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A once-in-a-generation federal investment is open for business — and it's not just for defense companies. Last week I was in North Bay for NORD — a gathering that brought together defense primes, SMEs, government agencies, and innovators from across Northern Ontario and beyond. I left energized. Not in the way a good conference sometimes leaves you — that familiar sugar rush that fades on the drive home — but with the deep, bone-level conviction that something genuinely struc

Sudbury has always been a place where hard problems are solved in hard places. We build, operate, and maintain powerful mechanical systems in some of the harshest environments on Earth — from frozen open pit mines and processing plants to GPS-denied, radio-constrained conditions 1,500 meters underground. That matters more than ever. As Canada and its allies rethink resilience, sovereignty, and defense readiness, the capabilities developed in mining look increasingly like dual

Many technology initiatives in capital projects promise transformation but fail to make significant impact (at least early). Digital roadmaps get approved, yet commissioning dates slip and ramp-up takes longer than planned. The disconnect isn't necessarily the technology - it's the lack of rigorous connection and focus between technology deployment and NPV improvement. I have supported projects facing significant cost pressures - the kind where every dollar and every day matt

Quality assurance is necessary in every regulated industry I’ve worked in—chemical manufacturing, nuclear power, energy operations, mining. The struggle is always the same: too many documents, too many drawings, too many specifications, and not enough hours in the day to give the review the justice it deserves. Manual QA doesn’t scale, and the consequences of missing something can range from expensive (construction rework) to catastrophic (safety). What if we could make QA fa

The engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) industry stands at a crossroads. After decades of many EPC's pursuing the dream of fully integrated 3D models and unified data environments, we need to ask a hard question: Are we chasing the wrong solution? The Current State of Integration The EPC world has effectively split into two camps. The first serves major clients, oil and gas operators, large mining companies, who mandate 3D models and integrated datasets as contra

Digital is built into almost every project, from business process modernization, control system upgrades to mobile fleet changes. Yet too many of these initiatives fail to takeoff, stall after go‑live, regress to old ways of working, or survive as Frankenstein versions that never deliver what was promised. Owners are not trying to “do a digital project”; they are trying to safely shift cost curves, risk profiles, and improve production reliability, without burning their peop