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This unique business model allows PCL employees to share in the company's success and is highlighted as a foundation of PCL's long-term strategy.
What is employee ownership?
The four pieces of PPE required on most construction sites.
What is a hard hat, safety glasses, a high-visibility vest, and steel-toed boots?
This 12.9km structure, opened in 1997, replacing the ferry service connecting PEI to New Brunswick.
What is the Confederate bridge?
This 2023 film about a famous doll became the highest-grossing movie of the year.
What is Barbie?
This social media app is where trends, dances, and sounds often go viral within days.
What is Tik Tok?
These three letters in our company name were originally chosen to represent this Saskatchewan-founded construction company.
What is Poole Construction Ltd.?
Before work begins, workers typically gather for this meeting to discuss hazards, safety concerns, and the day's activities.
What is a toolbox talk (or safety meeting?
This Nova Scotia town is known as the tidal bore capital of the world and experiences some of the highest tides on Earth.
What is Truro?
This streaming service created hit shows such as Bridgerton.
What is Netflix?
This machine was used to rewind rented movies before returning them.
What is a VCR?
This wastewater treatment project in British Columbia is one of the largest infrastructure projects in the province's history and helps protect local waterways and coastal environments.
What is the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant?
This construction practice involves comparing planned progress against actual progress to ensure the project stays on track.
What is schedule tracking?
This bay, located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, is home to some of the highest tides in the world.
What is the Bay of Fundy?
In the hit show Love Island this Villa twist separates established couples and introduces a new group of contestants to test their relationships.
What is Casa Amor?
This communication device used a dedicated phone line and made a distinctive screeching sound while connecting to the internet.
What is a Dial-up Modem?
On the Halifax Infirmary Expansion Project, PCL erected its tallest freestanding crane ever at this height.
What is 105m?
This phase of a project occurs after construction is complete and includes final inspections, deficiencies, and handover to the owner.
What is project turnover (or closeout)?
This island, located about 300 km southeast of Halifax, is famous for its wild horses and permanent research station.
What is Sable Island?
This 1972 crime film follows the Corleone family and is often considered one of the greatest movies ever made.
What is The Godfather?
This music-sharing service became famous for allowing users to download songs for free in the late 1990s.
What is Napster?
This year marked the founding of PCL Atlantic, bringing PCL's construction expertise to Canada's East Coast.
What is 1989?
Before steel became the standard material, the earliest tower cranes and lifting devices were commonly constructed from this material.
What is wood (timber)?
This Newfoundland UNESCO World Heritage Site contains fossils dating back more than 560 million years and provides evidence of some of Earth's earliest complex life forms.
What is Mistaken point?
"How do you like them apples?" is a memorable line from this 1997 film starring Matt Damon as a self-taught mathematical genius.
What is Good Will Hunting?
This 19th-century communication technology used dots and dashes to transmit messages over long distances.
What is the Telegraph?