Trans Mountain Construction Stopped Amid Safety Concerns

2 min read | December 19, 2020 02:13 AM AEDT | By Team Kalkine Media

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Trans Mountain declared that it is halting construction activities on its pipeline extension project until early January 2021 due to safety concerns.

Officials from the company and the Canada Energy Regulator informed that a worker was critically injured on December 16 at the construction site in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Trans Mountain, in an official statement, stated it is enforcing a voluntary, project-wide shut down from December 18 to January 4, 2021. Operations at the Burnaby site have already been terminated since the day of the accident.

Trans Mountain President and CEO Ian Anderson explained through a press release that the company’s priorities are to ensure the safety of constructers and preserving a safe work culture as the construction work close to successful completion. Through the last two months, the company has experienced safety lapses at its sites that are intolerable.

On the project progress, the company said that 20 per cent of the project has been achieved this year and cautioned that safety is “one of the greatest” concerns.

Trans Mountain will require thousands of workers for next year’s construction peak phase.

The federal government sanctioned the Trans Mountain pipeline project in June last year. The 980 kilometres-long-pipeline will run from Alberta to the British Columbia coast. The net cost of the project is likely to be C$ 12.6 billion. The pipeline will start its service in December 2022.

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