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Deep Work and Time Blocks

April 3, 2018 Mike Thomas

How do you schedule your work day?

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Posted in: Featured, Management, Productivity

Mentoring

May 30, 2016 Mike Thomas

The idea of being a mentor, comes from the character with the same name in Homer’s Odessey, where Mentor has…

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Posted in: Business, Featured, Revelstoke Filed under: Civil Engineering, engineering

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

A Focus on Infrastructure Sustainability – Envision

February 4, 2014 Mike Thomas 3 Comments
Bike Route - Sustainability

Some news on the professional front for Mike ((City of Revelstoke Media Release pdf: Director of Engineering earns Infrastructure Sustainability…

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

Ice Pigging

November 25, 2013 Mike Thomas

[divider] This post is not about farm animal rights, or some cruel porcine-based Japanese reality TV game-show. Check out the…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Environmental, Featured, Health, Sanitary Sewer, Sustainability, Water Filed under: clean water, engineering, Health, ice pigging, infrastructure, pigging, Technology, Water

Canadian Flood Insurance

September 30, 2013 Mike Thomas

Most homeowners are unaware that their home insurance policies are extremely limited when it comes to flood protection. Insurance companies…

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Posted in: Environmental, Featured, Governance, Stormwater, Sustainability Filed under: Alberta, Canada, disaster, disaster management, engineering, environment, financial, Flood, Flood Management, Flooding, Insurance

Guarding your time

September 18, 2013 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Sometimes you just have to say no. “You’ve gotta keep control of your time,” Buffett says, “and you can’t unless…

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Posted in: Blogging, Featured, Productivity, Project Management, Technology

How Large was the Flood in Calgary?

June 26, 2013 Mike Thomas 6 Comments

The City of Calgary and many surrounding communities experienced severe flooding in June 2013, and amidst the fears, doubts and…

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Posted in: Canada, Cities, Civil Engineering, Design, Featured, Governance, Stormwater, Sustainability Filed under: Bow River, Calgary, Flood, Flood Management, Flooding, Stormwater Planning

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