In 2014 the City of Cold Lake adopted the Kinosoo Beach Master Plan, which McElhanney planners helped the City to create. The project engaged citizens of all ages in the enhancement of one of Cold Lake’s best destinations.
Recently, McElhanney celebrated turning yet another imaginary line into a real one (…it’s what we do best). On Friday, August 24, Township of Langley employees, including councilors and Mayor Jack Froese, cut the ribbon and officially opened the 80th Avenue Extension. They were also accompanied by McElhanney and B&B Contracting employees. The new connector road…
A hearty congratulations to McElhanney Services Ltd.’s Chair of the Board, Chris Newcomb, PEng, for receiving the prestigious Beaubien Award at the 2018 Canadian Consulting Engineering (CCE) Awards ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday night (October 23). The Beaubien salutes a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the Canadian consulting engineering industry. The award was created in…
The survey work for the intake tower included GPS, 3D laser scanning, UAV, and multi-beam bathymetry. The team used GPS to establish primary control from which to base the survey, and then extended that control network around the site with a conventional total station.
The Town of High River, Alberta has won two awards for its innovative new Land Use Bylaw (LUB). McElhanney worked with the Town to re-write the LUB based entirely on walkability; the first of its kind in Alberta. It won a provincial Award of Merit from the Alberta Professional Planners Institute (APPI) on October 2, 2018.…
Ross Road is located between Mountain Highway and Allan Road in North Vancouver. McElhanney is designing replacement bridges for the aging Coleman Creek and Hastings Creek Bridges. This involves raising both the roadway approaches and bridges to achieve the maximum freeboard possible.
McElhanney gathered laser scanned data, converted it into a 3D model, then brought it into Virtual Reality software. This is a relatively simple virtual reality experience where the user can move around the station by walking or teleporting.
The 3D visualization for this project needed to show what No. 2 Road would look like after the widening between Steveston Highway and London Road was finished. Our team took photos from 5 specific locations to so the surroundings in the rendering could be accurate.
3D Photorealistic renders were required to showcase the design of this roundabout. CAD files were provided to model the roundabout as well as the terrain. After adding textures, lights and 3D models the renders were retouched to produce the final 3D imagery. The Contractor used these renderings to communicate the project to residents and stakeholders.
This Virtual Reality experience shows the potential of this technology and its benefits for project proposals, public forums, marketing, stakeholder engagement, and more. Laser scanned data, CAD models, and 3D models were used along with programming to create this fully immersive experience.
