DEPARTMENTS
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Keeping Projects Moving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2020-21 Deep Foundation Industry Events. . . . . . . . . . 4
2021 GREAT CANADIAN PROJECTS
Time to submit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
NEWS PILE
Industry News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
GET SOCIAL
Start ’Em Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
FEATURES
A New Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Art of Tooling and Wear
Part Selection and Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
COMPANY PROFILES
Poseidon Barge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
GeoVerra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS
Rebuilding Cammies Brook Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Four Frankfurt Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
18
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHTS
A New Choice for Deep Foundations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
One-Stop Pile Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
TECHNICAL
Enter the Rammed Aggregate Pier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
PPE for Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
BUSINESS
Construction Data Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
LEGAL
COVID-19: Strange new world of OHS
issues at construction sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Contents Q3 • 2020
ON THE COVER
Watson Drill Rigs is
once again 100 per cent
family owned. Piling
Canada caught up with
the company to discuss
the decision to take back
ownership and their
new 7300 rig. That story
starts on page 18.
COVER PHOTO AND ABOVE: WATSON DRILL RIGS
The Premier Publication of Canada’s Piling Industry pilingcanada.ca $4.50 CANADIAN Q3 • 2020
Q3 • 2020
REBUILDING CAMMIES BROOK BRIDGE | A NEW CHOICE FOR DEEP FOUNDATIONS
A New Outlook
Watson Drill Rigs charts a new path
for the future with the introduction of
CAT-based hydraulic rotary machines
Inside:
COVID-19: Strange new world of
OHS issues at construction sites
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