From watershed assessments to site-specific improvements, we have delivered solutions to support some of the biggest challenges facing your community. McElhanney’s experience in planning, design, and construction services covers the entire water cycle. Committed to our people, our clients, and our partners, our team continually adapts to suit today’s end-user – delivering the right solution for your water engineering project.
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Located 25km from Vancouver, BC the City of Delta is a community neighbouring Surrey and Richmond. Following several major infrastructure upgrades—such as the Alex Fraser Bridge / Highway 91, Highway 91C, and Highway 17—the area has experienced significant population and development growth.
McElhanney used hydraulic modeling to complete flood modeling and mapping of the Bow River in Canmore, Alberta.
McElhanney assists BC MoTI with river and hydrotechnical engineering services for various bridge, culverts, and bank stabilization projects on 40+ sites.
McElhanney was tasked with designing the Anderson Creek fishway to allow salmon to bypass a bridge apron that has deteriorated into a 3m concrete weir.
McElhanney is providing a wide array of services for this project including structural, civil, and hydrological engineering, environmental, visualization, and arborist services. McElhanney developed the images to help illustrate the project concept.
In December, 2007 the City of Prince George experienced a rapid cold snap which resulted in an ice jam on the Nechako River. A 66-day long local state of emergency was declared and over 100 residents were evacuated from their homes.
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 analyzed the condition and capacity of infrastructure to identify existing and future community needs in Rosebud, AB.
McElhanney completed numerous combined trunk sewer separations strategies over the past seven years for Metro Vancouver.
Due to ongoing drainage issues, the City of Vancouver hired McElhanney to help make improvements to the Southlands drainage network.
McElhanney was engaged to undertake a functional servicing study for the Spitzee Crossing in High River, AB.
McElhanney worked with the City of Vancouver to analyze overland flow paths in the Broadway Plan Area through a 2D hydrologic-hydraulic model.
McElhanney was hired to update View Royal’s sanitary system models to reflect current operating conditions, assess existing system conditions and service life, and prepare a capital plan list to prioritize short- and long-term upgrades.
McElhanney developed six options for Upland’s separate sewer and stormwater systems with service to each residence. The District is focused on eliminating combined system overflows and reducing overall volume to the regional system.
Located 25km from Vancouver, BC the City of Delta is a community neighbouring Surrey and Richmond. Following several major infrastructure upgrades—such as the Alex Fraser Bridge / Highway 91, Highway 91C, and Highway 17—the area has experienced significant population and development growth.
McElhanney analyzed the condition and capacity of infrastructure to identify existing and future community needs in Rosebud, AB.
Due to ongoing drainage issues, the City of Vancouver hired McElhanney to help make improvements to the Southlands drainage network.
McElhanney provided an affordable and actionable plan that identified and addressed Sylvan Lake’s stormwater issues, and offered a phased road map and costing strategies to complete the work over the next 20 years.
McElhanney designed a 21,200m3 stormwater detention system for the Southwest Yorkson neighbouthood of Langley, BC. Due to land constraints, McElhanney proposed a non-traditional solution where the stormwater detention system was installed below sports fields in tanks.
In 2015 the City of Surrey needed a stormwater detention facility in Newton to accommodate future and existing development, improve water quality, and mitigate erosion within Hyland Creek.
Located 25km from Vancouver, BC the City of Delta is a community neighbouring Surrey and Richmond. Following several major infrastructure upgrades—such as the Alex Fraser Bridge / Highway 91, Highway 91C, and Highway 17—the area has experienced significant population and development growth.
McElhanney analyzed the condition and capacity of infrastructure to identify existing and future community needs in Rosebud, AB.
McElhanney supported all aspects of project execution and commissioning for the City of White Rock’s water treatment plant.
In 2015, McElhanney assisted with improvements on the existing water infrastrucrure at Fortress Mountain to meet new permitting requirements.
McElhanney completed an economic master sustainability study which reccomended providing water & wastewater servicing via a pump station.
The budget-friendly re-design included a much-needed new bypass around the lift station for emergency or other temporary use. Through intricate design, the team managed to tie it in with existing, unused infrastructure to save the Town added expense.
“The McElhanney Water Resources team is home to some of Western Canada’s most trusted professionals in hydrology and hydraulics, water and sewer network engineering, and stormwater management. In partnership with our in-house experts in geomatics, construction services, environmental, landscape architecture, and planning, we deliver practical solutions that get built every day. We pride ourselves in our deeply rooted local knowledge of the water systems flowing through the communities we live in: your challenge is our passion.”
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