Canadian Light Source Facility
Location: Saskatoon, University of Saskatchewan campus
Electrical Budget: $1.6 million

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About the Project
This multimillion dollar facility serves as Canada's national centre for synchrotron light research. The synchrotron is the size of a football field and ranks as Canada's largest science project in decades, not only in the space it takes up but in the cost and importance of this facility. A synchrotron produces light millions of times brighter than the sun, allowing scientists to study the microscopic nature of matter, right down to the level of an atom.

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Humboldt Electric's Work
The synchrotron had huge power requirements. Generating light that is millions of times brighter than the sun needs a bit more power than running the average building. The distribution and proper grounding of the power on the site was very important. We did a lot of careful planning to get it right. The entire project used state-of-the-art technology and was one of the more rigid specifications we've worked on. Delivering our highest quality of work was key on every aspect of the Canadian Light Source facility.

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Key Challenges

• Meeting the state-of-the-art project specifications
• Delivering a complex project on time and on budget
• Working around tight timelines and construction deadlines

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