WorkSafeBC has fined three companies $184K in penalties after a worker was injured by the collapse of a rebar tower at the construction site of the University of Victoria’s new engineering lab. WorkSafeBC said that the structure “had not been supported according to standing practice and there were no written instructions from a professional engineer regarding the bracing of the tower.” The prime contractor Bird Construction GP Limited was fined $140K for failing to ensure all partially assembled structures were supported as necessary, while Viking Reinforcing Ltd and ARM Reinforcing Ltd were fined $36K and $7K respectively for failing to ensure the structures were supported and for failing to provide their workers with the necessary information.
