Innovation May-June 2023

PROJECT HIGHL IGHTS 2022•2023

IONA ISLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROJECTS - IONA ISLAND FORESHORE ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION Built in 1963, the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant is located in the dynamic Fraser River delta, one of the richest and most diverse ecosystems in BC. The plant is being upgraded to improve the quality of treated wastewater being discharged to the Salish Sea. Metro Vancouver’s integrated team of engineers, biologists and landscape architects is working towards developing complementary ecological restoration projects to re-establish aquatic ecosystem connections, restore fish habitat, build climate resilience, and integrate x w m əθ k w əy̓ə̓ m (Musqueam) cultural values and interests. Hydrodynamic modelling and biophysical studies are being completed to inform the design of 10 foreshore ecological restoration projects, including a breach of the Iona Island Causeway. These projects are expected to benefit aquatic species such as juvenile salmon. Participants: Metro Vancouver: Nelson Szeto, P.Eng, Emily Bickel, EIT; Advisian: Margaret Scott, P.Eng., Helen Ambrose, Hammad Mir, P.Eng.; Associated Engineering: Tijana Vulic, P.Eng.

Thurber Engineering Ltd. and GeoNorth Engineering Ltd. are pleased to announce that Prince George-based GeoNorth has joined Thurber. Together, Thurber and GeoNorth will continue to serve our British Columbia clients with geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials engineering and testing services from our five BC locations.

Thurber currently operates out of 14 offices across Canada.

Learn more at www.thurber.ca