Brake check and 4-laning
The Illecillewaet brake check project near Revelstoke was the first project delivered under B.C.’s Community Benefits Agreement. The project has delivered on its promise: improving our infrastructure and directly benefiting the people who built it.
The project extended the existing brake check area. It also involved four-laning a two kilometre section of Highway 1 east of Revelstoke.
17 %
of BCIB's workers were Indigenous. The B.C. average is below 5%.
14 %
were women. The BC average for women on the tools was, at the time, 6%. (That average has since gone down to 4.5%.)
18 %
were trainees or apprentices.
To see more stats, facts, testimonials, and images from the project, check out our end of project report.
“I’ve never worked on a BCIB site before. I had no idea what it was when I came here. But our guys on site, they are fantastic. I feel that there is just so much support from the BCIB supervisors, on-site representatives and other staff. You can go to them with any issues and any questions with solutions found right away. There is a lot of support for the employees, which makes work easier.”
“I think diversity definitely matters. It’s necessary to give everyone an equal chance to work, an equal opportunity for men and women of all walks of life, really.”
This project is complete, but opportunities abound across our network.