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tion of sustainable water, wastewater and energy util-
ity infrastructure solutions for small to medium-sized
communities across North America. Privately held cor-
poration principally owned by the British Columbia In-
vestment Management Corporation with head offices
in Vancouver, BC, Wauwatosa, Wis. and Northbrook,
Ill.
E Construction Ltd. (
) –
One of Western
Canada’s largest paving contractors, with more than
500 employees helping us provide our products and
services throughout Alberta and the Northwest Terri-
tories. Our equipment fleet and shops are among the
most modern in our business and we are proud of our
900-plus pieces. E Construction owns more asphalt
plants than any other paving contractors in Alberta, al-
lowing us to be highly mobile and cost competitive in
almost any market in the province.
WSP (
–
One of the world’s lead-
ing engineering professional services consulting firms,
providing services to transform the built environment
and restore the natural environment. Expertise ranges
from environmental remediation to urban planning,
from engineering iconic buildings to designing sus-
tainable transport networks and from developing the
energy sources of the future to enabling new ways of
extracting essential resources.
OPUS Stewart Weir (
)
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Lac La Biche County
WHAT:
Municipality of 9,904 permanent resi-
dents (as of a local 2013 census) that was estab-
lished in August 2007 after the amalgamation of
Lakeland County with the town of Lac La Biche
WHERE:
Northern Alberta, about 200 kilo-
meters north of Edmonton and 280 kilometers
south of Fort McMurray
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