Website and Online Exhibit for an Architecture Firm CLIENT BROWN & STOREY ARCHITECTS LAUNCHED 2004 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Web presence for an architecture firm * Designers of Yonge / Dundas Square in Toronto * Easily updatable online presence - custom CMS * Large photo galleries displaying past projects * Web art installation for Yonge/Dundas Square ABOUT THE PROJECT Brown + Storey is a multidisciplinary team of architects, whose work is known to cross boundaries between architecture, urban and landscape design. In the past few years their work has gained attention for many projects, including the revitalization of St. George and Bloor streets, as well as the recent completion of the Yonge / DundasSquare. Brown + Storey Architects needed a comprehensive web presence to reflect the essence of their work. It needed to feature a number of past projects in a way that is clear and highly visual. They also needed to be able to update the site on their own as time goes by. Giant Step designed a custom-made web site that encapsulates the message conveyed by each of the architects' projects. We included a centralized rolling image gallery and three image sizes to allow for an exciting […]

Customer Service Representative (CSR) Product Documentation Tool & Internal Communications Management System CLIENT CIBC, BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS GROUP (Note: This project was done by a founder before starting Giant Step) Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Developed a database system for CIBC * Tracks corporate communication updates * Used for cibc.com, pcfinancial.ca and other sites * Multiple access levels for management and staff * Generates reports for senior management ABOUT THE PROJECT The Business Communications group manages most internal and external communications for CIBC, including cibc.com, pcfinancial.ca, internal newsletters and more. The group needed a way to keep track of all of the communication updates made to these entities with various editorial and management views. A custom networked database system was developed to support the Business Communications group. The system allows the group to track all on-going communication updates, includes multiple access levels for management and staff, and generates reports for viewing by the senior management of CIBC.

Official Site of Adventurer Robert Young Pelton CLIENT INGLE INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHED 2006 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Digital marketing strategy for travel promo site * Official site for a world-renowned TV personality * Interactive Maps, Wiki, Videos, Photos, e-Store * Active Forum - 210,000 posts / 1,400 members * Top traffic ranked site in Australia * 60,000 unique visitors / month ABOUT THE PROJECT ComeBackAlive© is the official website of Robert Young Pelton, a renowned author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. Pelton offers a unique experiential style of reporting on conflict-related issues by spending time with leaders from both sides of political conflicts, often returning with exclusive and unique footage. The Discovery Travel Channel series “Robert Young Pelton’s The World’s Most Dangerous Places” aired from 1998-2003 and inspired the formation of comebackalive.com – the site features ‘Dangerous Places’, an interactive map of the world, showcasing information form Pelton’s guides detailing the inter-workings of political unrest. The ‘Dangerpedia’ Wiki allows visitors to contribute their stories and experiences. The ‘Black Flag Café’ is a very active online forum with over 210,000 article posts and 1,400 registered members. The site also features Video clips from the Television show, links to various media interviews, articles […]

Investment Diversification Research Database CLIENT WILLIAMS RESEARCH INT'L (for HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION) Note: This project was done by a founder before starting Giant Step Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Developed database to assist in research project * Tracking investment diversification options * Assisted Williams Research International Inc. * Improving medical research investment results ABOUT THE PROJECT For years, the Heart & Stroke Foundation has been collecting donations for medical research through yearly lotteries and other initiatives. Their research investments into disease recovery and prevention is unmatched in the country. Over the last few years, most investments have been directed towards the same proven medical labs and scientists, and a second look at the investment strategy was required in order to diversify their investments - to give a chance for young researchers, expanding labs, and get more valuable medical research for the money. In collaboration with Williams Research International, a database system was developed to assist in the search for possible diversification strategies. The project involved an elaborate database system and a series of custom reports, presenting and summarizing the data. Williams Research reviewed the data and submitted a report of the findings to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of […]

Company-wide Data Asset Mapping CLIENT WILLIAMS RESEARCH INT'L (for NOVARTIS) Note: This project was done by a founder before starting Giant Step Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Developed a database system for Novartis * Largest pharmaceutical company in the world * Assisted Williams Research International Inc. * Tracking all company-wide data assets * Built for the senior management in Switzerland ABOUT THE PROJECT Novartis is the largest pharmaceutical company in the world. Based in Switzerland, it holds some of the largest medical research facilities and develops more new medicine than any other company. With their immense collection of quantitative and qualitative data kept in hundreds of databases throughout the company, the senior management required a new database system in order to keep track of all of the databases of operations in the company. Every group manager had to be interviewed in order to develop a data-map of the company, that includes all operations, their data assets, how to access them, who is in charge of the information, and more detail. The database had to be customized to their unique requirements and organizational structure. In collaboration with Williams Research International, Giant Step developed a database system to assist in the interview […]

Database for Managing Construction Law Cases

Corporate Communications Newsletters CLIENT ONTARIO POWER GENERATION (Note: This project was done by a founder before starting Giant Step) Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Working with senior corporate management * Created corporate communication newsletter * Distributed to all 10,000+ OPG staff and associates * Monthly reporting format for a 4-year long project * Environmental qualification for Canada's power plants * Ensuring safe conditions of equipment for next 40 years ABOUT THE PROJECT The Environmental Qualification project was designed to minimize the environmental effects and ensure the safe operational conditions of Canada's nuclear power plants for the next 40 years. The project involved testing every piece of equipment in the power plants and replacing items if needed. With an estimated timeline of four years to completion, the project required monthly progress reporting. Working with the senior management, a corporate newsletter format was produced to communicate the progress of the project in a simplified way to over 10,000 staff and associates of the company. The progress report included an executive summary, project milestones, budget expenditure, site inspections, work-down curves, audit summaries and special reports. Having a large personnel involved in the project with various limited points of view, the communication had to […]

Website for International Produce Distributor CLIENT RADONIC RODGERS (for CATANIA WORLDWIDE) LAUNCHED 2006 Visit The Site HIGHLIGHTS * Corporate web presence for global distributor * An established, 75 year-old international brand * Design by Radonic Rodgers Communications * Web development and animation by Giant Step * Interactive map, updatable charts, photo galleries ABOUT THE PROJECT Catania is a 75 year old company, specializing in the cultivation and distribution of specialty fruits. Catania imports and exports produce all around the world and has many offices worldwide. Catania needed a corporate web presence for the company, as well as various micro-sites for international branches. In collaboration with Radonic Rodgers Communications, Giant Step developed very attractive websites for the company. The corporate web presence included an interactive animated map featuring Catania's import and export routes, an easily updatable product availability chart, updatable photo galleries and animated Catania's company logo for the web.  

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