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2/15/2012

Thanks to Toro & TOrmrod for the proud honour of the 2011 TORO WaterSmart Partner Award in our 10th anniversary year! View Tweet & photo

1/27/2012

Clancy Mahan, LAT, CLIA, CIT2, celebrates his 5-year anniversary as our CAD/GPS Specialist. Thanks Clancy for your dedication.

1/24/2012

Lee Walkey, CIC, successfully commissioned the irrigation central control network on the Alberta Legislature grounds.

1/16/2012

Casey Mahan is pleased to announce that Regan Hackworthy, B.A., CID, CGIA, has joined the firm and will be integral to supporting our expansion into the BC market. Since 2004, Regan has been the Irrigation Superintendent for a major Okanagan landscaper and a designer for a Kelowna-based irrigation consultant. Regan has several IIABC certifications plus the Lo-Voltage Electrical Certificate.

12/1/2011

Casey Mahan presented "Low-Impact Development: The Benefits of Stormwater Reuse and the Potential for Irrigation Utilities" at the IIABC Annual Conference in Richmond, BC.

11/25/2011

Casey Mahan will be presenting Low-Impact Development: The Benefits of Stormwater Reuse and the Potential for Irrigation Utilities at the IIABC's 2011 Annual Conference in Richmond, BC on December 1.

11/10/2011

Mike Magill is registered by the US Enviro Protection Agency as a WaterSense Partner.

11/6/2011

Casey Mahan is elected Chair of the IA's Designer Common Interest Group at the 2011 Irrigation Show in San Diego, CA.

11/4/2011

Calgary SPARK, with a stormwater reuse-for-irrigation system, opened to much fanfare.

11/3/2011

Environment Canada announces that WaterSense-labeled products will be promoted in 2012 and the performance of the program will be monitored for successes, challenges and data such as retail sales.

9/30/2011

It will be a busy fall season as construction continues on the Edmonton Clinics, Timberlea Park in Fort McMurray and the New Science Centre, South Health Campus, The Bow and Genesis Rec Centre projects in Calgary.

9/30/2011

ion submits Final Draft for the “Stormwater Capture & Reuse Module” of the new City of Calgary Low-Impact Development Guidelines to be published in 2012.

9/30/2011

The Centre In the Park project (Sherwood Park, AB), which commenced with planning in 2004, nears completion with the commissioning of the irrigation system in the Prairie Walk promenade.



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9/26/2011

Irrigation construction commences on the South Wing of the new Trades & Technology Campus at SAIT.

9/15/2011

The showhome irrigation systems in the The Ranche at Heritage Pointe country-estate subdivision get commissioned on the first irrigation utility in Canada, which will distribute captured stormwater and be monitored by remote using the Motorola ICC wireless network.

9/14/2011

ion is proud to be a member of the LEDCOR-DIALOG consortium awarded the new Royal Alberta Museum, in which irrigation will be integral to the site’s stormwater management plan.

9/02/2011

ion completes installation of the first 7 satellite controllers and 2 weather stations in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo as part of the Parks department’s new central control network using the AQUA Management cloud-based network, the first of its kind in Canada.

7/29/2011

The MD of Rocky View approves the Irrigation Strategy prepared by ion for the Buffalo Hills Growth Node located east of Calgary.

7/15/2011

Ivanhoe Cambridge retains ion to monitor and manage the irrigation system at CrossIron Mills Shopping Centre, with the largest rainwater-harvesting-for-irrigation system in North America, originally designed by ion.

6/15/2011

Phase 1 (with a $750,000 cost) of the irrigation system master-planned for the Lede Regional Park in Leduc, AB, gets successfully commissioned. Phase 1 includes a 20hp booster pump, weather station and a satellite controller networked via fibre-optic to a new TORO Sentinel central control implemented for the City by ion.

6/15/2011

ion acquires the Motorola ICC central control system to support our fast-growing irrigation management division. The Motorola system is employed by Parks departments in Calgary, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Vancouver and Whistler. ion is the first consultancy in Canada to own and operate this coveted SCADA tool, which will be extremely helpful for the ever-increasing list of projects requiring customized solutions to manage green roofs, a wide variety of environmental sensors and to integrate with stormwater management systems.

5/03/2011

ION IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED ON THIS DATE 10 YEARS AGO.

3/10/2011

Casey presents "The Potential Life-Cycle Cost Savings of Rainwater Harvesting" at the City of Calgary's 2011 Erosion Control & Sedimentation Conference.