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Is Your Business Ready for CASL’s Private Right of Action?

Being unprepared or unknowledgeable can cost your company thousands of dollars or more By Paul K. Grower, Fillmore Riley LLP On July 1, 2017, Canada will be “celebrating” the third anniversary of Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation - generally known as CASL (pronounced “castle”). Whether a celebration is warranted is questionable. While the legislation was purportedly designed

Creating New Benchmarks

Fraste's move into Canada signals new capabilities for the foundation sector

Up and Coming

Backed by one of the country's premier construction and infrastructure development companies, Aecon Foundations is expanding its role in Canada's piling industry

Ottawa’s AATech Scientific

Celebrating 20 years of pile testing By Jim Chliboyko Twenty years have gone by quickly for Sam Salem and Fred Agharazi. The two men are the founders of AATech Scientific, an Ottawa-based pile-testing company the two formed in 1997.

Building From The Top Down

Bridges normally aren't constructed this way, but thanks to cutting edge technology developed in part by a Canadian company, that's exactly what's happening in Cartagena, Colombia

Toronto’s Massey Hall Legacy

What's the future; What's the foundation

The Western Canada Piledrivers Training Centre

The Centre's three-year program is geared to making its graduates knowledgeable about the many different aspects of the pile driving industry By Lisa Kopochinski Although the Western Canada Piledrivers Training Centre is relatively new - it opened in 2009 - the program boasts an impressive success rate with 95 per cent of its students graduating.

Joining Forces for a Stronger Future

The evolution of Northstar Sharp's Foundation Specialists

Precision Positioning

Alva Construction Ltd. streamlines pile driving with new visualization and control system

Meet a Piling Professional

Darrell Hawk, Pile Drivers, Divers, Bridge, Dock and Wharf Builders Local 2404 Describe your current job. I'm the financial secretary/business manager for Pile Drivers, Divers Local 2404. My other duties include training the director and chair of our Pension/Health and Welfare Committee.

Fair and Consistent

The duty of good faith in contractual performance

Muscling into the Canadian Market

Filling Canada's need for piling products By Jennifer Paterson American Muscle Docks & Fabrication has its roots in the fabrication business - it was born from an amalgamation between Valley Manufacturing, a metal fabricating and stamping company, and Follansbee Dock Systems, which it purchased in 2012.

Walk the Talk

TEI Rock Drills in committed to quality and performance By Kelly Gray Drilling rock is hard work. Harder still can be making the equipment that has to pass the test in the field. Since 1980, TEI Rock Drills has been passing this test thanks to winning technology, a custom approach and a “get-'er-done” attitude born from founder Bill Patterson's desire to do things better. Today, Patterson's family business is a world-leading manufacturer of drilling attachments, limited access drills and drill rig components.

Piling in a Protected Park

Cyntech Canada uses a specialized technique in Banff National Park

Saskatoon Civic Operations Centre

Upgrading Saskatoon's transit By Austin Wilson and John Wilson The city of Saskatoon, Sask. has many nicknames, including “The Hub City.” Historically this nickname arose because Canadian farmers brought their year's harvest to Saskatoon for shipping. The city still plays a vital role in the distribution of goods, acting as a hub to connect key highways, railways and the busiest airport in Canada.