areas of heavy construction, road construction, mine development,
site works and concrete plants.
Today, Cas’s son, Gord Broda, is at the helm of the thriving busi-ness
headquartered in Prince Albert, Sask. and specializes in ag-gregate
processing, earthwork, civil construction and concrete
production. With an equipment asset base of approximately 400
units valued at more than $40 million, they have the capacity to
move more than five million m3 of material per year.
During the busy season, the Broda Group employs more than
400 employees.
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“On any given day, we have a core base of employees in the 175
range, which can fluctuate depending on our work in the quarry di-vision
and infrastructure division,” Clunie notes.
When RBDB was awarded the Regina Bypass Project contract
in May 2015, they called on their expertise, equipment and expe-rience
to get started. As earthmovers, Broda Group was first up.
They got started that September – and the pressure has been on
ever since.
“We hit the ground running last fall and it’s been our focus to stay
on schedule as all the other components of the project depend on
us to be finished on time,” Clunie expains. “As the dirt guy, you’ve got
to set the stage and make sure you deliver or the whole project is in
jeopardy. We don’t wait on anybody but design and utilities to get
out of the way.
“If we fail, the whole domino effect occurs and everybody fails.
You really want to be sure you know what you’re doing and the team
is crisp and capable of doing it.”
Currently, utility work is also going on throughout the area.
“There are over 400 utility conflicts in this project, a number
of which are major utilities like Enbridge, TransGas, SaskTel and
Alliance Pipelines,” says Stearns. “We expect the utility work to be
ongoing through 2018.”
Challenges for Broda Group
A project of this magnitude comes with its share of challenges. As
first contractors on the job, they’re battling a few challenges, but
Clunie says they have systems to address each one.
FEATURE
The team starting a new cut in the Cowan Borrow
Pit on the west side of Regina. Material from this
pit is being used for subgrade construction for the
new bypass from Highway 1 West to Highway 6.
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