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GEOHAZARD CHANGE DETECTION RESEARCH PROJECT
AWARD OF MERIT
Studies, Software and Special Services FIRM: KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER LTD.
CLIENT/OWNER: ALBERTA TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC CORRIDORS
LOCATION: ALBERTA
Alberta’s sustainable economic growth requires continued safe and reliable economic corridors. Transportation and Economic Corridors (TEC) manages hundreds of active geohazard sites that impact the province’s highways. Many geohazards, which include unstable soil slopes and embankments, rock falls, subgrades and retaining walls, extend beyond the highway right-of-way onto private or crown land in natural terrain, frequently in remote or inaccessible areas. Traditional monitoring techniques can be financially onerous with negative impacts on the environment and employee safety.
Klohn Crippen Berger and the University of Alberta have partnered to establish a research program aimed at enhancing TEC’s geohazard management strategy. The research focuses on evaluation of geohazard monitoring techniques, enhancement of risk management practices, reduction of environmental footprint, and reduction of impacts outside the highway right-of-way.
TENT MOUNTAIN RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPLEX
AWARD OF MERIT
Sustainable Design
FIRM: GHD LIMITED
CLIENT/OWNER: EVOLVE POWER LOCATION: CROWSNEST PASS, ALBERTA
The Tent Mountain Renewable Energy Complex (TM-REX) Project is the proposed redevelopment of a disturbed legacy metallurgical coal mine site near Crowsnest Pass, Alberta. This transformational, integrated project is a first-of-its-kind globally. The challenge for Evolve was to find a way to deliver a sustainable and socially accepted project with strong economic value that could attract investment and utilize the unique features of the site and location. The resulting project includes a pumped hydro energy storage facility (PHES), a green hydrogen production electrolyzer and a wind farm off-site (to be owned by the Piikani First Nation).
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JUDGES’ COMMENTS
Taking a former mine site and turning it into a renewable energy complex is a unique accomplishment. The various technologies and methods for generation, storage and production of energy all come together in an on-site symbiosis, with spin off benefits for nearby Indigenous residents and industry. Definitely a model to revisit at future locations.
JUDGES’ COMMENTS
This project hit all the marks for the category. A focus on safety and risk management not only for the customer, but also for those doing the monitoring. Cost savings into the future and larger scale monitoring are direct benefits of the innovative methodologies used.
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