DEPARTMENTS
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Diving into Marine Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2020–21 Deep Foundation Industry Events. . . . . . . . . . 4
2021 GREAT CANADIAN PROJECTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
NEWS PILE
Industry News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
FEATURES
What Lies Beneath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Transforming Culture Through
Psychological Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
How to Inspect Concrete Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS
Drilling Piles in Northern B.C.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Upgrading Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Shipping Up to Boston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
So Much of Piling is Creative Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . 25
TECHNICAL
De-bonding No More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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CAREER PROFILES
The Family Business. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
A Road Well-travelled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
HUMAN RESOURCES
Care at Your Fingertips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
LEGAL
Pandemic Pandemonium!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
CANADIAN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION
CCA Resolved to Keep Industry
Resilient for Post-COVID-19 Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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WHAT LIES
BENEATH
PILE TESTING IN MARINE ENVIRONMENTS
Inside: How to Inspect
Concrete Bridges
Contents Q2 • 2020
ON THE COVER
Pile integrity tests are
an important part of
any deep foundations
project. For this special
marine foundations
issue, writer Colleen
Birchwood explores the
methods used on marine
projects for both driven
and drilled piles. That
story starts on page 32.
COVER PHOTOAND ABOVE: FUGRO
PILING CANADA 1
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