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ACEC Goes Green
The Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada is holding its annual convention June 17-19 at the Grand Okanagan…
Ontario government to consult construction industry
Ted Chudleigh, the MPP for Halton, Ontario and Parliamentary Assistant for the Ministry of Economic Development and…
Engineers and Technologists to be One?
After bringing geoscientists under their licensing umbrella several years ago, the Association of Professional Engi…
Engineering construction activity down
CanaData statistics suggest that the party might be over for consulting engineers. Engineering construction activit…
Microsoft gives up the title “engineer” in Canada
The Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) is “very pleased” that Microsoft Corporation has agreed to st…
Governments wake up after North Battleford
The Saskatchewan Government has called a judicial inquiry following the breakdown of the public water supply system…
Quebec engineers have a new service organization
The Ordre des Ingenieurs du Quebec (OIQ) has decided to splinter off a separate organization to offer services for…
Awards deadline is May 25
The first-stage deadline for the 2001 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards is May 25. Click on “AWARDS” in the Ho…
Saskatchewan consulting engineers have to charge PST
Consulting Engineers in Saskatchewan are now required to charge provincial sales tax on some of their services. Asi…
Electricity deregulation in Ontario reset for May 2002
The Ontario Minister of Energy, Science and Technology has announced that the province will move to a deregulated m…
SNC-Lavalin group makes $189 million on privatized highway
The consortium that owns and operates Highway 407 near Toronto announced its revenues for the year ended December 3…
Manitoba announces new projects for flood protection
As Manitobans once more brace themselves against another spring flood, the Manitoba government has announced it wil…
Consulting Engineers Win Awards
Consulting Engineers of Manitoba announced the winners of its 2001 Awards of Excellence on April 18. The winners w…
Terra and Macleod Geotechnical Merge
Two consulting engineering firms in British Columbia have merged. Effective March 31, Terra Engineering and Macleod…
Ode to the Spell Chequer (a poem)
The following appears in the April 2001 issue of The Keystone Professional, the newsletter of the Association of Pr…
Earth Tech Canada wins project in the Canadian Rockies
The Town of Banff decided last week that consulting engineering firm Earth Tech Canada will design, build and opera…
PEO tries to make rules clearer for immigrating engineers
Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) now has a procedure that enables prospective immigrants to begin applying for…
Transportation report seen as unfair
The Railway Association has objected strongly to a recent report that suggested that in 20 years’ time road transpo…
Manitoba looks at building all-weather roads to Northern Communities
Dillon Consulting has been facilitating public consultations in remote and northern Manitoba on behalf of the Manit…
Four projects start revitalization of Toronto’s Waterfront
Of the $1.5 billion slated last October to be spent on the revitalization of Toronto’s waterfront, four projects ha…
Joke: the Bureacracy Balloon
Once upon a time the Canadian government had a vast scrap yard in the middle of the desert. Parliament said, “Someo…
CEBC announces awards
The Consulting Engineers of British Columbia (CEBC) announced the winners of its Awards for Engineering Excellence…
Chance of building a ring road round Ottawa
The Ontario government announced March 27 it will work with the City of Ottawa to explore building a ring road arou…
Olympia & York rises again
The prominent Canadian developer, Olympia & York, that seemed doomed in the early 1990s when its investment in buil…