As the annual bidding and negotiating tournament for 2014 silviculture work winds down I thought I would offer a few of my half-baked opinions on the market. Of course, as you all know, opinions are by definition half-baked, as they are based on the information available at the time. Therefore opinions may be incomplete. Being … Read more
Proposed resource road radio protocols, provincial frequency reduction and programmable radio use: Last month resource road truck drivers and government officials met in Prince George in response to a B.C. Coroner’s recommendation that the BC Forest Safety Council establish standardized resource road radio protocols for the province. The WSCA represented the silviculture industry which contributes … Read more
Silvicultural contractors will ask Workers¹ Compensation Board executives to review regulations governing the assignment of prime contractor status on silvicultural work sites. Increasingly forest companies have engaged in downloading prime contractor status onto silvicultural contractors. Contractors have objected to this responsibility saying they have little control over the conditions they find on worksites after harvesting … Read more