Drilling Piles in Northern B.C.

Heavy Metal Marine Ltd. has brought its 'out of the box' thinking to Port Edward's Modular Expansion of Wharf 417

Health and Safety Changes

Alberta government loosens requirements for joint worksite health and safety committees and health and safety representatives By Sheena Owens and David Price, Stikeman Elliott LLP On Dec. 13, 2019, the assistant deputy minister of the Department of Labour and Immigration issued a Director's Order loosening the requirements for joint worksite health and safety committees and health and safety representatives in Alberta (the Order). The Order came into effect on Jan.31, 2020.

Safety

Noise Issues in the Construction Industry

Hearing loss usually develops at a slow pace, which means it is not always accurately monitored or reported over the years of a construction worker's career

Education

Non-Destructive Testing of Unknown Foundations

Choosing the correct method can be challenging

Education

Underground Investigation and Risk Management

Managing geotechnical risk without being afraid

Projects

Flat Jacks Raise Expansion for Winnipeg Transit

The expansion of its primary maintenance facility last year was made possible with the use of flat jacks

Projects

One Big Responsibility

Cutting-edge monitoring system plays a key role in constructing Canada's tallest high-rise building

Projects

Rebuilding the Blanche River Bridge

American Piledriving Equipment Inc. brings its deep foundation experience to northern Ontario, helping to install wick drains in the rebuild of the century-old Blanche River Bridge

Projects

Helical Expertise in the Keystone Province

Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project strengthens Manitoba's electricity supply and improves access to U.S. markets

Projects

Laying the Foundation

Powell Foundations' work on the Highway 427 expansion in Ontario

Projects

Building Peace of Mind

A five-kilometre sheet-pile dike wall was accomplished in three-and-a-half months By Barb Feldman By late April of 2019, a cold, snowy winter, a late spring melt and an unusually rainy spring led to extremely high water upstream of the St. Lawrence River system in areas of Quebec east of Ottawa and Cornwall, Ont. On the evening of April 27, 2019, in the region of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, an off-island suburban community of 18,000 about 40 kilometres northwest of Montreal, a 20-metre breach in a natural earthen dike quickly became wider as the high, rushing water from Lac des Deux-Montagnes coursed through the weakened structure, which then completely broke down.

Projects

BELCO North Power Station Project: Hamilton, Bermuda

Brewster Drilling and Piling and Burmeister Wains Scandinavian Contractors overcame logistical challenges brought on by a remote island location in the Atlantic Ocean By Lisa Kopochinski It was back in December 2017 that Brewster Drilling and Piling - a division of FTE Drilling, with locations in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Quebec, and Ontario - was contacted by Burmeister Wains Scandinavian Contractors (BWSC). The Danish global turnkey developer, contractor and operator of tailored engine-based and boiler-based power plants tapped the Canadian company to assist with a piling solution for the BELCO North Power Station in Bermuda.

Safety

A Hidden Danger

Suicide is killing construction workers. What can we do? By Jill Harris, Lester Communications Inc. Construction sites can be high-risk working environments; potentially hazardous conditions are often everyday job components. According to Canadian insurance firm Aviva, the top causes of construction injuries and fatalities in the country are slips, trips and falls; falls from heights; struck by moving vehicles or falling objects; and electrocution.