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2017 Project Achievement Award (under $5 million) Nominee: Consun Contracting
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Fire-related obstacles didn’t stop a Consun Contracting team from completing a major underground project in the Abasand area. Jason McCabe, site manager, said his crews worked on the concrete water main beneath the river right up until the wildfire of 2016 seriously threatened the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. “We were actually working up there the day of the evacuation; it was quite the scramble to get out of there once it was time to go,” McCabe said. “When we came back, fire had gone through the whole site. Everything was gone — the site office, tool trailer. It was just a wipeout.”
Consun crews worked on the concrete water main beneath the river right up until the wildfire of 2016 seriously threatened the area.
Upon returning to a burned worksite, McCabe and his team, lacking people and equipment, continued to work on the project for the municipality. “We had to do many runs to Edmonton to get tools because nothing could be found at the time. Stores weren’t open. We didn’t have enough people back here initially. They had nowhere to live. It was very much improvised.” Despite dwindling tool and people numbers, Consun got the project done. Mc Cabe said it was supposed to take around four months
When workers returned, fire had gone through the whole site.
in total, but the fire added on an extra six to eight weeks of work. Construction was completely finished in August 2016. For the project, Consun received a nomination for the Project Achievement Award for Under $5 million. McCabe said it felt awesome to be recognized. “To be honest, it felt quite privileged. It was a big surprise. I wasn’t expecting anything like that at all.” The fire added on an extra six to eight weeks of work. Construction was completed in August 2016.
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