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June 9, 2008
BRADLEY FEHR
Wesbridge Steelworks workers manoeuvre a steel girder into place as part of a structural replacement project at a Burnaby office building.
On the job with Wesbridge Steelworks’ ‘support staff’
The post tension of the Burnaby office building is failing due to corrosion, so steel is being used as a structural replacement. Some of the work is also considered seismic upgrading.
The main contractor on the project is Seaward Construction.
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