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geotechnical

BC Flooding: What Does the Road to Recovery Look Like for Our Highways?

September 12, 2023May 10, 2022 10 Comments

The south coast of BC is often referred to as the “Wet Coast” – a lighthearted nod to the high levels of rain that fall here annually. However, during the BC flooding of November 2021,

Categories Emergency Events, Engineering
Types of Transportation Engineers

Why Transportation Needs 6 Types of Engineers

March 31, 2023March 17, 2020 Leave a comment

“Engineering” is a single word for many different forms of knowledge. “Transportation engineering” narrows it down a bit, but specializations branch out further still. There are approximately 210 staff members in our Engineering Services Branch,

Categories BC Infrastructure, BC Travellers
washout and recovery

What Happens After a Washout Hits a Highway

November 21, 2021May 1, 2018 7 Comments

Everybody loves spring. I mean, what’s not to like about balmy afternoons and BC in bloom? But as wonderful as spring can be, it also has a wild side (called freshet), as rapidly melting snowpack

Categories Flooding, Road Maintenance
BC transportation

What it’s Like to Work in Transportation Engineering Part 2

December 5, 2019March 21, 2017 2 Comments

  In Part 1 of our interview series, we introduced you to a traffic and safety engineer, an electrical engineer, and a highway design engineer. It’s time to round out our engineering team by getting

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Dig into the Work of a Geotechnical Engineer

March 20, 2024March 31, 2015 Leave a comment

Highways and bridges are earthy matters and a geotechnical engineer is just the kind of person to delve into the deep subject of what’s below ground. Several years ago during National Engineering Month, we spoke

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