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Distribution Projects | Generation Projects | System Protection & Control Projects | Transmission Projects
Distribution Projects
FortisBC – Waterford Substation Rebuild   Project Sheet -
Capacity increase of the existing station by replacing the transformer with a larger unit, upgrade the station protection, SCADA and ancillary systems, convert the station low voltage bus from 8kV to 13kV and add current limiting in-line reactors and neutral grounding reactor.
FortisBC - Westminster Station Breaker Replacement   Project Sheet -
A station upgrade by replacing the oil circuit breaker with a 72.5kV SF6 circuit breaker, replacing the circuit breaker foundation, installing new conduits, and adding a low gas alarm on the Protection and Control Panel.
FortisBC – Huth Station Breaker Replacement  
A station upgrade by replacing the Oil Circuit Breaker with a 72.5kV SF6 Circuit Breaker, replacing the circuit breaker foundation, installing new conduits, and adding a low gas alarm on the Protection and Control Panel.
Rover Street Station 5kV Breaker Upgrade  
Manitoba Hydro - Provided conceptual design, Class B budget, and scheduling for project as part of Manitoba Hydro team.
Albchem Substation  
Albchem Canada – Completed design services for new 30MVA substation, including grounding, P&C, relay settings, general arrangement and elevations.
University of Manitoba 2MW Generator   Project Sheet -
University of Manitoba/Manitoba Hydro - Completed mechanical and electrical design services for new generator with utility paralleling capabilities. The installation was the first independently owned dispatchable distributed generation on the Manitoba Hydro grid.
St. Lawrence Seaway Authority/St. Catharines Public Utility - Welland Canal  
Interconnection to 27.6kV - Ontario Hydro System, protections, fault calculations and co-ordination study for application of interconnection with Ontario Hydro.
Toronto District School Board  
Provided engineering services – drawings, specifications, contract administration for replacement of main transformers in four schools.
Queens Park - Toronto  
Complete tender documents for switchgear and transformers, three (3) year maintenance contract - Ontario Realty Corporation.
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Generation Projects
Tadoule Lake Generating Station Generator Addition  
Manitoba Hydro - Design specification of new generator switchgear, control and protection.
Long Sault Rapids Hydroelectric GS  
20MW connected to 115kV Grid – Algonquin Power - Complete project management responsibilities for project, managed subcontractors, engineering design, procurement, scheduling and cost tracking.
Rattlebrook Hydroelectric GS  
4MW connected to the 63kV Grid – Algonquin Power - Complete project management responsibilities for project, managed subcontractors, engineering design, procurement, scheduling and cost tracking.
Calstock  
45MW Co-generation - Trans-Canada Energy - High-Voltage Engineering: station layouts, equipment specifications, EWD, CWD, protection & control, telecommunications, short-circuit calculations and co-ordinations.
Toromont Energy - Waterloo  
Land-fill - Co-generation - Interconnection to Ontario Hydro System and Grounding Study.
Toromont Energy - Sudbury  
District Heating - Co-generation - Interconnection to Ontario Hydro System, Ground Design and Grounding Study.
Centre for Forensic - Toronto  
Diesel Generator / Peak Shaving - Feasibility Study and Design Implementation - Ontario Realty Corporation.
Union Gas - Dawn Operation Centre - Chatham  
Load Displacement of 5.8MW - Interconnection to 27.6kV Ontario Hydro System, Electrical Distribution and Protective Systems.
Canada Salt - Windsor  
Load Displacement 2.8MW - Interconnection to Ontario Hydro system, protections, grounding study.
General Chemicals - Windsor  
Load Displacement 4.8 MW - Interconnection to Ontario Hydro system, protections and grounding study.
CASCO - London  
Review of ground protection and voltage stability of 115 kV Transmission Line, supplying the co-generation plant.
Ontario Power Generation – Kakabeka GS  
Complete design of station service and overall protective relay scheme, including tender documents and project co-ordination.
Ontario Power Generation – Saunders GS  
Switchgear Room – Lighting and as-built drawings.
Ontario Power Generation – Smoky Falls GS  
Complete design of station service and overall protective relay scheme, including tender documents and project co-ordination.
Ontario Power Generation – Chenaux GS  
Design of station service, including tender documents and project co-ordination.
Ontario Power Generation – Beck GS  
Relay settings for generator and transformer units.
Ontario Power Generation – Barett Chutte GS  
Relay settings for generator and transformer units.
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System Protection & Control Projects
Manitoba Hydro 129V DC Upgrades  
Manitoba Hydro – Design for replacement and upgrades of battery, charger and station services for twenty-seven existing stations.
Court Avenue Station Bank 1 Addition  
Manitoba Hydro – Protection and control design for addition of new 50 MVA bank and upgrade of existing protection for existing bank.
Letelleir Station SEA Upgrade  
Manitoba Hydro – Completed design for upgrade of existing Sequence - of - Events Annunciator, addition of 150 new points.
Grand Rapids Station Northern AC Cross Trip  
Manitoba Hydro – Upgrade of existing protection and design of new cross tripping interface to comply with NERC standards.
Kelsey Station Northern AC Cross Trip  
Manitoba Hydro – Upgrade of existing protection and design of new cross tripping interface to comply with NERC standards.
Herblet Lake Station Northern AC Cross Trip  
Manitoba Hydro – Upgrade of existing protection and design of new cross tripping interface to comply with NERC standards.
Dorsey Bus Enhancement  
Manitoba Hydro - Review of protection report and scheduling to phase in bus and equipment upgrades at Dorsey converter station
Canada's Wonderland - Toronto  
Fault calculations & co-ordination study
Kapuskasing / North-Bay - Co-generation Plants  
Settings for 230 kV line protections
Hydro One Networks Inc. – Telecom  
Complete design of telecommunications between Humber NUG, Manby TS and Horner TS
Hydro One Networks Inc.  
Electrical engineering requirements for the new Operating Room – Middleport TS
Hydro One Networks Inc. – Protection & Control  
Engineering for modifications of line protections associated with 115 kV Transmission Lines in Niagara region
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Transmission Projects
Dorsey/Riel Structure  
Manitoba Hydro – Conceptual design of new 230kV, 500kV, 500kV DC termination and switching structures.
Herblet Lake Station Bank Addition  
Manitoba Hydro - Addition of new 50 MVA , 230kV-115kV transformer and 115kV transmission Line
Manitoba Hydro Estimating Services  
Manitoba Hydro – Conceptual design, A, B, C, and D level estimates for a variety of projects to $400M at 66kV – 500kV.
HBM&S 115kV Distribution  
Hudson’s Bay Mining and Smelting - New 115kV transmission line and structures.
Atlantic Packaging  
New 1500kVA transformer and switchgear, layout, EWD and CWD.
Hydro One Networks Inc.  
Over 15 NUG interconnections on various Voltage Levels
FortisBC – Grand Forks Terminal Station  
Protections, equipment and communications upgrades to the existing 230kV Terminal Station.
FortisBC – Transformer Bank Specification and Inspections  
Development of specifications for eight new transformer banks, tender evaluations and inspections during the course of manufacture.
FortisBC – Kettle Valley Substation  
New 40MVA Greenfield Substation - Provision of conceptual design including General Arrangement, Single Line Operational and Protection drawings, high level budget and scope.
FortisBC – Lambert Terminal  
New 75MA, 230-69kV Transformer Bank addition - Provision of conceptual design including General Arrangement, Single Line Operational and Protection drawings, high level budget and scope.
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