Gamsby and Mannerow News

NEW CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

We are currently offering positions for the following:

  • Senior Hydrogeologist
  • Survey Party Chief / Construction Inspector
  • Construction Inspector - Contract Position
  • Municipal/Land Development Engineer
  • Municipal/Land Development Design Technologist

Please click on the `Careers' link for more information.

ANNOUNCEMENT


Gamsby and Mannerow Limited
opens an office in Waterloo Region

Gamsby and Mannerow Limited are pleased to announce the opening of a new office in the City of Kitchener on May 7, 2007.

This expansion is in recognition of our continuing commitment to provide a high level of service, technical expertise and value to our municipal and private sector clients and the increasing need for quality engineering in Waterloo Region and the surrounding area.

For more information on how we can be of service to you, please contact Glenn Anderson at
(519) 748-1440 or by email at ganderson@gamsby.com.

Gamsby and Mannerow Limited Partners with Can-Net
GPS Reference Station Network

Gamsby and Mannerow Limited is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Can-Net. As part of this GPS Reference Station network, Gamsby and Mannerow Limited has installed a permanent GPS base station at our Listowel office.

The Gamsby and Mannerow Limited GPS base station in Listowel extends the boundary of the Virtual Reference Station (VRS) GPS network to the Listowel area. This allows users to work within the VRS network and up to 30km outside the VRS network from Listowel. The next closest base stations are in Stratford, Guelph, and Orangeville.

Can-Net is a series of GPS base stations which are linked together to provide GPS data streams for precise cm level RTK or post processed positional applications in southwestern Ontario. For real-time applications, the data is delivered over the internet, linked to rover receivers using the cellular wireless technology of 1X and GPRS. For more information on Can-Net, visit www.can-net.ca.

This investment is another example of how Gamsby and Mannerow Limited effectively uses technology to meet the needs of our clients and the demands of our projects.

Gamsby and Mannerow Limited adds a Trimble
R8 GPS Rover Receiver to its Survey Crew

In November 2005, Gamsby and Mannerow Limited took delivery of a Trimble R8 GPS rover receiver complete with a Trimble TSC2 data collector.

The Trimble R8 receiver works in RTK mode by receiving base station corrections from the Can-Net base station network through a cell phone link. This eliminates the need for setting up a base station for each site visit. The Trimble TSC2 data collector communicates to the Trimble R8 GPS receiver and the cell phone using wireless Bluetooth technology.

The Trimble R8 GPS receiver, linked to the Can-Net base station network allows Gamsby and Mannerow Limited to work with total station accuracies without having to worry about line of sight. Surveying efficiencies are being rapidly realized by the crews with not having multiple station setups throughout the work day.

Gamsby and Mannerow Limited has been using Robotic total stations and AutoLock total stations for a number of years and this GPS investment adds to the effectiveness of our survey equipment and services. This provides our staff with the tools to complete the required tasks safely, accurately and efficiently.

GPS surveying with the Can-Net network is available from our Guelph and Listowel offices.

For additional information or inquires, please contact Steve Conway in our Guelph office.

This investment is another example of how Gamsby and Mannerow Limited effectively uses technology to meet the needs of our clients and demands of our projects.

PROJECT UPDATES

Maitland River Retaining Wall
Municipality of North Perth

Work is almost complete on the Maitland River Retaining Wall in Listowel between Inkerman and Elizabeth Streets as the old wall (built in 1958) was demolished and replaced with a new one. A small section of the wall collapsed in the fall of 2006 and an emergency repair was conducted to replace the collapsed section. This year, the Municipality decided to replace the remainder of the wall as a precaution in order to avoid any further problems. The $822,000 project is now completed (less the installation of the light standards which will be installed by the Town and a little landscaping which will be completed in the spring of 2008). The work was carried out by Drexler Construction Limited of Rockwood, Ontario.

Demolishing of the old wall (August 15/07) Footing being prepared for new wall (August 20/07)

Footing for the new wall almost ready for concrete (August 22/07) Placing of formwork (September 5/07)

A portion of the wall is poured (September 7/07) Forms removed from September 7th pour (September 10/07)

A new wall (September 21/07) Backfilling the new wall (September 21/07)

Pouring the new sidewalk (October 4/07) New wall and sidewalk (October 5/07)

The river side of the finished wall (November 16/07)

Completed landscaping - the remainder to be completed by
the North Perth Beautification Committee in the spring of 2008 (November 16/07)