Ask the Experts

Have a question about our timber products, or want to know more about our processes?

Use the form below to submit your question. It will be promptly reviewed and answered by our technical team.

Main content

Product Blog

Select Category:

Boring Machine – with Crane on ITP mats

Here is a great picture of our Crane Pads in action. You can see the Gwil Crane set up on Transition Mats under the front tires (to level the machine) and then 6' x 12' Crane Pads under the outriggers for ground support. These...

Flag Pole – feeling patriotic?

We have a friend in Nova Scotia, he is in the Lobster business, he builds masts and spars in his spare time. He built this traditional Flag Pole for his own yard from some nice Douglas Fir Clear Kiln Dried stock we sent him....

Rail Ties 8×8

These short length rail ties are going up coast. 8" x 8' x 56" in Hem/Fir rough green #1 and btr. Nice looking product.
Rail Ties

Crane Mats in stock, Brandon, Manitoba

We are now stocking Crane Mats in Brandon, Manitoba for our customers in middle and eastern Canada. We can deliver to your location, most places Saskatchewan east to Ontario with 1 to 2 days. Please contact us for a quotation delivered to your job...

Transition Ramps at Corra Linn Dam

Customer needed to access across Stop Log grates at the Corra Linn Dam site near Sorrento, BC, Canada. We built special transition mats or ramps and capped them with steel on the "toe" and also built special size mats to slide between the grates....

Stop Log Timbers, Temporary Dam

These 10" x 10" x 120" Douglas Fir Stop Log timbers, from Select Structural material, are for a dam near Thunder Bay in Ontario, Canada. They are for a one time deployment so don't require a lifting mechanism. This is really pretty material, no...

Stop Log Panels – Hydro Gates

These Stop Log Panels were built for a Wastewater Treatment facility in Maryland, USA. They are extreme use, holding back up to 14' of water (head). The steel H Beam was set into the timbers and through bolted. Steel lifting ears were installed near...

Access Mats for Tunnelling Job under Highway

This project is using Access Mats to form a platform for a tunnelling sled. 96" diameter pipe will be tunnelled under the highway so that traffic is not disrupted during construction. A small bobcat digs out the dirt inside the "tunnel" and then the...

Access Mats in the mountains!

Along with other business partners we have delivered some Access Mats to this laydown yard in eastern Alberta. What a stunning view! This lay down yard with be the staging point for a major infrastructure project.

Wide Timber Pads for a bridge lift

A customer required some very wide Timber Pads. These are 10' x 10' x 12" thick. They have 3 through rods 1-1/4" diameter. The lift engineer specified this size of pad to spread the point load of the out-rigger on the crane.

[caption id="attachment_3997" align="alignnone"...

Timber Pads for steel support posts

A customer is supporting a crane on top of a cement slab parking lot. The timber pads expand the point load to reduce the chance of damage. Once the crane has moved off the above slab the steel and timbers will be removed. The...

Our Chain of Custody certification aligns with your sustainable procurement policies

Click here to view