Mary Austin has stepped down from her role as Director of Business Development with Austin Engineering to launch a new clean technology company dedicated to optimizing the electrical energy sector. She now heads Austin Innovation, which is leading the charge from Trail, B.C. “We’re located in the heart of the Kootenay-Columbia River system, home to 18 dams and generating stations on the Canadian side alone,” [...]
Austin Innovation is scaling the production of medical face shields from their lab in Trail, BC as a stopgap measure to meet the demand for COVID-19-specific personal protective equipment (PPE). The new entity, located in the lower level of Austin Engineering, is part of the collaborative team manufacturing PPE for the medical community and other essential service providers responding to COVID-19. Their efforts to [...]
Austin Engineering is committed to the health and safety of our team, colleagues, clients, and the communities in which we operate. During this challenging time, we are supporting utilities, municipalities, and industrial clients who provide essential services, like supplying drinking water and power, both locally and across the province. Although our team is working remotely from home, individual team members are equipped to make essential [...]
Austin Engineering is proud to announce it has been awarded the honour of best engineering company in the Kootenays for the second year in a row. The Trail, B.C. firm received the Platinum Award in the Kootenay Business Best of Business 2019 Engineering Company category. “We are so grateful for this award,” says Mary Austin, Director of Business Development. “We have felt such tremendous support [...]
Austin Engineering is pleased to officially welcome Ruth Keyes, P. Eng. to the team. Ruth is a Senior Civil-Environmental Engineer who has a working relationship with our Trail, BC firm as a former contracted employee; as such, we’re confident she’s a great fit for the team in her new full-time role as Senior Hydrotechnical Engineer. Ruth holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil and [...]
Austin Engineering Ltd. and its research partners are taking their findings on how dams respond during earthquakes to an international audience this week when they present at The International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD). The Trail, BC engineering firm, Selkirk College, FortisBC, and the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO) have again worked together successfully to complete Phase 3 of their [...]
Clean energy projects in the Kootenays will be on display this spring when the Clean Energy BC conference leaves Greater Vancouver for the first time to visit Trail, BC June 4-6. Powering Generations: Legacy to the Future will showcase the region’s environmentally conscious side and recognize how clean energy continues to contribute to long-time economic success in metallurgy, forestry, mining, and the high-tech sectors. “These [...]
The Austin Engineering Ltd. team hosted an open house at its new location in downtown Trail, BC on Feb. 21, 2019. The team was pleased to tour customers, family and friends around the building, which houses its in-house hydraulics lab. The engineering firm bought the former J Balfour and Sons Ltd. building located at 1151 Cedar Ave. at the end of 2018. While the company [...]
Austin Engineering Ltd. is proud to announce it has expanded its operations into a new location to house its growing staff and services. The Trail, B.C. engineering firm has bought the former J Balfour and Sons Ltd. building located at 1151 Cedar Ave. in downtown Trail. “We are very excited to continue to grow our business here at home in Trail, and we look forward [...]
Austin Engineering and its partners University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO), Selkirk College and FortisBC were presented the Clean Energy BC 'Operational Excellence' award at the Clean Energy BC Generate 2018 Conference in Vancouver, Nov. 26-28.
