E-Cat Transit Consultancy
Projects & experience

Selected experience of our team

Overhead catenary and electrification roles on major programs in Canada and the UK. Projects marked “prior team experience” were delivered by members of our team before E-Cat Transit Consultancy was founded.

Greater Toronto, ONVia E-Cat Transit Consultancy

GO Expansion electrification

Technical Director, Electrification (client-side, embedded)

  • Directing all elements of future electrification for the GO network
  • Managing a PM and engineering design team of 30
  • Strategic planning for electrification delivery; accountable for designs delivered to the client
Mainline25 kV ACClient-side
Dates
Sep 2024 – present
Greater Toronto, ONVia E-Cat Transit Consultancy

GO Expansion: systems integration

Senior Project Manager, Systems (client-side, embedded)

  • Led integration of signalling, fleet and electrification across the GO network
  • Accountable on the client side for electrification deliverables and compliance
  • Drove the project development phase towards target-price packages
MainlineSignallingFleetElectrification
Dates
Aug 2023 – Sep 2024
Toronto, ONVia E-Cat Transit Consultancy

Eglinton West Extension

Consultant Engineer: OCS Technical Authority

  • Technical authority for the OCS elements of the project
  • Wrote project scopes and developed concept designs
  • Coordinated multidisciplinary concept design to integrate the extension with the Crosstown LRT
LRTOCSConcept design
Dates
Sep 2022 – Dec 2023
Project value
CA$2.5 billion
Ottawa, ONPrior team experience

Confederation Line Extension

Lead OCS Engineer / Manager

  • Led a global OCS team across Canada, the USA, South Africa and Australia
  • Accountable for OCS design and deliverables; checked and approved OCS system and plan designs
  • Calculated OCS geometry, pole spacing, contact wire sag and maximum staggers
LRT750/1500 V DC45 km24 stations
Dates
Sep 2020 – Feb 2022
Project value
CA$4.6 billion
Toronto, ONPrior team experience

Eglinton Crosstown LRT

Principal OCS Designer

  • Led and appointed the OCS design team
  • OCS wiring for the at-grade railway and overhead rigid rail for the underground section
  • Created a new basic design range of OCS equipment; guided construction and suppliers
LRTOCSRigid rail19.7 km
Dates
Jun 2018 – Sep 2020
Project value
CA$9.1 billion
Montréal, QCPrior team experience

Réseau express métropolitain (REM)

Principal OCS Designer

  • Led OCS design for 60 track-km, including tunnel sections
  • Led the Toronto and Montréal OCS design team
  • Construction support and client acceptance site reviews; designs produced in French
Light metroOCS67 kmTunnels
Dates
Jun 2018 – Sep 2020
Project value
CA$6.0 billion
United KingdomPrior team experience

Series 1 OLE: Great Western Main Line

Lead designer; developer of the Series 1 OLE system

  • Developer of the Series 1 overhead line system
  • Lead designer for Route Section 7 OLE (GRIP 4)
  • Author, checker and approver of the Series 1 manuals: system design, maintenance and installation
Mainline25 kV ACOLE system design
Dates
2011 – 2018
Project value
£2.8 billion
United KingdomPrior team experience

Crossrail: Great Eastern autotransformer upgrade

Contract Responsible Engineer

  • Contract responsible engineer for the 25 kV autotransformer feeder upgrade
  • Managed and led the overhead line design team
  • Applied Railway Group and Network Rail standards
Mainline25 kV ACAutotransformer feeder
Dates
2011 – 2018
Project value
£3.8 billion
Toronto, ONVia E-Cat Transit Consultancy

Toronto Waterfront East redevelopment

Senior Consultant

  • Conceptual design of a new OCS system for the proposed TTC streetcar along the waterfront between Yonge and Cherry Streets
StreetcarOCSConcept design
Dates
Mar 2021 – Feb 2022
Project value
CA$140 million
United KingdomVia E-Cat Transit Consultancy

Zero Emission Road Freight Trials: electric road systems

Lead Engineer and Project Manager

  • Feasibility study for electric highways using overhead catenary to power electric trucks safely, supporting net-zero road freight
E-HighwaysFeasibility study
Dates
Sep 2021 – Apr 2022
Project value
£560,000

Project values are overall program values, not contract values. Roles listed are those held by members of our team.

Capabilities

Areas of expertise

25 kV AC OCS/OLE

Mainline overhead line design, system development and autotransformer feeder works.

650–1500 V DC OCS

Light rail, light metro and streetcar overhead contact systems.

Overhead rigid rail

Overhead rigid conductor rail for tunnels and underground sections.

Construction support

Construction supervision, engineering support and client acceptance site reviews.

Interface management

Coordinating OCS with track, structures, stations, signalling, fleet and utilities.

E-Highways

Conceptual design and feasibility for electric road systems using overhead catenary.

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