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CORPORATE PROJECTS
The following is a partial list of projects by Mark F. Pinet &
Associates Limited.
FACILITY PROJECT/PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
Project: Facility Expansion
Client: JDS FITEL/ JDS Uniphase Inc.
Duration: April 1997 to November 1999
Scope:
Our services on the JDS assignments included: Project Management, Space
Planning, Move Management, Churn Management and Asset Management systems
related to environmentally controlled manufacturing and production space,
clean rooms, labs as well as ancillary open and captive offices.
Mark F. Pinet & Associates Limited provided Project Management,
Strategic Real Estate Planning, Space Planning, and Facilities Special
Project services 
JDS Uniphase Inc, is one of the worlds largest, full service developers,
manufacturers and vendors of fiber optic components and modules. As a
requirement of growth in their business, JDS has required their local real
estate portfolio to be expanded from 110,000 to 1,000,000 S.F. during our
30-month contract.
Project Management- Mark Pinet managed Phase 1of the South Merivale Campus
in design/construction management format and at the same time developed and
managed the space planning team responsible for design and procurement of all
JDS renovation work. Since its initiation, the facility construction
assignment for JDS FITEL, grew from 90,000 to 265,000 SF (including 30,000 SF
of Class 10,000 Clean Room) and the tenant fit up workload increased from one
project to a point where over 250 projects were undertaken in the last six
months. The single campus, became four campuses, (in the Ottawa area)
consisting of a total of 13 buildings. 
Special Projects- Concurrent with his responsibilities as Project Mangers
and Space Planners for Phase 1 of the South Merivale Campus, Mark Pinet has
acted in an advisory role and quietly completed many "Special
Project" tasks which were essential to moving the projects ahead.
JDS Uniphase has been acknowledged, for their ability to manage growth at a
phenomenal pace. We are proud to have been part of the team that supported
that growth.
We are proud of our record of accomplishments, our record for client
representation and practical, timely, adaptable, original and cost effective
solutions
JDS FITEL PHASE 1
PROJECT SERVICES
- Coordinated development
of a Building Profile and Specification for fiber optic-manufacturing
facilities for Phases 1 and 2 of the JDS Uniphase South Merivale
Campus.
- RFP for Phases 1 and
2 JDS Uniphase South Merivale Campus
- Development of Phase
1 as Design / Construction Management
- Coordinated Phase 2
EOI for Design /Build
- Project Management
of Phase 1, a 265,000 S.F. manufacturing, R& D and administrative
facility
- Real Estate
Strategic Planning
- Analysis of six
different land assemblies for purchase.
- Leasing analysis buildings
E, F, G, H, L
- Campus Planning
- Space Planning
- Logistical Planning
- Move management
- Procurement
Assistance/Management Services ö
- Food Services
- Service Contract
- Equipment
- Furniture
- Facilities support
materials and services
- Building Automation
System
- Site and Building
Security System
- Voice & Data
(Liaison)
- Process Fiber
- Architectural Services
- Interior Design
- Engineering Design
- Transportation
Planning
- Environmental Audit
(level 1, level 2)
- HVAC- Exhaust and
Scrubbing Systems
- Insurance
- Facility
- Construction
- Transportation
- Signage
- Process Equipment
Management
- Information packages
- Campus orientation
document
- Sales Logistical
Planning Communiqué
- Insurance
information
- Hazardous Material
inventory
- Hazardous Material
Facilities
- Space Standards
- Decision Support
Database and Facilities Management System Development including data
modules for
- Space Management
- Process Equipment
- Business
Unit/Product infrastructure requirement
- Hazardous Material
- Furniture
- Real Estate
forecast
- Facility Graphical
Database
- Business Process
Reengineering-Facility (re)development
- Recruiting
- Cable Management
System Development
- Graduated Clean Room
Development
- Coordination of
Clean Room Validation
- Building Code
interpretation.
- Y2k testing of
building systems
TRANSPORTATION
The following is a partial list of transportation projects by Mark F.
Pinet & Associates.
Project:
| Pearson International Airport Roadside Facility Expansion |
| Fixed Automated Spray Technology |
| Bridge 606 and 502 |
Client:
Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Duration:
January 2002 - Current
GTAA
is in the process of constructing the approaches to the airport terminal, the
ramps to the parking structure and the ramps between the terminals. The
configuration of the new terminals relative to the adjacent roadways, freeways,
terminal facilities and parking structures has resulted in a roadway access and
egress system which is elevated, curvilinear and serves multiple levels at the
terminals. This alignment in some instances results, in relatively steep grades
from the adjacent terminals and from the approach roads. At the perimeter these
ramps are high speed, and in all locations, handle high traffic volumes.
Potential reductions in mobility, or driver discomfort as a result of adverse winter
driving conditions near the terminal, present a concern for GTAA.
GTAA,
based on their research and the experience of other agencies, believes that response times for deicing at critical locations may be
significantly improved by implementing a program which involves the remote
sensing of ice and frost and the automated application of liquid
deicing/anti-icing chemicals.
GTAA
approached Mark F. Pinet and Associates Limited (MFPA) to investigate the use of
FAST at the airport to address the concerns relating to the roadside access and
has selected Bridges 502 and 606 as priority locations for demonstrating FAST.
As
part of the Design Study Phase MFPA reviewed and recommend the system,
design, methodology and equipment and then suggest a procurement,
implementation, and operational strategy which was best suited to GTAA’s needs.
Once
the Design Study and associated implementation plan was approved by GTAA, MFPA expedited the Deployment Phase which
included assistance in procurement;
management and leadership of the implementation “contracting team” and
providing the necessary instructions, specifications and plans; supervision
assistance and coordination of installation; commissioning and training of the
operations staff.
Following
installation and deployment, MFPA provided system monitoring, technical and
service support to ensure that the system continues to operate as designed over
the long term and is continuously available for service during the winter
season.
MFPA
has been involved on a similar basis since 1996 with the Region of
Ottawa-Carleton’s (now City of Ottawa) ten site RWIS network implementation
and operation and with MTO during the FAST installation at
Highway 416/401. MFPA will provide qualified knowledgeable staff and/or
contractors to support and work with the system vendor to ensure that the
system operates as intended.
Project: Highway 416/401 Fixed Automated
Spray Technology (FAST) Demonstration Project
Client:
Ministry of Transportation-Ontario
Duration:
April 2000 - ongoing
Scope:
Mark F. Pinet & Associates Limited was retained by the Ministry of
Transportation, Ontario (MTO) District 42, to complete a feasibility study
report and Request for Proposal RFP relating to the purchase and
implementation of a FAST- Fixed Automated (or Anti-icing) Technology system
for the Highway 401/416 Interchange Northbound Structure. The structure had
experienced 14 weather related incidents during its first winter of operation.
FAST
-the combined use of Road Weather Information System (RWIS) and spray deicing systems has been available for 20
years, but only recently has made its way to North America for roadway,
highway and airport applications. Because the application is effectively
applied, less deicing chemical can be applied to maintain the same level of
service. The reduced volume of deicing chemical facilitates the use of less
corrosive and/or environmentally inert chemicals, which could otherwise not be
used because the costs were prohibitive. In cases where steel or concrete
structures are involved this significantly improves cost/benefit of FAST
system.
Following
the Feasibility Phase, MFPA later provided full consulting engineering,
project management, systems integration, instrumentation installation,
technical service, training and system administration services for the MTO
installation. MFPA has been collecting data for the Ministry of Transportation
Ontario (MTO) during the second winter’s of operation of a Fixed Automated
(or Anti-icing) Spray Technology system (FAST) which was installed at the
Highway 416/401 high speed interchange on the northbound freeway to freeway
ramp. The Ministry have deemed the demonstration project, a resounding
success. The results have shown
over the two winters since the system was installed, an impressive 100 percent
reduction in the number of accidents, down to zero - from 14 in 1999/2000. The
system uses environmentally friendly potassium acetate as a de-icing chemical.
Project: Road Weather
Information Systems (RWIS)
Installation
Client: Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton Infrastructure
Maintenance Division
Duration: February 1996 -
April 1997
Scope:
Mark F. Pinet & Associates was retained by the
Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton Infrastructure Maintenance Division
to act as the Project Manager for implementation of their Road Weather
Information System (RWIS). The firms mandate has been to drive the project,
and provide a turnkey type operational system for the fall 1996. As such,
extensive coordination of the System Installation, and of the implementation
team including the Hardware and software Vendor, Environment Canada, AES as
the operator, and the RMOC as the end user client, has been necessary. The
system is to be end user oriented, providing practical road condition
forecasts for use by the Road Maintenance supervisors.
Phase 1 RWIS Implementation study involved:
1. Needs
Assessment;
2. Technology/
System review;
3. Procurement-
Vendor short listing, RFQ preparation, proposal analysis and vendor selection
and contract negotiation;
4. Report
preparation for Regional Committees and Council;
5. Functional
design;
6. Detailed
project implementation work plan, schedules, and detailed estimates;
7. Systematic
Sensor Site optimization and selection;
8. Alternative
Funding and cost recovery Investigations; and
9. Alternative
technology (Micro Modeling) investigations.
Phase
2 RWIS Implementation involved: 
1. Detailing
and design of the system, incorporating vendor supplied systems and
components;
2. Implementation
and deployment coordination; and supervision of installation and
commissioning of the system;
3. System
Administration; and
4. Development
of a system performance review program.
INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
The following is a partial list of Information Systems projects by Mark F.
Pinet & Associates Limited.
Project: Road Weather
Information Systems (RWIS) Business Case Study
Client: Environment Canada, Ottawa Regional Office
Duration: January 1997 -
March 1997
Scope:
Mark
F. Pinet & Associates was retained for the Road Weather Information
Systems (RWIS) Business Case study, by Environment Canada AES. The assignment
Involved participation with staff in the assessment of Environment Canada's
potential role in the provision of RWIS services. Work involved review and
documentation of a typical RWIS Architecture, a conceptual level design for a
RWIS Outstation, development a Conceptual Level Implementation Plan and Cost
Model as well as general RWIS Consulting.
Project:
SHL Systemhouse GIS Municipal
Partnership-
Client: Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, (RMOC) Finance
Department
Duration: January, February 1996
Scope:
Most
municipalities are, as part of their core services and reviews looking to
Information technology to play a fundamental role in Business Process
Reengineering. As an Application Specialist Mark Pinet participated in the
development of a high level data model, process model and application
architecture for the provincially and municipally funded SHL Systemhouse GIS
Municipal Partnership. The partnership was created to develop a set of
integrated Municipal GIS applications. Municipal participants included the
RMOC as well as ten of the constituent municipalities. The
Architectural-planning phase for the application development involved using
enterprise modeling and functional process decomposition techniques to
describe all municipal operations in a manner similar to the Municipal
Reference Model type analysis. This work led to the priority setting for the
3-year project and resulted in the development of the first annual work plan.
Expertise was provided in terms of integrating municipal operations for
Municipal and Transportation Engineering, Operations, Property, Planning, and
Development functions. Additional expertise was provided in terms of the
exchange of value added electronic data with the private sector.
Project:
SHL Systemhouse GIS Municipal Partnership-
Clients: City of Nepean, Public Works Department;
City of Kanata, Public Works Department (as of July 1996)
Duration: June to August 1996
Scope:
Mark
Pinet acted as the Group 1 (Core) representative on the Roads Infrastructure
Application Development team representing the Infrastructure and Traffic
sections of the cities' Engineering Divisions and the Operations divisions.
The assignment which was the second phase of the Municipal Partnership
project involved a more detailed functional business process decomposition,
Business case review, and development of logical process and logical data
models for the Roadways Infrastructure Application. Work also included the
integration of third party application software including Snow Beat Route
Optimization, Snow Disposal, Pavement Management, and Maintenance Management
models and systems. Subsequent Phases are to include application prototype review
and testing; data compilation and final application deployment.
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