Challenges accepted

Heavy Metal Marine is a Vancouver Island company with a lot of local experience and a wealth of resources to bring to projects on the West coast By Kelly Gray Brian Freethy and his business partner, Ashley Williams, enjoy a good challenge. The pair own and operate Victoria-based Heavy Metal Marine, a company they started right after finishing high school. The company, named after a small tug that Williams and his father had built, has grown its marine construction capabilities since starting in 2004 with the construction of a private pier near Sydney, B.C. Today, Heavy Metal Marine has become a Vancouver Island “go to” company for a full range of marine services and solutions, from wharfs and breakwaters to boardwalks and ferry terminals.

Ocean Building

Island Marine Construction Services Ltd. is B.C.'s Gulf Island's premier custom dock builder

Amphibex Responds to Market

Normrock Industries is based on innovation and constant response to what the market needs

Match Made in Heaven

Two family businesses come together to create one powerhouse, PRECO-MSE

WEDA Provides Dredging Forum

After 40 years, the Western Dredging Association is continuing its mission of providing technical papers, exchanging of ideas and meeting places for the dredging industry in the Americas

Success Under Water

If it's under water, Midco Diving & Marine Services Inc. wants to look at it By Jess Campbell When you're facing unknown territory or a significant challenge - in life, in your career or in your industry - there's usually a right way and a wrong way to approach it. Robert Greenspan, owner and president of Midco Diving & Marine Services Incorporated in Rapid City, S.D., has made it his mission to service his clients and build his business the right way - and it appears to be working for him.

Cleaning Up the Past for the Future

Bermingham Foundation Solutions helps clean up Randle Reef

Building Professional Responsibility

Foundation drill rig operator program begins in North America

New piling and drilling rig from Liebherr

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DFI announces keynote speakers for 42nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations

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Soilmec Open House 2017

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ECA promotes Jeff Harmston to vice president of sales and marketing

New role will expand focus from the southeastern United States to ECA’s entire territory

MHWirth’s PBA 615 advances India’s ambitious infrastructure projects

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The Perils of Social Media

When private becomes public By Keith A. Senden, Fillmore Riley LLP As social media becomes increasingly present in the workplace, employees and employers alike must educate themselves on the implications of social media use both in the workplace and outside of the workplace. The line that divides an individual's private life is blurred by society's overwhelming use of social media. Platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter serve as revolutionary ways to communicate ideas, thoughts and files; however, users should remain conscious of the implications of posting certain content on their own time and during work hours.

International Attachments Inc.

Customer service focus starts at the top

Enaeria

A sky-high idea that's really taken off

Rocscience

From its humble beginning more than two decades ago, this software company has morphed from a small spin-off company into a global enterprise By Lisa Kopochinski Rocscience is truly global. With a head office in Toronto, the company provides geotechnical software to its more than 7,000 customers around the world. Not bad for a company that was officially formed a little more than 20 years ago as a spin-off from the University of Toronto. Situated in a beautiful home-like and cozy office in the heart of downtown Toronto, its exterior would never suggest that inside is a team of 33 developers, engineers, marketers and support staff that regularly communicates with more than 120 countries.

Pacific Pile & Marine Civil Constructors

PPM's new subsidiary services Western Canada By Lisa Kopochinski Pacific Pile & Marine (PPM) may not be a household name, but if you're in the marine or heavy civil industry, it's a name you should get to know. PPM was formed in 2008 as a continuation of Hurlen Construction, which dates back nearly 50 years to provide best-in-class services to the Western United States and Canada. Between 2010 and 2011, PPM partnered on a remote design-build run-of-river project northeast of Sechelt, B.C. involving two new greenfield hydro facilities. Following that project, PPM determined the market would be better serviced by establishing a larger presence in the area and in early 2017, made good on that decision by establishing a B.C.-based subsidiary, PPM Civil Constructors.

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