Company Overview

COMMSULT ENGINEERING LIMITED

82 Larose Drive, jcouprie@commsult. ab. ca Telephone: (780) 460-2551 St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 2T2 Fax: (780) 458-9217

Corporate Profile

Commsult Engineering Ltd. is owned and operated by K. James (Jim) Couprie, P. Eng., a Professional Engineer with over 30 years experience in the design of RF, videoconference and telephone systems. The company has been in existence as a sole proprietorship since 1978, and has recently been incorporated. It is not affiliated with any manufacturer or supplier of equipment.

Mr. Couprie maintains his professional affiliation with the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta. Commsult is the holder of APEGGA Permit to Practice number P-7055.

Design, Marketing and Management of Antenna Sites

Mr. Couprie has designed and managed antenna sites for Motorola Canada Inc., for Telus and for ATCO Electric. These sites have included ground-based towers, rooftops and mountaintops, and have accommodated systems using VHF, UHF and microwave frequencies. He was responsible for developing a marketing program and administrative systems that resulted in a quadrupling of revenues for one system over a four-year period. He has recently conducted surveys to determine compliance with standards for RF exposure as published by Health Canada in Safety Code 6.

Design and Implementation of Mobile Radio Systems

Systems designed by Mr. Couprie are in use throughout Western Canada. Major installations have been used by police, fire and ambulance systems, as well as by electric power utilities. Public systems designed and implemented include the former Edmonton Telephones (now Telus Mobility) cellular and public trunked networks. Systems varied in size from single sites to major industrial facilities to province-wide coverage, and include dispatch voice, paging, telephone interconnect and data applications.

Recent projects include evaluation of tenders for a 3100 unit transit and public works system in Alberta and design of an eight site AMPS cellular network in northwestern Ontario.

Design and Implementation of Point-to-Point Radio Systems

A number of microwave, VHF and UHF point-to-point systems have been designed by or under the direction of Mr. Couprie. He has worked with equipment from Farinon, Alcatel, MDS, Nortel, Western Multiplex and most North American VHF and UHF radio manufacturers. Systems have included analogue and digital multiplexers from many different manufacturers.

Recent projects include the design of two large (27 hop 5.8 GHz and fifteen hop 2.4/5.8 GHz) spread spectrum networks for Alberta school divisions and a twelve hop 8 GHz microwave network in northwestern Ontario. Design and Implementation of Telephone Systems

Mr. Couprie has designed and implemented many office and industrial telephone systems that have incorporated incoming call centers, call management, radio interconnect and videoconferencing. He has worked with key and PBX systems from Nortel, Mitel, NEC, Lucent and Toshiba, as well as Telus Centrex.

Design and Implementation of Videoconference Network

Mr. Couprie was responsible for the design, implementation and operation of a videoconferencing network that included Polycom stations in 22 locations and an advanced Lucent video bridge.

Operation and Maintenance

Mr. Couprie was responsible for the operation of the Edmonton Telephones mobile radio shop for many years. Staff in this shop installed and maintained all radio systems operated by the City of Edmonton, as well as other electronic equipment.

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Commsult Engineering Ltd.

Number of Employees: 1

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Services

• Engineering Consultant - Wireless And Telecommunications

NAICS Categories

• 541330 Engineering Services

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