Associated Engineering provides services for workforce accommodation at Beaver Ridge Executive Lodge

Front entrance to the Athabasca Lodge

PTI Group in Edmonton provides temporary and permanent remote-site workforce accommodations. Associated Engineering has provided engineering services to PTI for their workforce accommodations and office buildings across Alberta and in the Northwest Territories since the 1990's.

PTI plan to build workforce accommodations for up to 3,500 persons at their Beaver River Executive Lodge site near Fort McMurray, Alberta. The housing consists of two pods on this overall site, the Beaver River Executive Lodge and the Athabasca Lodge. The total anticipated population planned for the Beaver River Executive Lodge is 1,000 persons, and for the Athabasca Lodge is 2,500 persons. Current installations provide for 774 persons at the Beaver River Executive Lodge, and 1,552 persons at the Athabasca Lodge. Each pod consists of:

• A single storey core building consisting of hotel-style entrance / reception area, security, commissary and kitchen, dining, and recreation facilities
• Dormitory buildings consisting of three storey walk-up buildings providing sleeping quarters for the workforce
• Single storey connecting arctic corridors, or hallway within the building envelope
• Utility buildings for treated water storage for potable water and fire water and sewage holding tankage, electrical, and propane heating fuel.

The Beaver River Executive Lodge pod provides upscale accommodation for the workforce, while the Athabasca Lodge provides more basic accommodation for the workforce – to suit the needs of the area. The scope of Associated Engineering’s services for this project includes design assistance, review and sealing of the building drawings as prepared by PTI Travco Modular Structures Ltd., inspection of the fabrication of the modular components of these buildings at PTI’s Edmonton area fabrication facilities, and inspection of the completed buildings These services include architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and fire alarm verification services.

Associated Engineering also provided additional services for this site comprising:

• Design, inspection and commissioning services for a membrane wastewater treatment plant (GE/Zenon Zeeweed process) sized to accommodate a population of up to 4,000 people, with discharge of treated effluent to the nearby Athabasca River.
• Wastewater treatment plant upgrade solutions for increased treatment capacity, chemical handling improvements, and a wastewater receiving station to allow PTI to treat their wastewater from their other nearby workforce housing camps.
• Design and inspection services to complete site grading and surfacing of the site to suit the intent of the proposed development.

This project included the first approval by Alberta Environment for surface discharge of treated effluent from a wastewater treatment plant based on the high quality of treated effluent that is possible using membrane technology.

Building Communities

Associated Engineering raises over $66,000 for United Way
Once again Associated Engineering staff have very generously supported the 2008 United Way Campaign. This year, staff raised/donated $66,130.25 for United Way! Staff organized fundraising events such as door crasher draw, ice cream days, 50/50 draws, hot dog day, chili day, early bird draw, Texas Hold'em Night, turkey draw, hockey tickets' draw, appreciation lunch, paid day off draw, and gift card draw.

The United Way supports organizations that help children, family, seniors, and newcomers to our communities who are in need.

Thank you to all staff!

Christmas Donations

L-R, Dallas Harrington, Cathy Beebe, Travis Salter, and Colette Martin of Kelowna office collect donations for the Kelowna Food Bank.

Every year, in lieu of sending Christmas cards to clients and friends of Associated Engineering, we make donations to charities in our communities. This year, we have made donations to the following organizations:

• Burnaby - Christmas Bureau, Vancouver Covenant House
• Kelowna - Food Bank, Women’s Shelter
• Edmonton - Santa’s Anonymous, Christmas Bureau
• Calgary - Adopt a family of four, Brent and
  Penny Adopt a family, Calgary Inter Faith Food Bank
• Regina - Food Bank
• Saskatoon - Food Bank
• Toronto - UNICEF, Christmas Wish Foundation