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25kV service: critical path for Aspen Power Plant construction
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Build ~25 km of three-phase line and install a transformer to service the construction site of SaskPower’s new 370 MW natural gas power plant.
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Change Management Prevents $3.8M Sunk Costs
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In September 2022, when I assumed the role of Acting Program Manager, $6.6 million worth of cross-arm replacement projects had been designed, tendered, and were awaiting increased spending approval. Actual costs exceeding estimates prompted an investigation into the business case…
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Richard Road Rebuild – Multiphase 33km Pelican 3phase Backbone
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Approximately 1 km of the line was submerged in a slough, and with spring ice breakup expected in six months, the reliability risks were increasing. The project scope was divided into three phases, prioritizing risk mitigation, as completing the entire…
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118km of URD Replacement in 46 Areas
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Urban Residential Distribution in collaboration with the construction of SaskTel’s Infinet fiber network was at the program peak in 2020-21. It was the second largest Distribution Asset Management & Planning program at $18.3M. The scope was to design and install…
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N. Battleford 20km of URD Replacement
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Lead the design for the replacement of 20 km of Urban Residential Distribution (URD) at a cost of $2.97 million. Drilling (boring) once, under one contract to install SaskTel’s fiber network and replace SaskPower’s URD was the flagship Crown collaboration.…
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N. Battleford to Battleford 25kV Tie Line
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This project was initiated due to load growth in the town of Battleford. If operations required the entire town’s power generation to be supplied from North Battleford across the river, the capacity of the existing line was insufficient. The project…
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Root Cause Fix for Beckwith AVR Failures Caused by GPR
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Approximately once a year, four regulators north of Meadow Lake experienced failures in the Beckwith automatic voltage regulator (AVR). Due to the extremely sandy soil, O&M staff suspected that these failures were caused by Ground Potential Rise (GPR) affecting 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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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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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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