
FEATURE
30 CITY OF REGINA STIFLING COMPETITION
By self-performing construction works
and operating its own asphalt plant, the
city is freezing out the private sector
34 100 YEARS OF HIGHWAYS
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways
and Infrastructure celebrates its
100-year anniversary in 2017
Contents
DEPARTMENTS
5 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Transparency Essential
7 SASKATCHEWAN LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES
Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Ken Cheveldayoff,
Alanna Koch, Scott Moe, Trent
Wotherspoon and Gord Wyant
15 NEWS FROM THE FIELD
26 SHCA MEMBER COMPANIES
27 SHCA EVENTS
57 INJURY SOLUTIONS
64 THE BOTTOM LINE
The Road to Riches
PLUS
39 IT’S A CRUSHING BUSINESS
For more than 50 years, Chamney Crushing
Ltd. has found new ways to diversify
44 PINEHOUSE BUSINESS NORTH
This Aboriginal owned and operated
company is growing rapidly, thanks
to strong industry ties and a solid
alignment between business
objectives and community goals
48 SMS EQUIPMENT
Formed as a merger nearly a decade ago,
this SHCA member is the largest dealer
of Komatsu equipment in Canada
51 THE CANADIAN CONSTRUCTION
ASSOCIATION OUTLINES ITS PRIORITIES
FOR BUDGET 2018
Supporting apprenticeship training,
increasing industry productivity and
creating a more efficient system
for infrastructure funding
53 BUILDING AND MAINTAINING ICE ROADS IN
COLD CLIMATES
A case study from the Saskatchewan
Research Council
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On the cover:
Pinehouse Business North was
established 10 years ago to
foster economic development in
Pinehouse, a northern Aboriginal
community of some 1,400 people
located about 500 kilometres
north of Saskatoon. The company
specializes in civil earthworks
construction and environmental
waste management for the mining
industry and also does general
building construction and road
maintenance work. Read more
about their commitment to northern
development, starting on page 44.
Q4 2017
COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF PINEHOUSE BUSINESS NORTH
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