Substations energized. Pump stations commissioned. Treatment plants started up. Water and wastewater systems operated, maintained and capital-planned. Power, process and municipal infrastructure across western Canada.
Power Infrastructure
Generation, transmission, substations and grid modernization. Our core sector, and the one where our field authority runs deepest.
138kV to 13.8kV Municipal Substation and Distribution Build
Southern Alberta · 2019–2021 · Construction Manager
Two 138/13.8kV transformers, five 1200A circuit breakers, eight 138kV disconnect switches, three E-House buildings and two 138kV A-frame receiving structures
Rough grading, helical piles and steel caps, electrical trenching and duct bank, transformer oil containment civil works, precast vaults, access road and fencing
Transformer receipt and impact-recorder verification, grillage setting, bushing and conservator installation, vacuum pull and oil fill
Five kilometres of dual-circuit 25kV distribution to the client utility, with SCADA and fibre coordination
Outage window coordination with utility operations, quality documentation audit, commissioning and energization
Owner-side construction management of a utility substation from raw grade through energization.
Transmission Substation Program, Three Sites
Greater Edmonton · 2016–2018 · Site Manager
27 MVAr 138kV capacitor bank, reactor, point-on-wave breaker, bus system, isolation air switch, metering and control
Two new dead-end A-frame structures and two new 138kV circuits brought into an energized facility
Held permit, letter of authorization and switching order authority, coordinating multiple persons in charge under separate bonding and grounding permits
Quality audit of transmission foundations, including bucket piles, caissons and grillages, and of structures for plumb, torque, grounding and insulator clipping
Conductor stringing and dead-end tie-in oversight
Quality assurance and safe-work authority on live transmission assets.
Thermal Generation Major Maintenance and Outage Program
Central Alberta · 2006–2010 · Outage Coordination and Maintenance Supervision
Planned and executed major outage and shutdown projects on coal-fired generating units across two stations
Developed work packages, cost and budget forecasts and procurement plans supporting delivery and commissioning
Supervised trades and contractors on a 2,100 MW plant across planned and emergent work
Constructability review, scope development, change management, and cost and schedule reporting to leadership
Life-cycle cost modelling, asset reliability and failure investigation, and condition-monitoring tooling
Outage governance where a day of overrun has a dollar figure attached.
Transit Facility Electrification and Grid Upgrade
Calgary · 2022–2023 · Site Manager
Retrofit of smart charging systems into an operating municipal transit facility, including power grid upgrade
Oversight of three prime contractors working concurrently in a facility that stayed in service
Commissioning, start-up and testing of new units
Developed and implemented turnover packages for the municipal owner
Construction inside a live public facility without interrupting the service it provides.
Water and Wastewater
Treatment, collection, distribution and pumping. Experience on both sides of the table: operating and capital-planning the systems, and building them.
Regional Municipal Water and Wastewater Utility
Calgary Region · 2013–2014 · Owner-Side Site Manager
Led utility operations for water distribution and wastewater collection and treatment serving two municipalities
Built and defended a 20-year capital growth and rehabilitation plan valued at approximately $75 million
Managed operating and out-of-scope budgets of approximately $5 million
Directed staff and contractors against regulatory compliance, service reliability and operational performance targets
Coordinated with municipal stakeholders, including First Nation communities, on service delivery and infrastructure planning
We have sat in the owner's chair on a multi-municipality utility, from daily operations to the long-range capital plan.
Major Wastewater Treatment Plant Maintenance Program
Edmonton · 2010–2013 · Maintenance Manager
Managed maintenance execution and workforce planning at a major wastewater treatment plant
Led a multidisciplinary unionized workforce through planned maintenance delivery
Planned maintenance programs, forecast resources and controlled an annual department budget of approximately $7 million
Led safety, environmental, business impact and human resource investigations
Understanding of what a treatment asset costs to keep running, which is where most capital decisions are actually settled.
Regional Water Pumping Facility Upgrades and Commissioning, Five Sites
Central Alberta · 2022–2023 · Owner's Inspector
Oversaw commissioning across five water pumping facilities on a single regional system
Managed upgrades to facilities that remained in service throughout
Audited contractor quality control exhibits against specification
Coordinated turnover and commissioning activities and sequenced start-up procedures across the sites
Multi-site commissioning discipline across a dispersed water system, not a single-site mindset stretched thin.
Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant
Central Alberta · 2024–2025 · Site Manager
Lift station, calamity tank and blowers, equalization tank, effluent buffer system, dissolved air flotation unit and sludge tank
Acid, caustic and polymer dosing systems with pneumatic control and panel-view HMI distribution
Process water treatment including reverse osmosis membranes, filtration and clean-in-place systems
Installation review, inspection, turnover documentation and start-up through to steady-state operation
Treatment process construction and start-up, not civil and mechanical installation alone.
Pipelines and Terminals
Linear corridor work, where the same facility type repeats across provinces and the discipline is in the repeatability.
Liquid Pipeline Pump Station Program, Six Stations
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba · 2012–2019 · Senior Site Coordinator
Six new pump stations delivered across five major pipeline expansion and reversal programs
5kV and 6.9kV mainline pumps, 138kV transformers, isolation and vacuum circuit breakers, variable frequency drives and control buildings
Substation expansion at each station
Mainline pump base plate levelling, grouting, alignment and final bolt-up
A standard facility type executed repeatedly, which is how schedule and cost certainty are actually built.
Pipeline Pumping Facility Electrical Program, Five Facilities
Western Alberta · 2021–2022 · Electrical Manager and Inspector
New 6.9kV pump installation across five pumping facilities on one corridor
New 138kV transformer, isolation and vacuum circuit breakers at a switchyard
New 6.9kV variable frequency drives and control buildings
Substation expansion at five stations, with turnover and commissioning coordination managed as one program rather than five jobs
Program-level technical authority across a dispersed linear corridor.
Terminal Electrical Service Building Replacement and Block Valve Works
Manitoba and Alberta · 2008–2012 · Owner's Electrical Inspector
Electrical service building replacement at a crude terminal: 5kV crossover bus, vacuum circuit breaker and load break switch, controls, six booster pumps and a new station transformer feed, overseen from civil through commissioning
Six-valve matrix manifold and pipeline relief conversions at a second terminal
Block valve sites including civil, utility directional bore, structural and electrical scope
Pre-bid and kickoff participation, contract and drawing compliance monitoring, daily and weekly reporting, work permitting
Brownfield terminal work where the asset cannot stop producing while you build.
Modular E-House Fabrication and Factory Acceptance Oversight
5kV and 13.8kV E-House inspection for a major oil sands operator
Factory acceptance test witnessing on control panels and distributed control systems
Vendor and sub-vendor compliance against purchase orders and specifications
Constructability input to engineering and schedule, with 30/60/90 model reviews across balance of plant, process and pipe rack
Catching fabrication and vendor defects in the shop, where they cost hours instead of weeks.
Industrial and Process
Facilities that have to produce, not just stand up. Carried from procurement through to optimized operation.
Dairy Processing Facility, Full Build
Central Alberta · 2024–2025 · Site Manager
Owner-side oversight of two general contractors across every project activity
Structure and envelope: precast walls and roof, pile installation and welding, building electrical and mechanical, process drainage, HVAC, underground sewer, water, gas and power
Services: 90°C boiler system, chillers, glycol and cooling tower, instrument and pure air, water filtration, domestic hot water, full variable frequency drive motor control centre lineup
Process and automation: clean-in-place, chemical storage, silo alley, alcove tank system, valve matrix, reverse osmosis membranes, separators, laboratory, control room, truck bays, scale and wash
Procurement, drawing and installation review, electrical and instrumentation inspection, SCADA and plant simulation, weld mapping and P&ID review, quality turnover, all switching and energization, commissioning, start-up and post-start-up optimization
A complete process facility taken from procurement to a plant that runs at rate.
Industrial Operations Leadership, Oil and Gas and Agriculture Processing
Western Canada · 2022–Present · Executive Operations
Accountability for execution, project delivery, safety, planning and business performance across production, processing and agriculture processing facilities
Operational planning, technical program execution and regulatory coordination
Delivery of strategic initiatives across commercial, technical and supply chain functions
Field operations across western Canada, including projects in First Nation regions
An operator's perspective applied to capital delivery, rather than a consultant's.
Mining
Power, controls and water treatment in remote operating environments. This one is current, and it is Fusion under its own name.
Gold Mine Redevelopment, Two Sites
Northwestern British Columbia · 2026–Ongoing · Integrated Owner's Team
Fusion personnel embedded directly inside the owner's project organization, not engaged at arm's length
Senior construction direction, owner's engineering, project coordination, procurement coordination and site supervision
A single owner-side team holding accountability while coordinating multiple independent specialist firms across electrical, instrumentation, controls, automation and specialty access and equipment scopes
Two separately governed and separately billed streams: engineering, and construction management
Specialist bench drawn in as the work requires, scaling up and down without carrying fixed overhead on the owner's books
This is the Fusion delivery model running live: an execution team inside the owner's organization, accountable to the owner's decision authority.
Owner Advisory, Pre-Construction and Capital
The front end, where the cost of a project is decided long before the first dollar is spent in the field.
Electrical Construction Pre-Construction Program
Western Canada · 2014–2025 · Estimating and Business Development Leadership
Pre-construction leadership across a sustained portfolio of electrical construction pursuits, from concept and bid strategy through execution planning
Cost estimating across a wide range of project sizes, covering labour, material, equipment, overhead and margin
Pre-construction planning sessions aligning execution strategy, coordination and readiness across owner, consultant and contractor groups
Pursuit strategies connecting pricing, execution approach, risk mitigation and schedule logic into a single defensible position
Built and led an estimating team through sustained peak demand
We can tell you what a project will really cost to build, because we have priced the work from the contractor's side of the table.
Infrastructure and Energy Technical Due Diligence
Western and Northern Canada · 2018–Present · Technical and Commercial Review
Technical review, risk identification and commercial assessment on energy and infrastructure opportunities
Advisory to private capital, including family offices and Indigenous-affiliated trust structures, supporting investment decisions
Multidisciplinary coordination across technical, commercial, legal, regulatory and financial workstreams
Diligence on resource projects in northern Canada, including Indigenous and community considerations
Capital-side scrutiny applied to construction reality, which is the bridge most projects are missing.
Thermal Generation Technology, Technical and Commercial Due Diligence
$35M · Owner and Investor Side · Diligence Lead
Diligence on an emerging thermal generation technology company: technology maturity, thermal-to-electric conversion pathway and industrial deployment model
Review of system integration requirements, performance claims and the validation materials behind them
Assessment of commercial readiness, scalability, intellectual property position and key execution risks
Structured findings delivered for a capital allocation decision, with sensitivities around performance, cost and adoption
Challenging a vendor's performance claims before an owner commits permanent generation infrastructure to them.
Project experience of Fusion Projects principals and senior team, held in owner, owner's representative, prime contractor and construction management roles. Client names, project values and references available on request.
