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2025 Safety Academy

September 16-17, 2025
Edmonton, AB
JW Marriott Edmonton ICE District

This course is designed to equip attendees with knowledge related to underground construction safety, regulation, challenges and innovation. Attendees will get the chance to learn about the pressing issues and most Up-to-date policies related to a wide range of underground construction safety topics.

 

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Registration Rates

  • Full Academy Access (both days)
  • Breakfast, Lunch and Coffee Breaks (both days)
  • Networking Reception on September 16 with Appetizers and Refreshments
  • CEUs from the Engineering Institute of Canada (by request)
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CUIIC Member Rate

$950 CAD

Municipal Rate

$650 CAD

Non-Member Rate

$1150 CAD

Agenda

Tuesday

Sep 16

Wednesday

Sep 17

7:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

Welcome

Tiffanie Mendez & Steve Joyes

8:15 a.m.

Introduction to Trench Safety and Solutions

Cameron Dougherty, Naxsa, Cooper Trench Safety

From working in the yard at his grandfather’s rental business to launching Cooper Equipment Rentals’ Trench Safety division in 2017, Cameron has always had equipment rental in his DNA. What began with limited resources, and a two-person team has grown under his leadership into a specialized Cooper division with eight locations, a team of 82, and a trench safety rental fleet valued at $82 million. Today, Cooper’s Trench Safety division delivers safe, turnkey solutions to utility, sewer, water, pipeline and other infrastructure contractors across Canada.

9:15 a.m.

Excavations Don’t Have to Be Big to Cause BIG Problems

James Mcray, ARCOSA Shoring Products

10:00 a.m.

Networking Break

10:15 a.m.

Confined Space and Fall Protection

Peter Bozic, Stantec

11:00 a.m.

Trench Safety Panel Discussion

Peter Bozic, James McRay, Cameron Dougherty

Moderator – Jarette Patrie, Cooper Trench Safety

12:00 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Safety by Design: Smart Planning from Pipeline Asset Management to Rehabilitation

Marya Jetten, AECOM

1:45 p.m.

The Safety Side of Operations

Matt Defoe, Crossing Group

2:15 p.m.

Tunnel Inspection Hazard Assessment

Sam Saunders, Associated Engineering

2:45 p.m.

Networking Break

3:00 p.m.

Water & Wastewater Underground Assets Failure Panel Discussion

Nate Warren, Tucker Toelke, Marya Jetten

Moderator – Tiffanie Mendez, Sunbelt Rentals

4:00 p.m.

Networking Reception

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7:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

Mental Health Best Practices on the Jobsite

Tiffanie Mendez, Sunbelt Rentals 

8:45 a.m.

Unhoused Persons Safety, Strategy and Site Management

Tucker Toelke, Michels

9:30 a.m.

Encampment Outreach Options, Tools and Solutions

Steve Joyes, Shanghai Construction Group

10:00 a.m.

Networking Break

10:15 a.m.

Big Fines & Jail Time - Supervisor Competency Cases

Chris Spasoff, F2 Legal Counsel

11:00 a.m.

The Witching Hour - Legal Q&A Period

Chris Spasoff, F2 Legal Counsel

Moderator –  Otto

12:00 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Utility Engineering - The First Step in Damage Prevention

Ophir Wainer, T2 Utility Engineers

1:30 p.m.

ALP, DIRT, and More Acronyms: Changes to One-Call Services in the 2020s

Josef Rosenberg, Utility Safety Partners

2:00 p.m.

Utility Damage Prevention

Iain Stables, ATCO

2:30 p.m.

Networking Break

2:45 p.m.

Interactive Quiz with Panel Discussion

Ophir Wainer, Josef Rosenberg, Iain Stables

Moderator – Steve Joyes and Tiffanie Mendez

3:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Ali Bayat, CUIIC

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