Matcom hosts Lift & Move career fair to show off trade industry opportunities By Kelly Gray Moving heavy machinery takes skill, experience and enthusiasm. A successful move requires a staff of diligent tradespeople who are committed to efficiency, safety and quality. Though many are unaware of the variety of careers that exist in the field of machinery moving,
Underground Investigation and Risk Management Part 1 By Masoud Manzari, P.Eng. and Mark Tigchelaar, P.Eng., GeoSolv Design/Build When embarking on a project in any capacity (owner, contractor or designer) what are the most important issues that keep you up at night? The answer is cost, scheduling, performance and safety. These items, directly or indirectly, are tied to money.
Tomlinson Group was involved in bringing Parliament Hill to the 21st century By Pat Rediger Kyler Hammel can truly say he saw history in the making while working on a project that restored and modernized the West Block on Parliament Hill. “This was pretty memorable for me because I was heavily involved in the project. I was actually pulled out of my project co-ordinator and estimator role and
Thermosyphon system creates a barrier between a building's heat and permafrost, like “a big mattress floating on ice” By Barb Feldman About 7,000 people live in Iqaluit and fewer than 36,000 in Nunavut, one of the world's most remote and sparsely settled regions. With more than two million square kilometres of land and water spread across three time zones, Nunavut is the largest of Canada's provinces and territories.
Concerns and the requirement for an industry-wide effort to implement meaningful change when it comes to higher standards of safety By Jill Harris, Lester Communications Inc. Every year in North America, dedicated pile driving rigs, drilling rigs and cranes tip over or experience near misses due to issues involving inadequate working platforms. These preventable incidents often involve serious injuries or fatalities to operators and ground crews, and extensive damage to equipment.
Bringing equipment and know-how to a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia in the hopes of solving a 200-year-old mystery and to be part of the reality television series, The Curse of Oak Island
Postech Screw Piles marks its millionth pile with a donation to Habitat for Humanity Manitoba By Lindsay Risto Milestones are wonderful markers for businesses to note how far they've come and to set the pace for future achievements. Whether it be years in service, a notable duration with no time-loss incidents or all team members completing a training initiative, there are many reasons to celebrate in the Canadian deep foundations industry.
The Wilco Group of Companies has maintained its point spot thanks to its evolution in skills and its tool innovation By Kelly Gray From good beginnings, great things often grow. This is certainly the case with the Wilco Group of Companies, a Thunder Bay, Ontario-based leader in civil and landscape construction that has made a name for itself from the Lakehead to Vancouver Island.
DFI Corporation celebrates 50 years of success By Deb Draper This year marks the 50th anniversary of DFI Corporation (DFI), a multi-national company headquartered in Edmonton, Alta., that has become a leader in the design, manufacturing, supply and installation of steel piling products.
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Enter your project now Piling Canada is officially accepting submissions for this year's “Great Canadian Projects” issue. If your firm completed an interesting project in 2018 or 2019, Piling Canada encourages you to complete an entry and submit it to Piling Canada no later than Jan. 24, 2020.
Last fall, in an effort to continue bringing the most relevant Canadian deep foundations information for our readers, we created a short demographic survey. Here re some of the results.
The Densipact® system may be just what your project needs By Mark Tigchelaar, P.Eng. Sandy soil can be found throughout all regions of Canada and oftentimes in areas of planned development for large, load-bearing structures.
