SaskEnergy Safe Digging Excellence Award celebrates organizations committed to safe digging and community safety.
SaskEnergy is pleased to recognize Parkland Contracting and Vac Services with a SaskEnergy Safe Digging Excellence Award.
The Yorkton-based company provides utility construction services in the Yorkton area and is being recognized with the SaskEnergy award thanks to their commitment to safe digging and community safety.
“Hitting a line would impact the safety of our employees and our business financially and those are risks we aren’t willing to take,” said Gary Lake, owner of Parkland Contracting and Vac Services. “The benefits of getting a line locate outweigh the risks. It benefits our business by ensuring we don’t hit a line.”
Companies who follow safe digging practices are protecting community safety by reducing the risk of property damage and personal injury while ensuring their projects can be completed on time. With nearly 88,000 kilometres of buried gas line, serving more than 400,000 urban and rural customers across the province, maintaining the safety and integrity of its system is a key focus of SaskEnergy and promoting safe digging practices is an important part of this work.
“The Safe Digging Excellence Award was created to recognize and celebrate contractors like Parkland Contracting and Vac Services, who reduce the risk of damage to underground infrastructure in their daily work,” said Kevin Adair, Executive Vice President, Customer Service Operations for SaskEnergy. “Over the past three years, SaskEnergy has experienced record low contacts with our buried infrastructure thanks to the actions of the digging community. Contractors like Parkland Contracting and Vac services are setting an example in how they approach their work around buried infrastructure, and this award is about celebrating their efforts.”
In the first year of the award, SaskEnergy is recognizing three Saskatchewan businesses. Each has completed at least 25 line locates per year over the last three years and has experienced zero contacts with underground infrastructure.
This award was presented to Parkland Contracting and Vac Services at the Dig Safe breakfast at St. Mary’s Centre in Yorkton on April 16, 2025. The first of the three awards was presented to Yaremy Screw Piles of Melfort on April 3rd in Tisdale. The third recipient will be announced on April 24th in Weyburn.
The Dig Safe breakfasts are hosted by the Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance (SCGA) in communities across Saskatchewan during April, which is Dig Safe month and the unofficial start of spring digging season.
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