No bridge is too far for specialist construction project teamsOne of Canada’s major construction companies needed specialist advice after it was awarded a contract to build a new bridge near Vancouver. The bridge, to be built by Kiewet, was designed to relieve traffic pressures in the port city of Coquitlam by providing a crossing across the Pitt River. Crucial to completing the project on time and on budget was the ability to keep the footings of the structure dry throughout the installation of the bridge column. This needed a very specific approach – a fully automatic solids handling pump that could run round the clock for more than a month, with no guarantee that there would always be enough water to fill it. Because of the complexity of the project, Kiewet had drawn a blank in finding

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