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Mechanical, electrical & life safety: services
- Mechanical system inspections
- Electrical system inspections
- Air and water filtration system inspections
- Compressed air system inspections
- Diesel generator inspections
- Elevator and escalator inspections
- Crane inspections
- Ladder and scaffolding inspections
- Fire inspections, verification and monitoring
- Fire investigations
- AED inspections
Building systems guides
- How commercial HVAC systems work
- Rooftop unit maintenance
- Boiler inspection basics
- A furnace maintenance checklist
- Testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) explained
- Ventilation and indoor air quality
- HRV vs ERV: which one fits your building?
- Heat pumps in cold climates
- Building automation systems
- Energy audits explained
- Commissioning a new building
- LEED certification basics
- HVAC filters and MERV ratings
- Legionella and cooling towers
- Water filtration systems for buildings
- Backflow prevention and testing
- Compressed air leaks and what they cost
- Compressed air system safety
- Standby generator maintenance
- Generator load bank testing
- Diesel fuel quality and storage
- Automatic transfer switches
- Infrared thermography for electrical systems
- Arc flash basics
- Switchgear and panel maintenance
- Grounding and bonding explained
- Emergency lighting and exit sign testing
- Elevator maintenance and inspections
- Escalator safety for building owners
- Overhead crane inspections: frequent and periodic
- Rigging and sling inspection
- A ladder inspection checklist
- A scaffold inspection checklist
- Fire alarm system inspections
- Fire alarm verification explained
- How fire alarm monitoring works
- Sprinkler system inspections
- Fire extinguisher inspections
- Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- How a fire investigation works
- An AED maintenance checklist
- Where to place an AED
Electrical engineering: services
- Electrical design for buildings
- Power distribution design
- Lighting design and controls
- Emergency and standby power design
- Short-circuit and coordination studies
- Arc flash studies and labelling
- EV charging design
- Solar PV system design
- Service upgrades and load calculations
- Fire alarm system design
- Data centre electrical design
- Sound masking systems
- VESDA and OSID smoke detection
- Distributed antenna systems (DAS)
- Network design for buildings
- Building automation system design
- Instrumentation and controls
- UPS system design
- Access control systems
- Intrusion and security systems
- Video surveillance design
- Perimeter intrusion detection
- Duress and panic alarm systems
Electrical engineering guides
- How power gets from the street to the outlet
- Single-line diagrams explained
- Transformers in commercial buildings
- 120/208 V vs 347/600 V systems
- Three-phase power basics
- Panelboards, switchboards and MCCs
- Conductor sizing and voltage drop
- Canadian Electrical Code basics for owners
- Electrical permits and inspections
- Reading electrical drawings and specifications
- Electrical design for tenant renovations
- Receptacle and circuit planning
- Power quality and harmonics
- Surge protection for buildings
- Electrical load calculations
- When to upgrade your electrical service
- Demand charges and power factor
- Available fault current explained
- Selective coordination of breakers and fuses
- Ground fault protection: GFCI and GFP
- Reading an arc flash label
- What happens in an arc flash study
- Lighting levels and good lighting design
- LED lighting retrofits
- Lighting controls: sensors, daylight and scheduling
- Emergency power vs standby power
- UPS systems for buildings
- How generators are sized
- EV charging levels explained
- EV load management
- EV charging in condos and multi-unit buildings
- How a building solar PV system works
- Net metering and microgeneration in Canada
- Battery energy storage for buildings
- Motors, starters and VFDs
- Electrical equipment in hazardous locations
- How a fire alarm system works
- Fire alarm devices: detectors, pull stations and signals
- Addressable vs conventional fire alarm systems
- Voice evacuation and two-stage alarms
- Data centre redundancy: N, N+1 and 2N
- The data centre power chain, from utility to rack
- Rack PDUs and power monitoring
- How sound masking works
- Speech privacy in open offices
- Tuning a sound masking system
- How aspirating smoke detection (VESDA) works
- Open-area beam smoke detection (OSID)
- Where very early smoke detection makes sense
- What is a distributed antenna system?
- In-building public safety radio coverage
- Passive, active and hybrid DAS
- Network topology for buildings
- VLANs and network segmentation
- Building network redundancy
- Converged networks for building systems
- BACnet and Modbus explained
- BAS points and sequences of operation
- Cybersecurity for building automation
- Sensors and transmitters: instrumentation basics
- 4–20 mA current loops
- PLCs and control panels
- Instrument calibration
- Generator installation: room, exhaust and fuel
- Generator paralleling
- Transfer sequences: what happens when the power fails
- UPS topologies: standby, line-interactive and online
- UPS batteries and runtime
- UPS bypass and maintenance
- How access control works
- Access control credentials: cards, mobile and biometrics
- Access control, door hardware and safe egress
- Intrusion alarm systems explained
- Security alarm monitoring and response
- Layered security design
- IP camera system design
- Camera placement and pixel density
- Video storage and retention
- Video surveillance and privacy in Canada
- Perimeter detection technologies compared
- Fence-mounted and buried perimeter sensors
- Perimeter detection with video analytics
- Duress and panic alarms explained
- Personal duress systems that locate staff
- Planning the response to a duress alarm
- Exterior and security lighting
- Lighting for video surveillance
- Emergency lighting design
- Cable pathways, conduit and tray
- Telecom grounding and bonding
- Fire alarm interfaces with HVAC, doors and elevators
Wireless & communications systems: services
Wireless & communications guides
- What is a WiFi site survey?
- Predictive vs on-site WiFi surveys
- WiFi heat maps explained
- RSSI, SNR and signal strength
- Why −67 dBm is the WiFi design target
- Common sources of WiFi interference
- Troubleshooting slow WiFi
- WiFi channel planning
- 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz: choosing WiFi bands
- WiFi 6, 6E and 7 explained
- Access point placement
- High-density WiFi design
- WiFi for warehouses and industrial sites
- WiFi for healthcare facilities
- WiFi for hotels
- WiFi for schools
- Guest WiFi done safely
- WPA3 and 802.1X authentication
- WiFi roaming and handoff
- Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- RFID and asset tracking
- Point-to-point wireless links explained
- The Fresnel zone and line of sight
- Licensed vs unlicensed wireless backhaul
- Structured cabling standards
- Cat 6 vs Cat 6A vs fibre
- Cable testing and certification
- Telecom rooms: the IDF and MDF
- Cable labelling and documentation
- Coordinating low-voltage work in construction
- Network switch basics
- Data centre cooling
- Data centre power and UPS
- Rack layout and hot and cold aisles
- VoIP explained
- QoS for voice and video
- SIP trunks explained
- Moving from landlines to VoIP
- Boardroom AV design
- Setting up a video conferencing room
- Crestron control systems explained
- Planning a digital signage network
Maintenance & inspections: services
Inspections guides
- What a commercial building inspection covers
- Property condition assessments explained
- A home inspection checklist for buyers
- How to read a home inspection report
- Pre-listing inspections for sellers
- New home warranty inspections in Alberta
- What is a certificate of occupancy?
- Occupancy permits vs building permits
- Signs your roof needs an inspection
- Flat roof vs sloped roof inspections
- Ice dams: causes and prevention
- Attic ventilation and insulation basics
- Roof drains and ponding water
- Snow loads on roofs: when to worry
- Concrete cracks: when to worry
- Concrete X-ray vs GPR scanning
- Cutting and coring concrete safely
- Concrete testing methods explained
- Freeze-thaw damage to concrete and masonry
- Parking garage inspection basics
- Common welding defects and what causes them
- Visual weld inspection basics
- Non-destructive testing methods: an overview
- Welder and welding procedure qualification
- Foundation problems: the warning signs
- Why basements leak, and how to fix it
- What to look for in a crawl space
- Moisture, mould and indoor air
- Building envelope basics
- Air leakage around windows and doors
- Thermal imaging in building inspections
- Asbestos in older buildings
- Radon testing in Alberta homes
- Plumbing red flags in an inspection
- Knob-and-tube and aluminum wiring
- The real cost of deferred maintenance
- Building a maintenance schedule
- Preventive vs reactive maintenance
- Reserve fund studies and capital planning
- An inspection guide for condo buyers
- Inspecting a commercial space before you lease
- Retaining wall inspections
- How to choose a building inspector
Safety programs: services
Safety guides
- What is a confined space?
- Confined space hazard assessment
- Confined space entry permits
- Atmospheric testing and gas detection
- Confined space rescue planning
- Confined space roles: entrant, attendant, supervisor
- Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) hazards
- What H2S Alive training covers
- Gas detector bump testing and calibration
- The fall protection hierarchy
- Inspecting fall arrest equipment
- Anchor points for fall protection
- Fall rescue plans
- Aerial work platform safety
- Lift plans and rigging safety
- Preventing manual handling injuries
- Building a safety program from scratch
- Hazard assessment and control
- The hierarchy of controls
- Safety program audits
- The Certificate of Recognition (COR)
- Alberta OHS basics for employers
- Worker rights under OHS law
- Incident investigation
- Near-miss reporting
- Running useful toolbox talks
- Lockout and tagout
- Hot work permits
- Choosing the right PPE
- Respiratory protection programs
- Working alone safely
- Emergency response plans
- Managing contractor safety
- WHMIS basics
- Noise and hearing conservation
- Working safely in cold weather
- Heat stress on the job
- Keeping safety training records
- Health and safety committees and representatives
- Psychological safety and hazard reporting