EXPERIENCE & PROFESSIONALISM

Efficiency: Contour's competitive advantage is minimizing helicopter use and maximizing efficiency to save you money. Our crews and our staging areas are well organized. We coordinate our work day with the pilots which leads to safer and more efficient heli-ops. We pride ourselves on our safe and speedy construction. We treat your budget like our own.

MINING EXPLORATION DIAMOND DRILL PADS

Our bread and butter!

We believe we are an industry leader when it comes to timber framed drill pad construction, due to management’s decades of builds in varied site conditions. Our consulting engineers are available to confirm that your drilling contractor’s proposed designs can handle expected loads. We ensure our construction methodology is environmentally friendly.

Contour’s crew leads have built pads on uneven hummocky terrain, swampy ground, steep mountainsides, glaciers, intertidal sites, environmentally sensitive areas, riparian zones, setups where blasting is required, on frozen lakes, on permafrost, and in coastal regions with large timber.

REVERSE CIRCULATION (RC) DRILL PADS

Each drill type necessitates a unique platform, and we have the expertise to construct them all. From small hornet drills with basic beam setups on the ground to more extensive 32' x 32' platforms featuring fall arrest decks, 30' compressor racks, survival shack platforms, separate helipads, and sampling platforms, we've done it all. Whatever your requirements may be, we've got you covered!

GEOTECHNICAL & GEOENVIRONMENTAL DRILL PADS

Contour's crew leads have built pads for numerous geotechnical site evaluation programs. We have built on the side of highways, in intertidal zones, tailings ponds, etc. We have built platforms for tracked rigs and large sonic drills.

In addition to your drill pads, we have senior geotechnicians on staff who know what your geologists and samplers need and we will outfit slingable sampling rooms for your geological rig personnel

HELIPADS

Optimism and a good drill plan will only get you so far. Eventually, you're going to need a helicopter...Our crews love building helipads.

ENGINEERED PAD DESIGNS

Every drill type, drill contractor, and each and every site, present unique challenges when it comes to constructing the safest and most productive drill platforms. Our engineered pad designs ensure consistent construction methodologies, allowing us to reuse materials efficiently at the next site.

With decades of experience constructing timber-framed drill platforms on steep slopes, glaciers, permafrost, and intertidal zones, we understand how to navigate complex terrain challenges.

Continuous collaboration with structural and geotechnical engineers has refined our approach, ensuring we build safe, stable platforms in even the most demanding locations. We know how to construct these structures properly—and just as importantly, we recognize when a site is unsafe.

WELL TRAINED CREWS

We pride ourselves on the professionalism of our workers.

All Contour crew members have the following certifications;

• OFA level 1 first aid w/transportation endorsement

• SiteReadyBC (includes WHMIS 2015)

• Working at Heights

• BC Forest Safety Basic Chainsaw Operator

• Bear Aware

• Helicopter Safety & Suspended loads training

All Crew Leads have additional certifications including;

• BC Mines Supervisor certificates

• Yukon - First Line Supervisor - Exploration certification

• NT-WSCC- Supervisor Level II - Exploration Certificates

• WorksafeBC, Supervising for Safety

In addition to being well trained, our crews all know that we are a service company, and at your project to assist however we can. We don’t believe in “out of scope”. If we can assist your project in anyway, please ask our crew leads.