Reference no: EM133547713

Question: Rachel Hawks is just settling in to a new position as junior engineer at a well-respected but small company located in a northern Canadian community. She and her husband have made the difficult decision to move away from extended family and her husband's teaching position so that Rachel may further her career. Her husband has been unable to find work in his field, and the prospects for the near future seem pretty slim at best. Rachel's colleagues are hardworking and adopt the highest standards for safety in all projects, but she finds out that unbeknownst to her, the company has been having difficulty obtaining contracts because of a downturn in the economy, and if the situation gets much worse, it is likely the company will have to consider laying off employees or even worse declare bankruptcy. Rachel's first task is to develop a proposal for a new bridge that would connect the local mainland municipality to the isolated Indigenous community across the water. Currently, the only way members of the Indigenous community can access services in the larger community and have products and medical supplies transported overland by truck to the community is during the winter months via an ice