Innovation and excellence - the Soilmec story By Deb Draper Soilmec, the renowned engineering arm of the Trevi Group, is celebrating its 50th year of designing, manufacturing and distributing machinery that can be used for any geotechnical application, anywhere.
For 33 years, Almita Piling has been a North American leader in helical pile foundation solutions. Surviving and finding success in the recent downturn of Alberta's economy, Almita is once again looking to the future and expanding its reach into new markets. By Paul Adair Named after the Blackfoot word for “elk,” Ponoka is a central Alberta town that is the birthplace of Almita Piling, a 33-year-old company that has proudly served its clients as a North American leader in helical pile foundation solutions.
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After only five years on the market, Gilbert Inc.’s Grizzly Multigrip pile driver continues to shape the industry
Kitchener-based DOZR simplifies equipment rentals By Barb Feldman According to Kevin Forestell, the idea for Dozr was conceived in 2015 on a Florida beach when it occurred to him, his wife, Erin Stephenson, and brother, Tim Forestell, just how easy and affordable it had been to arrange their short-term rental property online. Back in Guelph, Ont., their large family-owned landscaping business owned a few hundred pieces of equipment, including many machines that sat idle once snow-removal season was over.
The fusion of two deep foundation companies By Deb Draper On Jan. 1, 2019, Soletanche Bachy Canada Inc. (SB Canada), an amalgamation of two long-standing foundation engineering and construction companies, became one of the country's largest geotechnical contractors and the North American leader in Soletanche Bachy's worldwide network of subsidiaries and partners.
An innovative urethane protector dramatically reduces the risk of off-the-road tire sidewall puncture on heavy equipment. By Del Williams At concrete and aggregate recycling sites, recycled aggregate is produced by crushing concrete and asphalt to reuse the aggregate in the construction industry as a base for roads or building foundations.
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Before becoming a piling rig operator, Rory Brown worked in the car repair industry for many years. He's happy he made the move. By Mark Halsall Rory Brown fixed cars for almost three decades before he decided to change careers and get into the pile driving business. “I was an autobody technician. We lived back in Nova Scotia which was where I had done the automotive thing for quite some time, probably close to 30 years,” said Brown, who moved from the Halifax area to Calgary, Alta., with his wife, Christina, seven years ago.
Canadian businesses and the European Union's General Data Privacy Regulation By Ranish Raveendrabose, Fillmore Riley LLP Beginning in May 2018, users of social media may have noticed they were inundated with updated Terms and Conditions to which they had to agree before they were permitted to continue using the platform. Those who live and die by their smartphone were subjected to a deluge of these prompts. What instigated this? Four letters: GDPR.
Extras can cause major headaches when there's a lack of clear communication By Mark Tigchelaar Google the words “construction extras” and the results are framed in a legal situation or case law summaries. There must be a reason why only legal firms are talking about this in public. It's probably because like death, taxes and divorce, there is money to be made in extras.
