Canadian Light Source

 

Client: University of Saskatchewan

 

Imagine a 170-meter, circular shaped machine capable of creating an intense beam of light the thickness of a human hair and 10,000 times brighter than the sun. The machine is the $173 million Canadian Light Source, a national facility owned by the University of Saskatchewan. The CLS is Canada's first synchrotron laboratory and is the largest scientific project undertaken in Canada in the last 30 years.

UMA provided total program and construction management services. In addition, we delivered the award-winning design and engineering services for the building, and provided engineering support for the technical, mechanical and electrical systems.

The CLS project provided management challenges of:

• A long-term and technically complete project
• Complex organization and regulatory requirements
• Geographically dispersed team members
• Multiple funding partners
• Time and cost constraints.

This project received a National Award for Exceptional Engineering from the Canadian Counsel of Professional Engineers (2002) and an Award of Excellence from the Consulting Engineering of Saskatchewan (2001).