TFM Consultants International is globally known for its cutting-edge trade curriculums, but their expert services don’t stop there. In addition to being an internationally recognized school of power engineering, TFM also provides world-class facilities and operations consulting services. These services support facilities of all sectors and sizes, helping them tackle challenges, ensure infrastructure longevity, streamline operations, and train internal staff into highly skilled experts.
In this context, we’ll explore how TFM helped transform the City of Dawson Creek’s municipal services at its ice rink, improving both its infrastructure and operational capabilities. This vital community fixture in northeastern British Columbia faced crucial challenges in managing and maintaining its aging infrastructure. With TFM’s expert consulting services, the city navigated these issues and upgraded its facility, creating a more efficient and sustainable future. Here’s how:
The Problem: Aging Infrastructure, Uncertain Sustainability
The Dawson Creek & District Memorial Arena plays a vital role in the city’s community health and local economy, which meant remediating the facility and operations was critical to address. The rink’s infrastructure, particularly its power and refrigeration systems, was outdated and in urgent need of modernization. Due to aging equipment, inconsistent training, and insufficient operational capacity, this facility faced ongoing power engineering struggles that impacted its ability to serve the region. The local government knew that immediate action was necessary to improve the facility’s operational efficiency and ensure the long-term sustainability of this cornerstone of Dawson Creek’s sports and recreation services.
The Assessment and Approach: Deploying TFM’s Expertise
When TFM’s lead consultant, Mike Garcia, was called in to address the city’s concerns, his first step was to conduct a thorough assessment of the rink’s municipal infrastructure. This detailed evaluation focused on identifying critical weaknesses in the city’s power systems, evaluating the efficiency of their operations, and determining the needs for training within the local workforce.
One crucial finding was that the rink’s power infrastructure services were running on outdated equipment that was prone to failure, resulting in frequent power outages and inefficiencies. The operations team also lacked sufficient training in modern power engineering practices, leading to suboptimal system performance and management. Through no fault of the facility’s workers, their team was consistently being set up to fail through incomplete training and aging machinery.
TFM’s approach included a multifaceted plan to address these challenges from both a human resource and infrastructure perspective, allowing their consultants to assist the ice rink in the present and help them future-proof their operations for years to come. Their proposed solution was a two-pronged approach:
- Infrastructure Upgrade Recommendations: TFM advised the ice rink on how to best modernize its key power systems, including recommendations on newer, more efficient equipment to reduce the risk of outages while improving energy efficiency and reducing long-term maintenance costs. This plan would also allow the facility to scale consistently.
- Workforce Training: Recognizing the critical demand for skilled personnel to run the facility, TFM developed training programs tailored to the city’s operational needs. The program focused on providing municipal staff with the latest power engineering skills and knowledge, allowing them to operate and maintain the upgraded systems effectively.
The Implementation and Results: A New Lease on Ice
Once the city manager accepted TFM’s recommended plan, Dawson Creek proceeded with the infrastructure upgrades for its arena. TFM facilitated training sessions for staff as well to ensure they were well-prepared to manage the updated systems that were rolled out. The result? The city saw significant improvements in several key areas of the arena’s performance, including:
- Reduced Outages: With new equipment, strategically leveraged engineering, and a more confident team, the frequency of outages at the facility drastically decreased, which allowed the arena to deliver better services and experiences to the community.
- Increased Efficiency: The arena’s power systems became more energy-efficient and sustainable, reducing both operational costs and environmental impact. TFM’s planning also allowed the city to future-proof the facility’s growth, leaving room for it to scale.
- Empowered Workforce: TFM’s training program helped enhance the staff’s skills and instilled greater confidence in their ability to manage the complex systems required to run a facility with power engineering services at Dawson Creek’s level. Their municipal teams were also now equipped to handle decision-making and challenges posed by the arena’s power engineering demands, giving them the tools to prevent future issues.
Through TFM’s expert facilities and operations consulting services, the Dawson Creek municipal team improved the power infrastructure and operational capabilities of a cornerstone within their community. This set the stage for future growth and sustainability that will eventually help raise civic recognition, engagement, and support. Through collaboration, innovation, and hard work, TFM and the City of Dawson Creek built a legacy that will serve future generations.
Don’t Leave Essential Municipal Services and Infrastructure to an Uncertain Future— Call TFM Today
Maintaining, upgrading, and remediating aging power infrastructure is no easy feat, and the City of Dawson Creek made a strategic, advantageous decision by partnering with TFM. With their comprehensive approach—combining infrastructure consulting, facilities assessment, and staff training—TFM’s team helped this municipality overcome power engineering challenges and offer its community a more efficient and sustainable municipal service.
If your company, sector, or municipality is facing similar challenges, don’t wait for your vital infrastructure to fall further behind. Contact TFM today, and let our expert consultants do the heavy lifting required to help you build a more efficient, reliable, and future-ready operation.