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title: Allnorth Blog | Ross Irvine
description: Ross Irvine is an Engineering Group Lead at Allnorth with experience supporting complex energy infrastructure projects across Western Canada. He helps clients navigate constructability challenges and develop practical solutions that support successful project delivery.
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### Ross Irvine

Ross Irvine is an Engineering Group Lead at Allnorth with experience supporting complex energy infrastructure projects across Western Canada. He helps clients navigate constructability challenges and develop practical solutions that support successful project delivery.

## Posts By Author

[![Building Energy Infrastructure in an Already-Built World](https://blog.allnorth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20work%20still%20needs%20to%20get%20built.-1.jpg?width=596&name=The%20work%20still%20needs%20to%20get%20built.-1.jpg)](https://blog.allnorth.com/building-energy-infrastructure-in-an-already-built-world)

#### [Building Energy...](https://blog.allnorth.com/building-energy-infrastructure-in-an-already-built-world)

#### * **Why engineering and construction can no longer operate as separate phases***

*Featuring Ross Irvine,...*

[Infrastructure](https://blog.allnorth.com/author/infrastructure)  September 22, 2026

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# [Building Energy Infrastructure in an Already-Built World](https://blog.allnorth.com/building-energy-infrastructure-in-an-already-built-world)

Why engineering and construction can no longer operate as separate phases Featuring Ross Irvine, Engineering Group Lead Building Around What Already Exists Many of the assumptions that shaped project delivery ten or twenty years ago no longer\[…\]

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# [Building Energy Infrastructure in an Already-Built World](https://blog.allnorth.com/building-energy-infrastructure-in-an-already-built-world)

 September 22, 2026

 Why engineering and construction can no longer operate as separate phases Featuring Ross Irvine, Engineering Group Lead Building Around What Already Exists Many of the assumptions that shaped project delivery ten or twenty years ago no longer\[…\]

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