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A SUPPLEMENT TO THE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FORALLYOURCONSTRUCTIONNEEDS Municipal | Residential CommercialandIndustrialWorks AggregateandPavingWorks UndergroundServices Phone204-949-8700 | Fax204-237-8337 www.nelsonriver.com PH:204-799-5998 www.wgps.ca|darren@wgps.ca We are pleased to be offering premier solutions and services to Central Canadian companies and organizations requiring: • Engineering Surveying & Geomatics • Construction Layout & QA/QC Services • Machine Control & Guidance Service & Support • Aerial Drone (UAV) Surveying • High Definition Laser Scanning & Point Cloud • Mobile Mapping Services • GIS Data Capture • Bathymetric Survey Services • Contract Admin & Inspection Services • Small Site Design & Drafting Services • Education & Training We offer these services to but are not limited to the following sectors: • Heavy vy Construction & Engineering • Building Construction & Architecture • Utilities • Municipal/Government • Natural Resource Sectors • Agriculture Our Instrument toolbox includes Robotic Total Stations, RTK GPS, Drones/UAV, HD Laser Scanners, Optical Imaging Stations, Bathymetric Depth Sounders, CAD and Office Processing Softw twares. Our equipment fl fl fleet includes trucks, trailers, ARGOs,ATVs, snowmobiles, and boats to survey anywhere you need us to be. BY DR. CATHY MOSER - MIND MATTERS CLINIC for many members of the manitoba heavy construction association (mhca), technical expertise is always in high demand. one such company offering its services in this regard is wanless geo-point solutions inc (wgps). WGPS is a multi-discipline Surveying & Consulting company that offers technical services to many industries including the MHCA. Its Founder, Darren Wanless, CET has built a reputation of quality and efficiency in the industry as he has provided technical sales and support services for over two decades to its members. With an emphasis on Innovation, WGPS and its employees utilize cutting edge technologies for its daily operations and provides in depth support for clients also utilizing the newer technologies. When MHCA members began adopting 3D Machine Control and Guidance over a decade ago, Darren Wanless was one of the first to promote its use and provide technical support on projects such as the Floodway expansion, the James Richardson Airport, and many more since. Now with the introduction of technologies such as HD Laser Scanning, and Drones, WGPS has been busy promoting and educating the Architecture, Construction and Engineering Sectors on its safe and effective use for project applications and how it pertains to each other. They still offer traditional survey services such as Total Station, Global Positioning System and Leveling for projects, however more and more tasks are being completed by integrating the advanced technologies. Darren has been providing education to MHCA members directly through in house custom classes on all their surveying and geomatics services, as well as through education seminars at the Heavy Equipment Expo held each year. Most recently he also aided the Heavy Equipment Operators Certificate program by providing classes on Surveying basics and Technological advances pertaining to operators enrolled in the program. The end goal of WGPS's education service is to grow industry productivity and safety by promoting the new technologies to be used by companies to improve workload and eliminate un-safe work situations for all employees. With traditional survey methods, there is a requirement for employees to be walking through construction sites amongst moving heavy equipment and near open excavations. While this can be done in a safe manner with the proper safe work procedures and policies in place, it places unnecessary risk on the workers. With Laser Scanning and Drones for example, the site can be surveyed remotely from a distance with the employee in a safe control position while the daily work routine of operators and equipment is not hindered by on the ground personnel. This creates safer and more productive projects and delivers high definition data sets that would be impossible to survey traditionally with such detail. ❚ For many members of the Manitoba Heavy Construction Association (MHCA), teChniCal expertise is always in high demand. A WGPS Employee utilizing a Laser Scanner to Survey Rock Blasts They still offer traditional survey services such as Total Station, Global Positioning System and delivers high definition data sets that would be impossible to survey traditionally with such detail.❚ wgps is a multi-discipline surveying & consulting company that offers technical services to many industries including the mhca. WorkingTogetherTo BuildOurCommunities ®