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New J.L Richards headquarters to emphasize Wellness
With the release of initial renderings, JLR’s in-house design team has provided new insight into what they hope to accomplish with this project.
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Smith + Andersen welcomes two new principals
Elaine Guenette, P.Eng., and David Hultman, P.Eng. are the latest principals of the firm—Guenette in Ottawa and Hultman in Vancouver.
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Pageau Morel announces a new Creative Solutions team
Roland Charneux and Jacques Lagacé, both veteran engineers in the fields of energy efficiency and sustainable development, will support the firm’s technical skills and design development.
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Bruce out as SNC-Lavalin CEO, Edwards in
Ian Edwards steps in to become interim president and CEO succeeding Neil Bruce who has announced that he is retiring to return to his family in the UK.
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Crossey Engineering growing in Ottawa
Greg Gebert, senior associate for mechanical, has moved to the firm’s Ottawa office.
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LRI Engineering expands into Alberta
The new branch office in Calgary for the fire protection engineering firm follows an expansion into Montreal earlier this year.
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RJC’s Leadership Grows in 2019
Earlier this year RJC Engineers announced the appointment of four new principals and seven new associates to its leadership teams across the country.
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Ecora acquires Omega in B.C.
Omega & Associates Engineering, a civil and structural firm with offices in Chilliwack and Surrey, is now part of Kelowna-based Ecora Engineering & Resource Group.
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2019 Green Building Excellence Awards Results
Roland Charneux from Pageau Morel, Lisa Westerhoff of the Integral Group, and Afaf Azzouz from Stantec were among those honoured with 2019 CaGBC Leadership Awards.
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SNC-Lavalin heading to trial
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., SNC-Lavalin International Inc. and SNC-Lavalin Construction Inc. have been charged with one count of fraud under section 380 of the Criminal Code of Canada and one count of corruption under Section 3(1)(b) of the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act. The firm will plead not guilty.
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Destined to Engineer
Catherine Karakatsanis, P.Eng., the chief operating officer at Morrison Hershfield, is this year’s recipient of the Gold Medal from Engineers Canada, acknowledging her lifetime of industry achievements.
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HH Angus names new president
Paul Keenan becomes first non-Angus family president in the firm’s 100-year history.
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CarbonCure’s Sean Monkman named Canada’s Mission Innovation Champion
Mission Innovation is a global initiative involving 22 countries and the European Commission.
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Grands Prix of consulting engineering in Quebec
The Visionary Award was presented to Tetra Tech for a protection and rehabilitation project on the South Cove of Percé.
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New promotions at TMP in Toronto
The Mitchell Partnership (TMP) has announced the company’s newest senior associate along with three new associates with the firm.
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Engineers Shine in Toronto’s 2019 ‘CANstruction’ Competition
The Best Original Design this year was awarded to the team of WSP and Architecture49 for their MÖBIUS structure.
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Smart Cities Challenge Winners
Celebrating victory are: Town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia; Nunavut Communities, Nunavut; City of Guelph and Wellington County, Ont.; and
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IBI Group wins design award for Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit system
The Mississauga Transitway is an 18-km BRT corridor running east-west across Mississauga, connecting with Toronto public transit, supporting local, express, GO Transit and other intercity services
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Arup names new leader for Canada Group
Craig Forrest brings more than 24 years of experience to the new leadership role, and the Canadian office also welcomes a new associate principal and announces a number of recent promotions.
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ACEC-NB hands out Awards of Excellence
The Pinnacle Award, presented to the top-ranked project submission, went to MCW Maricor for the UNB Kinesiology Building at the Fredericton campus.
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UBC Research: cleaning up tailing ponds with bacteria
Searching for bacterial strains that grow in polluted environments, a team led by chemical engineering assistant professor Vikram Yadav has identified one species that “thrived in this type of environment by eating naphthenic acids.”
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CEO hosts 17th annual Awards Gala
The top prize of evening, the Willis Chipman Award, was presented to John G. Cooke and Associates for the Government Conference Centre rehabilitation project in Ottawa.
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LRI Engineering expanding into Quebec
The new branch office is located at the Laval headquarters of the company’s partner, forensic engineering specialists, CEP-Sintra.
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Pickering man fined $10,000 for illegal use of P.Eng.
Working as a “construction superintendent” the individual used the title “P.Eng.” in 40 emails between May, 2016 and June 2017.
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Engineers Canada names 2019 Award Winners
This year’s Gold Medal winner is Catherine Karakatsanis, P.Eng., of Morrison Hershfield, and the Award for an Engineering Project goes to the Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway.
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ACEC Manitoba celebrates 20th Awards of Excellence
This year’s top Award, the Keystone, was presented to the team of Teshmont Consultants and Stantec for the Manitoba Hydro Bipole III High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) project.
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SNC-Lavalin joint-venture entering $1B contract to decommission U.S. nuclear plant
Entergy Corp. has agreed to sell the subsidiaries that own Indian Point Units 1, 2, and 3 sites, located in Buchanan, N.Y., to a subsidiary of SNC’s joint venture partner for decommissioning.
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Smith + Andersen’s recent personnel appointments
The national firm announces eight appointments across offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto.
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Team selected for healthcare P3 project in Newfoundland
The Newfoundland and Labrador Healthcare Partners team was selected to design, build, finance and maintain the Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor Care Homes project.
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ACEC-BC Celebrates 30th Annual Awards
The top prize, the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Engineering Excellence, was awarded to WSP Canada Group Ltd. for the firm’s New Solutions for Safe Water in Remote Communities project.
