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Reliable Controls - 20 Years of Building Automation Excellence

The head offices of five North American building controls manufacturers are located within a 75-mile radius of Victoria, BC making the Pacific Northwest one of the most competitive building controls manufacturing regions in the world. As it turns out, the Pacific Northwest was ideal for developing a building controls company focused on delivering excellent customer satisfaction.

1986	January	Company founded in Surrey, BC, Canada. Begin development of new 32 Input, 32 Output controller, firmware, and software.
1986	October	Installation of first generation Burke System and BP1000 direct digital controller in North Vancouver Law Court.
1987	May	Move from basement of residence to a small new shop located at 218-11558, 132A Street in Surrey, BC.
1987	August	Awarded Head Office of Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC).
1988	January	Development and production of the BP16IN/16OUT expansion board for the BP1000.
1988	April	Awarded the British Columbia (BC) Parliament Buildings and Provincial Museum.
1989	October	Begin development of 8 Input, 8 Output controller.
1990	November	Begin development of software changes to include 8x8 controller.
1991	February	Begin production of 8x8 controller named Mini-Burke.
1992	September	Begin development of second generation Direct Digital Control (DDC) system. New controller with modular 16 Input / 16 Output cards, called MNC100. Backwards compatibility with the legacy Burke System is maintained.
1992	October	Begin development of a new 4 Input, 4 Output controller.
1993	September	Begin production of MNC100.
1994	January	Retrofit contract of University of Victoria awarded to Accutemp Refrigeration and Air Conditioning using Reliable Controls®. Project was the largest retrofit project in North America during the year.
	February	Begin production of second generation DOS software.
	April	Move from Surrey to a larger facility at 201-3375 Whittier Avenue, in Victoria, BC, Canada.
	June	Begin new marketing strategy.
	September	Begin development of new MicroSoft Windows based software.
	November	Begin development of the SMART-Sensor™.
1995	January	Initial release of the Reliable Controls® product catalog.
	February	First trade show AEE in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
	May	Begin full scale production of SMART-Sensor™.
	December	New Western Canada Regional Sales Manager hired.
1996	February	First dealer training course held.
	April	Reliable Controls® announces it is committed to implement the ASHRAE Standard 135 BACnet® protocol.
	July	First posting of the Reliable Controls® website (http://www.reliablecontrols.com) on the Internet.
	December	Begin production of new MicroSoft Windows software
1997	March	Begin development of third generation system. New surface mount 8 Input, 8 Output controller with expansion capability. The new products are called the MACH Controller Series (MACH1™, MACH2™, MACH2x™).
	May	Reliable Controls® announces that all products are Year 2000 compliant.
	April	First blue glossy marketing brochure released. Begin development on a new Variable Air Volume (VAV) controller.
	August	First appearance of the new corporate logo.
	September	First Reliable Controls® Authorized Dealer Meeting.
	November	Milestone: One Thousand MNC100s shipped to date.
1998	April	First corporate video released.
	May	Begin production of the MACH1™ controller.
	June	Retrofit contract of Metropolis at Metrotown awarded to Control Solutions of Coquitlam, BC. The project is largest holding of Cambridge properties.
	July	Begin development of the ETHER-Link™ Portal.
	September	Begin production of MACH2™ building controller.
	November	First multi-vendor BACnet® installation completed by Serv-All Mechanical in Edmonton, AB.
1999	June	Eastern Canada Regional Sales Manager hired.
	July	Volume 8, No.2 of MB&S magazine displays MACH1™ building controller on front cover.
	August	UL916 Approval for the entire MACH-System™ hardware.
	October	Begin production of MACH-Air™ VAV controller.
2001	May	Reliable Controls® joins the BACnet® Manufacturers Association (now BACnet® International).
2001	June	Milestone: Reliable Controls® ships 10,000th direct digital controller.
2002	April	Begin production of RC-Archive™ data acquisition software. Begin production of the MACH-Global™ building controller.
	October	Begin production of RC-WebView™ web server software.
	November	Eastern US Regional Sales Manager hired.
	December	Begin production of X-Port™ converter.
2003	September	BTL approval for MACH-Air™ and MACH-Zone™ as BACnet® Application Specific Controllers (B-ASC). Mainland China and Hong Kong distribution office opens in Shenzhen, China.
2004	October	Begin production of SMART-Sensor™ LCD. Move from Whittier to larger new facility at 120 Hallowell Road in Victoria, BC.
2004	December	Begin production of RC-Studio® 2.0 BACnet® Operator's Workstation Software.
2005	March	Milestone: Reliable Controls® connects to over One Million field devices. BTL approval for MACH1™ and MACH2™ as BACnet® Advanced Application Controllers (B-AAC). Western US Regional Sales Manager hired.
	April	Begin production of SPACE-Sensor™ Temperature series.
	May	BTL approval for MACH-Global™ and ETHER-Link™ Portal as BACnet® Building Controllers (B-BC).
2006	July	Renovations complete for new R&D space.
	September	Milestone: Reliable Controls® one of the top 25 Fastest Growing Companies on Vancouver Island.
	October	BTL approval for MACH-Stat™ series as BACnet® Advanced Application Controllers (B-AAC).
	November	UL864 approval for MACH-System™ hardware.
2007	January	Regional Sales Manager hired for Midwestern USA.
	June	The MACH-ProCom™ BACnet® Building Controller is officially released.
	June	X-Port-2™ Converter is introduced into the building controls market.
	August	New Upgrade to RC-Studio® 2.0 Software.
	October	RC-Archive™ 2.0 software released. Reliable Controls honored with Mayorial Award by Township of View Royal for community involvement in the development of the E&N Rail Trail. Visit www.capitalbikeandwalk.org for more details on the Rail Trail.
	November	Milestone: Reliable Controls® ships 100,000th direct digital controller.
	December	AHR Expo Innovation Award Honor Mention in Building Automation for the MACH-Stat Space Controller.
2008	January	The MACH-ProCom™ BACnet® Building Controller wins a 2008 Building Operating Management (BOM) Reader's Choice Award.

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