DETAILED INFORMATION
DATE:
2019 – Ongoing
LOCATION:
Merritt, B.C.
CLIENT:
VALUE:
$3 Million
PROJECT SNAPSHOT
Lower Nicola Site Services (LNSS), a partnership between Infracon and the Lower Nicola Indian Band Corp., operates Kuiper’s Pit. LNSS undertook operations in 2019 after making several upgrades and repairs to improve safety and operability, including re-aligning the access road, developing a five-year blasting plan and conducting a full geotechnical assessment. Today, Kuiper’s Pit is a fully- functioning gravel production area, supplying local businesses with a proven resource of 400,000 m3 of material.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Proven resource of over 400,000 m3 of material.
- Gravel production.
- Site expansion and reclamation.
- The project utilizes a local workforce.
- Twenty-five per cent of employees are Indigenous.
- Operate industry-leading loaders, excavators, dozers and a crushing spread to create top-notch product.
