SaskEnergy’s Safe Digging Excellence Award celebrates organizations committed to safe digging and community safety.
Westcor Contracting has received SaskEnergy’s Safe Digging Excellence Award for its long-standing commitment to protecting people and underground infrastructure.
Based in Weyburn, Westcor Contracting is a powerline construction company that serves southern Saskatchewan.
“People could be without some pretty important services that they need if we were to damage infrastructure, and it could be for extended periods of time, so that is something for us to keep in mind,” said Ryan Bousfield, Partner with Westcor Contracting. “We want to take the utmost care to make sure that any utilities that we're crossing, we do so safely.”
By following safe digging practices, companies help to prevent injuries, avoid damage to property and underground infrastructure, and keep their projects moving without delay. With close to 88,000 kilometres of natural gas lines, SaskEnergy relies on these practices to maintain the safety and reliability of its system and meet the energy needs of more than 415,000 homes and businesses throughout the province.
“Preventing damage to underground infrastructure depends on everyone working together to prioritize safe digging,” said Kevin Adair, Executive Vice President, Customer Service Operations for SaskEnergy. “By recognizing leaders such as Westcor Contracting, SaskEnergy is highlighting companies that value safety as strongly as we do and lead by example within the digging community.”
In its second year of the award, SaskEnergy is once again honouring three Saskatchewan businesses in the excavating industry. Each business completed at least 25 line locate requests annually over the past three years and had no contacts with natural gas infrastructure.
The Safe Digging Excellence Award was presented to Westcor Contracting at the Dig Safe breakfast in Weyburn on April 23, 2026. Fedorowich Construction Limited was announced as a SaskEnergy Safe Digging Excellence Award winner on April 8 in Yorkton and F. Peters Excavating was named a recipient on April 21 in Saskatoon.
For more than 30 years, the Saskatchewan Common Ground Alliance (SCGA) has hosted Dig Safe breakfasts in communities throughout the province. The breakfasts are held throughout April, which is Dig Safe month and the unofficial start of the spring digging season.
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