A customized access system helps build Muskrat Falls turbines
The Special Projects Group (SPG) has teamed up with Hydro Mobile to design custom access equipment required to assemble four turbine generators at the...
The rebirth of a northern Ontario sawmill
The re-opening of the sawmill in White River, Ontario, was one of the lumber industry’s rare “good news” stories of 2013.
The sawmill had closed...
Equipment Corporation of America celebrates 100 years in business
By Brian M. Fraley
Equipment Corporation of America (ECA) is celebrating 100 years as a third-generation family-owned business.
The company has morphed from a small purveyor...
Northern College brings the classroom to the jobsite
The Northern College Training Division is working to remedy a shortage of heavy equipment operators by bringing training directly to the community in need.
When...
From hand tools to hydraulics: Wallace Quarries work spans generations
By Jordan Parker
For more than 150 years, sandstone extracted by Wallace Quarries has helped build some of Canada’s most notable buildings.
The Flynn family has...
10 tips for replacing a skid steer bucket
By Mitch Salva
Arrow Material Handling Products
One foot on the top of the skid steer bucket, the other in the cab, turn around, roll cage...
The emergence of LED lights on the jobsite
When it coming to illuminating a jobsite, LED lights are becoming a viable option, according to Todd Howe, from Doosan Portable Power.
While metal halide...
Concrete pumping in precarious places
The concrete construction required for the Elora Mill Hotel & Spa‘s major reconstruction is not a typical run-of-the-mill job — literally.
The 19th century grist...
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Iqaluit’s new frost-fighter: the Brandt HX085 hydrovac
A Brandt hydrovac is tackling permafrost in Canada’s Arctic
A Brandt HX085 hydrovac has arrived on Baffin Island to help the City of Iqaluit, the capital...
