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They see more Brought to you by Saskatchewan’s Professional engineers and geoscientists Most of us don’t pay too much attention to the details of the world around us. Lights turn on. Tap water flows. Buildings stay standing. Roads lead us to where we want to go. All of these things and many others just seem to happen on their own so that we can go on with our day-to-day lives in comfort and safety. But there is one group of professionals who pay attention to all of these details. Saskatchewan’s professional engineers and geoscientists see more. They are trained to apply that insight to protect public safety and ensure our province’s prosperity. Where you see a light bulb, an engineer sees the power generation and distribution system needed to supply electricity to homes and businesses throughout the province. Where you see an open field, a geoscientist might see the potential for a new potash mine or oil field. Where you see a building, an engineer sees the building codes developed to ensure that the building is as safe as possible even in the face of storms, fires and earthquakes.
Where you see tap water, engineers and geoscientists see the environmental studies and water treatment systems needed to ensure that the water is safe for both you and the environment. Engineers and geoscientists also look to the future. By turning their minds to research and development, they see cleaner alternative forms of energy; new, less environmentally-stressful ways of extracting minerals; and a host of inventions to make life better, safer and more productive for farmers, businesses and regular people. Engineers and geoscientists are self-governing professions. They are overseen by their governing body, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (APEGS) and the engineering business association, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of Saskatchewan (ACEC-SK). These associations use their foresight to develop and enforce one of the strictest codes of ethics of any profession in Canada. From the big picture to the smallest detail: professional engineers and geoscientists see more.
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Message from Minister McMorris These are exciting times for Saskatchewan.
More people live here than ever before. More people are working in Saskatchewan than at any time in our province’s history. Our economy, despite continued global uncertainty, is the envy of the nation. Saskatchewan’s professional engineers and geoscientists have made innumerable contributions to the prosperity we enjoy today and will continue to be key contributors to the growth we will see in the future.
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Engineers and geoscientists are at the forefront of virtually every sector of our economy. They build our roads, schools and health facilities. They help keep our water safe. They help us develop resources like oil and potash, and they help make our agriculture sector more productive.
Toward a Greener Wor On behalf of Premier Wall and the people of Saskatchewan, I thank APEGS and its members for all their contributions.
The Honourable Don McMorris
Minister of Highways and Infrastructure and Minister Responsible for the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
Minister of Advanced Education Message from Minister Norris
Our Mission. Your Future. This is a great time to live and work in Saskatchewan. Our province is growing, and engineers and geoscientists make concrete contributions to the growth we enjoy. They provide planning, knowledge and expertise to turn possibilities into realities.
With Saskatchewan’s growth, there are more opportunities for engineers and geoscientists due to the expansion of our mining, oil and gas, and construction sectors. Thisgovernment is why efforts to develop, attract and retain skilled workers are among the key and harvesting the crop, trucking wheat to Every year, the provincial economic priorities in the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth. the ethanol plant, producing the ethanol, officially recognizes the important role
Wegeoscientists have also made record investments to ensure post-secondary students receive transporting the fuel to retail outlets and professional engineers and excellent training to prepare them for careers in our labour market. consuming ethanol in vehicles. play in our lives by declaring Engineering & Professional engineers led a team at On behalf of the Education and the Government of SaskatchGeoscience Week in Saskatchewan. ThisMinistry of Advanced ewan, I am pleased to acknowledge Engineering and Geoscience week and in I encourthe Saskatchewan Research Council the year it is March 2-8, 2008 to coincide with age across you to build your future in Saskatchewan. successful development of a process to allow National Engineering Week Canada. both agricultural and forestry products to be During the week, the Association of used as feedstock for the NipawinRob Biomass Norris Professional Engineers and Geoscientists MinisterCo-operative. of Advanced Education Ethanol New Generation of Saskatchewan (APEGS) and Consulting “We have created a unique ‘made in Engineers of Saskatchewan (CES) will Saskatchewan’ catalyst and process that will celebrate the achievements of professional be economic for various types of biomass,” engineers and geoscientists and the vital said Doug Soveran, P. Eng., head of the SRC role they play in protecting both public safety team. and the environment. The environment is a particularly important Sun, WInd … And METHAnE issue given growing concern about climate Six years ago Saskatchewan had no wind change. In a recent international survey power. Today we are one of the largest wind by Calgary-based Accenture, 85 percent power generators in Canada. Professional of people said they are concerned about engineers have been involved in the design, climate change and 81 percent said they construction and operation of three major believe it will directly affect their lives. The wind power projects, which together generate level of worry is even higher in Canada – 93 about 172 MW of wind power – or about 5 percent of Canadians are concerned about per cent of total generation capacity. There climate change and 87 percent believe are plans to add another 100 MW of wind Canada needs to significantly reduce its power to the provincial grid by 2012. carbon emissions levels. An innovative enterprise led by Professional engineers and geoscientists Saskatchewan professional engineers is are uniquely qualified to help find and apply working to bring the green benefits of wind solutions, including more cost-effective, power to individual residences – acreages, environmentally friendly energy sources farms, cottages, even urban homes. After such as biofuels to power our vehicles and almost three years of intensive research & alternative energy to heat and light our development, the private firm has developed buildings.
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