Cold Lake to Bonnyville Regional Waterline

This project was headed by the Cold Lake Regional Utility Services Commission and involved the construction and installation of a 47 km water transmission line from the City of Cold Lake to the Town of Bonnyville in order to supply the town with treated water, as well as reservoir and pump buildings.  Connections were also made to the hamlets of Ardmore and Fort Kent, as well as to the Cold Lake First Nations 149 reserve, located about 4 kilometers south of the City of Cold Lake. Construction on the project began in January 2019, and was completed in the spring of 2020.  The installation was completed by open trench and Horizontal Directional Drilling methods.

SolidEarth served as the geotechnical and materials engineering and testing consultants for this project.  SolidEarth’s main role was to provide geotechnical support during construction (problematic soil conditions, winter construction, etc.), monitoring and compaction testing during fill placement, roadway asphalt repair / pavement recommendation and testing, and concrete testing for the reservoir/pump station buildings.