As an approved ENMAX EPSC, Fortis Region, and City of Calgary Street Lighting contractor, Volker Stevin Contracting Shallows Division has become an experienced and trusted partner to community development leaders in the installation of their shallow utilities in Calgary area and the surrounding communities.

Our growing division currently employs over 30 skilled workers and over 15 pieces of equipment.

In the last year, the Shallow Utilities’ Division has been successfully involved in over thirty new residential and commercial community development projects.

VSC Shallows Division has the proven ability to deliver our clients a full Design-Build package offering of both Engineering & Design, and Construction services. As an approved contractor, we provide turn key solutions for the Fortis URD, and the City of Calgary Street Lighting scopes of work.

SUBDIVISIONS: 30+
STREET LIGHTS: 415
SERVICED LOTS: 1432

This project included the installation of new district energy piping from an existing downtown Calgary location on 5th Avenue SE to 7th Avenue SE to service the new TELUS Sky multi-use building. TELUS Sky connects to the Downtown District Energy Centre, which provides heat to this leading-edge, environmentally-friendly, 60-storey tower.

Volker Stevin Contracting was retained to install two 250mm diameter district energy supply and return piping down Centre Street in downtown Calgary from 5th Avenue SE to 7th Avenue SE.

VALUE: $2,200,000
SIZE: 300m utility installation
COMPLETION: September 2017

The Peigan Trail Feeder is a portion of the overall Urban Pipeline Replacement project for ATCO Gas, which involved moving all high pressure pipelines from residential areas in Calgary to the Transportation Utility Corridor. Although previously operating using intermediate pressure, this pipeline was constructed to function as a high pressure pipeline in the future and to operate at 70 psig.

Volker Stevin Contracting was retained to install over 3000m of 610mm x 7.1 GR 359 ERW CAT 11 pipe at the Peigan Trail right-of-way, from 25th Street SE to the east side of 52nd Street SE. This installation included crossing one rail spur line using HDD for a total length of 166m, as well as a major road crossing using the same method over a distance of 90m.

VALUE: 4.5 Million
SIZE: 3,000m of 610mm steel pipe
COMPLETION: October 2016

This ATCO project included the installation of a combination of 610mm steel and 323mm poly from 75th Avenue to 90th Avenue SW, with a partial removal of an abandoned Conoco Phillips condensates line.

Since part of the scope of work included crossing the 14th Street open cut to install the new 323mm gas main, this would have a significant impact on both 14th Street and Heritage Park. A challenge included busy workday traffic during the week and weekend traffic into Heritage Park. Typically installations such as this would occur on a weekend; however, VSC proposed a drill shot versus open cut technique. Upon further discussions with ATCO, it was decided that approx. 220m would be drilled to install a 406mm steel casing under a 900mm force watermain, followed by pulling the poly pipe back through for the installation.

As Prime Contractor, Volker Stevin Contracting (VSC) was retained to install steel and poly gas pipeline. VSC was required to remove 300mm of the median, edge-to-edge, north of Heritage Drive. Once the install of the new gas line was complete, VSC paved the median to match the existing roadway for a future bus rapid transit project that is slated to begin in 2018.

VALUE: 6.5 Million
SIZE: 2.3km rehabilitation
COMPLETION: October 2018