b'MEMBER PROFILEDrilling steel casing. Limited access drilling. Helical pile installation.Credit: Atlas Piling & Drilling. Credit: Atlas Piling & Drilling. Credit: Atlas Piling & Drilling.In the relatively short time that the company has been around, there have been some challenging projects. One of the Johnsons favourites was a house cantilevered on a cliff, where the soil had failed and sloughed away. We managed to get underneath it, drill 50 feet down to bedrock, install piles, reinstate the foundation, pour a new foundation, and lift it back to levelthe whole building was salvaged. That would have been a multi-million-dollar loss, remedied basically for pennies on the dollar, so [the owners were]very happy.Prospects ahead are rosy for Atlass growth, because changes to urban planning will provide lots of work. The sites were building on today [in terms of soil quality] we would never have considered building on 40 or 50 years ago, Johnson notes, and thats why that property [is] still available to develop. Also, when were buildinglarge commercial high-rise structures, were generally taking down low-rise structure and putting much taller, heavier buildings in the same spot withStructural Engineeringweak soil, so the need for piling is Building Energy Modellingonly increasing.Building ScienceWe started off as a mom-and-popStructural Restoration[business], Johnson notes proudly. My wife and I started the business, and weStructural Glass Engineeringcontinue to expand our client list andParking Facility Designimprove our capabilities. I can say that I think the biggest reason the businessAudits & Studiesabsolutely exploded is the quality of people. Ive got some of the best people,Discover usand I constantly receive compliments on my staff, how polite they are, howrjc.caprofessional they are. I think thats the reason for the success. Its just very gratifying, and were very proud of it.SICA CONSTRUCTION REVIEWSpring 202415'