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Mammoet World a Walk on the High A WALK ON THE HIGH SIDE Glacier Skywalk. 76 MAMMOET WORLD Issue 13 | 2014 Issue 13 | 2014 MAMMOET WORLD 77 Alberta’s Jasper National Park. 52 I/9/16/9 J:0762< are home to many wonders. magnificence of the surrounding mountains fills However, Alberta’s Jasper National Park has a new you with awe. sight, which will make you do a double take. High up on Tangle Ridge, it juts out over the valley as if an That’s what it’s like on the Discovery Vista’s glass- alien spacecraft has crashed into the mountainside floored observation deck that offers a spectacular Twith its observation deck dangling over the precipice. It’s not a 180° unobstructed view of Sunwapta Canyon. The hoax. It’s a heart-stopping reality called the Glacier Skywalk. platform allows visitors to walk out into space and look down into the deep valley. You need nerves of steel to venture out, but it’s worth it because the Imagine yourself seemingly suspended 280 meters panorama that unfolds under your feet is sensa - in mid-air. The bracing wind stirs your hair as you tional. look down at the deep valley far below. Your cheeks are flushed with excitement and your The walkway was commissioned by Brewster stomach lunges. The blood thumps in your ears, Travel, one of Canada’s leading tourist organiza - keeping pace with your racing heart as your tions. The company has been organizing tours for heightened senses take in the dizzying view. The more than 120 years. Back then, the Brewster 78 MAMMOET WORLD Issue 13 | 2014 High Expectations The steel superstructure of the Glacier moving it there with the crawler crane , Skywalk, which is fully integrated with however I had grave concerns about the the natural environment, is 30 meters road being uneven and about the unpre - long and weighs 22.6 metric tons. Lift - dictable winds. Therefore, to ensure the ing the walkway was a crowning safety of the structure, we transported it achievement and maneuvering it into on a trailer. It was a narrow road, but a place was no easy task because it safer alternative to lifting and we got the required a long reach (43m), but the structure there unscathed. Mammoet team pulled it off, using a crawler crane. Leaving a mark Despite the challenges involved, it was Wildlife all in a day’s work for Ron, a seasoned Ron Woud (50) was the crane supervi - professional with years of experience. sor on the project, responsible for over - He doesn’t faze easily, but there were seeing the work, consulting with the some surprises even for him: “The park brothers only had horse drawn carts, but now the engineers, inspecting the work site, is swarming with mountain goats, but company has a vast organization catering to deciding on the best method and mak - they didn’t seem bothered by us. They millions of tourists. ing sure the crew had the necessary stood perched on the mountainside, equipment. The crane was transported looking at us inquisitively and chewing from Alberta in 20 truckloads and away. And there was even a black bear We talked to Interim President David McKenna about erected in two days. Ron’s Canadian/ or two to greet us in the mornings as we Brewster Travel Canada and the Glacier Skywalk. Dutch crew consisted of five people; headed to the site. I took my mountain Can you tell us about Brewster Travel Canada? himself, a crane operator, a support bike with me and rode around a bit. In “Brewster is a tour and travel company that crane operator and two riggers. Jasper there are 300 elks, which was breathtaking.” provides a wide variety of services such as; Ron talks about the operation: “The packaged tours, sightseeing trips, hotels and major weather conditions and local wildlife The burly crane supervisor is a no-non - attractions in and around Jasper National Parks. complicated things. The project was sense man of few words, but it was We are a seasonal business so the number of originally planned for late 2012, but it more than just a routine job for him: “We was postponed until July 2013 because usually work at refineries and oil plat - employees fluctuates between about 500 people in of wintery conditions and the mountain forms, and it was nice to work on some - winter and 900 during our summer peak. One of goats’ breeding season. During the thing that is beautiful and fits in with the the things that really distinguishes us is that most operation, we had to be extra careful scenery. I can imagine that the glass of our people live and operate in the region. We with the local wildlife. This slowed us skywalk is pretty thrilling for visitors.” down a bit because the transportation are truly the local experts and real ambassadors of had to be carefully coordinated with the Ron looks back with a sense of content - the Canadian Rockies. Some of our guides have park warden. The trucks were not ment on the project: “It’s quite unique. been doing this for 20 –25 years and they have allowed to drive through the area before I’m proud of the job and so is everyone fantastic stories to tell about the old days.” 9 am because of the wildlife and every - else involved. It’s a permanent fixture thing had to be cleared away by 6 pm.” that a lot of people are going to visit and enjoy. I’ve got two grown-up sons and Talking of the old days, how did Brewster start out? A tight squeeze they think what the old man did is pretty “We have a long and colorful history in the region. There were also other challenges: cool. I like the idea of them visiting it Our founders, Jimmy and Bill Brewster, were just “Mammoet was the only one with a and even later with their own kids. I feel two local kids back in the 1890s who used to crane that had the right size and capac - like I’ve left my mark.” ity to do this job. The crane was poised deliver dairy to the Banff Springs Hotel. A hotel about one meter from the mountain guest wanted to go fishing, but he didn’t have edge on a two-lane road on a narrow The powerful LR 1350 –1 crawler crane. anyone to take him. The boys volunteered and that rocky ledge. There wasn’t much room set them on their path to becoming tour operators. to maneuver because the crane had to fit into the designated area and still They trained with local First Nations guides and leave the north bound traffic open. It helped chart some of the first routes through the was a tight squeeze, but we managed. Jasper region, along with other colorful characters Our engineer, Raeleen Lischynski, had made all the necessary drawings and calculations to make sure the crane would fit. Keeping the road open was tough: “It’s a popular tourist attraction and there was quite a bit of traffic. Only one lane was open so we had to direct traffic, The blood thumps in your ears, ensuring the safety of the motorists and trying to avoid delays. There were one or two times we had to stop traffic for about half an hour, but that was all. We keeping pace with your racing kept disruptions for the wildlife and tourists to a minimum.” heart as your heightened senses Driving instead of crawling “Once the glass bottom for the skywalk was ready, we needed to move it from its manufacturing area to the skywalk take in the dizzying view. construction area. Our client suggested Issue 13 | 2014 MAMMOET WORLD 79 like ‘Wild’ Bill Peyto and Jimmy Simpson. It’s Skywalk module Columbia Icefield. The region is famous all over exciting to know that’s part of our history.” lifted into place. the world and we didn’t take the responsibility lightly. Developing a structure that would allow How did the Glacier Skywalk come about? visitors to completely immerse themselves in the “A few years back, the national park put together a surrounding environment without endangering working group to look at the overall guest the local wildlife was an absolute priority. We experience. One of the things they identified was challenged ourselves to do this properly, or not do the growing need for a more high-quality it at all. The design and engineering of the project interpretative experience. From that we worked were key to this commitment. Mammoet fully closely with Parks Canada to develop the vision of understood our drive and dedication and signed providing visitors a way to experience the canyon on completely.” from on high. First we thought of a suspension bridge, but that eventually evolved into the How important was safety? Glacier Skywalk. The overall guest experience “Safety was paramount because the operation took has to be balanced between a sense of adventure, place on a narrow road at extreme heights with education and maintaining ecological integrity traffic going by. Everything had to go absolutely and we feel this is what we achieved with the perfect because there was no recovering from an Glacier Skywalk. When we unveiled the design in accident. The engineering supervisors told me 2011, it won an award at the World Architecture that they were very comfortable with not only Festival. The judges described it as “a simple, Mammoet’s equipment, but also with the elegant yet highly emotional project.” operators and the way they dealt with the tough “The region situation.
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