Selected prior experience of the founder
Regional water transmission and supply planning
Connected regional networks, routing and alternatives, reliability, hydraulic constraints, and the decisions that tie a multi-agency program together.
Experience
Experience built on complex systems and consequential decisions.
Blue Line is a new firm built on a long career. Founder Mike Van Doorn has spent 27+ years on water infrastructure across Canada and the United States, and that experience is what the firm brings to the table today.
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We keep two things clearly apart. Blue Line engagements are projects contracted to Blue Line Water Strategy LLC. Selected prior experience of the founder is work Mike did in earlier roles with a previous employer. That work was delivered by that employer and its teams, and Blue Line claims none of it as its own.
Project names, owners, figures and images appear only where permission has been given. Until then, experience is described by the type of problem.
Blue Line engagements
Pending client approval
Blue Line began operating in 2026. Engagement descriptions will be published here as client approvals are in place. We would rather show an honest empty shelf than fill it early.
Selected prior experience of the founder
Grouped by the kind of problem, because that is how the experience gets used. Roles across this work included hydraulics lead, project technical lead, quality manager and senior technical advisor.
Selected prior experience of the founder
High-capacity pump stations and conveyance systems
Performance across operating scenarios, pumping configurations, large-diameter pipelines, tie-ins and transitions, and transient and surge questions.
Selected prior experience of the founder
Program strategy and technical quality
Alternatives, critical risks, owner decisions, structured review, and communication across disciplines, including stepping into challenged projects to steady them.
Selected prior experience of the founder
River crossings and alternative delivery
Trenchless crossings and transmission mains delivered under design-build, progressive design-build and CMAR models, in technical lead and quality leadership roles.
Selected prior experience of the founder
Master planning and system modeling
Long-horizon master plans and feasibility studies, calibrated system models, and prioritized capital programs that communities return to cycle after cycle.
Selected prior experience of the founder
Major venues and district-scale development
Servicing strategy where a single development reshapes demand on an existing system: peak event loading, fire flow, staging, and coordination between a developer and the utility.
On the record
Publications and presentations.
Published work by the founder, listed as it appeared.
- Case Study of a Large Urban Wet Weather Model: Calgary. Challenges of Model Development & Calibration in the Development of Multiple Basin-Level Models. WEFTEC, 2016.
- Building a Flood Resilient Community: Medicine Hat's Overland Flow Protection Strategy. WEFTEC, 2016.
- Response to a 1:100 Year Rainfall Event: City of Lethbridge 2002 Flooding Investigation. Innovative Modeling of Urban Water Systems, Monograph 12. Computational Hydraulics International, 2003.
- East Lethbridge Pressure Zone Amalgamation Project. Western Water & Wastewater Association Magazine, June 2001.
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