W.I.R.E. Services has moved! We are currently in a temporary location until our permanent home is constructed. Our Temporary Address is:

W.I.R.E. Services
1150C Waverley St.
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3T 0P4


W.I.R.E. Services - LiDAR Solutions

Worldwide Integrated Rating Enhancement (W.I.R.E.) Services, a combined business initiative between Manitoba Hydro, Canada’s 4th largest electric utility and Calgary-based LiDAR Services International  (LSI), a company with many years of experience in airborne LiDAR surveys.  W.I.R.E. Services was the first utility-based company to combine LiDAR surveys with utility applications and provide 3rd party electric utilities with a "full service" solution package for their transmission line needs.  Its knowledge and experience in using LiDAR technology, coupled with extensive utility experience in transmission line design enables W.I.R.E. Services to provide meaningful information on utility transmission lines.

Through its professional and highly experienced employees, W.I.R.E. Services is a "one-stop shop" for airborne LiDAR data collection, thermal rating analysis, upgrade engineering, danger tree/vegetation assessments, new route surveys, design engineering and other environmental applications.

What distinguishes us?

  • Our Electrical Utility Experience - We understand the needs of Utilities.
  • We offer a full service - LiDAR Data Collection to rating analysis to upgrade recommendations.
  • We are not a typical LiDAR provider; we provide the electrical industry with Engineering expertise based on LiDAR surveys.
  • We recognize the importance of using all available tools.
  • We work with a single LiDAR provider with tailored requirements to fit what is of most benefit to the Transmission Line modeling application.
  • We work with the client to provide what is best for them.
  • We use all of these tools in-house for our own Utility Manitoba Hydro.
  • We go beyond building Transmission Line models, we provide solutions.
  • LiDAR points are left in the model to verify sag and tension and attachment points.
  • We are not PLS-CADD users, we are PLS-CADD Experts

What The Client Should Expect!

  • That we have a strong Utility understanding.
  • That our LiDAR Collection, Models and Analysis is done to meet YOUR NEEDS.
  • That we can back up any of our assumptions, techniques and RESULTS.
  • That we use all the tools available; PLS-CADD, RateKit, IEEE, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Microstation, Etc…
  • That our LiDAR standards are based on what benefits Transmission Line Modeling and Analysis.
  • That our Transmission Line experience will provide better solutions, and more reliable results.
  • The client should expect to receive data points at specific locations.
  • That once delivered we are always there to provide further assistance.