David Barr Award
David Barr Award
Posted by Hy-Tech Drilling on February 21, 2012
Congratulations to Harvey Tremblay and all the Staff at Hy-Tech Drilling for receiving the David Barr Award; our focus on safety has paid off. The award is presented annually to those who have demonstrated leadership and innovation excellence in exploration safety.
Harvey was recognized for his dedication to health and safety in the diamond drilling industry. Harvey founded Hy-Tech Drilling Ltd. in Smithers, BC in 1991 and has developed the operation from a single drill to a current fleet of 20 drills throughout Canada and 10 drills through a subsidiary company in Europe.
Hy-Tech has developed safe innovative drilling programs in the challenging terrain of British Columbia and has been a partner with Northwest Community College in the Surface Diamond Driller’s Helper program since 2005. This industry education partnership equips students with the skills required to work safely in a challenging environment.
Hy-Tech is OHSAS 18001 safety certified, and delivers programs that include dry camps, weekly safety meetings, and a work safe training program. Harvey’s success with Hy-Tech is also attributed to the knowledge that drill contracting is not just about the tools, but thepeople. Hy-Tech trains and hires personnel who view drilling as a career, recognize the physical and emotional requirements of the profession, and are resourceful to contend with the variables that occur on the job.
Hy-Tech’s innovations and philosophy have enabled several mineral exploration companies to have incident free seasons. In 2004, Redfern Resources Ltd., for example, received AME BC’s Annual Safety Award (now the Safe Day Everyday Gold Award) for a record made possible with Hy-Tech’s lost-time-incident-free record as drilling contractor.
Harvey has been a director of AME BC since 2007 as the representative for Northwestern BC. He is also a director of the Canadian Diamond Drilling Association.