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Innovative Kootenay partnership wins clean energy award

Nov 15, 2017

TRAIL, BC – FortisBC, together with Selkirk College and Austin Engineering Inc., are winners of the Clean Energy BC ‘Operational Excellence’ award, which will be presented at the Clean Energy BC Generate 2017 Conference in Vancouver later this month.

“We are happy that FortisBC, Selkirk College and Austin Engineering are being recognized for this cutting-edge project”, says Darren McElhinney, Senior Project Manager, Generation, FortisBC Inc. “This technology provides real-time modelling of the Corra Linn dam against numerous factors, which is a powerful tool in portraying project concepts and details to diverse audiences. Our team believes that 3D modelling is a cost-effective and innovative method that can be used on projects from concept through to completion, and we are excited to see how it develops”. ​

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