The Trans-Canada Highway Twinning in Yoho National Park along the Alberta and BC border was named the 2019 Project of the Year by Young Professionals in Transportation (YPT) International. Congratulations to all the team members and YPs who worked on the project! The four-year project for Parks Canada wrapped up earlier this year and involved…
McElhanney has been accepted into the Accredited Employer Member-In-Training Program offered by Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (EGBC). This accreditation means EGBC has acknowledged that McElhanney’s training, supervision, structure, and work environment allows Engineers-in-Training (EITs) to meet the experience requirements needed to apply for their Professional Engineer (PEng) designation. Additionally, once a McElhanney EIT has…
McElhanney Engineer Michael Thiessen was honoured with the 2019 Outstanding Contribution to the BCWWA: Young Professional Award. This award is given to an individual for outstanding and continued service to the BC Water & Waste Association. He was selected because of his volunteer and leadership efforts on BCWWA’s Young Professionals and Conference Planning committees, its…
On May 7th, 2019, McElhanney co-hosted a panel discussion with Women in Consulting Engineering (WCE) Vancouver entitled, “The Dirt on Field Work.” The panel included our very own Patty Burt, RPBio, PBiol, and Scott Hansson, AScT, discussing challenges that exist for females on site and how we can encourage change in the future. The conversation…
A McElhanney young professional and two projects received honours at the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-British Columbia 2019 Awards for Engineering Excellence gala on April 6th in Vancouver. Congratulations to David Ellis for receiving the 2019 Young Professional (YP) of the Year award, recognizing an individual in the first ten years of their career who…
How you may know us: McElhanney is local. McElhanney has been operating since 1910. McElhanney can be relied on for the solutions you need. McElhanney passionately delivers projects that matter to your communities. We’re reuniting. As of April 1, 2019, McElhanney Geomatics Engineering Ltd. and McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. will be uniting into one…
Published: December 19, 2018 Matt Hadley – once ranked 4th in Canada for mountain biking – joined the McElhanney team in 2014. A trails technologist in Canmore, Matt has been an essential component of major projects such as the High Rockies Trail in Spray Lakes and Peter Lougheed Provincial Parks. His perspective as an avid…
Have you ever wondered what it was like to like and work in northern British Columbia? We spoke with some of our Prince George staff to learn more about the work this northern branch does and how staff are giving back to the local community. Known as the “Northern Capital” of BC, Prince George is…
Recently, McElhanney celebrated turning yet another imaginary line into a real one (…it’s what we do best). On Friday, August 24, Township of Langley employees, including councilors and Mayor Jack Froese, cut the ribbon and officially opened the 80th Avenue Extension. They were also accompanied by McElhanney and B&B Contracting employees. The new connector road…
A hearty congratulations to McElhanney Services Ltd.’s Chair of the Board, Chris Newcomb, PEng, for receiving the prestigious Beaubien Award at the 2018 Canadian Consulting Engineering (CCE) Awards ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday night (October 23). The Beaubien salutes a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the Canadian consulting engineering industry. The award was created in…
