It’s hard to say who had more fun during the 16th installment of Heavy Metal Rocks: the students or the instructors. Regardless, incredible lessons were shared, as experienced operators from the industry shared their experiences, tips, tricks and advice with the next genera
The future of the construction industry will once again be in the operator’s seat Thursday, April 11, for the return of the annual Heavy Metal Rocks. This year’s course offers the most variety of equipment for students to try out. Dawson Construction and Dawson Civil are
Five employees from our Dawson Construction crushing division attended an educational course last week at Port Kells Crushing School in Surrey, B.C., which focused on maintenance and repairs of their crushing equipment. Over the two-day program, our crushers learned how to ta
Reading about crankshafts and air intake systems in textbooks is a great way to learn about truck motors, but it’s quite the same as getting your hands on the real thing. That’s why the Trades and Technology Program at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) was thrilled to learn t
