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Golden Lake Substation – Phase 1 & 2
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To meet an aggressive schedule, Phase 1 of the Golden Lake switching station involved building a greenfield substation with a single 230kV-25kV transformer and three secondary feeders. TeleControl was the only SaskPower group involved during the construction phase, our scope…
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130km Fiber Optic Install – Critical Path to Golden Lake Success
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Phase 1 of Golden Lake Substation was being constructed on an aggressive schedule, and TeleControl was positioned to materialize a massive opportunity to put the project ahead of schedule! If we could plough 130km of fiber optics, and make changes…
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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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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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100km Fiber Optic Preventative Maintenance – Pilot Project
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For the first time since the TeleControl team at SaskPower began installing fiber optics, I initiated a preventative maintenance project to inspect and repair one of our fiber lines, which was approximately 20 years old.
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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…