Cyntech Canada uses a specialized technique in Banff National Park By Jon Waldman Working in the piling industry, a company can be faced with a number of projects that are unique. While each job has its own dynamics, there are some that stand out as being different from the “norm” that one might see in a downtown Canadian city or in rural centres across our country.
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.
Allowing the port to handle more cargo, create new business opportunities and jobs By Lisa Kopochinski After several years of extensive revitalization, the Port of Oshawa is maintaining its spot as the city's shining star. Work has completed on the east wharf consolidation and rail spur projects - both which will provide an additional berth for ships and allow the port to handle more cargo, create new business opportunities and jobs.
The Impact of environmentally acceptable lubricants in pile driving applications By Matt Houston. RSC Bio Solutions The pile driving industry is at a crossroads. As regulations become more stringent and performance is increasingly paramount, organizations are feeling the pinch to be both compliant and perform at their peak. Equipment failures, spills and leaks are followed by costly fines, cleanup fees and increased downtime - further emphasizing compliance concerns and public scrutiny over environmental impact.
Overcoming environmental challenges
Liebherr's new piling and drilling rig's size, stability and high performance specifications open a new dimension for deep foundation jobs By Barb Feldman Liebherr's new LRB 355 piling and drilling rig, first introduced this spring in Nenzing, Austria, will be available in Canada later this year through Liebherr-Canada Ltd. The latest model in Liebherr's LRB series (for “Liebherr Ramm- und Bohrgerät,” or, in English, “Liebherr piling and drilling rig”), the LRB 355 has the series' highest performance specifications so far, says Tobias Froehlich, marketing and communication manager at Liebherr Nenzing, and is unique in terms of performance.
Industry News
Industry News
Industry News
Louis Frits, P. Eng., Bermingham Foundation Solutions Describe your current job at Bermingham.Describe your current job at Bermingham.Louis Fritz: I'm a sales engineer - what I do is sell equipment that we engineer and manufacture. The area I cover is all of Canada, and the northeastern and northwestern U.S.
Avoiding Pitfalls and new challenges of overcoming labour shortages By Sofia Mirza, Fillmore Riley LLP As an immigration laywer. I can't tell you how many times I've heard new clients say. "I wish I had known that before." Or, "If I had just consulted you before I files the application. this mess could have been avoided. Some examples of complications that may occur when a step is missed in the work authorization process include lengthy delays in the hiring process, officers rejecting appli-cations and interruptions in the work term of a valuable foreign national employee.
People are holding your business up By Barbara J. Bowes, Legacy Bowes Group I can just imagine the "buzz" in the exhibition hall and in every presentation room during the recent International Foundations Congress & Equipment Expo (IFCEE) 2015 in March. That's what happens when 3,500 enthusiastic attendees get together to discuss common issues, opportuni-ties and new ways of doing things. So many sessions, so many innovations and so many people to meet!
From below ground to roof cap, Graham is a company that does it all By Kelly Gray Not all construction companies are created equal. In construction and project management, the smart money goes with a firm that can manage and self-perform all challenges from below ground to rooftop. For nearly a century, Calgary-based Graham has been such a player. Indeed, with revenues exceeding $2 bil-lion, Graham has become an industry leader by earning its place at the top as a complete one-stop-shop where clients get the benefit of substantial expertise and experience that extends from commercial projects to industrial sites to massive infrastructure under-takings.
When it comes to complicated projects, Doublestar Drilling rises to the challenge
Battling Arctic temperatures, 24-hour darkness and shipping delays, the Ruskin team constructed an iron ore loading dock with great precision By Lisa Kopochinski Ruskin Construction is currently completing work on an iron ore dock at Canada's northernmost producing mine - the Mary River site on the northern end of Baffin Island - for Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation. This is quite a feat since this remote location is 500 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle in Nunavut, and has an average winter temperature of -30 degrees Celsius with several months of 24-hour darkness.
Ground freezing technology builds in unshakeable stability By Heather Hudson Question: What ingenious consgruction technique has been around since the 1800s but is reserved for only the deepest, darkest jobs? Answer: Ground Freezing Primarily used to provide ground support, groundwater control or structural underpinning during construction, the technology is mainly used for mine shafts. But its simple, virtually fail-proof design has made it a more popular option for civil projects in recent years. “Ground freezing is still used a lot in mining, but we're seeing it used for civil work like water tunnels,” said Joe Sopko, director of ground freezing at Moretrench, a nationally renowned geo-technical contractor based in Rockaway, N.J.
GeoRocFor celebrates 30 years of drilling and new success in its XS overburden systems By Sarah B. Hood If you ask the folks at GeoRocFor Inc. how business is do-ing, they like to say they're “getting through the toughest conditions.” That's not because business is bad - quite the contrary: the Sherbrooke, Que.-based company is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2015 as a leading manufac-turer of drilling tools and an industry leader in overburden casing systems.ebrating its 30th anniversary in 2015 as a leading manufac-turer of drilling tools and an industry leader in overburden casing systems.
Operators can now put "eye" wherever they need them By Barb Feldman In 2012, a potential customer pre-sented Chris Machut's company with a problem: “How can tugs or towboats see what's in front of them if they have a giant barge in front? They're literally piloting that vessel blind,” and radar might not be able to pick up kayakers or small ves-sels, for example. Netarus met the cus-tomer's challenge with the “TugCam,” a portable camera system designed to improve safety, increase situational awareness and eliminate blind spots on towboats and tugboats, even in complete darkness. of them if they have a giant barge in front? They're literally piloting that vessel blind,” and radar might not be able to pick up kayakers or small ves-sels, for example. Netarus met the cus-tomer's challenge with the “TugCam,” a portable camera system designed to improve safety, increase situational awareness and eliminate blind spots on towboats and tugboats, even in complete darkness.
