Benjamin Boyd, P.Eng.
Founder | Principal Engineer
Ben founded BALODEV and leads our engineering work. A Professional Engineer registered in BC and Alberta, he reviews and stamps drawings and takes responsibility for designs from preliminary concept through issued for construction. His work covers electrical and control system design, power distribution, coordination and arc flash studies, hazardous locations, and PLC and HMI programming for industrial and manufacturing clients. He keeps designs practical and code-compliant (CEC, NEC and IEC), so they’re easy to build, inspect and maintain.
Sample Project Experience
• Multimillion-dollar, four-storey, cemented aggregate fill and shotcrete plant, with 3D cable tray and cable routing layout
• New multimillion-dollar hazardous area test bay for CNG manufacturing company
• Electrical engineering, controls design & programming for deep water surfing wave machine
• Cache Creek Landfill Gas Utilization Project where 3× 1.5 MW, 4160V power generators are fueled by landfill methane
• CNG “mother/daughter” operation to transport natural gas from New Brunswick across the Confederation Bridge to P.E.I.
• 3× 1 MW paralleled standby generator sets for a British Columbia P3 Hospital project
• Developed new standardized equipment schematics separately with each of AutoCAD Electrical, SolidWorks Electrical & DraftSight
Specialties
• Hazardous locations
• Motor controls & industrial instrumentation and control systems
• Power generation and distribution systems
• Arc flash studies
• Cable tray and cable routing
• PLC/HMI programming
• Testing and commissioning of various equipment
• AutoCAD Electrical, SolidWorks Electrical, EPLAN, DraftSight, and Visio drafting
Education
B.Sc.E. (Electrical Concentration):
Walla Walla University, Washington, 2002
Registered Professional Engineer:
British Columbia (EGBC No. 46837)
Alberta (APEGA No. 288471)
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