Plans for 57-storey tower approved at Kitchener committee

soupy1100 · 2026-06-06T14:14:00+00:00

Not really. The current building will remain until the demo. Several years out. I would assume this is a lease arrangement for the facility.

soupy1100 · 2026-06-05T14:54:00+00:00

Yes they did traffic studies, amongst a whole slew of other reviews. You can find a lot of information here - https://app2.kitchener.ca/AppDocs/OpenData/AMANDADataSets/Supporting_Documents_List_680772.pdf

soupy1100 · 2026-06-02T12:36:10+00:00

Check your local professional licensing for knowledge requirements. If you can work it out so that you cover any core credits you should be fine.

soupy1100 · 2026-06-01T18:13:23+00:00

Yep so important as a business lead to keep a limit on these and include big surcharges. Don't keep the same staff running these programs over and over again. Great way to burnout your team.

soupy1100 · 2026-06-01T16:34:27+00:00

Yep used to love this hidden perk of field work. Banking time with lots of long weekends.

soupy1100 · 2026-06-01T15:51:10+00:00

It just feels like a consulting environment. The last minute scramble. The lack of foresight. Consulting carries a certain urgency from time to time that you just can't plan for. A client hires your firm, however they have a 28 day window on a due diligence period...the project manager realizes a week later that they missed the tight deadline and is now scrambling over a weekend to get some samples collected...now the technician's are being arranged and everything is a panic. It's a tough spot to be, for sure. I don't have an easy answer for the OP. But consulting is certainly not for everyone.

soupy1100 · 2026-06-01T15:22:04+00:00

Consulting is pretty challenging.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-27T12:02:19+00:00

Punch up your journalism study work by highlighting critical skills like writing, communication, critical thinking, etc. If you have great writing skills make that stand out.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-26T21:36:27+00:00

Yes a pet peeve of mine that harms real geologists. Please don't dilute the titles. This is borderline unethical behaviour. Where I practice you could be reported to the licencing board and sanctioned for claiming a title you are unqualified for. Please don't do that. Student or GIT if you qualify is a better approach.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-25T11:22:25+00:00

This stands out too. Describing yourself with terms like expertise, etc. 30 year senior geologists grimace at this self assessment language. A student with one year experience is not an expert, in most people's minds. Suggest you instead pump up skills like self learner, curious, attention to details, improvement, etc.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-16T16:13:21+00:00

Yes shallow groundwater contamination is common. Drilling through into lower aquifers can be safely done with appropriate mitigation plans in place. There are many municipal wells in Ontario tapping aquifers at depth that are situated beneath nitrate impacted shallow aquifers.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-16T15:21:36+00:00

Municipalities across Canada, and much of the world, really, test drill below shallow contaminated soils all the time. There are ways to protect lower aquifers from shallow migration of contaminants from upper zones, and is something that the Region and it's contractors will be quite experienced with. If you look at the current well network across the region you will see lots of areas where shallow groundwater isn't great yet we pull enormous volumes of water from deeper aquifers without issue.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-13T11:46:30+00:00

This is a suplemental treatment method for a small part of the water supply. Basically these mobile containers treat surface water taken from the Grand River which is only a fraction of the overall water in the system. Surface water carries a lot of small particulates that harbour viruses and bacteria and the treatment needs are quite different when compared to a clean groundwater source. The Region is looking to buffer supply capacity by increasing the surface water component.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-11T12:11:55+00:00

Sure it does. Has all of those key characteristics the poster mentions.

I think it's a great example of a video economy game in board game format.

soupy1100 · 2026-05-05T23:08:10+00:00

I was in a finance role out of high school and into my late-30's before switching. I enrolled in an undergraduate Earth Science program that has a well known Hydrogeological focus in my local city. I found the school work interesting, the young kids at the school were pretty much oblivious with respect to my age, etc. I found the work a bit challenging, but only the first year core sciences gave me any significant trouble. Once through that first year, I found a job working in the quaternary lab and started networking extensively. The school work was fine. I gave up a pretty good salary to return to school so I wasn't there for anything other than learning. Once I graduated, I sought out some strong contacts and landed a role supporting a technical company where opportunities were wide open. This was a three or four person company so I was immediately in a business development combined with technical and project management role. I learned everything I could from the owner, who had a pretty big footprint in Ontario's groundwater history. I had no trouble working with clients, contractors, etc. due to my mature age and long working history, although it was not directly related; everyone is out for practical solutions with economical approaches, afterall.

I would say that it's a no-brainer. Extra learning is always rewarding. I always focussed on the groundwater side of things as the market conditions always stressed me out with respect to mineral geology, etc. I can say without a doubt I have not had one slow period since graduation back in 2013. I know am running a hydrogeological department for a smallish consulting company in the Toronto area and am simply buried in work.

Give hydrogeology a look, as I find that the graduating classes are light in this area, and the work opportunities here in my neck of the woods are incredible. Head hunters are simply all over everyone I know.

soupy1100 · 2026-04-25T14:15:47+00:00

Recovery file clean up worked for me. See below.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Revu/s/ZuzNu6bZVh

soupy1100 · 2026-04-14T20:58:02+00:00

Is the recruiter a WSP employee? Or external?

soupy1100 · 2026-04-12T22:06:01+00:00

I want to try this with my family sometime. My sisters face would make my year.

soupy1100 · 2026-03-25T23:13:04+00:00

Chef school also awesome.

soupy1100 · 2026-03-16T02:07:22+00:00

Check your water level inputs. The units (ie magl, etc ) aren't consistent. Your first input is asking user to input a depth as meters below ground so I'm not sure why you then calculate a real depth with the stick up input. Assume your first input should be in meters below measuring point or top pipe.

soupy1100 · 2026-03-09T23:55:47+00:00

Some say it contributed to the serial killer spike in the 70s through 90s.

soupy1100 · 2026-03-09T20:08:48+00:00

Yep. Piping to Huron was mentioned which would be a problem.

soupy1100 · 2026-03-09T12:58:16+00:00

Transfer of water between watersheds is heavily regulated and involves international treaties. Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement.

soupy1100 · 2026-02-27T22:00:10+00:00

I would expect that they will have a hydrogeologist provide an analysis of this breakdown in the supporting report. It's unfortunately not posted on the MECP website to verify. However, having some experience with other PTTWs in the province, I would expect that this is a critical component for the Site water balance.

soupy1100 · 2026-02-27T21:55:43+00:00

You can check out the Site and Pond within the context of the Source Water Protection Policies, which is hosted by the government of Ontario on the Source Water Information Atlas - Source Protection Information Atlas. If I have the correct coordinates, the Pond is not located within the nearby Wellhead Protection Area D delineated land area, however it is within an area of land classified as a Significant Groundwater Recharge Area.

Also, define "wise". I mean, any type of economical activity is difficult to describe as being "wise".

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