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Northern Mine Special Protection Scheme over Power Line Carrier
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A special protection scheme was required for a mine in Northern Saskatchewan, serviced by one of the longest unloaded transmission lines in the world. The solution involved adding a component to modify the existing power line carrier to transmit a…
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190km Fiber Optic Install – North Battleford to Meadow Lake
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In a collaboration between SaskTel and SaskPower, plans were laid to install approximately 190 km of fiber optic cable from North Battleford to Meadow Lake
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Aberdeen & Martensville CP&C
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As part of the Saskatoon Area Reinforcement (SAR) project, two new transmission stations—Aberdeen and Martensville—were built. As a member of the SaskPower TeleControl crew, I personally led the installation and commissioning of the entire Communication Protection & Control (CP&C) fiber…
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Aberdeen & Martensville Station Fiber Optic Connection
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As part of the Saskatoon Area Reinforcement (SAR) project, two new transmission stations—Aberdeen and Martensville—required connections to the existing fiber optic network. In total, approximately 40 km of new fiber optic cable was installed. As a member of the SaskPower…
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Fiber Optic Emergency Break Repair
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A fiber optic cable carrying critical traffic was accidentally ripped when an excavator failed to call for locates. A temporary repair was completed to restore traffic until a permanent repair could be organized. To minimize the disruption the repair was…
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New IR Imaging Maintenance Program for Dairy Facility
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Saputo Foods values plant reliability, so they were naturally interested in learning more about incorporating InfraRed (IR) imaging into their preventative maintenance program. Sharing knowledge is one of my core values, so before I began imaging the plant, I found…
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FERTILIZER SUBSTATION AND PLANT EXPANSION
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Increasing the electrical system by 10 MVA was required to support the demand for the planned plant expansion. The electrical scope included adding one 138 kV transformer to the customer-owned substation, four 5 kV motors, and approximately twenty 600 V…
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230kV Customer Owned Substation Maintenance and Support
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As part of a 6 person crew contracted to assemble a 75MVA, 34.5kV/138kV we assembled, vacuum filled, and commissioned under an aggressive 24 hour/day schedule.
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Wind Farm 75MVA Collector Transformer Assembly
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As part of a 6 person crew contracted to assemble a 75MVA, 34.5kV/138kV we assembled, vacuum filled, and commissioned under an aggressive 24 hour/day schedule.
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30MW Boiler required substation expansion
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Steam was required for the mine mill after smelting operations were discontinued. As a solution, a new 30 MW Cleaver-Brooks boiler was installed, including a new substation transformer, high voltage apparatus, switchgear, and DCS integration. Responsible for leading the commissioning…