Hazelgrove Park

Project Description   Hazelgrove Park is East Clayton’s largest park, providing much-needed public outdoor space for sports, community gatherings and passive recreation. The 4.2 hectare neighbourhood park features a...

Walterdale Bridge

Project Description   Considered one of the most complex infrastructure projects undertaken by the City of Edmonton, the Walterdale Bridge Replacement project required a rigorous yet all-inclusive management...

Quarters Downtown Streetscape

Project Description   In 2012, ISL began work on the first phase of the Quarters redevelopment, which included the complete reconstruction of 96 Street titled the “Armature.” The Armature is the central focal point...

Diverging Diamond Interchange

Project Description   Located in southeast Calgary, the interchange provides access to major shopping and business centres and the surrounding residential communities. Macleod Trail serves approximately 60,000...

Drayton Valley Water Treatment Plant

Project Description   Much like many municipalities throughout Alberta, the Town of Drayton Valley has experienced a dynamic growth in population and civic development. While this growth comes with many positive...

Calgary Zoo Flood Mitigation

Project Description   The Calgary Zoo was among the first zoos in Canada to be accredited by all three global Zoological Associations and receives international recognition as one of the top zoos in the world for...

Pinetree Way Revitalization

Project Description   The 1.2 km stretch of Pinetree Way between Barnet Highway and Town Centre Boulevard is the primary gateway to Coquitlam’s City Centre. Once a car-centric, six-lane arterial roadway and truck...

Wilson’s Lifestyle Centre Retail Building

Project Description   The Wilson’s Lifestyle Centre introduces an entirely new concept to Saskatoon – one yielding from the Netherlands where the complex was designed by Thermoflor. Going beyond the sale of plants...

Blakeburn Lagoons Park

Project Description   In Blakeburn Lagoons Park, constructed wetlands were created to treat on-site contamination through phytoremediation as well as enhance biodiversity. The project included directing the...

Marine Drive Beach Lift Stations

Project Description   ISL was retained by the District of West Vancouver (WV) to review options to reconfigure and replace sanitary gravity mains, force mains, and lift stations within the Marine at the Beach...

Calgary Zoo Pedestrian Bridge

Project Description The Calgary Zoo’s old swing bridge over the Bow River that connected Zoo attractions had long been condemned, and when the 2013 floods hit the City of Calgary it was in the way of flood mitigation...

Banff Elementary School Phase 2

Project Description   The project involved construction of Phase 2 Banff Elementary Replacement School after ISL completed Phase 1 in 2016. The new 2-phase, 2-storey building with an aggregate of 3,542-m2...

Eroded Riverbank Stabilization – Calgary

ISL was engaged by The City of Calgary to conduct the design and construction of stabilization and rehabilitation measures for multiple sites that were severely eroded by the June 2013 flood event. ISL managed five...

Banff Fenlands Recreation Centre

Project Description:   Originally built in 1958, the Banff Fenlands Recreation Centre was in need of redevelopment to provide a beautiful and lasting structure for the community and visitors. Working with the Town...

Elevation Place

Project Description   Located in Canmore, Elevation Place is a 66,325 m2 multi-use facility that is the heart beat of the community. Opened in 2013, Canmore’s indoor playground features a competition-size swimming...

Kinsol Trestle Bridge Rehabilitation

Project Description   Standing 145 feet above the Koksilah River, the Kinsol Trestle is one of the tallest free-standing and most spectacular timber rail trestle structures in the world. This historic trestle was...

Mill Creek Pedestrian Bridges

Project Description   Mill Creek Ravine is an important urban park and key component of the City of Edmonton’s ecological and transportation network. The trail system in Mill Creek Ravine makes it a popular...

Whistler Roundhouse Patio

Project Description   Located over 1800m above sea level and nearly 1200m above the Whistler Village the Whistler Roundhouse Patio is the most popular place for lunch and or drink for a ski enthusiast looking for...

Tomamu Cloudwalk

Project Description   In 2014, Hoshino Resorts was looking to design an open air, walkable structure that would allow visitors to immerse themselves in the spectacular cloud phenomenon known affectionately as unkai...

Fernie Memorial Arena Truss Repair

Project Description   Constructed in 1959, the City of Fernie Memorial Area serves as the main centre for many ice teams and clubs, with subsequent additions of attached lounge areas, dressing rooms, and a Zamboni...

Nordic Drive Residence

Private Residence Specialty Engineering

Green Spine Conceptual Design

Project Profile   The Green Spine is envisaged as a continuous linear public park running through a developing high density, residential neighbourhood in North Vancouver. The Green Spine will be the primary internal...

Sheep Paddocks Trail

Project Profile Sheep Paddocks Trail, located within Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam, BC, provides a multi-use hiking and cycling link between the regional Traboulay PoCo Trail and the Mundy Creek Trail. ISL was...

Green Necklace Greenway

Project Profile   Grand Boulevard and East Keith Road ISL was retained to complete the detailed design, tender administration and construction review services for a 2.2 km section of the City of North Vancouver’s...

Highway 66 Elbow River Bridge

Project Profile   The Alberta Flood of 2013 impacted many areas of Southern Alberta, the bridge over the Elbow River bore a major onslaught of the flood waters. The force of the flood gouged not only a new path for...

Waiparous Creek Bridge

Project Profile   The Southern Alberta Fisheries Habitat Enhancement and Sustainability (FISHES) Program was developed to mitigate the risks to aquatic environments caused by extensive fording and off-roading...

Sanitary Trunk Main at Nita Lake Lodge

Project Profile   A significant portion of the existing sanitary trunk main for the Resort Municipality of Whistler aligns parallel and immediately adjacent to the existing CN Rail tracks. Through evaluation of CCTV...

Poplar Sanitary Lift Station and Forcemain

Project Profile   The Village of Pemberton’s sanitary sewer catchment encompasses an area of 89 hectares comprised largely of residential land use. When it became clear that major portions of the existing sanitary...

Gatensbury Road Improvements

Project Profile   The City of Port Moody reconstructed Gatensbury Street as part of its 2018 Capital Program and retained ISL to perform the engineering work on this street improvements project. The project scope...

First Avenue Improvements

Project Profile   The District of Mission retained ISL to revitalize First Avenue, the District’s principal downtown commercial street. Theproject area extends from Grand Street to Horne Street– a distance of over...

Beaver Boardwalk

Project Profile   Beaver Boardwalk, with its 3.0km length, is the world’s longest freshwater boardwalk. It showcases the local wetland system around Maxwell Lake, Hinton. The boardwalk meanders through marshland and...

Elkford Flood Protection

Project Profile   The District of Elkford required detailed floodplain mapping to investigate the combined hazards from flooding and geomorphic hazards. In 2018, ISL was retained to undertake a floodplain...

Greenwood Flood Protection

Project Profile   ISL partnered with the City of Greenwood and prepared a grant application through the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund in 2019. The application was successful and the City was awarded $150,000...

Grande Prairie Downtown Rehabilitation

Project Profile   The City of Grande Prairie retained ISL to provide engineering and landscape architecture services for the Downtown Rehabilitation and Streetscape Upgrades project. Services were required to...

Deltaport Truck Staging Facility

Project Profile   As part of the Deltaport Terminal Road and Rail Improvement Program (DTRRIP), Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) proposed a truck staging facility as part of a series of ancillary road...

St. Albert Network Speed Limit Review

Project Profile   The City of St. Albert is host to over 300 km of roadways, which a majority of its approximately 66,000 population rely on every day. The City’s road network is believed to have been designed with...

North Calgary Regional Transportation Study

Project Profile   Between 1986 and 2016, the Calgary region experienced tremendous growth and became one of the leading economic regions of Canada. In this 30-year period, Calgary more than doubled its population,...

Dermott District Park

Project Profile   Through three years of public consultation, ISL worked with the community to create a park design that integrates into people’s daily activities and provides amenities for all ages. This project is...

Sheep Paddocks Trail

Project Profile   Sheep Paddocks Trail, located within Colony Farm Regional Park in Coquitlam, BC, provides a multi-use hiking and cycling link between the regional Traboulay PoCo Trail and the Mundy Creek Trail....

37 Street SW Streetscape

Project Description As a part of The City of Calgary Main Streets Initiative, the 37 Street SW Streetscape attempts to create a truly inventive streetscape to adhere to future land use designation and development....

Banff Recreation Grounds

As Banff’s premier outdoor recreational site, the Banff Recreation Grounds is a fundamental component within the community’s active and passive recreation network. The facility provides both programmed and unprogrammed...

17 Avenue SE Stampede Crossing LRT

Project Description In 2019, ISL – with partner WSP and GEC – was retained by CMLC to undertake construction feasibility, cost-benefit review, detailed design, and construction of the new 17 Avenue SE Stampede Crossing...

South Slocan Overhead

Project Description   ​ISL was retained by the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) for functional design, detailed design, and tender and construction services, to replace a highway overpass...

Guernsey Source Well Hydrogeological Services

Project Description ​ISL was contracted by the Rural Municipality of Usborne No. 310 (the RM) to design and install a new water source well, backup source well, and observation well for Guernsey’s drinking water supply....

Cliff Gilker Park Sports Field Groundwater Investigation

Project Description The Sunshine Coast Regional District made the sustainably minded decision to investigate the use of groundwater for irrigation purposes at the Cliff Gilker Park sports field. The park was using...

Frenchman Valley Water Well

Project Description Parks Canada needed help to determine whether groundwater was a feasible option as a potable water source for the planned expansion of the Frenchman Valley Campground in Grasslands National Park,...

Pitt Meadows Hydrogeological Assessment

Project Description The City of Pitt Meadows is concerned that increasing development is impacting shallow groundwater levels, resulting in the continual operation of sump pumps, the inundation of residential properties,...

Eastbourne Water Upgrades

Project Profile The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) operates the Eastbourne Water System on Keats Island, where the existing aquifer is reliant on precipitation, over-stressed, and nearly goes dry in the summer....

Coalspur Groundwater Monitoring Program

Project Profile Coalspur Mines (Operations) Ltd. is required to conduct groundwater monitoring and sampling activities throughout the year at the Vista Mine, in accordance with both their Environmental Protection and...

Town of Sylvan Lake Hydrogeological Study

Project Profile The Town of Sylvan Lake provides drinking water to its residents by means of seven groundwater source wells. Due to population increases and ongoing growth, these wells cannot sustainably meet the current...