Watt Consulting Group Ltd. (WATT)

WATT is building a Civil team in Edmonton and looking for a Regional Lead to help pave the way!

WATT is building a Civil team in Edmonton and looking for a Regional Lead to help pave the way!

Watt Consulting Group Ltd. (WATT) had the pleasure of working with the Village of Cumberland over the last 18 months with developing the Village’s Transportation Master Plan. Led by WATT’s Victoria office (Andy Kading, P.Eng., P.E., Timothy Shah, Mallory Lowes, Caytlin Kopeck, and Adrian Myszka), the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) is a forward-thinking and practical blueprint designed to enhance safety, accessibility, and connectivity within the Village’s transportation network. Among its key recommendations is the establishment of a network of ‘shared streets’, aimed at making Cumberland’s local and residential roads more comfortable and safer for children and other vulnerable road users. WATT extends its gratitude to Village staff members Rob Crisfield, Joel Clarkston, Karin Albert, and Courtney Simpson for their unwavering collaboration throughout the process. Additionally, we thank the broader Cumberland community for their active participation and valuable contributions, which have been instrumental in shaping the future of transportation in the village! The Transportation Master Plan is available online at: https://lnkd.in/gakJKPCA #RuralPlanning #SharedStreets #WATTProjects #Accessibility #RoadSafety

Congratulations to Victor Ngo on receiving the 2024 Emerging Planner Award from the Canadian Institute of Planners! This prestigious award recognizes outstanding professional success and achievement, including leadership and service to the planning profession, within the first ten years of a planner’s career.

We are thrilled to share a major development: WATT Consulting Group (WATT) has entered into a strategic partnership with Bluwatr., an investment company focused on supporting engineering firms with high growth potential. Bluwatr’s investment allows us to build upon our existing foundation. Rest assured; WATT will continue to operate as you know it. Our name, leadership, structure, teams, and flexible culture remain unchanged. However, Bluwatr’s complementary capacities will strengthen our ability to progress and expand our reach. The fusion of Bluwatr’s industry knowledge and forward-thinking technology approach with WATT’s reputation, expertise, and culture is truly transformative. We both believe in the power of great people doing great work together. This new partnership will significantly enhance our ability to serve you better, taking our civil engineering, multimodal transportation, geotechnical, and geomatics solutions to new heights. Our Commitment to You Above all, our commitment to providing collaborative, timely, and trusted expertise remains unwavering. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our key clients and partners across our many locations in Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, and Ontario. Together, we will continue to support the creation of vibrant and livable communities.

Join Our Team! We are looking for a skilled Land Development Civil Technologist to help us shape communities and infrastructure! https://lnkd.in/deD6b7qH

WATT Consulting Group is honored to be a recipient of a Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) Silver Award for Excellence in Policy Planning for the Town of Ladysmith Official Community Plan. Timothy Shah, our co-lead of the Victoria office, led the specific transportation planning and policy work as part of this project, which included an extensive public engagement process. This included a series of walkshops and bikeshops with the community to understand the barriers they face when walking, rolling, and cycling around town and what they want to see to make Ladysmith’s transportation network more inclusive and accessible. The OCP also includes 50 specific transportation policies ranging from promoting active transportation and transit use, enhancing accessibility within the pedestrian network, better managing public parking, and accelerating the adoption of electric mobility. It was an incredible team effort and special shoutout to The Town of Ladysmith and Jennifer Fix for leading the way and SSG (Sustainability Solutions Group) for their innovative climate modelling and climate policy work. The OCP was completed over a two year period and is available online at: https://lnkd.in/dZ_c669N More information about WATT’s role is here: https://lnkd.in/gEzkkquN And more information about the project is here: https://lnkd.in/ekeCe4c2 #WEAREWATT #ClimateAction #TransportationPlanning

Watt Consulting Group is hiring an experienced Land Development Design Engineer to join our team in Calgary, AB! If you are passionate about creating vibrant and livable communities, we want to hear from you! https://lnkd.in/ddw9QNRR

Public transit launches today on Vancouver Island's West Coast! 🚌 Our team at WATT has been spearheading a monumental effort between three local governments, two First Nations, one provincial agency, one federal agency, and several community groups for the past year to plan and deliver public transit to connect Tofino, Ucluelet, hitac̓u, Ty-Histanis, and Esowista. I'm on the ground today overseeing the launch. It's been great hearing stories from riders this morning about the benefits the service is going to bring to the community. A win for access to basic needs and livelihoods, climate, health, economic development, tourism, Indigenous reconciliation, and more here in the West Coast.

Congratulations to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) and its member communities on the successful launch of the West Coast Transit service on the traditional territory of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples on Vancouver Island’s West Coast. The WATT team has been working with the ACRD for the past year to plan and launch this interim public transit service connecting the communities of Tofino, Ucluelet, and the First Nations communities of hitac̓u, Ty-Histanis, and Esowista. This service will provide a crucial connection for residents in the region to access employment, services, shopping, and recreational opportunities, along with supporting regional tourism. Shout-out to all the community groups and people behind the scenes who helped make public transit on the West Coast a reality. Our transportation planners, Mallory Lowes and Victor Ngo, are up bright and early today to ensure service launch goes smoothly. WATT’s transportation practice develops and delivers practical solutions for all communities with a focus on improving mobility options in small to mid-sized communities. We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to support the development of the West Coast Transit service from concept to implementation. WATT team: Shilpa Panicker Tania Wegwitz Mallory Lowes Victor Ngo Andrew Martin Olga Kochkareva Michelle Ferrigan @Matthew Lilly #WEAREWATT #Transit #TransportationPlanning #TransportationEngineering #Fromplantorealitywewillgetyouthere