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RECo Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Since 1970, Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. (RECo Canada) has served the Canadian construction industry, providing reliable engineered solutions for a wide variety of applications and challenges, such as MSE retaining walls and precast arches.

TechSpan precast arch crossing in West Lincoln, Ontario

Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. - Canada recently provided TechSpan precast concrete arches as a crossing solution for a road realignment over a creek for the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

A platform dedicated to TechSpan concrete arches

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Kamloops - Heffley Creek Bridge

The Heffley Creek Bridge is a 'true' abutment bridge located in the Heffley Creek community in the north end of Kamloops, BC.

The Highway 407 East Phase 2 project

RECo's scope of work in this project is approximately 22,000 sq m distributed throughout 36 structures which consists of wing walls, false abutments and other structures including a wall considered to be under submerged conditions.

The Winnipeg Southwest Rapid Transitway Project

RECo is working with PCL Construction to provide the design and supply of Reinforced Earth® (R/E) retaining walls and bridge abutments consisting of over 10,000 sqm of TerraClass® precast concrete panels.

RECo presenting Regina Bypass paper at GeoEdmonton 2018

Also join us at booth #34 to see why we are the industry leader in MSE systems in Canada and worldwide.

The PROTECT business line for protecting structures

PROTECT is a business line in Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. that addresses critical and sensitive infrastructure from natural to man-made (including industrial) disasters.

The CROSS business line for crossing structures

CROSS is a business line in Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. for applications involving bridge abutments, arch bridges, cut and covers, tunnel extensions, and other crossing structures.

The RETAIN business line for retaining structures

RETAIN is a business line in Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. for applications involving retaining walls and reinforced fill slopes.

Get to know us better!

Discover our 3 business lines: RETAIN, CROSS and PROTECT.

Our solutions are classified according to the main function of the structures to be designed.

T-WALL Becomes Part of the RECo Family of Products

We are excited to announce that T-WALL is a new addition to our family of proven retaining wall solutions. T-Wall has been a major wall system in the highway and railroad construction industries for three decades.

The Regina Bypass Project

The largest transportation infrastructure project in Saskatchewan's history

In the city of Regina, RECo Canada is finalizing the design and supply of MSE walls on the historic Regina Bypass project for the Province of Saskatchewan.

Improved traffic flow in downtown Toronto - Gardiner Expressway ramp to Lower Simcoe street

Located in the City of Toronto, the York-Bay-Yonge off-ramp to Lower Simcoe street reconstruction project is part of a large push to modernize the waterfront area.

Tackling heavy traffic congestion - The McKenzie Interchange Project

The McKenzie Interchange Project is a grade-separated interchange on the Trans-Canada Highway at the intersection with Admirals Road and McKenzie Avenue in Saanich. The intersection is the number one bottleneck in the province of British Columbia outside of the Lower Mainland.

Turcot Interchange

One of the largest interchanges in the Quebec province

RECo Canada was retained by KPH Turcot, the joint venture responsible for the design-build of the main infrastructure of the Turcot Project, to design and supply over 100 Reinforced Earth® structures including abutment walls, permanent walls with a height of up to 15m and temporary walls for construction staging.

Ribbons in the Wind- Creditview Road Grade Separation

RECo Canada was retained to design and supply the four abutment wing walls for the CN-GO railway overpassing the Creditview Road in the Ontario city of Brampton.

Highway 11 & Victor Road Interchange

The Hwy 11 & Victor Road Interchange connects Victor Road in the southeast area of Stonebridge to Highway 11 in the City of Saskatoon.

New railway grade separation for improved rail service - Denison Road

As part of Metrolinx’s regional transportation plan, Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. (RECo) designed and supplied material for retaining walls in the railway grade separation project over Denison Road.

Mount Milligan Truck Dump - a 33m high retaining wall by RECo

Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. was retained to design and supply the retaining wall for the Mount Milligan project in British Columbia for a primary crusher structure and truck dump. It is in fact the highest MSE wall in Canada with 33m of vertical facing.

Rue Principal Est - Supporting Tourism in Magog, Quebec

In the city of Magog, Quebec, next to Lac Memphremagog - Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. (RECo) designed and supplied a retaining wall with architectural finish located between a railway line and several commercial complexes along Rue Principale Est.

The Mississauga Transitway - a dedicated 100-km long bus corridor

The Mississauga Transitway is part of the Ontario’s Smart Growth program that connects to a 100-km wide initiative that will create a dedicated bus corridor from Oakville to Pickering.

Flanders Avenue - Crowchild Trail Interchange

Reinforced Earth Company Ltd. was selected to supply approximately 4500m2 of RE Retaining walls as part of an upgrading plan to improve traffic flow at the Crowchild Trail and Flanders Avenue S.W. interchange.

Regina Bypass Project - October Update

The Regina Bypass is the largest infrastructure project in Saskatchewan history. Watch this video to see updates of RECo's involvement in this project.

Redmond's Rd - Reinforced Earth wall supporting bridge load in Newfoundland

A functional true bridge abutment in Newfoundland with an attractive grave finish, designed and supplied by Reinforced Earth Canada.

Complex geosynthetic skewing around piles by Reinforced Earth

The Hurdman East Overpass project is a Light Rail Transit (LRT) bridge overpass carrying a light rail vehicle over a pedestrian pathway. This structure is part of a large infrastructure project in Ottawa, Ontario, which involves the construction of an LRT system to span the city.

Looking back - a 42 year-old Reinforced Earth wall

On the site of Canada’s largest church, the Saint Joseph Oratory is home to one of the iconic structures for the Reinforced Earth Company Ltd.

Bay Bridge - CPR Overhead Road Crossing project

As part of the “Build Belleville” infrastructure development project, the City of Belleville, along with funding from the provincial and federal government, constructed a new bridge at Bay Bridge Road crossing over the CPR rail line.

The Bonaventure Project

A functional work of art

The Bonaventure project started with the to refresh an important entryway into the city of Montreal by replacing the existing Bonaventure elevated expressway built in 1966.

Complex and beautiful architectural design - the limit is your imagination

Duchesnay Creek TechSpan precast arch

An example of cost-efficient and fast installation

In 2016, the Ministry of Transportation Ontario tendered a design-build project to replace crumbling infrastructure that had performed to its service life.

MAGAZINE - Our latest edition is now available

Have a look at the Terre Armèe Magazine NO 230, presenting our projects worldwide.

The Rt. Honourable Herb Gray Parkway Project

The Rt. Honourable Herb Gray Parkway project that was formerly known as Windsor Essex Parkway is the largest completed P3 project in Ontario in the last 5 years.

Mahogany Lake Land Development - The Largest Community Lake in Calgary

At the heart of Hopewell Development's new community, Mahogany Lake is the largest community lake in Calgary.

Rapibus-Gatineau Project

The Rapibus-Gatineau project is a portion of the larger overall Rapibus system that stretches for approximately 12 kilometers.

Port Mann Highway 1 Improvement - A Major Milestone in BC Transportation

The Port Mann/Highway 1 (PMH1) Improvement Project is a component of the Gateway Program, the largest infrastructure transportation project in the history of British Columbia.

First marine application of GeoMega system in Canada

Situated in eastern Canada, the Gulf of St Lawrence opens onto the Atlantic Ocean. In the county of Sept-Rivieres in the Northeast of Quebec province, the town of Port-Cartier, 640 km from Quebec City and on the north shore of the St Lawrence river, launched a waterfront improvements program to attract shoreline residents and visitors to the town.

The Stockyards Shopping Center - An example of synergy

The northwest corner of St. Clair Avenue West and Weston Road in Toronto is home to a 600,000 square foot big box retail centre called The Stockyards. The site is a part of a large redevelopment project that consists of the construction of multiple commercial retail units in two levels and a three-storey parking garage.

Team Gushue Highway Extension

The Newfoundland and Labrador Ministry of Transportation and Works requested a TechSpan concrete arch culvert constructed over the Waterford River to support a 19 m high embankment for the Team Gushue Highway Extension.

Acute Corner in Rodick Road Extension False Abutment Walls

With ever increasing population and demand for an improved infrastructure and transportation systems, the City of Markham’s expansion plans included the extension and reconstruction of Rodick Road.

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