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NEWSLETTER June 2017
In this issue
Message from the Chairman 2
Paul Fast on Metaphorical Design – can you recognize it? 3
Hatching Health Event 2017 6
PATW Event 2017 9
Non-Traditional Solutions to Tap Connect Transmission Generators 10
London based IET Community Manager visits CEP 11
Evening discussion meeting: A debate on how we fund infrastructure 13
George Massey Tunnel Replacement Project – Technical Overview 15
CEP schedule of Technical Meetings & Activities For 2017 20
Become a Chartered Engineer! 21
Chartered Engineers Pacific AKA - Western Canada Group of Chartered Engineers
www.charterdengineerspacific.ca
Members of U.K Institutions of Structural, Civil, Electrical, Building Service and Mechanical Engineers in
BC, Alaska, Washington & Yukon
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A Welcome from the Chairman...
Chartered Engineers Pacific exists to extend our Sponsoring Institutions'
services to their Members, to you locally here in BC, and to assist local
PEngs, EITs and Technologists with aspirations to register professionally in
the UK. Our Sponsoring Institutions gave us a list of objectives, which are
included in our constitution. As a Group, we set ourselves a vision, a simple
vision in order to achieve these objectives over the next few years. Our
vision is to deliver inspirational engineering events and networking
opportunities.
However, we face threats. Our key threats are demographics and relevance. Our
members are aging and not being replaced; attendance at meetings is waning. Our
Institutions offer UK qualifications (CEng, IEng, TechEng) that are not recognized in BC,
except for MIStructE, and offer international engineering knowledge that perhaps has less
relevance here.
Our Institutions may appear to have little to offer new Canadian engineering graduates,
but graduates are not our target. We should rightly encourage graduates to register as
EITs with APEGBC and in due course to become PEngs and to join the appropriate
Canadian learned society. Our target for new members are PEng: newly qualified PEngs
perhaps, when they are thinking of where to stretch their engineering wings. What will
interest them most is Associate Member status rather that Chartered Member status: it is
cost competitive, simple to acquire and offers most of the benefits of Chartered status.
Most PEngs should easily be able to gain Associate Member status with our Institutions.
Your Committee will invite newly qualified PEngs to apply for Associate Member status of
our Institutions. Will you commit to encouraging PEngs to become Associate Members?
Our uniqueness is that we are international engineers, we should show that in the tone of
our events, the subjects of our technical presentations and the origin of our presenters.
Your Committee will continue to identify high-quality international speakers for our
engineering events. Will you commit to attending our engineering events?
The future is always challenging; we face threats, but our vision to deliver inspirational
engineering events and networking opportunities gives us a clear path forward. Let’s walk
it together. It is always better to engage two brains rather than one. So if you have any
comments, ideas or suggestions on how we can do things better, please say. My email
address and cell number are below.
Matthew Walton-Knight, CEng PEng MICE
Chairman | Chartered Engineers Pacific
[email protected] 604.506.2863
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Recent Events and Activities…
2017 Annual General Meeting and Dinner on 25th of January
Metaphorical Design – can you recognize it? Presentation by Mr. Paul Fast CEng PEng (FIStructE), president of Fast & Epp
Following the 2017 AGM, attended by 32 members and guests, Paul Fast outlined
with pictures of several high-profile building projects in Western Canada, which stem from
metaphorical design inspiration and his firm’s collaboration as structural engineers with
renowned architects.
The interactive presentation challenged the
audience to evaluate the impact of notional
metaphors on building design.
The Brentwood Sky Train station, for example
was inspired by the iconic Canadian canoe,
where the tightly curved roof and walls
clearly express the metaphor of ribbing and
hull in a boat.
Brentwood SkyTrain Station, located directly
above Lougheed Highway, is the only station in the Metro Vancouver’s Sky Train system
that is built on median, with the entire station footprint located directly above a roadway.
It is built using a combination of wood and steel, specially designed to provide a curved
appearance. The extensive use of glass for the outer wall makes the station glow at night.
Paul Fast accompanied by CEP executive
committee members (Matthew Walton-Knight,
David Harvey and George de Ridder)
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Other examples included the Richmond Olympic Oval, Van-Dusen Gardens Centre and
the Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre in Surrey (BC), which won the Supreme Award from
The Institution of Structural Engineers in 2016.
Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre, Surrey, BC. Targeting LEED Silver, the recreation centre
features a glulam catenary roof structure supported by post-tensioned concrete buttresses.
The Richmond Olympic Oval, built for the 2010 Winter Olympics, and originally configured
with a speed skating rink. The 6.5-acre roof structure features hollow, triangular-shaped
composite wood-steel arches that span 310 feet and conceal mechanical ducts, electrical
conduits and sprinkler pipes. With a unique aesthetic and outstanding acoustic
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characteristics, novel prefabricated "WoodWave" panels span between the arches and
consist of pine-beetle-kill 2x4s.
Paul Fast providing details about the VanDusen Botanical Gardens Centre. The primary
feature of the building is the flower petal shaped roof constructed from unique
prefabricated wood panels, each with varying geometry to suit the free-formed
configuration. Other features include curving rammed earth walls and finely-detailed
glulam columns along the north glazed façade. The building is LEED Platinum and Living
Building Challenge Certified.
All photos provided and owned by Paul Fast.
Hatching Health Event 4th of March 2017 HATCHING HEALTH – THE GREAT HATCH IN RETROSPECT
IMechE Fellows Kevin Oversby (FIMechE) and Kris Gadareh (FIMechE) mentored at the
second annual Hatching Health competition on March 4, 2017 at UBC's Engineering
Design Centre. The event aimed to design and build solutions to the world’s most relevant
problems in medicine and bridge the gap between diverse individuals with the goal of
solving problems in health care.
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Participants were divided into 15 teams of 6 students from multidisciplinary backgrounds in
engineering and medicine. There were 6 teams of 4 mentors, mainly faculty and MDs.
The event started with a mixer on Friday evening and continued (late into the night!) until
the prize ceremony on Sunday afternoon. In the spirit of hackathons, sponsors included
Red Bull and Soylent providing energy and meal replacement drinks. Additionally, a wide
range of materials were available for prototyping solutions.
Examples of the topics tackled:
· Pre-screening of suspected skin cancers to reduce the burden on specialists
· A mechanical aid for fastening clothing zips for disabled people
· Website browser extension to rank the validity of health websites or blogs
· Apartment door opening device for partially paralyzed people
· Tools to monitor and increase adherence to physiotherapy programs
· Measurement device for urine flow rate in hospitals (current system is manual)
The winners were as follows:
· The Faculty of Medicine Catalyst Award for best interdisciplinary collaboration went to
Opioid Crisis, a team trying to prevent deaths from the Fentanyl overdose.
· The Genome BC Impact Award for biggest potential healthcare impact went to
MommyData, an eHealth literacy tool for new mothers.
· The Faculty of Applied Science Award for best innovation of the course of the Great Hatch
went to one of our finalists, LocoMobility. They successfully prototyped a low-cost device to
address pressure ulcers in developing nations.
· The PHIX Grand Prize for excellence in the Great Hatch went to both BeLeaf and UriKnow.
BeLeaf tackled depression through a unique, personalized way of connecting with loved
ones and UriKnow focused on urine flow rate monitoring for the busy hospital workplace.
The weekend was well organized and generously financially supported.
Also, received from the HH organizers the following retrospect:
Well, looks like the Great Hatch is over for 2017! It was a whirlwind, so let's recap!
We had an absolute blast with all of our 100 participants, 30 mentors, and 8 judges. We had
software engineers, nurses, medical residents, mechanical engineers, designers, data
scientists, and numerous more professional and students. From over 30 problems pitched,
15 interdisciplinary teams formed and tackled some well-defined and organic problems.
They ranged from depression to enabling the visually impaired to improving how people
can use a zipper when they have severe difficulty doing so and more.
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Our mentors formed mini-groups and did a round of speed dating with all the teams. Teams
prototyped late into the night (some all night!). On top of the thousands of dollars’ worth of
prototyping supplies, we had special requests for magnets, load cells, a bike pump, fabric,
and other crazy creative stuff. Someone even brought in their own sewing machine!
We had the amazing people from Spira3D, a local 3D printing services company, stay with
us from 7am to 10am the next day, helping teams with their modeling and printing needs.
Read more at spira3d.com.
Of course, we had to give some prizes! After the teams pitched to an all-star, interdisciplinary
panel of semi-finals judges (all female!), we announced three finalists for our PHIX Grand
Prize! With a fresh panel of judges, all leaders in industry, academia and non-profit
organizations, the final presentations were given followed by the difficult decision of
selecting our winners.
The Faculty of Medicine Catalyst Award for best interdisciplinary collaboration went to
Opioid Crisis, a team trying to prevent deaths from the Fentanyl overdose!
The Genome BC Impact Award for biggest potential healthcare impact went to
MommyData, an eHealth literacy tool for new mothers.
The Faculty of Applied Science Award for best innovation of the course of the Great Hatch
went to one of our finalists, LocoMobility! They successfully prototyped a low-cost device to
address pressure ulcers in developing nations.
The PHIX Grand Prize for excellence in the Great Hatch went to both BeLeaf and UriKnow!
BeLeaf tackled depression through a unique, personalized way of connecting with loved
ones, and UriKnow focused on urine flow rate monitoring for the busy hospital workplace.
What a weekend! All of us at Hatching Health are humbled that you decided to join and
support us.
So, what is next? Over the next year, we will be dedicated to further supporting teams to
implement their ideas in every way possible. Our co-founders, Daniel Raff, Cameron Stuart,
and Ameen Amanian will make several resources available including (but not limited to)
workshops to further develop ideas from all aspects, entrepreneurship/incubator programs,
opportunities for funding (i.e. 4-Month Out Alumni Event), facilities/workspace, mentorship
and networking. As major stakeholders in the health technology community, we would love
to have you stay involved so please contact us at [email protected] if you are
able and willing to contribute to the success of these teams. We want to foster the
community, and that means growing the fire that sparked at the Great Hatch.
We look forward to seeing you at our next Hatching Health events, and seeing the growth
of such impactful projects!
All the best,
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Rohit Singla and Arun Dhir (Co-Directors),
Christine Liu (Logistics), Melissa Lachica (Marketing),
Olivia Paserin (Personnel), and Angela Martinez (Graphics)
The following video recording illustrates activities during the proceedings:
https://youtu.be/6euX5bZ0SUY
Hatching Health www.hatchinghealth.ca is a grassroots medical technology innovation
organization that has set out to bring together the best in British Columbia's engineering,
medical, and design communities. The goal is to bring healthtech disciplines together and
facilitate complimentary early stage traction through community engagement and local
resources. Hatching Health aims to bridge, connect, and establish local innovators to solve
problems in medicine.
With our hands-on event, The Great Hatch, we seek to spark change as we did last year.
Participants from multiple disciplines will connect, identify, and rapidly solve clinical
problems with their prototype solutions. Supported by industry mentors, with access to
prototyping materials and facilities, top teams will be awarded prizes and given resources
to pursue their problem further. Notice by Kevin Oversby (FIMechE) and George De Ridder
(FIStructE).
IET Present Around The World (PATW) Competition 18th of March 2017
The PATW event is a global competition for Young Professionals and Students within
engineering to develop and showcase their presentation skills.
The Chartered Engineers Pacific (CEP) network -
Vancouver branch has successfully organized the 2017
PATW competition on the 18th of March at The
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. It
hosted four presentations from engineering and
science students based in Vancouver. All presentations
were very interesting and brilliantly delivered.
The topics of presentations were:
▪ Gravitational waves, by Ms. Dalia K
▪ Making low-cost Smartwatch, by Ms. Shefali
Vishwakarma
▪ Cyber Security, by Mr. Karan Sharma
▪ A computer program for performing image
processing, by Mr. Saurabh Vishwakarma Judge Ryan Going (IET) and Ms. Shefali
Vishwakarma
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After due deliberation, the four judges agreed upon a winner based on both the quality of
the presentation, and the ability to adequately convey a complex technological
information to a mixed technical and non-technical audience.
The winner was Mr. Karan Sharma, who gave a presentation on how cyber hackers can
affect our lives in negative ways and what steps we should take to prevent them from doing
so. The runner up was Ms. Shefali Vishwakarma, whose presentation on making a simple
smart watch aimed to allow users to connect with each other instantaneously through
internet at a very low cost was also highly regarded by the judges.
The judges of the event, Mr. Arul Raja, Mr. Ryan Going, Mr. Doug Yee and Ms. Vanessa
Nodar, wished Karan the best of luck for the next PATW event, which will be held in Orlando,
FL, USA in August this year.
Special thanks go to all our volunteers from Chartered Engineers Pacific (CEP), and
particularly to the IET Representative - Western Canada, Mr. Suresh Vishwakarma, for his
efforts during the past two months to make this remarkable event possible once again in
Vancouver.
Evening presentation on 12th of April 2017
Non-Traditional Solutions to Tap Connect Transmission Generators By Dr. Mukesh Nagpal (Principal Engineer/Manager Protection and Control Planning,BC Hydro)
The presenter introduced the concept
of non-utility “green” generators and
the challenges integrating these
installations into the main utility
transmission infrastructure.
Non-utility “green” (NUG) generator
systems can take on a number of forms
including hydro-electric, wind or solar.
Generally their power output is
intermittent and they have a lower
power output capacity than traditional
sources (i.e. < 15MegaWatts).
Until relatively recently the main utility
companies were not interested in the
integration of NUG system technology. However, this situation is not the same today.
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Historically, utilities-owned generation and transmission systems are large and their
connection to the existing transmission system used to be a part of an integrated planning
process.
Transmission tap-connected generators were typically not employed and the line
protection systems were traditionally two-terminal schemes. Privately owned generators,
especially those based on “green” technologies, are usually small- to medium-size
generators and produce energy intermittently only. The high cost of interconnection using
a conventional method, building either a new transmission circuit or a switching station,
may sometimes destroy the business case of the generator which is of much smaller size
than the traditional utility-owned generating stations.
Interconnection though does present a variety of technical problems. Above all though,
safety, reliability and power quality must not be compromised. Interconnection must be
based on consistent and uniform criteria and sound engineering principles.
BC Hydro developed creative non-traditional protection schemes which has facilitated tap
connections of more than 22 generators over the last two decades. Their interconnection
costs were a fraction (typically one over twentieth or less) of the amount required by the
conventional methods. The generators are not only supplying the “green” energy into the
grid but also cultivating developmental opportunities in remote communities.
London based IET Community Manager visits CEP, 9th of May 2017
Ms. Phoebe Houssein, Community Manager &
Americas Senior Staff Member at The Institution of
Engineering and Technology (IET), presented on May
9th an interesting overview of the activities and
objectives of the Community Committee of the
Americas (CCA) at the Caribou Room, Accent Inns
Burnaby.
This Committee aims to provide opportunities to share
ideas, collaborate and learn within the Local
Networks of US and Canada, South and Central
America, the Caribbean and Greenland.
The respective communities organise lectures, seminars, technical visits and webinars on a
range of subjects that enable members and guests to learn and network with people within
their local geographic area.
Ms. Phoebe Houssein, IET Community
Manager & Americas Senior Staff Member
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Phoebe explained that she
defines and implements
strategies around the diverse
regions every year, and that her
role as Community manager is
basically to support all local
networks, like Chartered
Engineers Pacific.
She also described the IET
governance structure, and
explained how they are taking
advantage of the new
technologies to provide a better
support and service to its
members.
The implementation of Adestra, a platform that creates and delivers personalized emails,
has increased the engagement across the IET local networks by sending more personal and
targeted communications based on the members requirements and needs. She mentioned
the IET achievements in 2015 and 2016 as well, and described the young professional
community network around the world.
After this interesting overview of the IET Community Committee developments and
achievements, the discussion continued at the Horizons restaurant in Burnaby, BC.
Phoebe addressing members of the CEO Committee
Ms. Phoebe Houssein, in the center of the picture, accompanied by CEP committee members (from left to
right Mr. Suresh Vishwakarma, Mr. Chris Richardson, Ms. Vanessa Nodar, Chairman Mr. Matthew Walton-Knight
and Honorary Secretary Mr. George De Ridder).
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Evening debate: How should we fund infrastructure?
On May 17, 2017 we held our first engineering
bar debate at the Accent Inns in Burnaby.
There were 17 attendees, ranging from
student engineers, to senior and also well
retired professional engineers. We debated
how public infrastructure should be funded; a
topical subject considering we sit in the fallout
of a provincial election that has yet to give us
a government.
Matthew Walton-Knight kicked-off the
debate with a background on the who
owns public infrastructure and the role of
government, he posed several questions
including: Is the role of government to
provide public infrastructure, or to ensure
it is provided? Can the government be
both the referee of infrastructure
development, and a player in the
delivery of infrastructure development?
He went on to discuss the options for
infrastructure funding; that is who pays for
infrastructure and how. Although getting
non-users of an asset to pay through
general taxation shares the cost of
development, he made a passionate case for those who benefit most from an infrastructure
asset should pay most for that asset through
targeted user fees.
The funding of Translink was used as a case
study with a discussion on its many funding
sources for the provision of transit services
including property and electrical taxes. The
effectiveness of Translink in reducing
congestion in Vancouver was considered as
opposed to having a straight user paid
congestion charge for those accessing the
city in cars during the day – as used in London,
England. A motion was then proposed on
changing Translink’s funding to be more direct
user fees and linking it with a user-paid
congestion charge.
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Initially replies were directly related to the motion, but soon they switched to the challenges
of the four-year term government election cycle and whether a hypothetical national
infrastructure committee would be an
improvement. There was discussion on
whether such a committee should be
advisory or given funding and delivering
authority. With passions rising, the
economic viability of several key
infrastructure projects was discussed
including the new Port Mann Bridge, the
proposed George Massey Tunnel
Replacement, the BC Hydro Site-C facility
and the twining of the Trans Mountain
Pipeline. Many key insights were shared on these projects benefiting all participants.
After 90 minutes, the debate was brought to
a close, though discussion continued in
smaller groups long afterwards. Discussion
was polite and professional, even as views
diverged greatly. The evening was highly
enjoyable: 15 people spoke, often many
times. The consensus was that the evening
needed to be repeated, that discussing
engineering issues was good and it is
something that we need to do.
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Evening presentation on 23rd of November 2016
George Massey Tunnel Replacement: The cable-stayed solution.
Presenter. Edward Green CEng PEng.
(Charter Project Delivery - Project Manager Main Bridge).
Our speaker Mr Edward Green PEng CEng MICE Senior Project Manager
with Charter Project Delivery, Vancouver, BC, provided us with a very
informative presentation regarding the planned replacement of the aging George Massey
Tunnel with a bridge along Route 99. Mr. Green presented the project from an engineer’s
perspective and discussed the planning, design and management aspects. Photo
provided by Charter Project Delivery
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The Project will replace the existing 629m Tunnel which has been in operation since May
1959, with a bridge capable of accommodating the traffic levels of today and the
anticipated volume of the future along this already major transit route. However, the project
will not only entail the building of a new bridge but include 24 kilometers of highway
upgrades along Route 99 between Bridgeport Road and the intersection with Route 91.
The Bridge will be the largest in North America. The plans provide for ten vehicle lanes, light
rail transit (LRT) expansion and separated lanes for bicycles and pedestrians.
The scope of work can be summarised as follows:
• Construct new 3.3 km bridge (8 lanes plus 2 transit/HOV lanes).
• 200 lane-km of roadway.
• 50 lane-km of new dedicated transit/HOV lanes.
• Replace 3 interchanges and 6 overpasses.
• Bike and pedestrian pathway.
• Allow for future rapid transit.
• Decommission Tunnel.
The project’s cost is estimated at $3.5 billion.
The bridge will provide 57m of clearance for two way navigation shipping traffic.
The bridge will be a cable stay design with two supporting pylons. These will reach a lofty
height of 205m. Due to the nature of the river bed, the large diameter steel piles will be
required being driven to a depth of 85 m to form ‘Quite locking’ joints.
Designed for an operational life of 125 years, the cables are scheduled for replacement
after 60-years.
Of course the seismic uncertainty of the region has been factored in with the design
featuring the ability to withstand a for 1:1275-year earth quake.
The four year construction program is scheduled to start in 2017 subject to the results from
environmental impact studies which are still underway.
Wind conditions on bridge deck are to be the same as on the Highway between River Road
South and Highway 17A. However, Wind tunnel modelling tests are still required.
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To provide a comparison of just how big this project is, statistics on other Lower Mainland
bridges have been included at the end of this article.
Related Projects
Source for the following bridge statistics is Wikipedia.org
New Port Mann Bridge.
Old Port Mann Bridge (1964).
Carries Five vehicle lanes.
Design Tied-arch bridge
Total length 2093m (6,867 ft.),
Longest span 366m (1,201 ft.),
Construction begin 1957
Construction end 1963
Construction cost $25 million [1]
Carries Ten lanes, shared pedestrian
and bicycle lanes.
Design Cable Stay
Total length 2,020 metres (6,630 ft.)
Longest span 470 metres (1,540 ft.)
Width 65 metres (213 ft.)
Clearance below 42 metres (138 ft.)
Construction begin February 2009
Construction end September 2015
Construction cost $820 million [1]
Opened September 18, 2012
Closed November 17, 2012
Vice-Chair Matthew Walton Knight MICE (Left) with Alan Kay MICE- Committee member with speaker
Edward Green MICE (right). Edward is the Senior Project Manager with Charter Project Delivery in
Vancouver. Alan worked as a young civil engineer on the original Massey Tunnel project during 1958-1960.
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Opened June 12, 1964
Closed November 17, 2012
Alex Fraser Bridge.
Carries Six vehicle lanes, shared
pedestrian and bicycle
lanes.
Design. Cable Stay
Total length 2,525 m (8,284 ft.)
Longest span 465 m (1,526 ft.).
Width (deck) 32.00 m
Tower Height 154 m (505 ft.)
Clearance below 55.00 m
Construction begin 1983
Construction end September 1986
Construction cost $58 million.
Opened September 22, 1986
Background facts:
• The bridge was the longest cable-stayed bridge in the world when it opened on
September 22, 1986
• The bridge is named in honour of Alex Fraser, a former British Columbia Minister of
Transportation.
Golden Ears Bridge.
Carries Six vehicle lanes, shared
pedestrian and bicycle
lanes.
Design. Cable Stay
Total length 2,410 m (7,910 ft.)
Longest span 244 m (801 ft.)
Width (deck)
Tower Height 90 m (300 ft.)
Clearance below 40 m (130 ft.)
Construction begin June 2006
Construction end June 2009
Construction cost $808 million
Opened June 16, 2009
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CEP SCHEDULE OF TECHNICAL MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES FOR 2017
Date Venue Tech Meeting at 7 pm
Subject - Topic Presenter Status
July 19,
Wednesday,
5:00pm
TBD Summer Social with
APEGBC-S2S
TBD Tentative
Sept 20,
Wednesday,
5:00pm
Accent Inns
Burnaby
Structural Renovations -
Christ Church Cathedral
(CCC)
Mr. James
Cheatley Confirmed
Oct 18,
Wednesday,
5:00pm
Accent Inns
Burnaby Urban Electrical Utilities
Dr. Charles
Su Confirmed
Nov 15,
Wednesday,
5:00pm
Accent Inns
Burnaby TBD TBD
Technical meetings commence 7:00 pm, following Committee Meeting at 5:00 pm.
Please note: The July meeting starts at 3:30 pm.
Please also note! Additions and amendments to the above schedule along with
details on individual functions will be distributed via email and posted on our website:
www.charteredengineerspacific.ca
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From the Editor…
We trust that this edition of our Newsletter was
interesting to read, and welcome your comments to
suggest improvements. It was compiled by Alan
Wood (IET), Vanessa Nodar (ICE) and George De
Ridder (IStructE), covering activities from January to
May 2017. Past editions can be read on our web site
www.wcgce.org
We wish to thank Alan and Vanessa sincerely for
assisting voluntarily to produce this edition.
George De Ridder MS C. Eng. FIStructE P. Eng.
Hon Secretary, Chartered Engineers Canada
(proper: Western Canada Group of Engineers),
1325 Lemax Ave, Coquitlam, V3J 2C1