Nicola Estates 160,000L Reservoir
Adding a cast in place concrete 160,000L reservoir to the Nicola Lakeshore Estates Subdivision
Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc (KIB) North Reservoirs
Construction of two 3.000m3 water reservoirs including foundation preparation, concrete floors, walls, columns, and roof, and a valve chamber building.
MOTI HWY 20 Louie Creek Bridge
This Project is located on Highway 20 29 kilometers west of Anahim Lake. The work will consist of building a new two lane precast concrete bridge over Louie Creek, with .65 kilometers of road works, and disposal of the existing bridge.
MOTI Cache Creek Flood Repairs
Back Valley Road flood repairs for the Ministry of Transport.
C1 Site - Replace a temporary bridge with 16m precast girders on cast in place abutments.
C6 Site - Replace 3m CSP culvert with a AIL 3m x 4.2m Bolt A Plate SPCSPA
St. Andrew's Church Roof Replacement & Fire Protection Upgrades
This contract was for the rehabilitation of the roof and fire protection system at St. Andrew’s Church, located at the South end of Bennett Lake in the Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site. The church was built in 1899 and in need of a new cedar shingle roof, copper flashing, and restoration of the bell tower and other special features. New fire sprinklers were installed during the roof replacement.
The biggest challenge to this contract was the difficult site access. Crew and equipment were mobilized via train car and helicopter.
Clearwater Well No.3 District Water Supply Upgrades
Replace a existing well pump and install a additional well pump to increase water supply to the District, Build a contact chamber and pumping system to chlorinate the well water. reconfiguration of piping to tie the new building into service.
BC Hydro Kamloops West Substation
Big Rock Construction was contracted by Greyback Construction to install service utilities, site drainage and excavation/backfill of concrete works
Golden Entry Feature
Construction of a new entry feature with ornamental steel, wood and masonry accents. Work included demolishing the existing sign, building a uniquely shaped concrete foundation, installing lighting, and landscaping and reclamation.
Hwy 97 Lexington Overpass and misc concrete works
Contracted by Cantex Okanagan to build a four lane overpass near Williams Lake
TRU Multi Use Courts
Big Rock was Contracted by TRU to build Two multi-sport playing surfaces, installed on the Campus Green just outside of Old Main. The courts are marked for pickleball, basketball, volleyball and ball hockey.
Parks Canada Trail Bridges
This contract consisted of building steel foot bridges over the Vermillion River at Stanley Glacier and Paint Pots in Kootenay National Park. There was no existing access to the work sites that was suitable for mobilization of equipment or materials. Big Rock developed access routes and decommissioned the routes at the completion of the work.
Major scope items included creating access trails, demolishing an existing bridge, installing temporary bridge crossings, preparing the foundations, installing piles, and installing the new bridge structures. Additional work included timber deck construction for the Paint Pots bridge, lining the river banks with rip rap, trail re-alignment, and re-vegetation.
Pinaus Lake Dam Reconstruction
Big Rock replaced an aging concrete dam at Pinaus Lake with a new cantilevered sheet pile dam. The scope of work also included installing a steel catwalk for access, a log boom to reduce floating debris, and rip rap along the lake and creek shores. Prior to installing the sheet piles, a coffer dam was built and the creek was diverted around the work site to maintain aquatic habitat and fish life.
Memorial Arena Parking Lot Rehab
storm main installation, road structure granular materials, asphalt, fencing, retaining wall
Pritchard to Hoffman's Bluff Four Laning Phase 2
Big Rock built a four-lane concrete I girder overpass on Highway No. 1 at Pritchard, BC. Additional work on this contract included MSE abutment walls, concrete coping, a sheet pile retaining wall, and concrete headwalls and wingwalls at two underpass locations.
Pritchard to Hoffman's Bluff Four Laning - Phase 1
Contracted by Brentwood to construct headwalls and spillways for the project
Chilkoot Trail Bridge Installation
This contract required the installation of three aluminum truss pedestrian bridges in a remote location on the historic Chilkoot Trail. The Chilkoot Trail runs between Skagway, Alaska and Bennet, Yukon. Big Rock installed a combination of concrete and rock drilled footings at the three bridge sites. All site access and mobilization of construction materials was completed with helicopters. The bridges were slung into place via helicopter long lining. This work took place in an environmentally sensitive historic park and required Big Rock’s crew to adhere to a strict environmental policy and waste management plan.
300 Water Main Relocation
The City of Merritt needed this 300mm Water Main to be relocated to allow for the expansion of an adjacent BC Hydro Substation. Contract work included the relocation of 240 meters of water main and appurtenances, plus construction of roadway subgrade and related drainage extensions.