Getting Lac-Mégantic cleaned up and safe
91Ó°ÊÓ site supervisor and PE, Robert White (R) talks with Jean Deschesnes about ongoing operations and safety at an Environmental cleanup project at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada. 91Ó°ÊÓ was brought on board to coordinate, manage, and guide the environmental cleanup efforts to remove 6 million litres of spilled light crude oil from the Lac-Mégantic Oil train disaster. Soil decontamination, treatment and reconstruction efforts were the main focus in restoring half the downtown area which was destroyed.
91Ó°ÊÓ acted as the Prime contractor and program manager. The team provided specifications on the work to the contractors and evaluated their work. 91Ó°ÊÓ’s staff of engineers provided field work oversight with reporting, supervision and coordination. The team measured the weight of soil removed to verify the work completed. 91Ó°ÊÓ supervised the health and safety of the work site and contractors and also conducted soil, water, air and noise monitoring.
This exposure was taken at 1/250th of a second, at f 5.0 at ISO 100 on a Canon 1Dx camera with 70-200mm lens with Heliopan circular polarizing filter.
Photo © Robb Williamson / 91Ó°ÊÓ