Author: Eramosa

The City of Calgary has awarded their first Water Services Automation Master Plan project to the team of Associated Engineering, Eramosa Engineering and Opus Dayton-Knight. Prior to this project our firms were part of a team involved in conducting a Value Analysis with the City in 2010.

This project will review the existing installed automation systems at the various water, wastewater and storm facilities within the City, develop goals and objectives for the automation master plan, review industry trends and direction, evaluate the business requirements and how technology can assist in realizing the goals of the City, determine the fundamental functions of the automation system, define a system topology and architecture, identify communication strategies and security, and provide an implementation plan for the City going forward.  In addition to the technical aspects of the project, our team will be working with the City to identify resource requirements for the ongoing maintenance and development of the system. We are pleased to be a key partner with the City on this strategic initiative.

Eramosa Engineering is also pleased to announce that we have opened an office in Calgary to service Western Canada.

The Township of Centre Wellington recently completed a major SCADA upgrade to the Fergus water system.   The upgrade consisted of  changing out the existing Bristol Babcock Network 3000 and ControlWave RPUs to Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLCs for the eight (8) water sites servicing the Town of Fergus as well as miscellaneous instrumentation upgrades for enhanced control of the facilities. Procon Niagara was the successful contractor retained for the installation.  Eramosa completed the CompactLogix PLC programming, iFix programming, commissioning of the system and report development. As a component of the SCADA upgrades a new wireless IP based SCADA network was installed and commissioned at each of the water sites to replace the legacy serial radios utilized by the Bristol controllers.  Eramosa worked closely with the Township’s IT department for the installation and commissioning of the new IP wireless network.  The Fergus and Elora Water and wastewater facilities have now all been migrated over to the Allen-Bradley and iFix platforms and the new wireless IP network.  With the completion of the Fergus Water SCADA upgrades, Eramosa is now working with the Township on the Fergus Wastewater Treatment Plant SCADA upgrades, scheduled for completion by the Summer of 2011.  Once the Fergus Wastewater Treatment Plant SCADA upgrades are completed the last remaining facility to be upgraded will be the Elora Wastewater Treatment Plant.

The Region of Waterloo is upgrading the infrastructure to supply drinking water to Zone 7 in Waterloo and the outlying rural areas in St. Agatha.  As part of the overall upgrades the Zone 7 Booster Pumping Station is being upgraded with an expanded MCC line up, control system and instrumentation upgrade, VFD replacements, as well as various process and mechanical upgrades to improve and expand the capabilities of the pumping station.  Eramosa, along with Gamsby & Mannerow, completed the electrical and I&C components of the upgrade including the replacement of the existing SCADAPack to the Region’s new standard SCADAPack357 and GE QuickPanel View.  Eramosa will continue to assist as the project enters the CA phase through the development of the software for the updated controls of the station. Commissioning is expected to be completed by Spring 2011.