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…
As TransLink’s LRT initiative surges forward, McElhanney’s Surrey Branch is collaborating with the City of Surrey to replace the Bear Creek Bridge. Our team is providing environmental, arborist, survey, hydrotechnical, civil engineering bridge design, and construction inspection services for a new bridge that will accommodate future transit along King George Boulevard. This structure is adjacent…
The Town of High River, Alberta has won two awards for its innovative new Land Use Bylaw (LUB). McElhanney worked with the Town to re-write the LUB based entirely on walkability; the first of its kind in Alberta. It won a provincial Award of Merit from the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) on October 2, 2018.…
Did you know that McElhanney’s Prince George branch in BC specializes in the fields of geotechnical, hydrotechnical, environmental, and municipal engineering? They recently completed a project for the City of Prince George which showcased their range of civil engineering expertise. The project focused on an unnamed creek which collects residential storm water and discharges to…
McElhanney is thrilled to announce that children and families at Surrey Memorial Hospital’s Children’s Health Centre now have a beautiful new outdoor space to heal, play, and relax. Over 80 members of the community – including donors, hospital staff, and McElhanney team members – attended the grand opening on July 9. McElhanney donated funds…
As spring turns to summer, communities across Western Canada brace for potential floods and wildfires. One recent report on BC’s response to last year’s disasters calls them the ‘new normal’ and McElhanney’s emergency response teams are ready to help. McElhanney provides experienced and trusted resources to emergency response management teams in instances of floods, landslides, wildfires,…
Congratulations to Irini Akhnoukh and Anita Kyle for receiving honours at the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) annual meeting in Edmonton June 3 to 6 2018. Irini Akhnoukh was selected as the 2018 CITE Rising Star. The Rising Star Program recognizes members under the age of 35 who have already made an impact on…
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…
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…
