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Installation of new concrete pad for mechanical seismic valve, used to isolate cell 1 and cell 2 in an earthquake scenario. — Zoom Details

Walfred Road Reservoir Valve Upgrade

British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Municipal Underground Infrastructure & Roadways, Region, Reservoirs, Vancouver Island, Water and Wastewater Facilities, Water ResourcesBy Andrea de Vries May 9, 2024

McElhanney provided design and construction services to provide reservoir valve upgrades at Walfred Reservoir.

Engineered drawings showing an aerial view of the reservoirs and pump station at Eagle Heights. — Zoom Details

Eagle Heights Reservoir Replacement

British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Engineering, Geotechnical, Reservoirs, Structural, Vancouver Island, Water and Wastewater FacilitiesBy Andrea de Vries May 6, 2024

The City of Duncan’s reservoir replacement had to store twice the amount of water on a parcel the size of a basketball court. Could our design deliver?

A highway is in mid-repair. A gravel section suffices for the roadbed where the pavement has been washed away by heavy rainfall. Flooded landscape is visible on either side of the damaged roadway. — Zoom Details

BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Culvert Vulnerability Asset Management System

Award-Winning Project, British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Engineering, GIS & Remote Sensing, GIS & Spatial Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement & Communications, Sustainable Feature, Water ResourcesBy Andrea de Vries May 2, 2024

To support BC MoTI’s Resilient Highway Infrastructure Adaptation Program, we developed a system to identify, analyze, and map at-risk culverts province-wide.

A black and white structural engineered drawing — Zoom Details

Fortune Creek Reservoirs

British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Engineering, Northern, Interior, Central BC, Reservoirs, Structural, Surveying, Water and Wastewater FacilitiesBy Andrea de Vries May 2, 2024

To address an existing water storage deficiency, the City of Armstrong requested a design for concrete potable water reservoirs.

A narrow, single-story concrete structure is in the centre of the photo. The side of a house is visible on the right, a few metres away from the concrete structure. To the left of the concrete structure is a narrow laneway that is bordered immediately by a fence line and trees. — Zoom Details

Wakefield Lift Station Replacement

British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Engineering, Geotechnical, Legal and Engineering Surveys, Lower Mainland, Municipal Underground Infrastructure & Roadways, Pumping Stations, Surveying, Water and Wastewater FacilitiesBy Andrea de Vries May 2, 2024

McElhanney led a team of civil, process mechanical, structural, geotechnical, and electrical disciplines in the Wakefield lift station replacement.

Lobelia Subdivision and Lobelia Drive Upgrades

Alberta, British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Construction Surveys, Energy & Resources, Engineering, GIS & Remote Sensing, GIS & Spatial Analysis, Land Development, Landscape Architecture, Legal and Engineering Surveys, Lower Mainland, Market Sectors, Municipal Underground Infrastructure & Roadways, Northern, Interior, Central BC, Northwest Territories, Oil & Gas Surveys, Planning, Saskatchewan, Services, Stakeholder Engagement & Communications, Structural, Surveying, Transportation, Transportation & Transit, Urban Design, Vancouver Island, Visualization and Virtual/Augmented RealityBy Chantelle Mitha March 22, 2024

Lobelia Subdivision and Lobelia Drive Upgrades 202-22 | Osoyoos, BC The Lobelia Subdivision and Lobelia Drive Upgrades marked the conversion of a 3.24-acre family fruit farm, operational since the 1970s, into a thriving 15-lot single-family home community. In the spring of 2018, the Mackay family, who had recently inherited the family farm, faced the dilemma…

View of Trimble SiteVision software in action. — Zoom Details

Applications for Trimble SiteVision

There are numerous applications for Trimble SiteVision, from underground utility exploration to aboveground boundary overlays.

A dirt trail cuts through green, bushy underbrush in a deciduous forest. A green pipe is on the right side of the trail. — Zoom Details

Wallace Street Ditch Flood Resiliency Upgrades

British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Environmental, Lower Mainland, Mitigation, Compensation, & Restoration, Region, River and Hydrotechnical Engineering, Services, Sustainable FeatureBy Andrea de Vries January 25, 2024

Could a long-term flood resiliency upgrade solution protect residents against ditch erosion and slope instability?

Adra Tunnel – Terrestrial LiDAR Scan

British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Geotechnical, LiDAR scan, McElhanney CaresBy Jessica Sikora November 24, 2023

Adra Tunnel – Terrestrial LiDAR Scan 2022 | Penticton, BC The Adra Tunnel is part of the Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) corridor that links Myra Canyon above Kelowna to Penticton. The Railway was built over 100 years ago and is considered an Engineering marvel of its time. The Railway was decommissioned in the 1980s and is now…

Shannon Lake Aerial drone survey — Zoom Details

Shannon Lake Golf Course – Aerial Drone Survey

British Columbia, Cities & Communities, Drones & Robotics, GIS & Remote Sensing, LiDAR SurveyBy Jessica Sikora November 24, 2023

Shannon Lake Golf Course – Aerial Drone Survey 2022 | West Kelowna, BC The Shannon Lake Golf Course was undergoing an irrigation system upgrade and needed accurate topography of the entire 18-hole course for design purposes. A traditional ground survey could have been used, however a site of its size would have required multiple field…