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Rainfall in Revelstoke 23 Jun 2013 | 02:00 am
Spillway of Revelstoke Dam Although the rivers around Revelstoke are higher this week than they had been, it seems we narrowly missed receiving a much larger volume of rain over Wednesday and Thursda...
Montreal – 1.3 Million Residents under Boil Water Advisory 23 May 2013 | 05:40 am
Montreal has a problem: Routine maintenance gone wrong at one of Montreal’s biggest water filtration plants spurred the largest boil water advisory in the city’s history Wednesday, forcing schools to ...
Revelstoke Dam 22 May 2013 | 02:30 am
Engineers seem to love rituals, but one unspoken engineering ritual that I love to partake in, is to view the greatest examples of engineering, great buildings, bridges, tunnels, canals and even sewer...
Designing for Hazards – A Wall of Lake Ice 13 May 2013 | 11:39 pm
Who is responsible for determining the impact and designing to protect against manmade or natural disasters on your home or neighborhood? A local state of emergency has been declared in a western Mani...
Swales 11 Apr 2013 | 09:00 pm
Since moving to the interior of British Columbia back in 2007, I have had many discussions with engineering types about the benefits of the alternatives to the curb and gutter / catchbasin paradigm. I...
The Cumulative Effects of Obstructive Complexity 18 Feb 2013 | 09:05 pm
Cumulative effects are very important. I shared the following article with my wife Robyn this week, and she shared many of the same frustrations as Scott just that very night at the local supermarket....
Blog Admin 14 Feb 2013 | 06:09 am
Just an update, I've changed the commenting form to be livefyre powered. This allows for deeper social media engagement on posts and allows you to sign in for commenting through social media website l...
Engineers Driving us Crazy 22 Jan 2013 | 06:39 am
The urban experience is helped or hindered by elements that are ulitmately the responsibility of Civil Engineers. Despite this obvious statement, many of the urban form frustrations we experience day ...
Fences 12 Dec 2012 | 08:00 pm
Our backyard in Langley had a fence, a tall fence. It wasn’t just a backyard either, it was a side yard and even fronted the street on one section. The fence was imposing, and as added protection, the...
A Move to Revelstoke 14 Nov 2012 | 08:30 pm
The news is out. I am pleased to advise that the City of Revelstoke has hired Mike Thomas to take charge of the Engineering Department effective November 29th, 2012. This post was written by Mike Th...
