The scope of work for this project included the design, supply, and installation of a timber strip foundation and erection of a pre-engineered building for the Mike Zubko airport maintenance department. Specific consideration was given to the implications of constructing over permafrost and mitigating the impact of potential future subgrade movement or instability. Materials were transported to Inuvik on the winter road and construction was completed in summer 2019.
Construction Type: Government/Institutional
Client: Government of the Northwest Territories
Completion Date: 2019
Contract Value: $0.3 million
Challenges
Detailed pre-planning and material management to ensure all building components are accounted for prior to transport.
Winter road transportation requirements.
Tight timeline available to procure and ship materials to site.
Qulliq Energy Design-Build Quonset Huts
Taloyak, Gjoa Haven, Grise Fiord, Coral Harbour, Naujaat, NU
Project Overview
Northern Industrial Construction was contracted by Qulliq Energy Corporation to design, supply, ship and erect five 30’x50’ Quonset Structures. The work consisted of site preparation, supply and installation of; electrical service and lighting, waste oil burner, insulation & vapour barrier package, forced air unit heaters, overhead & passage doors, and interior floor. NIC crews were able to complete the foundation and erection of the buildings in just over 2 weeks per location, followed by the electrical and mechanical crew who completed the project in under a week.
Challenges
Staging and marine crating of the material for each of the communities prior to transport to site via sealift.
Scheduling crew mobilization to coincide with sealift delivery so materials could be received and properly managed.
The effective management of multiple simultaneous construction operations in different Northern communities.
Construction Type: Commercial/Industrial
Client: Qulliq Energy Corporation
Completion Date: 2021
Contract Value: $2.1 million
Gjoa Haven Cold Storage Warehouse
Gjoa Haven, NU
Project Overview
The scope of work for this project included the supply and install of a steel pile foundation, a gravel pad, and erection of a 30’x60’ pre-engineered building including the electrical service and lighting package. Following the pile and timber foundation installation, the building was erected in under 3 weeks.
Challenges
Detailed pre-planning and material management to ensure all building components are accounted for prior to transport.
Staging and marine crating of the material for each of the communities prior to transport to site via sealift.
Heavy equipment mobilization required for foundation construction.
Construction Type: Government/Institutional, Industrial
Client: Nunavut Housing Corporation
Completion Date: 2018
Contract Value: $0.4 million
Moraine Bay Wharf Reconstruction
Moraine Bay, NT
Project Overview
This project for DFO involved mobilizing equipment, material, and a camp to a remote site on Great Slave Lake using marine and air transportation methods. The scope of work for this project was to repair the existing wharf by removing the existing heavy timber decking, cut & level the steel piles, repair the subframe, and rebuild the heavy timber frame & decking. This was a remote wilderness construction site with unfavourable weather exposure, wildlife (bear) activity, no services, no accommodations, and no power source. Northern Industrial Construction successfully mobilized a camp for crew accommodations and navigated the constraints of a remote wilderness site to deliver a successful project.
On this project, our crew was required to put their first aid training to use and successfully navigated a cardiac medical emergency experienced by one of our workers on site. Our site-specific emergency plan was initiated, and the worker was medivaced to Yellowknife and subsequently to Edmonton where he made a full recovery and returned to work.
Construction Type: Government/Institutional, Industrial
Client: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Completion Date: 2019
Contract Value: $0.4 million
Challenges
Barge and air transportation requirements.
Detailed pre-planning and material management to ensure all building components are accounted for prior to transport.
Construction of crew accommodation camp required prior to project commencement.
Norman Wells Wharf Rehabilitation
Norman Wells, NT
Project Overview
This project involved the repair of the damaged Canadian Coast Guard wharf in Norman Wells, NT. Piling work involved cutting off the existing sheet pile wall, repairing the whaler and tie-back reinforcements, and the installation of new sheet pile sections. Following the completion of piling operations, granular material was hauled, placed and compacted to backfill on the dry side of the sheet pile wall. A concrete slab on grade was constructed to protect the granular material against damage from ice and to further strengthen the sheet pile wall
Construction Type: Government/Institutional
Client: Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Completion Date: 2018
Contract Value: $1.6 million
Challenges
Heavy equipment mobilization required for foundation construction.
Winter road transportation requirements.
Extensive heating and hoarding required to pour concrete during the winter months.
‘In-water’ work and associated safety and environmental constraints.
