MTO 2012-4007 - Ottawa Light Rail Transit Highway 417 Expansion
| Project Affiliates: | Tomlinson Group, City of Ottawa |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | Highway 417 widening, rehabilitation and rapid replacement of bridge structures and construction of a pedestrian overpass completed in conjunction with the Confederation LRT Line to reduce transit disruptions. Project required the development and implementation of an extensive vibration monitoring program for nearly a kilometre of critical underground municipal water mains. |
| Service Provided: | Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring, Noise Monitoring and Pre-Construction Inspections. |
Parks Canada – Yoho Rock Slope Reprofiling
| Project Affiliates: | ROCK Construction & Mining Inc., McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd., Parks Canada |
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| Location: | National Park, British Columbia |
| Description: | Utilized drilling and blasting techniques, rock face stabilization and catchment excavation to reprofile a series of rock faces directly adjacent to the Trans-Canada Highway to improve roadway safety. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blasting Consulting, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
MTO 2015-5119 – Highway 69 Four Laning between Highway 522 and Highway 607
| Project Affiliates: | Fraser Drill Blast Management Inc., J&P Leveque Bros., Ministry of Transportation |
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| Location: | French River, Ontario |
| Description: | Widening a fourteen kilometer section of Highway 69 to four lanes. Constructing two new interchanges and 10 new bridges which required a drill and blast campaign to safely remove rock excavation quantities in excess of two million cubic meters. |
| Service Provided: | Blasting Consulting, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Kanata West Pump Station (KWPS) and Forcemains Project
| Project Affiliates: | Taggart Construction, Doran Contractors Limited, M-Roc Ltd., City of Ottawa |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | To respond to the rapid growth in Southwest Kanata, the KWPS project required construction of a new pump station, sanitary trunk sewer and over 3.5km of forcemain, much of which required rock excavation via urban drill and blast methods. |
| Service Provided: | Blasting Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Analysis of Proposed Highway 107 Extension
| Project Affiliates: | The Municipal Group of Companies, Halifax Regional Municipality |
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| Location: | Bedford, Nova Scotia |
| Description: | The proposed alignment for an extension of Highway 107 presented significant operational impacts on the drilling and blasting program at an existing quarry. Explotech analyzed existing blast designs and their performance to evaluate the cost implications of modifying designs and operational guidelines to ensure the same margin of safety was maintained once the proposed highway extension shifted traffic significantly closer to the ongoing blasting. |
| Service Provided: | Blasting Consulting, Blast Design and Blast Safety. |
Parliament Hill West Block Rehabilitation Project
| Project Affiliates: | PCL Construction, Dufresne Piling Company (1967), Marathon Underground Constructors, M-Roc Ltd., PWGSC |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | In order to restore and modernize the historic 19th century Parliament Hill buildings, multifaceted blasting was completed inside the West Block Courtyard, the North Court and the tunnels directly underneath the existing foundation. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Construction Inspections. |
Brockville General Hospital Phase II Rehabilitation Project
| Project Affiliates: | Ellisdon, Tomlinson Group, M-Roc Ltd., Brockville General Hospital |
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| Location: | Brockville, Ontario |
| Description: | Mass excavation and construction of a new inpatient facility adjacent to the existing Brockville Hospital. Explotech completed an intricate vibration analysis to determine appropriate thresholds to ensure a zero-probability limit for negatively affecting the existing hospital structure and sensitive medical equipment (CT Scanners, X-Ray, etc.). The successful integration of drilling and blasting for the building excavation improved project duration compared to timelier mechanical methods. |
| Service Provided: | Blast design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Claridge ICON Condominium Development
| Project Affiliates: | Claridge, Taggart Construction, M-Roc Ltd. |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | One of Ottawa’s tallest structures, at forty-five storeys, required an urban drill and blast excavation program to construct a nine-storey below-grade parking structure directly adjacent to existing buildings. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
SaskPower Queen Elizabeth Repowering Project Piling Operations
| Project Affiliates: | Force Pile Driving Inc., Alberici Constructors Ltd. |
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| Location: | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Description: | The construction of new facilities and conversion of three gas turbine generators into a combined cycle operation required an extensive hydraulic piling program on the Queen Elizabeth site. Given the significant amount of buried infrastructure throughout the power station, Explotech provided on-site vibration monitoring services to ensure all buried lines and facilities were identified and directly monitored for ground vibrations. |
| Service Provided: | Vibration Consulting, Vibration Monitoring |
22 rue Eddy Development
| Project Affiliates: | Castonguay Blasting Ltd., Broccolini |
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| Location: | Gatineau, Quebec |
| Description: | The fifteen storey Government of Canada building incorporated an existing 1907 historic structure on the Canadian Register into its unique building design. Accordingly, sensitive urban drill and blast methods were necessary to excavate directly adjacent to the Hôtel Bank while ensuring no damage was caused to the existing historic structure. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project
| Project Affiliates: | TC Energy, Glacier Blasting & Shoring Ltd. |
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| Location: | Kitimat, British Columbia |
| Description: | The 670-kilometre pipeline project, starting in Kitimat and ending in the Dawson Creek area, will deliver natural gas across Northern British Columbia. Explotech was engaged to prepare blasting specifications at the design stage then monitor vibrations and overpressure once work commenced. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Blast Safety, Vibration and Water Overpressure Monitoring. |
Undetonated Explosives (Remnant Explosives) Extraction Services
| Project Affiliates: | TC Energy, Ledcor Group, GRIDLINK, Summit Pipeline Services, Robert B. Somerville Co. Limited |
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| Location: | Various locations in Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia |
| Description: | Remnant explosive discovery in bootlegs or overburden, originating from previous construction operations, requires our experts to assess potential hazards, safely extract any undetonated materials, and transport the materials under an NRCan license for secure disposal or destruction. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Safety. |
Pipeline Blasting Specifications
| Project Affiliates: | TC Energy, Trans Mountain, Kinder Morgan Canada Limited, Inter Pipeline, Union Gas, Universal Pegasus International, Enbridge, Spectre Energy |
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| Location: | Various locations throughout Canada |
| Description: | For an extensive number of corporations, partnerships and specific pipeline projects, Explotech has drafted specifications for rock excavation via drill and blasting methods for the majority of pipeline jobs over the past 40 years. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting and Blast Safety. |
TMX Anchor Loop Project
| Project Affiliates: | Kinder Morgan Canada Limited, McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd., North American Construction |
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| Location: | Jasper, Alberta |
| Description: | The twinning of a 158km section of the existing Trans Mountain system between Hinton, Alberta and Hargreaves, British Columbia. This involved drill and blasting through Jasper National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park, both designated part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains Parks, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Monitoring and Water Overpressure Monitoring. |
Southern Crossing Natural Gas Project
| Project Affiliates: | Castonguay Freres, FortisBC |
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| Location: | Various locations, British Columbia |
| Description: | Construction of a 310km major loop of natural gas pipeline from Yahk to Oliver that required an extensive drill and blast campaign. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Monitoring and Water Overpressure Monitoring. |
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station – Bruce Heavy Water Plant Decommissioning Project
| Project Affiliates: | Delsan-AIM, Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp., Ontario Power Generation |
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| Location: | Kincardine, Ontario |
| Description: | The explosive felling of a 100m tall steam plant stack inside the OPG Bruce Nuclear Power Plant surrounded by a number of sensitive structures. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Blast Safety, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Frank Clair Stadium Lower South Side Stands Demolition Project
| Project Affiliates: | Tomlinson Group, Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp., City of Ottawa |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | The explosive demolition of a 100m long stadium seating structure surrounded by adjacent stadium buildings. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Blast Safety, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) Chalk River Facility – Water Tower Demolition
| Project Affiliates: | Controlled Demolition Inc., Canadian Nuclear Laboratories |
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| Location: | Chalk River, Ontario |
| Description: | The explosive felling of a 75 year old, 360,000 liter water tank supported by six steel support legs. The existing structure was located within 300m of the nuclear reactor facility at CNL Chalk River. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Blast Safety, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Lakeview Power Generation Station Demolition
| Project Affiliates: | Murray Demolition LP, Dykon Explosives Demolition Inc., Ontario Power Generation |
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| Location: | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Description: | The explosive felling of the “Four Sisters" (four adjacent 150m tall stacks) followed by the explosive demolition of the remaining generating structure. At the time, this was the largest explosively demolished structure in North America, and the tallest explosively demolished towers in Canada. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Blast Safety, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Pitt River South Bridge Decommissioning - Bridge Pier Demolition
| Project Affiliates: | ROCK Construction and Mining Inc., Peter Kiewit Sons Co., BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |
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| Location: | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| Description: | Following construction of the new Highway 7 cable-stayed bridge spanning the Pitt River, five of the nine original un-reinforced concrete bridge piers required demolition via explosive means. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Blast Safety, Vibration Monitoring and Water Overpressure Monitoring. |
City of Ottawa Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel (CSST)
| Project Affiliates: | Dragados-Tomlinson Joint Venture, Marathon Underground Constructors, City of Ottawa |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | Construction of two bored tunnels, totaling 6km in length, with nine surface sites throughout downtown Ottawa. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring, Noise Monitoring and Pre-Construction Inspections. |
Halifax Harbour Solutions Cleanup – Collection System Tunnel
| Project Affiliates: | McNally Construction Inc. |
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| Location: | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Description: | One of the largest municipal infrastructure project ever completed in Atlantic Canada, the harbour cleanup required explosive blasting to excavate shafts and a collection system tunnel through downtown Halifax and in close proximity to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting and Vibration Analysis. |
Ottawa Light Rail Transit (OLRT) Project Phase 1 – East and West Tunnel Portals
| Project Affiliates: | OLRT Constructors, Dufresne Piling Company (1967), M-Roc Ltd., City of Ottawa |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | In preparation for the 2.5km tunnel excavation through downtown Ottawa, the excavation for the East and West Tunnel Portals required a multifaceted operation of drill and blast excavation, mechanical rock excavation, piling and shoring in two downtown locations. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Musselwhite Mine #2 Shaft Excavation
| Project Affiliates: | Goldcorp, Sacchetti Construction Ltd. |
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| Location: | Musselwhite, Ontario |
| Description: | The rock excavation of a 9m shaft via explosives blasting within an existing 12m caisson wall at the remote Musselwhite Mine required careful design controls and vibration monitoring to ensure no adverse effects were initiated on the caisson wall. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting and Vibration Monitoring. |
Sudbury South End Rock Tunnel Project
| Project Affiliates: | McNally Construction Inc. |
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| Location: | Bedford, Nova Scotia |
| Description: | Insufficient sewer capacity in the south end of Sudbury caused local basement flooding and sewage overflows into local watercourses. This lead to the planning, excavation and construction of a 6.5km long rock tunnel sewer system, blasted through bedrock more than 25 metres below the surface. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Construction Inspections. |
GMS WAC Bennett Dam Riprap Upgrade Project – Sand Flat Quarry
| Project Affiliates: | BC Hydro, Kiewit Corporation, McCaw’s Drilling & Blasting Ltd |
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| Location: | Hudson’s Hope, British Columbia |
| Description: | In a remote mountain location, the Sand Flat Quarry was established to produce a gradation of riprap products necessary to upgrade the upstream side of the WAC Bennett Dam. Acting as the blast consultant on behalf of BC Hydro, Explotech assisted with blast designs, reviews and modifications to ensure that riprap yields were maximized throughout the life of the quarry. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design and Blast Consulting. |
Rankin Itivia Quarry Development
| Project Affiliates: | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., Nuna Logistics Partnership, Glacier Blasting & Shoring Ltd. |
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| Location: | Rankin Inlet, Nunavut |
| Description: | The Itivia Quarry was a multi-phase infrastructure development project that required the establishment of a tank farm and laydown yard and reviving a granite quarry adjacent to critical structures including an airport, department of defense structures, and local residences. On behalf of the owner, Explotech peer reviewed all blast documentation, performed inspections and facilitated a long-term vibration monitoring program to withstand he Northern climate conditions. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
Blast Impact Assessment for Fort Smith and Fort Resolution Quarries
| Project Affiliates: | A Break-Away Drilling and Blasting Ltd., NWT Department of Transportation |
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| Location: | Hay River, Northwest Territories |
| Description: | Prospected as possible aggregate material sources for future Government of Northwest Territories Infrastructure projects, Explotech completed comprehensive analyses of viable blast designs and associated environmental considerations for the Fort Smith and Fort Resolution quarries. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting and Vibration Analysis. |
Rainy River Gold Mine Development
| Project Affiliates: | New Gold Inc. |
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| Location: | Rainy River, Ontario |
| Description: | At this open pit and underground gold mine, Explotech has been involved on the project as a blasting consultant since the earliest stages of the drill and excavation program. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis and Vibration Monitoring |
Various Quarries Across Ontario
| Project Affiliates: | CRH Canada Group Inc., LafargeHolcim Ltd., R.W. Tomlinson, St. Marys Cement, Taggart Construction, Walker Aggregates |
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| Location: | Various Locations |
| Description: | For a wide assortment of aggregate producers across Canada, Explotech provides long term blast vibration monitoring programs which autonomously provide data to quarry stakeholders to ensure MECP guideline compliance. Additionally, Explotech’s engineers have provided an assortment of blast consulting services and attendance at public meetings when complex situations arise |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis and Vibration Monitoring |
Pointe du Bois Generating Station Modernization Project
| Project Affiliates: | Peter Kiewit Infrastructure Co., Manitoba Hydro |
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| Location: | Pointe du Bois, Manitoba |
| Description: | Mass excavation through a combination of land and marine based drill and blast methodologies to establish a new spillway, discharge channel and approach channel. Explotech served as the designated project blast consultant for the four years of drilling and blasting. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring, Water Overpressure Monitoring and Pre-Blast Inspections. |
“A Jetty” Upgrade Project at CFB Esquimalt
| Project Affiliates: | Wood PLC, Canadian Armed Forces |
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| Location: | Victoria, British Columbia |
| Description: | Completed a detailed conceptual review of potential marine blast design options, necessary blasting procedures, safety considerations and environmental impact and necessary mitigation considerations for future marine blasting required in the Esquimalt Harbour. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting and Vibration Analysis. Inspections. |
Jetty NJ Development at CFB Halifax
| Project Affiliates: | McNally Construction Inc., Archibald Drilling & Blasting (1986) Ltd., Canadian Armed Forces, Dexter Construction |
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| Location: | Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia |
| Description: | Barge mounted drill and blast marine operations to construct a 247m long Jetty on CFB Halifax situated at the base of the Angus L. McDonald Bridge. Operations had unique environmental marine blasting considerations and strict vibration controls for the CFB Halifax base and bridge structure. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring and Water Overpressure Monitoring. |
Keeyask Generating Station
| Project Affiliates: | Manitoba Hydro, BBE Hydro Constructors LP |
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| Location: | Northern Manitoba |
| Description: | The construction of a 695MW hydroelectric generating station required millions of cubic meters of rock excavation via drill and blast methodologies to construct the powerhouse, spillway and other river management structures. Throughout the project, Explotech has provided both Manitoba Hydro and BBE Hydro Constructors LP with tailored blast consulting services. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design and Blast Consulting |
Lower Churchill Project – Muskrat Falls Generating Project
| Project Affiliates: | IKC-ONE Earthworks, Barnard Pennecon LP, ROCK Construction & Mining Inc., Nalcor Energy |
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| Location: | Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador |
| Description: | Construction of a greenfield hydroelectric facility consisting of a powerhouse, spillway and various dams that required mass excavation through a combination of land and marine based drill and blast methodologies. Explotech served as a designated project blast consultant for various general contractors throughout various phases of the project lifespan. Services Provided: Blast Design, Blast Consulting, Vibration Analysis, Vibration Monitoring and Water Overpressure Monitoring. |
| Service Provided: | Blast Design and Blast Consulting |
Pipeline Training Program on Blasting and Remnant Explosive Removals
| Clients: | Various Clients |
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| Location: | Various locations throughout Canada |
| Description: | Developed and provided custom safety course intended to train and test pipeline workers on the basics of blasting principles, the discovery and detection of remnant explosives, and the explosive extraction and disposal process. |
Explosive Information Session
| Client: | City of Ottawa |
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| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Description: | Designed and presented routine information sessions for City of Ottawa employees on a widespread range of blasting information topics including applicable regulations, explosive product information, blast design fundamentals, potential hazards, environmental considerations and public relations. |
Engineers Professional Development Day
| Clients: | Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) |
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| Location: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Description: | Designed and provided a refresher course for Ministry personnel on the basics of blasting and blasting derivatives, measuring the various necessary effects of blasts, human response and maintaining good public awareness. |
Seismograph Field Practice Training Program
| Clients: | Various Clients |
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| Location: | Various locations throughout Canada |
| Description: | Ranging from the training of single individuals to classrooms filled with 50+ individuals, Explotech’s seismograph training course covers a range from vibration science, to public awareness, to the configuration, installation and interpretation of seismographs and data. |
Blasters Apprenticeship Program Lecturing
| Clients: | Queen's University |
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| Location: | Lindsay, Ontario |
| Description: | Provided post-secondary level sessional lectures as a component of the Blasters Apprenticeship program. |
