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Home - a brief description of who we are, what
we do, the types of clients we serve, and links to our
most popular pages
The Firm & its Principal - an overview of our civil
engineering practice and a summary of Mr. Bouwmeester's
credentials
Media Articles Featuring Our
Firm:
Barrie Advance - Helping opportunity
knock, by Donna Douglas
Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram - Shedding
light on sun glare, by Gordon Dickson
Des Moines Register - Drivers, beware of sun's glare,
by Tom Alex
Des Moines Register - Sun blamed in 1 death, 2 collisions,
by Tom Alex
Des Moines Register - Equinox
driving,
by Jeff Bash
Des Moines Register - Seasonal
Danger - sun glare graphic
East Valley Tribune - Equinox
means more problems for commuters, by Mike
Branom
National Post - Lurking in the
shadows, by Guy Babineau
Omaha World-Herald - Sun
is a glaring change, by Nancy Gaarder
Toronto Star - Working in sun and
shadow, by Robert Burg
Toronto Star - Our Places in the Sun - The Shadow Factor,
by Stephen Weir
Scope of Services - an overview of the types of
projects we are involved with, the types of tables,
drawings and reports we prepare, and the types of
presentations (including expert witness testimony) we
provide
Presentations:
Virtual
Modeling of Tall Buildings - Sun & Shadows - presented by R.
Bouwmeester at the Higher Learning Symposium held in Toronto,
Ontario, on October 19, 2006. The event was co-sponsored by the City
of Toronto, the Canadian
Urban Institute and the Toronto
Society of Architects.
For a
PDF version of the presentation (slides only, no notes) click the
following:
Part
1, Part
2, Part
3, Part
4
Sun and Shadow Modeling in Accident Reconstruction, presented by R.
Bouwmeester to the Canadian Association of
Technical Accident Investigators and
Reconstructionists (CATAIR), Ontario Region, on February 18,
1997.
Free Data
Available:
Historical Sun Position Data for accident investigation and
legal professionals
Sunrise/Sunset
Tables for the current month available on-line:
Canada
Barrie
Halifax
Toronto
Vancouver
Winnipeg
USA
San Diego
Chicago
Denver
Houston
Miami
New
York City
San
Francisco
For those of you interested in
this month's sunrise/sunset data for the Middle East:
Baghdad,
Kabul
and Kuwait
City.
Free
sunrise/sunset
tables are available for those of you visiting Vancouver or Whistler BC during
the Olympics and Paralympics in February and March 2010.
February
- Vancouver;
Whistler
March - Vancouver;
Whistler
A
Sunrise/Sunset
Table for Port-au-Prince,
Haiti, has been added in support of those involved in rescue
and relief work. The table provides rise and set times and
the total number of hours of available sunlight for each day of
the current month.
Sunrise/Sunset Tables:
Sunrise/Sunset Tables are available for any dates and locations.
The current month for your location is free upon request.
They are available in three
formats as follows:
1. Rise/Set
Times, Time of Solar Noon, Number of Daylight Hours
(This is our standard format.)
2. Rise/Set
Times, Azimuths of Rise/Set (great tool for photographers)
3. Rise/Set
Times in Monthly Calendar Format.
See samples of each by clicking on the links above.
Modeling Applications - an overview of
our three main types
of projects:
Shadow Impact Assessments - related to proposed
development and building projects - we have represented proponents
as well as objectors. Project types range from proposed house
additions to 75-storey condo developments.
Solar Access Studies - related to passive solar
energy, architectural daylighting, and pedestrian
comfort
Accident & Crime Scene Reconstruction - related to the investigation
and reconstruction of accidents and collisions of all
kinds (e.g. involving pedestrians, cars, trucks,
buses, trains, aircraft and watercraft) where sun
glare or blinding is suspected to have been a
contributing factor, and crime scene reconstruction
where there are issues related to visibility /
ambient lighting / suspect identification. We also provide
forensic shadow analyses of photos and videos to determine and/or confirm
the date and time they were taken. Our analyses assist in
establishing timelines and proving/disproving witness statements in
both criminal and accident investigations.
Representative Projects - a summary listing of our projects
Samples of Our
Work:
Shadow Impact
Assessments
House
addition
Monster home addition
Second
storey addition
Proposed
downtown highrise
Proposed highrise condo
Virtual
Modeling of Tall Buildings - Sun & Shadows - presentation
made on October 19, 2006, at the Higher Learning Symposium, Toronto,
Ontario. The event was co-sponsored by the City
of Toronto, the Canadian
Urban Institute and the Toronto
Society of Architects. (For a
PDF version of the presentation (slides only, no notes) click the
following: Part
1, Part
2, Part
3, Part
4)
Solar Access
Studies
Proposed
Skylights - shadow animation (AVI file)
Proposed pool and residence
Daily sun position graph
and table
Sun
exposure charts for various building
faces
Accident & Crime Scene Reconstruction
Sample
photos of sun glare while driving
Accident scene photos with
superimposed sun position
Sun and Shadow Modeling in Accident Reconstruction, presented by R.
Bouwmeester to the Canadian Association of
Technical Accident Investigators and
Reconstructionists (CATAIR), Ontario Region, on February 18,
1997
Miscellaneous Projects
Frito-Lay
SunChips Solar Billboard - See this Facebook
page or this Vimeo
page for a time-lapse video of
the SunChips 'solar' billboard installed in Oakland California on
Earth Day 2008 to celebrate the opening of Frito-Lay's solar-powered
SunChips plant in nearby Modesto. The shadow casting
components of the billboard were designed by R. Bouwmeester &
Associates. Ad agency Juniper Park of Toronto took home the 2009 Cassies Grand
Prix on January 28, 2010, for the ad campaign that included our
billboard. See story.
Air India Flight 182 Memorial Sundial
- R. Bouwmeester &
Associates was commissioned by the City of Toronto to design the
sundial feature which is central to the Air India Flight 182
Memorial unveiled on the Toronto Ontario waterfront by Prime
Minister Stephen Harper on June 23, 2007.
Interesting Articles about the
Dangers of Driving & Sun Glare:
Glaring Danger - Bright Sun, Deadly Collisions,
San Francisco Examiner, October 12, 1998
Sight Unseen, Transcript of ABC News 20/20
program, aired March 22, 1999
Driving
and Sun Glare
Can Be a Deadly Mixture, PRNewswire, December 30, 2002
Shedding
light on sun glare,
Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram,
September 15, 2003
Drivers, beware of sun's glare,
Des Moines Register,
September 16, 2004
Sun blamed in 1 death, 2 collisions,
Des Moines Register,
September 18, 2004
Equinox
driving,
Des Moines Register, March 21, 2005
Equinox
means more problems for commuters,
East Valley Tribune,
September 29, 2005
Sun
is a glaring change, Omaha World-Herald, April 1, 2010
Sun
glare dangers during spring and fall commutes
Overview of our Solar Model
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