CAD
SLR has dedicated technicians to provide professional computer aided drafting (CAD), design and visualisation support to the different technical disciplines within the company.
Our drawings and outputs comply with our accredited quality assurance systems, ensuring consistency and quality, irrespective of the project or the media they are produced on.
How can we help?
Our CAD technicians are located within all our key offices, proficiently producing drawings, figures and illustrations for projects covering the entire spectrum of SLR’s output.
To provide the most efficient service, our senior CAD managers ensure our software is always up to date, and trial and test new software regularly. Our CAD staff are also continually trained to keep abreast of changes and to provide new and additional support as our company expands.
Our expertise:
- Production of precise engineering outputs from conceptual feasibility figures to detailed construction and as-built drawings with stringent document control and management
- Data assessment, management and conversion
- Design development and co-ordination (from concept to construction)
- Clash detection and terrain model analysis
- 3D modelling and delivering high end visuals, realistic 3D models and presentations
Our team includes
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Bryan Valve
Technical Discipline Manager, CADD/GIS
Bryan has over 15 years’ experience and leads the GIS/CADD team in Canada. His ability to provide real world solutions using data management, the application of Geographic Information Systems and spatial modelling have made him an invaluable asset to any project. He is well versed in the concepts of relational databases, spatial database design and spatial data analysis.
Bryan has been involved in a variety of projects including Environmental Assessments (EA) for highways, pipelines, transmission lines, mines and residential developments, Phase I and II ESA’s, Renewable Energy Approvals (REA), Natural Heritage Studies, Hydrogeologic Studies and long-term Habitat and Wildlife Monitoring Programs.
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Paul Simms
Associate
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Aréte Schoeman
Associate Civil Technician
Aréte is a multi-skilled and qualified civil technologist with more than 13 years of comprehensive industry experience in 3D design and modelling. She has been involved with producing a variety of figures and drawings, from concept study to detail design and construction of tailings dams. With her technical knowledge, Aréte is able to independently design and model intricate engineering solutions, while taking into consideration several integral design elements (such as drain levels, solution trench and road alignments).
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Isabel Ong
CAD Supervisor
Isabel has over 30 years of experience. She began her career creating maps using a stereoplotter, and soon progressed to CAD training in Intergraph Microstation. This led to a career change to Civil/Structural drafting for 12 years with added experience in Electrical, Piping and Mechanical drafting. She now works in the environmental field and has been creating environmental drawings for 19 years.
