The horizontal directional drilling (HDD) the Northern Courier Project completed under the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada, turned out to be the longest 42-inch-wide HDD completed in North America to date at 2,195 metres (7,200 feet), in order to install the pipeline 70 metres below the riverbed.

TC Energy is constructing and will own and operate four separate projects as part of the West Path Delivery Program located within Alberta and British Columbia. These projects are necessary to supply growing demand in southwest Alberta, southern B.C. and downstream North American markets for natural gas produced in Western Canada.

After a 16-month Co-op student experience, Meghann Grenier recently returned to Queen’s University in Ontario to complete her mechanical engineering degree. Drawn to TransCanada because the size of the company, she discovered her opportunities were big too.

During Women in Construction Week, check out Ila Roan’s story and video, whose success as a heavy equipment operator has inspired her daughter to pick up the same trade!