Structural Engineering Protection

Been There, Done That

We are proud to have completed some of the largest avalanche mitigation projects in the western hemisphere. These include:

• Design and field layout of over 2000 m of snowpack supporting structures (avalanche fencing) to protect the Trans Canada highway in Rogers Pass.
• Design and field layout of 50 snowpack supporting structures at the large Romaine-4 hydroelectric dam site in Quebec.
• Avalanche impact and snow creep & glide design for what is widely regarded as the most exposed alpine transmission line in North America, at the Brucejack mine.
• Design and supervisory/evaluation services for over 10 large structures (bridges/viaducts) and the highest density of avalanche terrain on the TransCanada highway, as part of the Owners Engineering team for the Kicking Horse Canyon Phase 4 highway upgrade project (Province of BC).

In addition to these significant achievements, we have overseen the design and installation of 50% of the RACS projects in Canada in the past 10 years (24 separate systems), extensive berm and conceptual snowshed designs, and numerous stopping wall and catchment ditch designs.