Congratulations to Irini Akhnoukh and Anita Kyle for receiving honours at the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE) annual meeting in Edmonton June 3 to 6 2018. Irini Akhnoukh was selected as the 2018 CITE Rising Star. The Rising Star Program recognizes members under the age of 35 who have already made an impact on…
McElhanney was presented with the 2018 Water Management Award of Excellence by the Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) for our river diversion engineering work during the Salmon River Dam Decommissioning project. The Salmon River Dam, on Vancouver Island, was removed during the summer of 2017 and the site was re-naturalized. McElhanney provided design and…
McElhanney has added traffic data collection to our list of services in BC, further supporting the extensive transportation engineering and planning work we provide to clients across the province. This comes after the acquisition of Kamloops-based Peak Traffic Technology Ltd. McElhanney has offered traffic data collection services throughout Alberta and other parts of Western Canada for…
McElhanney’s bridge engineering group has won an ACEC-BC Award of Merit in the Transportation & Bridges category for the Veer Kunwar Singh Bridge, which crosses the River Ganges in northern India. There were 12 entries in this category from leading consultants. At 4.35km, the Veer Kunwar Singh Bridge is the world’s longest extradosed bridge. It…
A McElhanney engineering survey project was a finalist in the 2018 David Thompson National Geomatics Awards. Vancouver Survey Branch Manager Rob Riecken, as the project’s commissioned land surveyor, was named a runner-up in the non-cadastral category for the “Engineering Survey of the Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch” project. He received the award during the National…
McElhanney Playground Construction Continues. Published: March 28, 2018 With spring just around the corner, construction of the McElhanney Children’s Playground at Surrey Memorial Hospital is surging ahead. As the days grow longer and temperatures rise, children and youth undergoing treatment at the hospital can look forward to enjoying a revitalized outdoor courtyard space, complete with…
McElhanney Geomatics Engineering is pleased to announce today, March 15th, 2018 the acquisition of Hinton, Alberta based Foothills Surveys Ltd. Over the past couple years, McElhanney has been exploring opportunities to diversify our service offerings and locations as a means to grow our business and capture additional market share. This development directly aligns with our…
McElhanney Land Surveys Ltd. (one of two McElhanney operating companies), the industry-leading provider of surveying, mapping and GIS services in Canada, announced today that it has undergone a name change to McElhanney Geomatics Engineering Ltd. The change reflects the company’s corporate evolution in its service offerings and the expertise of its staff related to Geomatics…
On Saturday January 27, over a dozen McElhanney volunteers spent the cold, rainy morning getting their hands dirty digging out tree stumps, shrubs, and boulders to make way for the new McElhanney playground at Surrey Memorial Hospital. McElhanney is designing and building a playground and courtyard to give back to the Surrey community, and to…
Published: September 11, 2017 In the coming months, as McElhanney and SarPoint Engineering begin to work closely, both will gain access to new expertise, resources and growth opportunities and will be looking to combine their strengths to provide an unmatched service to clients throughout their suite of offerings. McElhanney President, Bruce Winton commenting on the…