Wednesday I had the opportunity to speak at a unique seminar organized by Consortech in Montreal which brought together civil and structural engineers and GIS folks in the same room. Pierre Genest, the president of […]
As I have blogged on several occasions (here, here and here) Ontario is in several ways leading the charge in the green power revolution in North America. It started in 2004 when as part of […]
The Government of Ontario is moving forward rapidly on a planned expansion to the electric power transmission network in the province. Last September the Government asked Hydro One to immediately proceed with planning and implementing […]
Data quality is a serious issue at most utilities and telecoms and is becoming more critical as we move into the era of intelligent networks such as smart grid. Field staff in utilities are frustrated […]
The Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco has got some fascinating exhibits that illustrate the design process that takes a great idea and turns it into a reality. There are more than 20 […]
City council in Ottawa is looking at increasing water and wastewater rates by 10% in 2010 to address issues arising from aging infrastructure. This is in addition to a 4% municipal tax increase. The City […]
The Environment Minister has released a draft of proposed municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations, which are designed to set standards for the discharge from all 4,000 wastewater facilities in Canada. Fundamentally it will no longer […]
Ontario has committed to phasing out all coal power generation by 2014. I’m not sure that it is entirely clear how that is going to be done, since something like 19% of power generation in […]