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Power Line Carrier Replacement at 3 Remote Northern Sites
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This project exemplified how an engaged field team can drive a major project from the ground up, rather than waiting for top-down planning. After ploughing fiber from North Battleford to Meadow Lake, the TeleControl team salvaged two sets of new…
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Special Protection Scheme for Customer Backup Generators
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The Lloydminster Husky Upgrader has backup generators that require periodic testing as part of a preventative maintenance plan. Backup generator operation can potentially backfeed the grid, so a special protection scheme is needed. Our five-person TeleControl team worked at both…
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Helicopter Only Access Repeater Station OPGW Connection
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The scope of work included trenching ~500 meters of fiber in conduit through the Canadian Shield, connecting the OPGW dead-end structure to the communications building. Installing and commissioning a Power Line Carrier (PLC) to fiber JMUX repeater, which was used…
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230kV Customer Interconnection at Potash Mine
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Utility/customer projects are always unique due to the teamwork and communication required between two organizations. This project demanded even more coordination, as it involved leading the commissioning at the mine site while simultaneously orchestrating the commissioning at three other SaskPower…
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138kV Customer Interconnection at Potash Mine
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Like all large industrial customers with a transmission connection to their customer-owned substation, utility protection, metering, and control are located onsite, interfacing with their equipment at a demarcation point. The project scope included installing a fiber optic connection to the…
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Queen Elizabeth D-Plant Expansion
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The Queen Elizabeth (QE) “D-Plant” project was an expansion of Saskatoon’s largest power plant. In terms of Communication Protection & Control (CP&C), it involved integrating a fourth location with the three existing critical locations within QE.
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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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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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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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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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