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Prototype Small Scale Solutions

July 25, 2018 Mike Thomas

As a resort community, Revelstoke sees a lot of tourist traffic in the downtown, both pedestrians and vehicles. Additionally, as…

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Posted in: Cities, Civil Engineering, Community, Design, Sustainability, Transportation, Urban Living

A Disturbing Trend in Local Government

January 17, 2017 Mike Thomas

The resignations of over a dozen mayors and councillors in British Columbia over the past two years is “a disturbing…

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Posted in: Blogging, Canada, Cities, Community, Governance

Developing the Capital Planning Process

March 24, 2015 Mike Thomas 6 Comments

In my role at the City of Revelstoke, council has been working through the financial plan process, and this year…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Community, Governance, Project Management, UrbanWorkbench News

Integrating Sustainability into Infrastructure Projects

February 23, 2015 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Earilier this month I had the pleasure of being invited to the FCM Sustainable Communities Conference in London, Ontario. Working with…

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Posted in: Cities, Civil Engineering, Community, Conference, Regulation, Sustainability, Urban Living, UrbanWorkbench News, Water

70cm of Snow in 48 hours – Revelstoke

January 12, 2015 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Last week the City of Revelstoke received about 70cm of snow in 48 hours, causing all sorts of havoc on…

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Posted in: BC, Community, Photos, Revelstoke

Infrastructure, the Economy and Local Governments

June 5, 2014 Mike Thomas 1 Comment
Construction

Some of the greatest challenges that local governments face in Canada revolve around the concept of the “Infrastructure Deficit“. In Canada,…

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Posted in: BC, Canada, Community, Construction, Governance, Sustainability

Are you an infrastructure sustainability professional?

March 28, 2014 Mike Thomas

I’ve been blogging about sustainable infrastructure for eight years ((See some of my early articles such as Massive NSW water…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Community, Design, Environmental, Featured, Sustainability, Transitions

My Totally Unscientific LinkedIn Groups Experiment

August 21, 2013 Mike Thomas

Over the past week I conducted an experiment on LinkedIn partially in an attempt to see whether there was value in participating…

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Posted in: Business, Canada, Civil Engineering, Community, Marketing, Technology

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