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How Hydrotechnical Engineers Keep Water Under the Bridge  

July 15, 2019April 12, 2019 4 Comments

  Simply put, a hydrotechnical engineer’s job is all just water under the bridge. British Columbia rivers are dynamic and powerful systems that move large amounts of water, sediment, woody debris and ice from our

Categories BC Travellers, Career Stories, Careers, Flooding

Your Top TranBC Engineering Stories

April 1, 2021March 6, 2017 5 Comments

In Canada, we celebrate National Engineering and Geoscience Month in March, highlighting the importance of engineering as a career and its impact on our daily lives. Engineering is such a HUGE part of what we

Categories BC Infrastructure, Careers
Oceanside Route on Highway 19A near Qualicum

Little Qualicum Bridge: A River Runs Through It

November 4, 2020December 6, 2011 Leave a comment

The Little Qualicum River has been hard at work recently, scouring away the river bank near the bridge of the same name. This means that we have also been hard at work to stop the

Categories BC Projects, Environment
Inspecting supports of BC bridges

Delving Into The Deep – Keeping Roads Safe From Beneath The Waves

July 14, 2020September 23, 2011 Leave a comment

Run silent, run deep isn’t a phrase you’ll hear too often when we talk about highways, but we actually do spend a fair bit of time underwater. The reason isn’t too surprising, given that we

Categories Road Maintenance

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