Following severe rain in June 2011, Hwy 97 experienced floods between Pine Pass and 20km south of Chetwynd (a length of 60km), with 73 damaged sites. This flooding resulted in the loss of culverts and bridge end fills, and washouts along various portions of the highway, forcing closure of this vital route.
McElhanney was presented with the 2018 Water Management Award of Excellence by the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) for our river diversion engineering work during the Salmon River Dam Decommissioning project. The Salmon River Dam, on Vancouver Island, was removed during the summer of 2017 and the site was re-naturalized. McElhanney provided design and…
During the summer of 2017, BC Hydro’s 60-year old creosote timber dam was completely removed from the Salmon River on Vancouver Island, and the site was re-naturalized. McElhanney designed bypass channels, cofferdams, and river diversion works to use as small a footprint as possible in this narrow and hectic worksite.
McElhanney provided surveying services to aid renovations at the library. The objective of the survey was to identify a precise location for a temporary concrete platform supporting a multi-storey crane, and to identify positions to underpin and support the load of the crane and platform.
McElhanney has added traffic data collection to our list of services in BC, further supporting the extensive transportation engineering and planning work we provide to clients across the province. This comes after the acquisition of Kamloops-based Peak Traffic Technology Ltd. McElhanney has offered traffic data collection services throughout Alberta and other parts of Western Canada for…
McElhanney’s bridge engineering group has won an ACEC-BC Award of Merit in the Transportation & Bridges category for the Veer Kunwar Singh Bridge, which crosses the River Ganges in northern India. There were 12 entries in this category from leading consultants. At 4.35km, the Veer Kunwar Singh Bridge is the world’s longest extradosed bridge. It…
A McElhanney engineering survey project was a finalist in the 2018 David Thompson National Geomatics Awards. Vancouver Survey Branch Manager Rob Riecken, as the project’s commissioned land surveyor, was named a runner-up in the non-cadastral category for the “Engineering Survey of the Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch” project. He received the award during the National…
McElhanney Playground Construction Continues. With spring just around the corner, construction of the McElhanney Children’s Playground at Surrey Memorial Hospital is surging ahead. As the days grow longer and temperatures rise, children and youth undergoing treatment at the hospital can look forward to enjoying a revitalized outdoor courtyard space, complete with a new interactive wall,…
McElhanney Geomatics Engineering is pleased to announce today, March 15th, 2018 the acquisition of Hinton, Alberta based Foothills Surveys Ltd. Over the past couple years, McElhanney has been exploring opportunities to diversify our service offerings and locations as a means to grow our business and capture additional market share. This development directly aligns with our…
McElhanney Land Surveys Ltd. (one of two McElhanney operating companies), the industry-leading provider of surveying, mapping and GIS services in Canada, announced today that it has undergone a name change to McElhanney Geomatics Engineering Ltd. The change reflects the company’s corporate evolution in its service offerings and the expertise of its staff related to Geomatics…
