Douglas Ramage, P.Eng., Env Sp Email & Phone Number

Canada

I help clients address complex asset management programs by providing quality data analysis and strategic planning for Councils that enable them with effective processes and plans towards the sustainable management of municipal infrastructure.My role is responsible for the leadership and oversight of the Asset Management Division, in a virtual office environment, to provide consulting services for municipalities across Saskatchewan. Northbound Planning focuses on rural municipalities and small-towns to protect and promote the sustainability and viability of our hometown communities. Consulting Services:- Asset Management- Strategic Planning, Council Workshop Facilitation- Municipal Sustainability- Policy Development- Project Management- GIS, data visualization, data management

Douglas Ramage is a professional civil engineer with a specialty in sustainable infrastructure and asset management. Doug has led the development of strategic planning, asset management plans, capital planning consultations, infrastructure master plans, land use studies, grant applications, feasibility assessments, organizational reviews and policy development that assists leadership in making informed decisions for their communities and organizations.

Applying sustainable infrastructure principles, Doug is a multi-discipline professional with a background in civil engineering, capital plan development, land use planning and public consultation who works with clients to develop asset renewal and replacement programs based on infrastructure assessments or audits that align with strategic initiatives such as economic development initiatives, growth management plans, or viability assessments based on the specific needs of the community.

Doug Ramage is a senior management consultant with experience in both the public and private sectors across the Prairie Provinces. Doug has worked with clients in addressing community-driven issues from an engineering perspective where it is critical to understand the relationship between business management processes, community growth, sustainability and the relationship to each other. Doug offers process improvement, strategic planning, and efficient change management through advisory and support services tailored to your specific needs. Plan writing, procedure development, and capital planning modeled through a lens of sustainability and resilience are integral foundations of a well-balanced, competitive community. For any major process change having awareness, knowledge, ability and reinforcement allows for a clear path for the process to follow. Doug helps find inefficiencies, assist by understanding the requirement for change, teach and implement new methods and ensure the proper people or software are in place to complete these methods. Discovering how each aspect, function, and individual of the organization functions with hands on consulting is integral in finding the best possible solution for increased efficiencies.

Approximately one-third of municipal infrastructure is in fair, poor, or very poor condition and the Canadian Infrastructure Report Card indicated that “All communities, particularly smaller municipalities, would benefit from increased asset management capacity.”Asset management requires a multi-disciplinary approach based on risk management, understanding financial impacts, engineering, economics, community planning, and data management. Firebird consultants are business strategists with experience in risk management, engineering, community planning, and data management.Our process unlocks the experience and knowledge of your administration and community providing knowledge and insight for municipalities looking to elevate their capacity in managing infrastructure assets and tackling strategic decision-making challenges.A long-term capital plan forecasts the required infrastructure capital to manage growth and maintain continuity in municipal service delivery while balancing affordability with the expected services to community. The capital plan provides the framework for long-term infrastructure planning and fiscal management through:· Supporting better decision making through quality data· Identifying strategic investments based on business case models· Minimizing fiscal risks through multi-year budgeting for fiscal sustainability· Increasing grant funding preparedness by early identification of capital priorities· Infrastructure planning and strategy· Capital planning that prioritize and sequence infrastructure project development

Chamber of Commerce Liason on the PRRC

The Prairie Sky Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors of enthusiastic business people who are determined to create a professional, unified voice for the Warman & Martensville region on a local, regional and provincial level. We aim to ensure existing business and the economic region as a whole remain strong, vibrant, and progressive.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

By leveraging the experience and skills within McElhanney, Doug developed project teams to meet the needs of communities across Saskatchewan. Projects focused on long-term community sustainability using research and analysis to understand the infrastructure to address the current and future needs of the community and developing capital plan programs to implement these plans.Projects included: asset management, infrastructure planning, strategy and policy development

Doug has played a key role in building the Saskatchewan municipal client base and establishing the infrastructure planning sector focused on integrated asset management plans through an understanding of the future needs of the community to inform strategy and policy recommendations towards the sustainable management of municipal infrastructure.

Saskatchewan, Canada

Municipal Engineer and Planner in the Municipal Group in the Saskatoon Infrastructure Division. Responsibilities include planning, analysis, design and collaboration with the Urban Planning Group. Role is to provide the necessary planning support for planning and engineering projects including providing research, analysis, technical direction, and stakeholder and public engagement services.Project work includes:• Future Growth Plans• Infrastructure Master Plans• Growth Management Strategies• Neighbourhood Concept Plans• Transportation Planning• Development Levy - Financing Growth• CPTED Reviews

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Launched in the fall of 2011, The Konan Koalition merged it's traditional non-profit fundraising with a socially minded, purpose driven clothing and apparel line to support the goals of accessible medical care for companion pets. The revenues from the sales of this clothing line go towards providing financial assistance to families facing expensive emergency vet bills that they would not otherwise be able to afford.Since 2011, The Konan Koalition has been a part of helping over 20 dogs across Western Canada, from Winnipeg, MB to Saltspring Island, BC. In March 2013, The Konan Koalition will be a featured designer as a part of a fashion show supporting the Saskatoon SPCA.

Envision Sustainability Professional, Sustainable Infrastructure

Envision provides a consistent, consensus-based framework for assessing sustainability, resiliency, and equity in civil infrastructure..

B.E. Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering

Spectrum 2013 - Volunteer Graham Centre Public Speaking Contest 2013 Western Engineering Competition 2013 - Consulting Competition 1st.

Urban Design Certificate, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Essential Skills For Transition To Leadership

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