In Canadian mining, access is everything. If your haul road hits a creek, a washout, a seasonal channel, or a sudden erosion problem, you don’t just lose a crossing, you lose production time, safety margin, and schedule certainty. That’s why temporary bridge solutions are a core part of modern bridge construction planning for Canadian mining…
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When heavy rain turns into river flooding and once-sturdy highways crumble under rising water, communities are left stranded. Flooded roads, washed-out highways, mudslides, and damaged bridges don’t just disrupt travel, they halt commerce, isolate towns, and endanger lives. At Great Northern Bridgeworks, we specialize in restoring access and stability after disaster strikes. With decades of…
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Overview Great Northern Bridgeworks (GNB) is proud to announce the successful completion of the Blair Creek Bridge Replacement along Mile 132 of the Alaska Highway. Delivered in partnership with Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL), this project reinforces a critical industry route, ensuring safe and reliable access for industrial operations and community users. The Challenge The…
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The application of temporary and portable bridge systems is necessary for facilitating detours, temporary access and off-road work procedures in the safest, most efficient and effective manner possible. Completing work tasks off the beaten path can be challenging, and so the purpose of our temporary and portable bridge systems is to increase productivity and ease…
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Assessing bridges is critical to maintaining safe condition from season to season. Here in Western Canada, we have had a flurry of extreme weather systems pass through in recent years which have brought wildfires and flooding into many communities. Rapid changes in weather conditions such as these can lead to structural damage. When it comes…
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The Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) is a non-profit that certifies welders, welding inspectors, and companies that work on welding and joining steel structures. Recently, Great Northern Bridgeworks received certification with the CWB as a Division 2 Erector and Fabricator. This means that our work is certified and has the quality assurance granted by the primary…
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We take bridges seriously at GNB, removing the guesswork from your planning. Having been involved in countless installations over the years, we have accrued knowledge of what works best, when, and where. Since we work across a range of industries, we have first-hand experience in just about every application a bridge could be used for.…
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Day in and day out, our teams are working in many different ways to facilitate the needs of construction and developments throughout Western Canada. As we have grown, Great Northern Bridgeworks is able to provide more services than ever before to meet the growing demands of our client base. Whether we are repairing aging infrastructure…
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Since 1995, Great Northern Bridgeworks has been building pathways to our collective future in Western Canada, and that means going beyond bridges in our work! For decades, we have been expanding our services to provide a complete package for our clients. Road design & construction has become one of our most popular deliverables, with the…
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With the ability to support 100 tons of weight at lengths of up to 40 feet, our portable temporary bridges are capable of supporting a diverse range of projects for a variety of purposes. Particularly, the pipeline industry will find the speed of installation and quality of our bridges to be an asset. Measuring only…
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