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

matthew.walton-knight@hatch.com 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 hatchinghealth@gmail.com 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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Become a Chartered Engineer!

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to meet the engineering and technological needs of today. The prestige and international

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Go to www.charteredengineerspacific.ca and email or call any of our representatives.

There’s a place for you at Chartered Engineers Pacific!

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