. . . . . . . . . 43
Rebuilding the Blanche River Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
One Big Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Flat Jacks Raise Expansion for Winnipeg Transit. . . . 61
A HIDDEN DANGER | NOISE ISSUES IN CONSTRUCTION | MANAGE GEOTECHNICAL RISK
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Inside: The 3rd Great
Canadian Projects Issue
North America’s
Tallest Building
on Helical Piles
Contents Q1 • 2020
COVER PHOTO: EBS GEOSTRUCTURAL; ABOVE PHOTO: BREWSTER DRILLING & PILING
ON THE COVER
Long considered the tiny
foundation system, only to
be used if loads are expected
to be light, EBS Geostructural
Inc. is showing that helical
piles sure are mighty. EBS
is utilizing Chance helical
piles in the foundation
of a 32-storey residential
complex in London, Ont.
That story starts on page 6.
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