2020 SHOWCASE AWARDS
Structural Rehabilitation of the Wetaskiwin Garden Meadows Reservoir FIRM: M2 Engineering CLIENT / OWNER: City of Wetaskiwin LOCATION: Wetaskiwin, Alberta SUB CONSULTANTS: Ptarmigan Engineering Ltd., Wave Engineering Consultants Inc. CONTRACTORS: Alberco Construction Ltd. The Garden Meadows Reservoir and Pump Station is critical drinking water infrastructure for the City of Wetaskiwin. Visibly deteriorating concrete raised concerns of untreated water ingress into the reservoir. M2 Engineering, supported by Ptarmigan Engineering and Wave Engineering, worked with the City through planning, design, and construction of the structural rehabilitation and upgrades. Various mechanical and electrical upgrades were completed in advance of the structural repairs to ensure water distribution flows could be maintained during the concrete rehabilitation work. Concealed conditions required creative problem-solving during construction. The completed repairs ensure drinking water quality will be maintained well into the future.
AWARD OF MERIT
> Small Firm - Big Impact JUDGES’ COMMENTS
The initiative and work of M2 Engineering enabled Wetaskiwin to extend the life of this major infrastructure, enabling the City to plan for its replacement and not defer other projects on its utility master plan, along with realising considerable reduced environmental impacts.
Geophysics to Locate Prehistoric Artifacts for Mass Transit Project
AWARD OF MERIT
Studies, Software and Special > Services
FIRM: Tetra Tech Canada Inc. CLIENT / OWNER: Government of Alberta LOCATION: Calgary, Alberta OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Soriak Consulting & Research When objects such as rocks are heated to high temperatures, the magnetic orientation of the ferrous minerals within them aligns to the Earth’s magnetic field. Because the Earth’s magnetic field changes over time, the magnetic field of a prehistoric heat-altered object may be different from the current ambient geomagnetic field observed in the surrounding area.Tetra Tech has developed several new geophysical routines to detect these magnetic anomalies. In 2019, it put these routines into practice in Southern Alberta. Multiple anomalies were detected. Near one of the detected irregularities, a prehistoric hearth was located by a team of archeologists.
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