PROUDLY MADE IN CANADA
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Road and highway construction is an-other
specialty for Points Athabasca, which
has helped build and maintain hundreds of
kilometres of paved, gravel and winter ice
roads in Saskatchewan.
An example is the vital network of
seasonal overland and ice roads in the
Athabasca Basin region, where the compa-ny
provides management services for local
subcontractors who maintain these roads
for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways
and Infrastructure.
Work on these roads includes the season-al
opening and maintenance of winter-only
routes, drainage structure installations and
annual upgrades including earth excava-tion,
gravelling and blading.
The roads are an important part of a stra-tegic
road system, ensuring Saskatchewan’s
northern communities have reliable trans-portation
services throughout the year.
Other infrastructure services offered by
Points Athabasca include water and sewer
system installations, as well as earth mov-ing
and excavation services that include:
• Land clearing and grubbing
• Site preparation
• Gravel pit development
• Culvert trenching and culvert boring
• Utilities installation
• Drainage structure installation
and improvement
Safety first
Scarfe maintains workplace safety has
always been front and centre at Points
Athabasca, which is headquartered in
Saskatoon.
“On any job, safety is the first thing we
look at,” he said.
According to Scarfe, Points Athabasca’s
safety measures includes hiring the right
workers and ensuring everyone is proper-ly
trained and ready for the workplace, as
well as comprehensive safety monitoring
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“On any job, safety
is the first thing
we look at.”
– John Scarfe,
Points Athabasca
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