The TRM speaks to federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments, and to manufacturers, suppliers, consulting engineers, construction companies, associations, researchers, educators and the public. The TRM makes it possible to understand and seize the opportunities and challenges of the Canadian CIS and provides a tool that will help all parties plan their activities and establish their priorities and strategies.
Each of the 10 objectives is presented in the following pages. With each presentation is a graphical version of the TRM, a statement of the particular objective and a table of the major challenges and technology needs associated with it. The graphical version of the TRM allows the reader to identify the coordinates of the objective within it. To understand the interrelationships illustrated by the TRM, it is necessary to study the TRM, its individual objectives and their interrelationships in an iterative process.
The linked objectives, major challenges and technology needs define what is required to achieve specific objectives.