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Resident described home 'shaking' after June blast; Stantec says instrument readings were below limits
Summary
A resident reported that a June 1 morning blast caused strong shaking of a home and computer monitor; Stantec relayed the complaint but reported that both vibration and air-overpressure readings for that blast were below permitted limits.
At the July 28 Quarry Monitoring Committee meeting, a Stantec representative relayed a June 1 resident complaint saying the blast 'was excessive, shaking my entire home and PC monitor' and that it prompted the resident’s first complaint in nearly 20 years.
The Stantec representative said the blast occurred in the central pit area and that measured vibration and air-overpressure values for that specific event were below the committee’s permitted thresholds. “The air over pressure and the, vibration were both well below the limits,” the presenter said when describing the June 1 event.
Committee members asked about the geographic origin of the complaint; Stantec said the reported location was southeast of the quarry (south of Drexel and east of 51st Street), different from more typical complaint locations. The committee also discussed the challenge of source attribution: Stantec’s drive-alongs found curb gravel and debris but could not conclusively link those deposits to quarry trucks.
The transcript contains an internal inconsistency on complaint counts: the presenter twice stated 'there were 2 complaints for the 0.25' and then described one blast-related complaint plus two dust/debris complaints. The discrepancy was not resolved on the record.
