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The Ins and Outs of Hiring Foreign Workers in a New Era of Immigration Law and Policy

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.

Building a Solid Foundation

People are holding your business up

Total Package Performance

From below ground to roof cap, Graham is a company that does it all

A Passion for Piling

When it comes to complicated projects, Doublestar Drilling rises to the challenge

Projects

Into the Arctic

Battling Arctic temperatures, 24-hour darkness and shipping delays, the Ruskin team constructed an iron ore loading dock with great precision

Cold Front

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.

Tougher Than Bedrock

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.

Technical

Eliminating the Blind Spots

Operators can now put "eye" wherever they need them

Company Announcements, Key Events and Other News Important to Canada’s Deep Foundation Construction Industry

Hercules Machinery, Equipment Corporation of America, Construction project failures, and more

New research is first to link CEO behaviours to workplace safety culture and injuries

Industry News

GRL Engineers author Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 12 – Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations

The recently released Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 12 - Design and Construction of Driven Pile Foundations is the US Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) primary guidance and reference document on driven pile foundations.

DFI’s Testing and Evaluation Committee announces a new video

Static Load Testing of Deep Foundations Elements The Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the Testing and Evaluation Committee recently announced the release of a video on Static Load Testing of Deep Foundations Elements: Top-Down and Bi-Directional Static Load Testing.

Northstar Sharp’s Foundation Specialists: An amalgamation of two great companies

Northstar and Sharp's Construction join forces

Pacifica Piling Ltd.

After a year in the market, this steel supplier continues to pick up steam By Colleen Birchwood When Rick Cable and his then-girlfriend Melissa Butler left the East Coast and arrived in Vancouver with nothing more than a suitcase full of clothes in 1996, he never imagined that 20 years later he would be the president of Pacifica Piling Ltd.