Are We Missing the Point of a “Near Miss”?

A typical safety meeting goes something like this… “last week we had 5 near miss incidents, we have to do something about this, something has to change!” states the safety manager. With earnest [...]

Recent news has reported that the Liberals are looking to raise the minimum wage bar over the next few years. It has been viewed as a controversial move that have retail and restaurant industries [...]

Ground improvement techniques have become commonplace in Ontario over the last decade. Owners, developers, contractors, engineers, and architects have all taken notice of the many advantages [...]

Introducing the final article in our 3-part Guest Article Series on Advanced Geotechnical Testing Inertia can sometimes prevent progress.  In Ontario, there is a massive historical database and a [...]

Ground reinforcement using Geopier Ground Improvement® Systems is a sound approach for undocumented fill sites across North America. In fact, since introducing precision ground improvement [...]

Prior to 2005, when you had bad fill on your site you either had to “remove it”, or “go through it.”  Developers, contractors, and consultants now know that there is another alternative to [...]

Geotechnical Testing in the 21st Century – Piezocone Penetration Testing (CPT) By Andrew Drevininkas Introducing the second in our Guest Article Series on Advanced Geotechnical Testing [...]

Innovative Solutions for the Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites Those who have been involved with brownfield redevelopment projects know there can be significant risks in removing impacted soils [...]

What Does it Cost? As a developer or a prime consultant, when your geotechnical consultant presents you with a proposal to do some geotechnical investigation on a site, you will inevitably ask, [...]

Residential development continues to expand in southern Ontario. Today’s trend is higher-density communities in areas surrounding urban centers and connected to our major transportation [...]