![]() While a date for the repairs hasn’t been established, Thompson said he hopes to see work start in the spring. “Now there’s going to be cribbing… it goes over top of it and keeps it from lifting to the left or right.” “Before there was kind of Band-Aids on the intake,” he said. ![]() Temporary fixes have been implemented, but Thompson said work by Galcon should correct the problem. While a new intake screen was installed over a decade ago for zebra mussel control, the screen has since been damaged and has become misaligned. Repairs at the water treatment plant - which serves approximately 11,000 customers in Petrolia and surrounding communities - were identified in 2015. “They bid it according the specs, and these guys were just more.” “That happens quite often,” Thompson said of the more expensive bid. Current Tugs: Barney Drake Batchawana Bold Bluff David G. The company owns several small tugs and workboats that can be found working in the Toronto area. The approved capital budget for the project was $600,000.Ĭouncil was told a bid from another contractor was $200,000 more. Located in Toronto, ON, Galcon Marine works in the dredging and construction trades on the north shore of Lake Ontario. Total cost of the work will be $538,551.22, the town’s director of operations, Mike Thompson, told town council this week. has been hired by the Town of Petrolia for repair work at the municipality’s water treatment plant at Bright’s Grove, and at a cost almost $60,000 less than budgeted. Restoration will take two weeks, and will be done when the weather affords we are hoping for the last two weeks in March, but it may spill into April.Etobicoke-based Galcon Marine Ltd. Once the dredging and placement of dredgeate is complete, hopefully by the end of next week if the weather cooperates, they will open up their fences and demobilize until they can restore the haul route in the spring. The dredged material will be trucked to the east beach to replace sand lost in the recent high water events. They expect to commence dredging next Monday and the process will take three days of good weather. William Rest remained inactive in Toronto after being acquired by Galcon, and was scrapped in 2022. ![]() ![]() In 2016, she was sold to Galcon Marine Limited of Toronto, ON. Our survey equipment includes a Bathy Logger. This mid-sized tug was built in 1961 by Erieau Shipbuilding & Drydock as the William Rest for the Toronto Port Authority. With twin 150 HP E-tec engines for reliability, and a full complement of navigational equipment it can work in just about any area. CCG vessel and is well suited to conducting a Bathymetric Survey. You can get more information from their website. It started as a call out diving service servicing the marine construction industry. On the street of 7 Alden Av To communicate or ask something with the place, the Phone number is (416) 255-9607. was incorporated in 1986 by Dave Gallagher. Galcon has already started to get fencing in place and will be mobilizing water-based machinery on Thursday and land-based machinery on Friday. Lani Maritime maintains an inventory of survey and workboats. Galcon Marine Ltdis located in Toronto Division of Ontario province. Galcon has worked with TRCA many times on this project and, considering the timing, we expect very little disturbance/interruption to the Bluffer’s Park Boating Federation or the park in general. will be undertaking the dredging of Bluffer’s Park channel starting next week.
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