the municipality and private condo boards
doing demolition to facilitate the rebuild-
ing process. They also joined in the over-
whelming support to help the commu-
nity get back on its feet. “Heavy North
has been a strong local supporter of this
community,” Arianna Johnson, Executive
Director of Wood Buffalo Food Bank Asso-
ciation, tells Business Elite Canada. “Their
support of the Wood Buffalo Food Bank
has been amazing. They were also the first
to step up and support a new initiative in
our region called CANstruction as the title
sponsor,” says Johnson who also lost her
home in the fire. “Their team has always
been responsive, engaged, sensitive, and
communicative.”
During this personally chaotic time, Heavy
North’s team had to ensure they were com-
pleting ongoing projects as well. “When
the fires hit and we were evacuated, the
bulk of our equipment fleet was trapped
to the north as we lost access to our proj-
ects,” says Bolen. Raj Sawh, Vice Presi-
dent of Operations, says “What [the fire]
did was disrupt some of our project work,
and that put a lot of pressure on our team
to reschedule and restructure the projects
to meet the client’s need. There was some
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