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Heavy equipment operator building Tlicho Highway - Caitlyn Fraser worked on Tlicho Highway as an heavy equipment operator. She poses in front of a 10 Ton
compactor used to compact the embankment of the road. Caitlyn was also a key player in our CVIS program, a craft workers led safety group. (Photo Credit - Bill Braden)

tion season as most earthwork activities cannot be the Department of Health and Social Services, the
undertaken under frozen ground conditions (usually Worker’s Safety Compensation Commission and are

frozen from October to May). Furthermore, equip- where appropriate, they encouraged to follow best
ment and temporary facilities are not adapted to practices published by the Canadian Construction

extreme cold and will not operate below certain tem- Association.”

perature, and the remoteness of the project adds www.inf.gov.nt.ca/en/TlichoHighway
complexity to ensuring the site has the resources,

building materials, and site amenities required.”

The current COVID-19 pandemic is another

challenge that continues to impact the project,
causing construction to paused for six weeks from

March 30, 2020 to May 15, 2020. Strict safety

measures were put in place when construction
resumed, and are still in place currently. Southern

workers are required to have a negative COVID-19

test in order to return to the workplace.

“Throughout the project, our top priority is the
health and safety of our residents, communities and

contractors,” says Yadav. “Workers must observe

all direction from the Chief Public Health Officer,

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