Highway Technical Engineering Services LP (HTES) is pleased to announce the hiring of Brad Holley as Senior Staff Engineer in American Fork, Utah where Brad will be managing the HTES materials laboratory.  Brad received his Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University and his Masters Degree in Business Administration from Purdue University.  Brad is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Utah with extensive experience in Civil Engineering, Project Management, Materials Testing, and Real Estate Development.  HTES is very excited with this new addition and continued expansion of its US Operations. - Aug 19, 2010

Highway Technical Engineering Services American Fork Utah office is currently in the process of obtaining AASHTO accreditation and has recently completed laboratory assessments by the AASHTO Materials Reference Laboratory (AMRL) and the Concrete Cement Reference Laboratory (CCRL). HTES actively participates in both agencies Proficiency Sampling Programs (PSP). Accreditation is expected late August/early September this year. 

AMRL provides tools and services to evaluate the capabilities of construction materials testing laboratories. For information and a description of the AMRL program please visit http://amrl.net/Portal/PublicDocs/Media/amrl_promo.wmv

Highway Technical Engineering Services LP is proud to announce that our ISO 14001: 2004 Environmental Management System (EMS) has been certified by prestigious SGS Systems Certification. We thank all our employees for their effort and dedication to obtain this globally recognized certification.

"Highway Technical Engineering LP President & CEO Jerry Baartman recently travelled to Ottawa with a 50 man delegation from the Alberta Enterprise Group (AEG) (www.albertaenterprisegroup.com). The purpose of the AEG visit was to make the case that Alberta was central to the overall success of the Canadian Economy. During his visit, Mr. Baartman met with various politicians including Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. These types of events will continue to increase Highway Technical Engineering's market share and offer increasing opportunities throughout Canada and the US."

-- June 4, 2010

Highway Technical Engineering Servcies LP (HTES) has been selected by Flatiron Constructors Canada Ltd to provide Quality Assurance inspection services on a large heavy civil project in the Athabasca Oil Sands for Shell Canada. The HTES scope of work includes Quality Assurance for concrete, concrete structures, and soil mechanics. The project is located North of Fort McMurray on Shell's Muskeg River Mine, where work is scheduled to start early May 2010.

-- April 25, 2010

Highway Technical Engineering Services LP (HTES) has been selected to provide precast NU girder Quality Assurance Inspection Services for the Harvest Hills Boulevard Bridge over Stoney Trail in Calgary, Alberta. The 16 NU girders for the bridge will be cast at Armtec's Acheson facility outside of Edmonton, Alberta. These inspections will be headed by HTES's Senior Precast Inspector Cyril Muise. Cyril's 25 years of precast concrete experience and the HTES ISO 9001:2008 certified QMS will assure a quality product for the Owner.

-- April 23, 2010

Highway Technical LP has been selected for As & When testing on the Port Mann/Highway 1 (PMH1) Project in Vancouver, British Columbia. The PMH1 Project is one of three major infrastructure projects included in the Province’s Gateway Program, which will improve roads and bridges for people, goods and transit. Read more about project

-- April 9, 2010

Mr. Sorensen B.A.Sc.,P.Eng., MBA has joined our firm as our Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Sorensen brings 15 years of engineering and management experience and will be a welcomed addition and invaluable member to our team. Mr. Sorensen has a BA.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Montana Tech University and a Masters degree in Business from the University of Phoenix.

-- March 31, 2010

We are happy to announce that we have been awarded the contract for engineering services for the Calgary WestLRT by SNC-Lavalin. Read about the project here.

-- March 17, 2010

Highway Technical Engineering Services LP is pleased to announce the opening of our newest location in American Fork, Utah. Our full service office and laboratory facility is located west of I-15 at exit 276, just 30 minutes south of Salt Lake International Airport. HTES is extremely well positioned and experienced in design-build and P3 transportation projects and looks forward to providing quality management, quality control testing, structures inspections, precast inspections, survey management, layout, design review, pavement management and structural design services throughout the region. 

-- Feb 12, 2010

We are happy to announce the launch of our Quality Control On-line Database! We have taken our ISO Certified system and developed an easy to use on-line system to increase efficiency and reporting. Read more about it here.

Highway Technical wishes to congratulate Stoney Trail Constructors on the completion and grand opening of the Northeast Stoney Trail. We are proud to have been a part of this construction milestone and look forward to continuing relations with all members of the joint venture in the future.

-- Nov 3, 2009

Mr Lloyd Clarke CA, CPA has joined our firm as our Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Clarke brings 30 years of accounting experience and will be a welcomed addition and invaluable member of our team. Mr. Clarke has a masters degree in finance from Stanford University.

-- Oct 26, 2009

We are proud to announce that we are ISO 9001:2008 Certified in the area of Quality Control/Quality Assurance Management, Quality Control/ Quality Assurance Testing & Inspection, and Surveying for the Construction and Engineering Industry.

-- October 15, 2009

Highway Technical has successfully secured the Alberta Transportation Highway 61 contract near Foremost, Alberta.
 

Responsibilities include: Quality Control management, crushing supervision, quality control testing, asphalt mix designs and asphalt quality control. Highway Technical will represent all partners interests.

-- September 2009

Together with our joint venture partners RCCS Ltd and GMS Aggregates Inc. were successful in the supply of high performance concrete aggregate to Flatiron Construction Corporation for the Athabasca River Bridge project in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

-- September 2009

Highway Technical has signed joint venture agreements with the Samson Cree Nation and the Tsu Tina Nation. We are very excited about our new partnerships.

-- September 2009

We are happy to announce that we have recently expanded to provide services to the US market and are based in Phoenix, Arizona.

-- April 2009