in various stages of demobilization. For
the better part of a year, it was in disre-
pair. “They gave us literally two weeks to
rebuild something that was being taken
apart. That was a Herculean effort,” said
Will Graham, Business Development spe-
cialist at Corgan. The whole project in-
volved an unusually extensive amount of
coordination, organization and logistics
as any materials that were needed Cor-
gan had to transport up from Edmonton.
Although Fort McMurray remained shut
down, Corgan personnel needed to travel
through the city to access the plant sites,
which only heightened the safety risks and
liabilities associated with the project.
Since its founding in 2006, safety has been
the company’s top priority. “We do a busi-
ness risk analysis on everything that we
take on. We've turned down projects be-
cause they just didn't fit our philosophy,”
Graham said. Clients include big players
like the Regional Municipality ofWood Buf-
falo, Syncrude, Suncor, Shell, the Royal Ca-
nadian Mounted Police and Husky Energy.
Just before the fire broke out, Corgan em-
ployees were down in the Peace River
area, dismantling and transporting a 42-unit
modular trailer complex for Shell to a Fort
McMurray site. Each trailer was 12 by 60
feet in size and work progressed without
a hitch. “We were down to the last four or
five trailers when the fire hit,” said Organ.
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