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Awards for Engineering Excellence

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The Awards for Engineering Excellence demonstrate the value ACEC-BC member firms offer to clients as they celebrate technical excellence and recognize innovation in consulting engineering that is simply a cut above the rest.

A Tight Squeeze – Comox Valley Watermain Leak Drama

A Tight Squeeze – Comox Valley Watermain Leak Drama

McElhanney

Less than four months before the beginning of peak water demand season, the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) discovered a massive leak in the 900mm diameter steel transmission main providing 83% of its water. CVRD’s ability to provide drinking water…

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Seymour River Suspension Bridge

Seymour River Suspension Bridge

Associated Engineering

A rockslide in 2014 caused the flooding of the Fisherman’s Trail network, and overtopping of Twin Bridge further upstream. Due to safety concerns, this section of the popular trail had to be closed, and the bridge removed – disrupting local trail users…

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Automated Avalanche Detection System

Automated Avalanche Detection System

PBX Engineering

Bear Pass is a 62 km stretch of Highway 37A connecting the District of Stewart and Canada’s northernmost ice-free port
with the rest of BC. The corridor is highly susceptible to frequent avalanche activity, causing significant traffic delays due to
highway closures…

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Bear Creek Intake Tower Removal

Bear Creek Intake Tower Removal

Klohn Crippen Berger

The Bear Creek Dam Reservoir is the upstream storage reservoir for the Jordan River Project on Vancouver Island. Constructed in the 1970s, the Bear Creek Reservoir was designed as an as-needed water supply for the downstream Jordan River Diversion Dam…

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