Alberta Innovators - Spring 2007 by Venture Publishing

The annual magazine of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta

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Jim Newby’s legacy spans more than four decades

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n behalf of the Government of Alberta, it is my pleasure to offer best wishes for a successful Showcase 2007 with the Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA). The CEA is setting a great example for industry in its promotion of best practices in engineering, particularly in these prosperous times. “Unleashing Innovation” is one of four pillars of government’s business plan, which goes hand-in-hand with addressing the requirements of Alberta’s current economy. I am conﬁdent the CEA’s diligence in developing highly qualiﬁed professionals will create opportunities for Alberta professional engineers and related professionals, right here in Alberta. Congratulations on receiving a record number of submissions for this year’s Showcase Awards, further evidence that Alberta’s engineering community is both inventive and entrepreneurial.

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A Framework for Excellence Message from Paul Breeze,P.Eng., CEA president, and Wendy Cooper, CEA executive director

ngineering is a “people business.” The success of our industry as a whole hinges on the resources we are able to offer our clients – on the companies themselves and, particularly, on the individuals who work for them. Because CEA’s primary role is to ensure that our member ﬁrms are successful, the Association will focus on programs that have been developed by the Board and CEA staff, with grassroots input. This will enable us to draw on one of the Association’s key strengths: our ability to act on behalf of our member ﬁrms, undertaking activities that would either detract from their core business of engineering or would be too costly. A prime illustration of this is our recent recruitment initiative. In Alberta’s buoy-

ant economy, human resources has become one of our major pressure points. Our ability to grow from local resources is limited, and the costs of a large-scale recruitment effort can be prohibitive. Last year, CEA identified potential opportunities to recruit from overseas, and nine member ﬁrms agreed to participate in a task force to develop an action plan. By the beginning of October, we had received over 150 applications from interested candidates in the United Kingdom. Following interviews in London, Manchester, and Glasgow, more than 40 candidates were invited to further meetings in Alberta. We are pleased with the calibre of candidates who are interested in working in the province and are optimistic that this recruiting initiative will bear fruit in 2007 and beyond. CEA is also continuing to promote the advantages of procuring engineering services through a process of qualification-based selection so that our member firms can best serve our public and private sector clients. The publication of the new InfraGuide, Selecting a Professional Consultant, provided a welcome boost to this activity. Not surprisingly, a group of experts agreed that a consulting firm’s qualiﬁcations are essential ingredients to the selection of a winning team and ultimately to project success. CEA will be promoting the use of this document in the coming year, so stay tuned. Finally, in April 2006, the prov-

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inces of Alberta and British Columbia signed the Trade Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA). The business of engineering, among other professionals, has now been incorporated into the agreement on a “transitional” basis. Throughout 2007 and 2008, CEA will be working with all levels of government to ensure that the procurement of engineering services is conducted in a manner that recognizes our professionalism and technical qualiﬁcations. I hope you enjoy this edition of Alberta Innovators. Please let me know what you think. Your feedback is important to us. Y’all have a successful 2007.

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Finally, a Best Practice for Selecting an Engineer Message from Réjean Breton, ACEC Chairman and Claude Paul Boivin, CAE, ACEC President

hat is the best way to hire an engineer for an infrastructure project? Leaders in the public sector, such as provincial governments, municipalities and public utilities now have the answer. The National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure (InfraGuide) has just released a best practice document, Selecting a Professional Consultant. The best practice promotes the principles of Qualiﬁcations-Based Selection (QBS) rather than price-based selection as the best method for selecting professional engineers and other consultants.

Designed by the Public Sector for the Public Sector InfraGuide is a collaboration of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Infrastructure Canada, the National Research Council and the Canadian Public Works Association to help municipalities make informed decisions and promote sustainable infrastructure investment. InfraGuide is both a national network of experts and a growing collection of published best practice documents for use by municipal decision makers and technical personnel in the public and private sectors. Decisions made during project planning and design have ramifications over the

entire service life of a project. An appropriate investment in professional engineering services at the onset of a project, which represents only 1 to 2% of the lifecycle cost of a project, can potentially reduce capital, maintenance and operating costs while improving reliability and extending service life.

Infrastructure: Backbone of our Nation’s Economy In rebuilding its infrastructure, governments must make the strategic decision to choose the right professional consulting engineers. This is vital because the right engineering at the beginning will determine the success of our infrastructure investments over many decades. That is why it is essential that governments at all levels adopt the Best Practice for Selecting a Professional Consultant.

Accessing the InfraGuide “Best Practice” Electronic versions of the Best Practice for Selecting a Professional Consultant are avail able f ree of charge at www.infraguide.ca under the “Published Best Practices” heading. (Registration may be required but it will be free for the next several months).

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rom the empty sixth floor of the University of Alberta’s new National Institute for Nanotechnology the elevation is such that Phil Haswell can actually see the white tail feathers of a bald eagle as it wheels in its gyre. This might just be one of the best places in the city for the Director of Facilities for the University’s Faculty of Engineering to bird watch – maybe alongside a nanotechnologist, engineer, biologist, chemist, or medical researcher who’ll call the interdisciplinary institute home. Canada’s flagship facility for the development of technology built from individual molecules is unique in purpose and design, the kind of showpiece Alberta’s postsecondary institutions are eager to call their own. Universities, colleges, and technical institutes across the province are directing the campus construction boom toward creating highly innovative spaces for learning. Some, like NINT, have design requirements that consultants have never had to worry about before. “This facility demanded a high level of environmental conditioning,” Haswell says. “It was a challenge just to meet the specs to accommodate imaging and process tools, for now and the future. What we think we want to do today is going to be different tomorrow. So the building has to roll with the punches.” Alberta’s consulting engineers are among those working to provide that kind of agility to structures and their systems. If the number and complexity of upcoming projects is any indication, the boom should keep everyone working for some time. While NINT’s design parameters are an extreme example of the kind of creativity post-secondary institutions might require, it has still set an important precedent. Given that tiny molecules react to environmental instability in big ways, every effort had to be made to limit fluctuations in temperature and humidity, building vibrations, and even in natural gravitational fields. “Scientists are using more sensitive pieces of equipment, and so

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the environmental controls required for buildings are getting more stringent,” explains NINT’s structural engineering consultant Jim Montgomery, who is a partner with the firm Cohos Evamy. Accommodating equipment as finicky as multi-million dollar electron microscopes was mostly a matter of choosing a sufficiently “quiet” location. Some of the measures taken to assure this were truly innovative. A paper authored by Montgomery, Haswell, and others outlines the results of experiments conducted by the design group to determine the materials and methods for reducing vibration to levels acceptable for nanotechnology – 3µm/s in some instances. For the uninitiated, that is a movement of about half as wide as a strand of spider’s web in one second. “You don’t get to the moon unless you try things that are new,” Montgomery says. Even for an established national consulting firm, designing a building with these kinds of hair-trigger specifications involved a steep learning curve. Until the NINT project, veteran electrical engineer Glenn Stowkowy of Stantec Consulting said he’s never come across such strict design parameters. Stowkowy is convinced this is only the beginning. “I think there are going to be more specialty buildings in the future,” Stowkowy says. “Specifically in Western Canada, we’ve probably been lacking research facilities. For certain, building technology will change to catch up with other places in the world that have these facilities already.” Stantec’s vice president, Rick Prentice, thinks projects commissioned by postsecondary institutions may be increasing in sophistication. Control systems are becoming more specialized; projects are demanding a higher degree of management. He predicts innovative designs in Alberta may become just as commonplace off campus as on. However, the shortage of skilled labour hasn’t bypassed the discipline. There was a huge gap in enrollment in the 1980s, which means most consulting engineers are either over 50 or under 30. alberta innovators

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With the number of projects on the rise off and on campuses, competition for fresh blood is fierce. Many firms are actively recruiting engineers before they’ve even left their respective educational institutions. (See sidebar on page 15.) In the meantime, firms have to pursue design challenges if they’re to establish themselves as leaders in an emerging field. The University of Calgary is hoping the upcoming Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE) will be among the first LEED Platinum-rated buildings in Canada. The rating is accorded by the Canada Green Building Council, which recognizes buildings that incorporate leading edge design, construction and operational practices with a reduced environmental footprint. The Council awards points for specialized criteria and gives buildings ratings – certified, silver, gold or

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platinum – based on the total number of points earned. If the Institute can achieve the Council’s highest certiﬁcation for sustainability, it would further solidify the link between emerging environmental conscientiousness and smart, modern design. The consulting engineers who eventually sign onto the project will be designing a structure meant to embody and reﬂect, rather than simply house, the research carried out within it. It’s also a necessary part of upgrading the Calgary campus, says Wayne Patton, director of ISEEE program development. “ISEEE is really the vehicle for implementing the university’s academic plan, which emphasizes leadership in energy and the environment,” says Patton. “The university wants to show leadership. I think what the community should be doing for the 21st century is emphasizing not just growth for growth’s sake, but quality and sustainable growth.”

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Deanna Schmidt, 22, began working in civil engineering before she’d even completed her studies. The University of Alberta student graduated in 2006, but not before she’d begun work. “You’re given a lot more responsibility because there’s so much work and not enough people,” says Schmidt. “But it’s good, too, because you learn quicker. The more I learn, the easier the work becomes.” Spurred in part by $270 million in government support for post-secondary capital projects as of the last provincial budget, educational institutions have a chance to dream big. Provincial investment means growth for technical institutes such as NAIT, and the Bow Valley and Red Deer Colleges. Expansions at NAIT over the next 10 years should boost enrollment by 50 per cent. If current enrollment is any indication, the University of Calgary is hoping to accommodate 7,000 new students by the year 2010. In 2005 Schmidt contributed her novice skills to the structural design of the campus’ Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science. Since graduating, she has designed the inﬁll of a demolished staircase, steel beams, concrete slabs and columns for Read Jones Christofferson Consulting Engineers. The work is overwhelming, she says, but there is no shortage of guidance from the more experienced engineers in her ﬁrm. “The challenges that will prepare young consulting engineers for a rapidly evolving field are right here in Alberta and right on campus,” she says. “You don’t need to go looking anywhere else.”

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early one million Calgarians are dependent on the Elbow and Bow Rivers for their drinking water – and both rivers are quickly drying up. The city’s rapid growth combined with glacial retreat in the Canadian Rockies and rising global temperatures are threatening a long-overburdened supply. Expanding by 17,000 newcomers per year since 2001, it has become increasingly important to organize local infrastructure,

to prevent a crisis down the road. The city’s biggest infrastructure challenge was developing a comprehensive plan for the conservation and sustainability of its water supply. “Securing the water supply requires everybody’s participation,” says Nancy Stalker, senior resource analyst at the City of Calgary’s Water Resources Department. “We have real issue meeting peak demands for water in the hot summer months.” Starting in 2004, council put together a water efﬁciency plan alberta innovators

that looked at a wide range of strategies: reducing leakages in city pipes; efficient water metering; promotion of new technologies such as low-flush toilets; and rebates for buyers of front-loading washing machines. The city called its plan “30 in 30,” which aimed to reduce water consumption by 30 per cent in as many years, and they based it on a number of successful water demand programs already in place in Canada and elsewhere. Council shaped the water efficiency plan with the assistance of the National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure, or InfraGuide. “We knew we needed a holistic, longterm approach to t he problem,” says Stalker. “The social, economic and environmental impacts of any plan that we implemented were going to be felt for years to come. We had to make sure we were on the right track every step of the way.” Created in 2001 by Infrastructure Canada, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, National Research Council, and the Canadian Public Works Association, the InfraGuide came together in order to help municipalities solve infrastructure troubles when they crop up. They created over 50 documents based on Canadian communities’ best practices, innovations, tools and resources in infrastructure. Available on the Internet, the guides touch on everything from investment planning to services for water, waste, and roads, to designing environmental protocols. The City of Edmonton was part of the brainstorming network that contributed to the documents. Mike Koziol, an Edmonton street engineering manager, was part of the consultation process. He says he appreciates the InfraGuide’s practical approach and accessibility. “Our team has developed a network that they can continue to use year after year,” says Koziol. “It provides broad guidelines, but it’s also information that you can use on all kinds of projects. You can use it down to the most specific project, like determining the maximum slope on a sidewalk.”

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When there are limited resources, it makes sense to keep a close eye on the bottom line. A June 2006 InfraGuide publication called Selecting a Professional Consultant, outlines best practices for hiring engineering consultants. The document provides advice and a series of best practices to transform complex and technical material in to more accessible principles and guidelines for hiring a consulting engineer. It is a good tool for both client and consultant, says Rick Prentice, Vice President of Stantec Consulting International Ltd. “We’re happy because it’s a tool for the clients and consultants to be on the same wavelength,” Prentice says. “It starts the process on the right footing and makes it easier when t he client comes to the table w it h t he sa me interests. That way, they are not expecting services we would be unable to provide because we were engaged on the basis of price instead of qualiﬁcations.” Engineering fees are generally only one to two per cent of the total life-cycle cost of a project. But if this percentage is wisely invested, municipalities can save a lot on the construction, operation and maintenance costs, which make up the remainder. “A lot of municipalities will start by pricing out consulting services, but the guide shows that is not where you should start,” says Prentice. “First you have to

understand the project. It’s these kinds of issues that the InfraGuide explores, potentially saving municipalities a great deal of money and complications. “It’s a great source of information because it is not biased, it is peer-reviewed and draws f rom a really wide crosssection of expertise,” he says. “These aren’t all new principles. They’re just the best principles. And now you can ﬁnd them all in one place.” When Nancy Stalker was looking for help designing water consumption reduction practices, one of the tools she relied on was an InfraGuide publication called Demand Management, which provided guidance for initiatives that would help achieve conservation without hampering the city’s growth. Approved in the late fall of 2005, Calgary’s “30 in 30” water efficiency plan incorporated best practices and initiatives culled from the publication, altered for what worked best for Calgary. The end result is a plan to protect and sustain the city’s water supply for the next three generations. “Really,says Stalker, it makes good business sense to use our resources wisely.”

The world’s supply of freshwater is finite, but thanks to population growth, demand is soaring. Cities account for 80 per cent of carbon emissions, 75 per cent of all wood use, and 60 per cent of the freshwater used by humans for various purposes, from irrigation to commercial. More than 70 per cent of the North American population now lives in cities. In 1975, there were five cities with 10 million or more residents on the planet. Today, there are 19. By 2025, when world population is projected to be 8 billion, 48 countries containing 3 billion people will face water shortages. The United Nations has identified the provision of water as the most important global challenge of the new millennium.

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ven when Jim Newby was a little kid, he was attracted to changing the landscape. Whether his materials were wooden blocks or popsicle sticks, he was able to conceive of different kinds of structures and make them face the elements – gravity, weight, or wind – right there on the living room ﬂoor. “I could build anything I saw. Building has always been in my blood,” he says.

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When Newby and his partner Gord Duthie opened Duthie, Newby and Associates in 1963, he had no way of knowing his manual dexterity and tenacity would help carve out some of Edmonton’s landmark buildings. His handiwork can be seen at St. Basil’s Church, the University of Alberta Cancer Centre, the original NAIT building, and the Edmonton School for the Deaf. One of the ﬁrst projects he and his partners worked on was Edmonton’s Groat Bridge, which spans the North Saskatchewan River just west of downtown. When Jim Newby drives across the bridge, he can’t help but reminisce. When he began

one of the ﬁrst bridges I could be proud of.” Completed in 1955, the 1,000-foot concrete bridge was a good test of his skills. The loading and designs were calculated with a slide rule and using the old logarithms tables. It took him and his associates at least three months to complete an analysis of the bridge, something that can now be done in under three hours. “At the time, we talked about it lasting 50 years. It’s older than that now, and will last much longer because of the repairs that have been made over the years. When it was built, the bridge was located way over in the west end. Some people said it

and only have a couple of lines of code. Then I would go home, lie in bed and think about how to write another,” he says. His programs are still being used by his former colleagues, and he occasionally gets requests to develop and reﬁne others. When Orlan Weber joined the ﬁrm in 1973, Weber was amazed by Newby’s ability to keep apace with the latest developments in the industry. “Jim really adapted to the changes and was always aware of the latest codes. You never got the impression that he was just putting in time. He really enjoyed what he was doing and that rubbed off on the people around him.”

was ridiculous to build a bridge that far. Now it’s in the heart of the city.” Within a few decades of the bridge’s construction, computers began to revolutionize the industry. Newby was one of the ﬁrst to adopt new engineering practices; he developed a lifelong fascination with computers. He started creating engineering programs in the 1970s, and didn’t stop until his retirement in 1993. He was determined to keep his company on the cutting edge, even if it meant countless hours tinkering with code. When no one was around, he would slip back to the ofﬁce at night and rewrite programs. “Sometimes I would be there for hours

In addition to being a partner in a thriving engineering ﬁrm, Newby served many years on the board of directors for the Alberta Motor Association, including one term as chairman of the board. He found time to pursue his twin passions of skiing and sailing, although he reluctantly sold his sailboat a few years ago. Newby still maintains his summer cottage at Pigeon Lake, which also serves as the makeshift headquarters for the Ma-MeO Beach Sailing Club. (He sold his stake in the company in 1993.) More than four decades after hanging a tile on the streets of Edmonton, Newby is still the same little kid who could build anything he saw.

Completed in 1955, Edmonton’s Groat Bridge was one of the city’s biggest construction projects working on it in 1952, he was fresh out of the University of Alberta’s civil engineering program. At the time, it was one of the city’s biggest construction projects. With two other engineers from Structural Engineering Services, Newby spent that summer analyzing and designing the bridge’s superstructure above water. “It was a big project for a young guy to start with,” says Newby. “I had a few projects under my belt by that time, but it was important for the city and it was exciting. I did bridges that were much more challenging later in my career, but I enjoyed it because our house was close by, and the kids could see it going up. It was

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n the den of his quiet Riverbend duplex, Ralph McManus, 87, takes a tiny silver trophy from a bookcase. “I’ll tell you a cute story about this,” he says. “I was teaching at the university until 1956, when they had the men’s faculty club golf tournament. I won the cup, which is this little thing here. I’ve never posted any information about myself on the Internet, but I looked myself up and it said I won that tournament. “That’s my history!” he says, replacing his memento. McManus finds it funny that, at least on the Internet, a golf tournament should eclipse the defining accomplishments of his 50-year career. Over his desk hangs a painting of the Dunvegan Bridge, which has spanned the Peace River along a northern stretch of Highway 2 since 1960. “That would probably be the highlight of my career,” McManus says. The only highway suspension bridge between British Columbia and Ontario, the Dunvegan Bridge stands out as one of the most challenging projects of McManus’ five decades in engineering. The bridge is showy, with towers that are 70 metres high and enough lengths of arching cables to run from Edmonton to Vancouver and back. alberta innovators

Suited to an autumnal colour scheme, the bridge’s towers are brown, its sides cream, and cables are orange. “That was our attempt to be something more than just engineers on that job,” says McManus. “Up until that time you could have any colour of black you wanted.” McManus moved to Edmonton in 1936 from a desiccated southern Alberta family farm, seeking a university degree. In the depression-era job market, engineering seemed a good bet. “Today you probably have a hundred options to consider,” he says. “I chose civil engineering, and that was it. And it so happened I liked it.” McManus earned his degree in 1942 without ever having to write ﬁnal exams– a concession granted by the University in exchange for agreeing to put his new skills to work building the Alaska Highway. Since the wartime government felt he could serve his country better in the classroom than in the army, McManus also taught civil engineering at the University of Alberta. He picked up a master’s degree along the way, and began a twoyear sabbatical in doctoral studies at the University of Illinois in 1949. “When I went back to teach at the University of Alberta,” says McManus, “I intended to stay there forever. I didn’t. We got into the consulting engineering business when the big trucks started tending the oil wells.” Smaller bridges across the province were buckling under the weight of trucks laden with oil and heavy equipment. The department head of Civil Engineering at the university, “Chick” Thorssen, proposed a series of pre-cast concrete bridges to the

provincial government. McManus was hired to design girders, pilings and caps strong enough to support Alberta’s industrial revolution. In 1952 the two men formed Structural Engineering Services Ltd., and recruited Tom Lamb as a partner in Calgary. McManus’ double career as professor and consultant didn’t last. Oil and gas pipeline crossings over B.C. rivers made classroom obligations hard to meet. The Groat Road Bridge, completed in 1955 for the City of Edmonton, would be one of the few projects located close to home. Upon accepting the Dunvegan Bridge contract from theAlberta Department of Highways in 1956, McManus left his post at the university. A year later, he was a full-time consultant. The Dunvegan Bridge remains an anomaly on the prairies where slower, shallow rivers allow for conventional crossings. The Peace’s ﬂow rate and bed instability meant supporting piers would have to extend far below the shifting sediment. “You don’t decide it’s going to be a suspension bridge immediately,” says McManus, who led design from the deck up, “Suspension reigned in costs. We got the whole thing for about ﬁve million. It was a real bargain.” Now, similar bridges cost more than $50 million. In 1960, thanks to the work of two dozen engineers and a building crew of up to 60, the bridge was complete. The bridge deck stood 30 metres tall on just two 320-tonne steel towers. At half a kilometre long, it was Canada’s fourth longest suspension bridge. Depending on the temperature

the bridge is designed to rise or fall a metre. Any structure has a certain amount of give, on a hot summer day the Dunvegan will expand and fall. On a cold winter day, the materials contract and the bridge rises. “It was a real challenge,” says McManus. “We did not have personal computers. The slide rule was the weapon of design. We did have some computer assistance, but it was in Los Angeles. We had to hook up by telephone, and because of the long distance they would come back (with answers) 45 minutes later, and sometimes the whole thing would be lost.” Bob Morison, who was McManus’ student before becoming an engineer with the firm, says his former professor was a determined worker. “McManus had a passion for engineering,” says Morison, “and wasn’t afraid of looking at new ways of building.” As resident engineer in the summer of 1960, Morison provided thenPremier Ernest Manning with the wrench for the ceremonial fastening of the last gold-plated bolt, officially opening the bridge. The ferry that had linked the towns of Peace River and Grande Prairie became history. So did the annual freezeup of the region’s economic development. About 15 years later, McManus traded managing the consulting firm for overseeing construction projects for the Alberta government. He retired in 1989, and now says he enjoys doing as little as possible. “I really have had a happy career. I’ve been lucky. If I were offered an opportunity to relive my life, I wouldn’t take it, for fear that I might mess it up this time.”

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2006/2007 CEA Board of Directors

Paul Breeze, P.Eng. President CH2M HILL Canada Ltd.

Brian Pearse, P.Eng. Vice President Stewart, Weir & Co. Ltd.

Brian Ross, P.Eng. Treasurer AMEC Earth & Environmental

Don Chambers, P.Eng. Past President Walters Chambers & Associates Ltd.

Naseem Bashir, P.Eng. Director A.D. Williams Engineering Inc.

Paul Beaubien, P.Eng. Director Beaubien Glover Maskell Engineering Ltd.

Blair Birch, P.Eng. Director Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd.

Robert Campbell, P.Eng. Director Hemisphere Engineering Inc.

Gerald Carson, P.Eng. Director Cohos Evamy

Tino Dimanno, P.Eng. Director Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Louise Menard Director Golder Associates Ltd.

Wes Stambaugh, P.Eng. Director ISL Engineering & Land Services Ltd.

Steve Stowkowy, P.Eng. Director UMA Engineering Ltd.

Rick Prentice, P.Eng. ACEC Liason Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Terry Gowing, P.Eng. ACEC Liason Urban Systems Ltd.

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Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s

he inaugural recipient of the Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement is professional engineer, industry leader, and community builder: Mr. Ron Triffo, P. Eng. During Ron’s 32-year participation in engineering consulting, he has signiﬁcantly raised the awareness of both the technical and business roles of the consulting engineering industry in Alberta and has earned the respect of his peers. After a successful 10 year stint working in the public sector in Winnipeg and Calgary, Ron began his impressive private engineering consulting career in 1974 when he joined DeLeuw Cather Canada Ltd, to oversee company operations for Western Canada. Three years later, Ron moved to Stanley Associates, now Stantec Inc., as Vice President of Transportation, with the mandate of building the transportation and urban development practices. By 1983, Ron was appointed President of the company. His term lasted until 1997, and saw many significant industry milestones. Currently, Ron serves as Stantec’s Chairman of the Board, a role he has held proudly since 1998. Stantec President and CEO, Tony Franceschini, has spent almost his entire career working with Ron. “Ron Triffo has always been a great mentor to me,” states Tony Franceschini. “It has been a privilege to work so closely with him for over 30 years. I am extremely pleased that Ron’s strong commitment and dedication to the consulting engi-

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neering industry has been recognized with such a prestigious award.” Ron’s impressive academic credentials include a degree in civil engineering from the University of Manitoba, as well as a master of science in engineering from the University of Illinois. Ron also pursued studies in economic theory and

Ron Triffo, P. Eng.

policy, as well as business management at Montreal’s Concordia University and the Banff School of Advanced Management. Th roughout his ca reer, Ron has remained an active participant within the professional and business community in Alberta. He is currently a Director of TELUS Corporation, Chairman and Director of ATB Financial and a Director and Chairman of Stantec Inc. He also serves on the Board of the Alberta

Ingenuity Fund, Alberta’s Promise, the Advisory Council of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, and the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement of Northern Alberta. Some highlights of Ron’s participation include serving as president of Consulting Engineers of Alberta 1993-94, past private-sector Chair of the Alberta Economic Development Authority, Director and Chairman of the Edmonton Telephones Corporation, member of the Board of Governors of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, member of the Business Advisory Council of the University of Alberta; and, the Canadian German Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In 1997, he was honored as Alberta Venture magazine’s inaugural Business Person of the Year, and in 1998 Ron received an Ernst & Young Service Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2004 he received the APEGGA Centennial Leadership Award for his outstanding leadership, exemplary career and significant contributions to the engineering profession. In 2005, Ron was inducted into the Alberta Business Hall of Fame. “For over 30 years Ron Triffo has been a tireless ambassador for consulting engineering throughout Alberta and worldwide,” says Tino DiManno, Stantec Senior Vice President. “With his astute leadership and business skills, Ron has left a signiﬁcant legacy on the landscape of the consulting engineering industry.”

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Award of Excellence: Sustainable Design Award of Merit: Community Development Mill Creek Roper Pond FIRM: Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd. CLIENT: City of Edmonton LOCATION: Edmonton, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Eidos Consultants Inc.;

Spencer Environmental Management Services Ltd.; Armin A. Preiksaitis & Associates Ltd.; Thurber Engineering Ltd. CONTRACTOR: Waiward Construction Management Inc.; Landtec Landscape Contractors Ltd. The City of Edmonton required a technical solution to control overloading of the Argyll Tunnel, a major stormwater trunk sewer that discharges into the North Saskatchewan River. Associated Engineering applied creative environmental design practices to address the technical challenge and restore the drainage course to its natural state. The result of combining engineering and environmental talents is the Mill Creek Roper Pond. This stormwater management facility provides a naturalized wetland area for wildlife, birds and waterfowl nesting. It serves as a multiuse recreational facility, improves the quality of stormwater and reduces the risk of ﬂooding.

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Judges’ Comments: “This is a great example of a client having speciﬁc sustainability goals and empowering Associated Engineering to achieve them. The three key elements of sustainable design were present in the project. These principles were achieved by designing a stormwater management system that reclaimed and restored natural wetlands and created a destination for people and wildlife.”

“This process goes beyond traditional stormwater management philosophies in providing for remediation and restoration of ecological and habitat areas while meeting primary parameters. The consultants have demonstrated an innovative and comprehensive approach, communicating a future and on-going plan to manage development in the Mill Creek basin.”

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Award of Excellence: Natural Resources, Mining & Industrial Award of Merit: Studies, Software & Special Services Long Term Power Generation Planning Study FIRM: A.D. Williams Engineering Inc. CLIENT: Raglan Mine LOCATION: Nunavik, QC OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Christopher Carson, Xstrata plc.;

Christian Brousseau, Groupe Stavibel; Lee Douglas, A.D. Williams Engineering Inc. Falconbridge Limited (Falconbridge), a leading producer of nickel and copper, retained A. D. Williams Engineering Inc. to recommend a power generation solution appropriate for the Mine Development Plan at the Raglan Nickel Mine in Nunavik, Québec. The plan intends to define mine development sequence, resource requirements, expansion timing and minimize operating costs and impact. Ten generation and load scenario combinations were identiﬁed and evaluated based on proposed generation criteria, and a solution was recommended for future installations. This process provides signiﬁcant value to Falconbridge, allowing future installations to be rationalized and planned to minimize construction costs and disruptions to mining operations.

Judges’ Comments: “The challenging environment, logistical issues and signiﬁcant risk considerations required a thorough understanding of innovative solutions to generate viable options. Very interesting!” “The project clearly demonstrates the value of a truly integrated approach in providing the client with options and optimal solutions to long-term planning considerations while being sensitive to environmental and complex logistics associated with consideration in remote Canadian locations.” “An interesting challenge given the environmental sensitivity, harsh climate, remoteness of the facility and the consequences of failing to meet the client’s needs. Risk mitigation played a large role in the analysis of options and in making the ﬁnal recommendation, and it should be noted that the engineer concluded by identifying further issues to be investigated.”

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Award of Excellence: Building Engineering Mount Royal College Learning Centre FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: Mount Royal College LOCATION: Calgary, AB CONTRACTORS: SE Johnson, CANA OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Rolf Stuber

Stantec Consulting Ltd. provided mechanical engineering services for this unique learning facility, targeting LEED® Gold certification by the Canada Green Building Council. It’s expected to be 57 per cent more energy efficient than a typical building of comparable size and requirements, which will result in $82,000 in annual savings. Sustainable design features include displacement ventilation, thermal storage, solar chimneys and domestic water for cooling. As well, Mount Royal College will achieve an 84 per cent reduction in water usage with rain harvesting and low-flow plumbing fixtures.

Judges’ Comments: “The amount of technical design required to deliver a ﬁrst class educational institute and a LEED® Gold standard building is incredible. Well done!” “Lots of leading-edge technology packed into one project. “Reduced water usage in building by 84 per cent by directing surface runoff into non-potable water sources for washrooms and irrigation. This resulted in a very successful building and satisﬁed customer by applying simple project management principles.” “The MRC Learning Centre project is a wonderful example of clear, balanced, innovative engineering and architectural design. Kudos to the Stantec team!”

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Award of Excellence: Community Development The Village at Griesbach: Stages 1-4 Engineering & Landscape Architecture Services FIRM: UMA Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: Canada Lands Company LOCATION: Edmonton, AB OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Tony Druett,

Director, Development & Engineering, Canada Lands Company; Marvin Neumann, Land Development Project Manager, Canada Lands Company; UMA Engineering Ltd. - Ken Sadownyk, Marinella Matesic-Barth, Dawn Brockington, Jeff Schurek and Jack Riley Through the vision and dedication of Canada Lands Company, the City of Edmonton is now home to the Village at Griesbach – Edmonton’s only contemporary urban village that has fully embraced the concept of New Urbanism. UMA, prime consultant for stages one to four, provided the engineering and landscape architecture services that fully revitalized one of the largest Brownfield urban developments currently being constructed in the country. Griesbach represents a sustainable and innovative use of urban land and infrastructure that will ultimately provide a pedestrian-friendly community for more than 12,000 people. Situated on 620 acres of prime heritage land, this spectacular mid-town community features the city’s most beautiful traditional architecture, ﬁnest lifestyle amenities, and a military legacy that will inspire pride for generations.

Judges’ Comments: “This project and development is a challenge, in that it is a Brownfield development that is using existing infrastructure while creating a new viable neighborhood without promoting suburban sprawl. It had many servicing issues and policies to surmount.” “An excellent example of non-standard practices and practical engineering solutions to transform the urban landscape into a modern, livable community.” “As one of the largest Brownfield developments currently being constructed in the country, this project presented difficult challenges that were addressed with a variety of innovative and sustainable design solutions. Significant added value was provided to the client, and the result is a distinctive and livable infill neighborhood.”

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Award of Excellence: Water Resources, Energy Production Recycled Wastewater Pipeline Project FIRM: Bel-MK Engineering Ltd./MMM CLIENT: Petro-Canada LOCATION: Edmonton/Strathcona County, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Ptarmigan Engineering Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Ledcor Pipeline Ltd.

As the tendency towards conservation, protection and recycling continues, with a further emphasis on sustainable development, new methods and technologies are constantly developed to meet these trends. Using their resources, experience and expertise, Bel-MK of Marshall Macklin Monaghan Limited (MMM) and Ledcor Pipeline Limited partnered to complete the Engineering, Procurement and Construction services for the Petro-Canada Recycled Wastewater Pipeline Project. The result is a project that is environmentally sound, sustainable and the ﬁrst of its kind in Canada. Rather than withdrawing additional water from the North Saskatchewan River to produce hydrogen and steam, Petro-Canada can now draw on recycled municipal wastewater for its industrial operations.

Judges’ Comments: “Impressive! There were over 130 reasons not to even start the project (including river, rail, landﬁll and pipeline crossings.) An excellently managed project to conserve surface water. The added pressure of completing an area where the World Games would compete was handled effectively.” “This project clearly stands out in all judging criteria. Notwithstanding the technical excellence, the added value and beneﬁts of this project are exceptional.”

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Award of Excellence: Environmental Easthill Stormwater Infrastructure Improvements FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: The City of Red Deer LOCATION: Red Deer, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Parkland Geotechnical Consulting Ltd CONTRACTORS: Pidherney’s; Apollo Landscaping Services; Border

Paving Ltd.; Timcon Construction (1988) Ltd.; Northside Construction Ltd.; City of Red Deer Public Works Dept., Calgary Tunnelling and Horizontal Augering Ltd. Stantec Consulting Ltd. implemented the Eastview Estates, Eastview School, and Michener Storm Pond diversion trunks and inlet control device projects with assistance from Pidherney’s, Apollo Landscaping, Border Paving, Timcon, Northside, and Red Deer Public Works. The last of three innovative facilities, Michener’s constructed wetland will significantly reduce the risk of future flooding in Easthill. The Eastview dry ponds and Michener amenities include viewing decks, bridges, trails, amphitheatres, sports ﬁelds, vegetation, and wetland habitat. They provide new recreational and educational opportunities for Red Deer citizens. Other residents are now inquiring when one of these facilities will be constructed in their area.

Judges’ Comments: “This project represents an ideal blend of technical excellence and innovation that delivered win-win solutions to all stakeholders. The City of Red Deer should be proud of this very successful project!” alberta innovators

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Award of Excellence: Transportation Infrastructure Yellowhead Trail/156th Street Interchange FIRM: BPTEC-DNW Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: City of Edmonton LOCATION: Edmonton, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Thurber Engineering Ltd.;

HFKS Architects Inc. CONTRACTORS: Alberco Construction Ltd.; Standard General Construction Ltd. SUB-CONTRACTORS: Norellco Contractors Ltd., Abalone Construction Services Inc., Wilco Landscape Contractors Ltd. KEY TEAM MEMBERS: City of Edmonton Transportation and Streets, Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd. OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: CN Rail, EPCOR, Waiward Excavators Ltd., The Reinforced Earth Company, Gibbs Brown Johansson Edmonton’s Yellowhead Trail/156th Street Interchange was a complex and challenging project involving construction of roadways and bridges. Trafﬁc can now take 156th Street over the Yellowhead Trail and over the CNR tracks. The interchange is a leading example of a partnership between client, consultant, contractors and the business community leading to a successful project for all concerned. Roadway design is by the City of Edmonton, Transportation and Streets. Structural design is by BPTEC-DNW Engineering Ltd. with sub-consultants Thurber Engineering Ltd. and HFKS Architects Inc. Drainage Design is by Associated Engineering Ltd. Landscaping design is by Gibbs Brown Johansson. Utilities are by EPCOR.

Judges’ Comments: “This multi-year project was born out of the need for more infrastructure transportation along a corridor to provide access to a growing industrial area. All stakeholders commanded a viable solution to be delivered in an expedient manner while minimizing trafﬁc disruptions. This project delivered on all aspects of the requirements.” “The 156th Street and Yellowhead Trail Interchange project demonstrates transportation engineering excellence and solid project delivery.”

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Award of Excellence: International Developmental Impact of Canadian Technologies: Yellow River Water Resources and Flood Management Optimization FIRM: Golder Associates Ltd. CLIENT: Yellow River Conservancy Commission, China LOCATION: Yellow River Watershed, China SUB-CONSULTANTS: MDA Geospatial Services Inc.;

Professor Slobodan Simonovic, University of Western Ontario OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Information Centre of Yellow River

Conservancy Commission, China (in-country partner) This international cooperation project involved transfer and adaptation of the leading-edge Canadian technologies (RADARSAT Remote Sensing and Water Resources Management Model) to China. These technologies were used for improved operational decision making, improved flood monitoring and assessment, and optimized water resources management in the Yellow River watershed. Applications are expected to generate social benefits to a population of 235 million, environmental benefits in protecting the ecological health of Yellow River, and economic benefits of billions of dollars per year. This project shows Canadian products successfully exported to benefit both Canada and other countries. Golder Associates’ in-country partner was the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Chinese Ministry of Water Resources. Sub-consultants included MDA Geospatial Services Inc. of Richmond, BC, and Professor Slobodan Simonovic, of the University of Western Ontario. Funding contributors included the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, Canadian International Development Agency, Golder Associates Ltd. and MDA Geospatial Services Inc.

Judges’ Comments: “A visible demonstration of how Canadian and Albertan technology and know-how can be successfully applied in an international setting and deliver societal benefits.” “The transfer of this technology keeps Canadian engineering in the forefront of the minds of the growing Chinese market. The benefits that will be derived from the application of RADARSAT and WRMM as part of the overall river and floodplain management system will have incalculable benefits to millions of people. An excellent submission on the world stage.” “This project is a prime example of technical excellence and the proactive advancement of technology. The use of these two leading-edge technologies has further proven that Canadian technology is worldclass. The benefits and added value make this a significant cooperation project.” alberta innovators

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Award of Excellence: Project Management National Institute for Nanotechnology FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: University of Alberta LOCATION: Edmonton, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Cohos Evamy (Architectural & Structural

Engineering); Hemisphere Engineering Inc. (Mechanical Engineering); Stantec Consulting Ltd. (Electrical Engineering) CONTRACTOR: PCL Construction Management Inc. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: National Research Council Stantec is providing program and project management services for this multi-disciplinary, multi-owner facility that houses state-of-the-art laboratories for nano-scale research in chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, informatics and medicine. This $65 million facility is one of the quietest buildings in Canada, designed to provide ultra-low vibration and minimal acoustical noise and electromagnetic interference. These are optimal conditions for some of the most sensitive research equipment available. The architects for this project were the Cohos Evamy Partners, and the sub-consultants were Stantec Consulting Ltd. and Hemisphere Engineering Inc.

Judges’ Comments: “The project management office not only met all of the challenges created by multiple owners, unknown users, an undefined science and world class performance expectations, but delivered the project on time, within budget and performing to expectations. What else can be said but that these results clearly deserve a CEA Award of Excellence?” “Unknown industry growth dynamics for unknown future users’ needs, to model unknown future technologies for something opposing clients needs – how else would you define excellence?”

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Award of Excellence: Studies, Software & Special Services Northwest Regional Utility Study FIRM: UMA Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: Town of Morinville LOCATION: Northwest Capital Region, AB OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Marcel LeBlanc, Director of Water

Management; Steering Committee Members: Town of Morinville, Town of Legal, Parkland County, City of Spruce Grove, City of St. Albert, Town of Stony Plain, Sturgeon County Municipalities in the Northwest Capital Region are currently faced with increasing population growth and limitations to their existing utility infrastructure. Through a unique collaborative approach, UMA conducted the Northwest Regional Utility Study, spearheaded by the Town of Morinville in cooperation with six additional municipalities in the region. The objective of the study was to address water and sanitary servicing to accommodate growth in the existing areas and to consider expansion to additional communities. The final result is a plan to the year 2030. The project demonstrates the significant benefits that can be achieved by adopting a regional approach to infrastructure planning.

Judges’ Comments: “The Northwest Regional Utility Study provides a challenging mix of engineering, economics and politics, which concludes with an end result that is clearly focused on the best inter-municipal solution for the taxpayers. Hats off to UMA and their seven municipal clients!”

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Award of Excellence: Community Outreach, In-House Initiative People Development Program FIRM: Urban Systems Ltd. CLIENT: Urban Systems Ltd. LOCATION: Company wide

The development of consultants and leaders for the future is an important undertaking at Urban Systems. In fact, it is so important that they have created a comprehensive program that consists of four key elements: personal development planning, coaching, University of Urban Systems and leadership development. Called the People Development Program, it is intended to accelerate the development of the careers of their people in a deliberate way. The program brings together the experience and wisdom of the company’s most senior people and facilitates the transfer of their knowledge to the next generation in the company.

Judges’ Comments: “Excellent recognition of people as the most valuable asset, and the shared management of the stages of their development.” “The People Development Program is a practical and effective response to the shortage of qualiﬁed staff and leaders in the engineering consulting business. This is a program that engineering ﬁrms of any size should implement.”

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Award of Merit: Building Engineering Award of Merit: Project Management

Judges’ Comments:

Calgary International Airport - Airport Terminal Building (ATB) Development

“Excellent example of innovation, continuous improvement and teamwork over an extended period of time, while continuing to serve a very demanding public.”

FIRM: Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. CLIENT: Calgary Airport Authority LOCATION: Calgary, AB SUB CONSULTANTS: Earth Tech (Canada) Ltd., Keen Engineering

“Excellent delivery of a complex project with changing needs and market conditions and a fast-tracked approach. The entire team ought to be congratulated for delivering the project on time and on budget.”

Ltd., Stebnicki, Robertson & Associates Ltd. CONTRACTOR: Ellis-Don Construction Services OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Cohos Evamy; NBBJ; UMA Engineering Ltd.;

PB Project Managers The Calgary International Airport underwent a major transformation between 1998 and 2005. The ATB project was outstanding in its engineering complexity, its excellence in project delivery and its contribution to advancing the Calgary Airport Authority’s vision of excellence. The engineering complexity centred on maintaining 24/7 operations, upgrading to current seismic resistance requirements, creating elegant exposed structures that became part of the architecture, fast-tracking construction and integrating with existing systems. Key to achieving the on-time, on-budget delivery were the right mix of people, brainstorming integrated solutions, and a spirit of partnering. The $350 million project has doubled the size and capacity of the terminal and has been recognized by international awards.

Award of Merit: Building Engineering PCL Centennial Learning Centre FIRM: Cohos Evamy CLIENT: PCL Construction Resources Inc. LOCATION: Edmonton, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Carlyle + Associates CONTRACTOR: PCL Construction Management Inc.

To mark their 100th anniversary, PCL Construction Resources Inc. engaged Cohos Evamy to design the $13 million Centennial Learning Centre in the Edmonton PCL Business Park. Cohos Evamy, an integrated firm of architects, engineers, interior designers and planners, provided all design services; Carlyle + Associates provided landscape design. As their training hub, the 2,430 square metre building is a model of sustainable design, Gold-certiﬁed under the USGBC Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) Green Building rating system. To celebrate construction excellence, the structural, mechanical, and electrical systems are exposed and incorporated into the architecture. The facility houses state-of-the-art training rooms, boardrooms, meeting rooms, ofﬁces and a Grand Hall overlooking landscaped gardens.

Judges’ Comments: “The PCL Centre exhibits advanced use of sustainable design technology. In addition, it is an outstanding example of the integration of engineering systems with architectural design. Finally, the use of exposed systems to celebrate the builder’s art is compelling.”

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Award of Merit: Community Development The Kincora Project FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: APEX Limited Partnership LOCATION: Calgary, AB

Kincora is an evolution in new community design, where protection and conservation were the key drivers for this Irishthemed community. Features include a major ravine system fostering native grassland, constructed wetlands, escarpment and archaeological sites, and efﬁciency in roadway and utility design. Kincora provides for a variety of housing styles and encourages alternate forms of transportation. One of Calgary’s fastest selling communities, Kincora provides its 5,000 residents with a place to live, learn, work and play. It’s a special place where residents can enjoy the beneﬁts of their community and truly feel at home.

Award of Merit: Environmental Integrated Waste Management FIRM: Earth Tech (Canada) Inc. CLIENT: City of Iqaluit LOCATION: Iqaluit, NT CONTRACTORS: Kudlik Construction Ltd., Sifec North Inc., Bafﬁn

Building Systems In the harsh climate of the Canadian north, municipal sewage sludge has been largely ignored because of the predominance of lagoon wastewater treatment systems. The application of mechanical sewage treatment systems in Nunavut has created a demand for appropriate sewage sludge handling, treatment and disposal. The City of Iqaluit is working toward the implementation of a secondary sewage treatment system, and is implementing a sludge management system appropriate to the severe climate and isolated geography. The sludge management process applies a freeze-thaw process for sludge drying, followed by a composting process to produce an organic cover material for the landﬁll.

Judges’ Comments: “This competition was difﬁcult to judge because of the excellent quality of submissions. However, this project stood out, as it exempliﬁed a holistic approach to creating an integrated solution to disposing of liquid and solid wastes. To do this in a highly sensitive environment, given temperate extremes, is commendable.”

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Award of Merit: Environmental Managing and Mitigating Extensive Subsurface Fuel Product for Two Inner-City Heritage Buildings FIRM: EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. CLIENT: City of Edmonton LOCATION: Edmonton, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: ALS Laboratory Group; Ground Effects

Environmental Services Inc.; Hamilton & Olson Surveys Ltd. Knox Church and Strathcona Library are heritage-listed buildings located in Strathcona Old Town, Edmonton. The water table beneath both buildings was impacted by a 1950s underground fuel tank that released diesel over a signiﬁcant area. Cleanup began in March 2006 and has involved a number of design “ﬁrsts” for Alberta. Three PVC horizontal extraction wells, which were more than 100 metres long, enable vacuum extraction of water table liquids and subsoil vapour. The system can be monitored and controlled remotely via a satellite data link. Concerns expressed by stakeholders over excessive noise or hydrocarbon odours from the extraction equipment were not realized. The objective of remediating the diesel source is proceeding as planned.

Judges’ Comments: “I was impressed with the signiﬁcant attention to stakeholder’s needs and the innovation associated with a challenging site.”

Award of Merit: International Australian Synchrotron Project FIRM: UMA Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: Major Projects Victoria, State of Victoria, Australia LOCATION: Melbourne, Australia CONTRACTORS: Major Projects Victoria

Picture a circular racetrack the size of a football field; now picture a race that goes on at almost the speed of light. A steady stream of electrons generated by an electron gun is trapped and focused by a ring of powerful magnets into a beam of light as narrow as a human hair and brighter than the sun. That is the Australian Synchrotron – built by the State of Victoria to boost the Australian and international scientific community’s research capabilities. UMA provided project management services for the installation and commissioning of the synchrotron and its systems. Risks were identified and managed effectively and the project was delivered fulfilling all of the clients’ performance expectations.

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Award of Merit: Natural Resources, Mining, Industrial ROM Bridge Strengthening FIRM: SNC-Lavalin Inc. CLIENT: Elk Valley Coal Company LOCATION: Fording River Operation, Elkford, BC CONTRACTORS: Graham Construction OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Murray Banks, Director Oilsands; John Moyse,

Senior Structural Engineer, SNC-Lavalin Inc.; Martin Stoklossa, Project Manager By using an innovative redesign of the latest technology and working closely with its client, SNC-Lavalin recently completed and commissioned a three-span haul truck bridge to accommodate 320-tonne Komatsu 930 trucks for EVCC-Fording River Operations to support the need for the expansion of the coal plant located near Elk Ford, B.C. The design included strengthening the substructure and bridge deck for 470-gross loaded vehicle weights. The operation could not shut down, making the project very difďŹ cult in that only one half of the bridge to the crusher could be constructed, while the other half was kept in operation. Despite numerous technical challenges, SNC-Lavalin completed the project on time and within budget.

Award of Merit: Project Management Southwest Anthony Henday Drive FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. & UMA Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation LOCATION: Edmonton, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Earth Tech Canada Ltd.; EBA Engineering

Consultants Ltd.; Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd.; AMEC Earth & Environmental Ltd.; AMEC Infrastructure Ltd. A key link in the provinceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s north/south Trade Corridor Initiative, the ESR Team, led by Stantec Consulting Ltd., and the A-Team, led by UMA Engineering Ltd., worked together to successfully deliver this project for Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation. The project included a 360 metre-long river crossing, three creek crossings, five major interchanges, and 11 kilometres of divided highway. By treating the project as a single entity rather than individual assignments and by truly partnering with other team members, Stantec and UMA provided a wide range of innovative approaches and technological advances that delivered measurable value for this complex project.

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Award of Merit: Studies, Software & Special Services Highway Guide and Informational Sign Manual FIRM: ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. CLIENT: Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation LOCATION: Across Alberta SUB-CONSULTANTS: IBI Group Architects & Engineers

Alber ta Infrastructure and Transpor tation retained ISL Engineering and Land Services to develop a new Alberta Highway Guide and Information Sign Manual. The manual provides information on human factors and best practices in sign design and construction. This allows the designer to develop signs that are easily read so drivers have sufﬁcient time to recognize, read and react to them. The four major types of signs discussed in the manual are Route Markers and Trailblazers, Directional Guide Signs (including new ring road signs for Calgary and Edmonton), new Tourism Oriented Guide Signs (TODS) and Facility (Logo) Signs.

Award of Merit: Sustainable Design Bearspaw Residual Treatment Facility FIRM: Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd. CLIENT: The City of Calgary LOCATION: Calgary, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: Goodfellow Architecture Ltd.,

EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. CONTRACTORS: PCL Construction Management Inc. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Blazer’s Canada Inc.; Custom Electric Ltd.

Judges’ Comments: “With such a diverse group of projects, it was difficult to decide. I chose the Bearspaw project because in my view, it may well contribute the most of any of the projects toward the long-term sustainability of our community on the prairie. By increasing the efficiency of water use and improving the quality of discharge back into the Bow River, this project will offer a significant enhancement to our use of a vital public resource well into the future. It represents a highly sophisticated application of technology toward a sustainable future.”

Faced with upgrading its two water treatment plants, the City of Calgary challenged Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd. to design upgrades that would meet demands of record development and be innovative and sustainable. At the city’s Bearspaw Water Treatment Plant, the design team met this challenge with the new Residuals Treatment Facility, which treats wastewater and recycles treated water back to the plant. Residual solid waste is sent to landﬁll. This process saves approximately six per cent of the water taken from the Bow River and removes discharges that were historically sent to the river, thus preserving water resources and protecting the environment.

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Award of Merit: Sustainable Design Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation

and The Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory LOCATION: Slave Lake, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: BPTEC-DNW Engineering Ltd.; ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. CONTRACTORS: CHANDOS Construction; Goldbar Contractors Inc. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Manasc Isaac Architects Ltd.; Parks & Protected Areas, Alberta Community Development; Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory Society The Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation is located in Slave Lake Provincial Park. Stantec provided mechanical and electrical engineering and energy consulting services to Manasc Isaac Architects Ltd. Other members of the design team included BPTEC-DNW Engineering, Fast + Epp, and ISL Engineering and Land Services. Stantec Ltd. endeavored to identify sustainable approaches to conserve energy and reduce the building’s impact on the ecologically secure site. The project is being reviewed by the Canada Green Building Council for a LEED Silver or Gold certiﬁcation.

Award of Merit: Transportation Infrastructure North Saskatchewan River Bridge on Anthony Henday Drive FIRM: Earth Tech (Canada) Inc. CLIENT: Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation LOCATION: Edmonton, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: HFKS Architects Inc.; Northwest Hydraulic

Consultants Ltd.; Gibbs Brown Johnsson; Golder Associates Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Kiewit Management Co. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Bill Van Der Meer and Kip Hritzuk, Alberta

Infrastructure and Transportation; Carl Clayton, Stantec Consulting Ltd.; Tony Rusan and Brian Adeney, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.; Ken Rebel, CH2M HILL Canada Ltd. The North Saskatchewan River Bridge is an important river crossing on Alberta’s north-south trade corridor and forms part of the southwest leg of the Anthony Henday Drive Ring Road around the city of Edmonton. Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation selected Earth Tech, with partners Stantec and EBA, and subconsultants Golder, HFKS Architects, Northwest Hydraulics, and Gibbs Brown Johansson, to design and oversee the construction of this major bridge. The bridge design utilized many creative solutions to overcome unique challenges, including unstable headslopes, soft foundation soils, future bridge widenings, an underslung pedestrian bridge, protection of the environment, changes during construction and the scale of the structure.

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2007 Showcase Awards

Award of Merit: Transportation Infrastructure Bow Trail Widening and Intersection Upgrades FIRM: ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. CLIENT: City of Calgary LOCATION: Calgary, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: McIntosh-Lalani Engineering Ltd.; Landplan

Associates Ltd.; HFP Acoustical Consultants Corp.; Stebnicki Robertson & Associates Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Lafarge Canada Inc.; Pro-Con Road Works Ltd. The City of Calgary retained ISL Engineering and Land Services to provide engineering services for the upgrading of Bow Trail from Sarcee Trail to Strathcona Boulevard. This $14 million capital project completes the ﬁrst phase of City Council’s commitment to widen the Bow Trail corridor to a six-lane expressway and will delay the need for grade separation at key intersections in Calgary’s transportation network until at least 2023. The project team relied on context-sensitive design principles to meet the challenges of severe topography, major utility conﬂicts, stormwater drainage, and sub-standard pre-existing geometry. The project was substantially completed by the fall of 2006.

Judges’ Comments: “This project confronted a wide range of challenges that were being met in a superior fashion.”

Award of Merit: Water Resources, Energy Production Sanitary Trunk Sewer - Phase 1 FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: City of St. Albert LOCATION: St. Albert, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: P. Machibroda Engineering Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Michels Canada Co. (Michels Directional Crossing

Co.); QQR Mechancial Contracting Ltd.; AGRA Foundations Ltd. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: City of St. Albert The City of St. Albert retained Stantec Consulting Ltd. to complete phase one of the Sanitary Trunk Sewer system. This project provides interim in-line storage and conveyance to relieve existing surcharging conditions in the city’s wastewater collection system and provides for the long term servicing of future development in the northwest area of the city. This project exceeded the expectations set in the previous feasibility study by identifying an alternate alignment and construction method, which resulted in a lower construction cost and significantly less impact on the community.

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2007 Showcase Awards

Award of Merit: Water Resources, Energy Production Keho-Barons Irrigation Expansion FIRM: UMA Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District LOCATION: Barons, AB SUB-CONSULTANTS: MPE Engineering Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District;

D.A. Electric Ltd.; Bel-Aire Welding Ltd.; Boulder Contracting Ltd.; Silver Ridge Construction (1999) Ltd. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Rod McLean; Les Braun; Chris Gallagher; Becki Stewart The area north and west of Barons had been considered for irrigation for 80 years. When the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District was looking for innovative ideas for irrigating this previously dry land of 10,800 acres, UMA responded. This technologically advanced 2,500 hp booster pump station and optimized 72-kilometre PVC pipeline distribution system was developed to improve industry standard gravity-fed design. The innovative approach of supplying full pressure to irrigation pivots greatly simpliďŹ ed operations for new irrigators while reducing capital and operating costs. A new benchmark for state-of-the-art design was set with the completion of the Keho-Barons Irrigation Project.

2007 CEA Showcase Judges Dan Bader, P.Eng. Deputy Minister Alberta Municipal Affairs Government of Alberta Guy Boston, P.Eng. General Manager Planning & Engineering City of St. Albert Douglas Campbell, Architect President The Alberta Association of Architects Shane Freeson, P.Eng. Manager Lloydminster Production Engineering Husky Energy Herb Guhl Director, Procurement Alberta Infrastructure & Transportation Martin Holysh, P.Eng. Manager Environmental, Health & Safety Suncor Energy Inc.

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Bryan Horrocks, P.Eng. City Manager City of Lethbridge George Jergeas, P.Eng. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering University of Calgary Mike Koziol, P.Eng. Manager Streets Engineering City of Edmonton Richard Ogilvie, BA, MBA General Manager, Business Operations University of Calgary Rob Penny, P.Eng. Assistant Deputy Minister Policy & Corporate Services Alberta Infrastructure & Transportation Tim Robbie, P.Eng. Regulatory & Environmental Petro-Canada

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HOT Economy Infrastructure across Alberta is feeling the heat

IL L US T R AT ION : HEF F O’RE ILY

BY PE TE KERPINSK Y

rande Prairie resident Harold Friesen remembers a time

when you could get anywhere in the city within ﬁve minutes. Now, says the businessman and chairman of the city’s Downtown Association, you’re lucky if you can make it to mainstreet in 20. It’s still easier to ﬁnd the upsides of the boom, and Harold describes the downsides as “tolerable inconveniences.” But the unrelenting rise of city-style bustle at the expense of old-fashioned frontier affability does gnaw a little. “When you stay the same you stagnate. We want the good and we don’t want any of the bad, and unfortunately, they go hand in hand. You can’t have one without the other. Isn’t there a song in that somewhere?” Friesen says, with a laugh. If so, it’s a popular refrain across Alberta. Grande Prairie’s good fortune is just one of the side effects of growing opportunities and wealth in this province that are the envy of the rest of the nation. But there are downsides: housing, policing, and institutional shortages in schools and hospitals, overburdened bridges highways and waste treatment facilities. Inter-provincial migration is turning big towns into small cities with unprecedented speed, and the province’s aging and overburdened infrastructure can’t keep up. In response, the provincial government is pouring billions into construction projects. Among others, it has promised Grande Prairie $100 million for a utilities project, $850 million for airport improvements in Calgary, $24 million to upgrade the wastewater treatment system in Camrose, about $500 million for the LRT expansion in Edmonton, and

$600 million for various irrigation projects in southern Alberta. The cheque is in the mail, but the boom means that projects are waiting and skilled workers are in demand – far too much demand. Is quality suffering? “It’s a perfect storm of factors coming together at the same time,” says Bart Johnson, a spokesman with the Alberta Department of Infrastructure and Transportation, referring to the multi-sector demand for construction. “We have a three-year capital plan that’s around $15 billion. It’s the highest it’s ever been in Alberta.” Fort McMurray is an overused example of industrial growth run amok, to the extent that even elected ofﬁcials there have called for limits to expansion. But the issue really is across the board, from the southern plains to the northern tundra. They need schools in Grande Prairie, housing in Calgary, transit in Edmonton, ofﬁce buildings in Red Deer and industrial development in Medicine Hat. In Hinton, tourists can’t get a hotel room because they are full of the oil rig and forestry workers who live there full time. High demand combined with a deepening labour shortage means construction costs and delays have escalated. Municipalities are having to re-evaluate, scale down or cancel projects. In Leduc, located along the Edmonton-Calgary corridor on the Queen Elizabeth II Highway and close to the Edmonton International Airport, tremendous growth has called for creativity. Mayor Greg Krischke says there are more than $200 million worth of projects on the books for new pavement overlays, highway border paving, industrial and commercial alberta innovators

The Impact of Population Pressure Tiptoe Through the Potholes Not every community will adjust to expansion the same way, or at the same rate. A city like Calgary is able to absorb a certain level of in-migration because it already has water, waste and transportation systems, which are engineered to support hundreds of thousands of customers. But for a smaller place, going from small town to small city means delays in basic services such as education, sanitation and policing, and may result in social upheaval. A healthy local infrastructure means small things like potholes that are filled and traffic signals that work; municipal waste and wastewater that are professionally managed; children’s parks and pools that are safe and well maintained. Below is a snapshot of four of Alberta’s fastest-growing communities:

Calgary:

In the 2006 city-sponsored Citizen Satisfaction Survey, an increasing number of citizens (51 per cent) felt the quality of life in Calgary had worsened in the past three years, citing overpopulation, trafﬁc congestion, the speed of growth, homelessness and a lack of affordable housing as the primary reasons, along with the shortage of ambulances and lack of beds at city hospitals. The city has grown by 17,000 people every year for the last four years, and finally reached a total population of one million in 2006, two years ahead of schedule.

Fort McMurray:

The population of Fort McMurray has more than doubled to nearly 75,000 in nine

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years. The city has a shortfall of nearly 3,000 homes, needs two public schools, a new water treatment plant, police station, recreation centre and ﬁre hall. As the population continues to grow at a rate of about 10 per cent a year, some estimates are that the area will need $1.2 billion in infrastructure projects to accommodate the growth.

Grande Prairie:

Grande Prairie’s population has increased by 44 per cent in 10 years, to just under 50,000. The city now rivals Edmonton as a major gateway to the north, and provides services to the more than 200,000 people in surrounding communities within a 200 kilometre radius. But with the city’s increasing size comes a burgeoning homelessness problem, one of the worst labour shortages in the province, and a growing number of students going to class in portable classrooms. The infrastructure shortage was estimated at $200 million in 2006.

Edmonton:

The Edmonton metropolitan area’s current population of 1,014,000 includes more than 46,000 newcomers since 2001, which is like adding the population of Medicine Hat to the city in less than ﬁve years. The average age of Edmonton’s infrastructure is over 30 years old, and its average life expectancy is 50 years. Additional pressure is added by the 300,000 people from the 21 municipalities in the immediate region, who come to the city for its services and business opportunities.

land development. Leduc has opted to build or tender projects in stages as a strategy to thwart costs. “We’ve thought about whether we should wait for the economy to cool down a little bit and prices to lower,” the mayor says. “But why delay projects that are necessary for our community? I think we all have to be better at examining exactly what it is that we need, rather than what we want.” Wise words. Everyone can get behind better leadership and more efficiently managed resources. But is affordability the only consequence when demand and supply are out of whack? Overheated economies have been known to breed avarice, incompetence, fatigue, and other symptoms that can result in a leaky roof or creaky bridge here and there. “I guess we see a potential problem,” says Steve Croxford, manager of the structural division at Associated Engineering in Edmonton, a well-established consulting engineering firm with more than 500 staff. “But we haven’t experienced any problems to date.” Croxford says client expectations have shifted and there are pressures to deliver results yesterday at the latest, but internal quality assurance processes remain intact. “The industry adapts,” says Croxford. “We live and die off our reputations. Really, we can’t afford any kind of slip.” Jim Montgomery agrees. Montgomery is a partner at Cohos Evamy, a fully integrated architectural, engineering, interior design and planning firm employing about 230 people in three locations. His firm has all kinds of quality control procedures in their office,

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he says, and is working on making them stronger all the time. Working with people you know and trust helps. “We’re involved with good contractors, contractors that have good reputations,” he says. “It comes down to the quality of individuals and the organization of our work. We’re going through our sales opportunities very, very, carefully and we’re trying to take on projects that we’ll be proud of when we’re done. That will make it so our ﬁrm comes out of the boom times with a good reputation.” The most common side effect of the shortage is delays. Large projects staffed with inexperienced workers can result in a drop-off in efﬁciency and productivity. But the pressures are not so grave as to encourage anyone to do a less than perfect job, says Roger Dootson, vice-President and general manager at PCL Construction. “The secret to good work is operational excellence,” says Dootson. “Quality has not dropped off. You really have to be the best you can be in everything you do, and everybody should strive for that. We have to brainstorm a lot more, share ideas, our visions. It’s much different than the lumpsum world where it’s all drawn up and now you go build it and what’s there is there.” alberta innovators 000.EBA_1-2M_nBL.indd 1

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FVB Energy Inc. www.fvbenergy.com 350, 13220 St. Albert Trail Edmonton AB T5L 4W1 Tel: 780.453.3410 Fax: 780.453.3682 fvbenergy@fvbenergy.com GEO-Engineering (M.S.T.) Ltd. www.geo-engineering.net 217, 3016 – 19 Street NE Calgary AB T2E 6Y9 Tel: 403.250.8850 Fax: 403.291.0186 geo-eng@geo-engineering.net Golder Associates Ltd. www.golder.com 1000, 940 - 6 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 3T1 Tel: 403.299.5600 Fax: 403.299.5606 Toll Free: 1-800-414-8314 300, 10525 – 170 Street Edmonton AB T5P 4W2 Tel: 780.483.3499 Fax: 780.483.1574 340, MacLennan Crescent Fort McMurray AB T9H 5C8 Tel: 780.743.4040 Fax: 780.743.4237 201, 7429 Gaetz Avenue Red Deer AB T4P 1M6 Tel: 403.309.7309 Fax: 403.309.0013 Group2 Architecture Engineering Interior Design www.group2.ab.ca 200, 4706 - 48 Avenue Red Deer AB T4N 6J4 Tel: 403.340.2200 Fax: 403.346.6570 general@group2.ab.ca 607, 550 – 11 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2R 1M7 Tel: 403.717.2511 Fax: 403.717.2521 10215 – 178 Street Edmonton AB T5S 1M3 Tel: 780.496.9123 Fax: 780.484.7103 Hatch Energy www.hatchenergy.com 700, 840 – 7 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 3G2 Tel: 403.920.3343 Fax: 403.233.8754

Hatch Mott MacDonald www.hatchmott.com 601, 815 – 8 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 3P2 Tel: 403.234.7978 Fax: 403.261.0009 Hemisphere Engineering Inc. www.hemishphere-eng.com 10950 - 119 Street Edmonton AB T5H 3P5 Tel: 780.452.1800 Fax: 780.453.5205 bzadecki8@hemisphere-eng.com 202, 838 - 11 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2R 0E5 Tel: 403.245.6446 Fax: 403.244.0191 IBI Group Architects & Engineers www.ibigroup.com 1050, Standard Life Bldg. 10405 Jasper Avenue Edmonton AB T5J 3N4 Tel: 780.428.4000 Fax: 780.426.3256 500, 1167 Kensington Crescent NW Calgary AB T2N 1X7 Tel: 403.270.5600 Fax: 403.270.5610 ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. www.islengineering.com 100, 7909 – 51 Avenue NW Edmonton AB T6E 5L9 Tel: 780.438.9000 Fax: 780.438.3700 isledmonton@islengineering.com 250, 295 Midpark Way SE Calgary AB T2X 2A8 Tel: 403.254.0544 Fax: 403.254.9186 210, 4711 – 51 Avenue Red Deer AB T4N 6H8 Tel: 403.342.1476 Fax: 403.342.1477 #202, 10537 – 98 Avenue Grande Prairie AB T8V 0S3 Tel: 780.532.4002 Fax: 780.539.1656 iTRANS Consulting Inc. www.itransconsulting.com 700, 926 – 5 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 0N7 Tel: 403.537.0250 Fax: 403.537.0251 tkroman@itransconsulting.com

CEA Membership Directory J.R. Paine & Associates Ltd. www.jrp.ca 17505 – 106 Avenue Edmonton AB T5S 1E7 Tel: 780.489.0700 Fax: 780.489.0800 jrp@jrp.ca 11020 - 89 Avenue Grande Prairie AB T8V 3J8 Tel: 780.532.1515 Fax: 780.538.2262

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J.R. Spronken & Associates Ltd. 200, 1917 – 20 Avenue NW Calgary AB T2M 1H6 Tel: 403.265.1123 Fax: 403.265.1784 jrsa@spronken.net

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Jacobs Techna-West Engineering Ltd. www.techna-west.com 600, 10010 – 106 Street Edmonton AB T5J 3L8 Tel: 780.451.4800 Fax: 780.451.5900 info@techna-west.com Jacques Whitford Ltd. www.jacqueswhitford.com 300, 805 – 8th Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 1H7 Tel: 403.263.7113 Fax: 403.263.7116 calgary@jacqueswhitford.com 203, 4208 - 97th Street Edmonton AB T6E 5Z9 Tel: 780.440.0682 Fax: 780.440.0721 edmonton@jacqueswhitford.com Unit 3B, 380 Mackenzie Blvd. Ft. McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Tel: 780.743.2911 Fax: 780.743.1845 fortmcmurray@jacqueswhitford.com

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Klohn Crippen Berger www.klohn.com 114, 6815 - 8 Street NE Calgary AB T2E 7H7 Tel: 403.274.3424 Fax: 403.274.5349 brogers@klohn.com

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CEA Membership Directory KTA Structural Engineers Ltd. www.kta-eng.com 200, 1001 – 10 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2R 0B7 Tel: 403.265.4405 Fax: 403.245.6545 vhk@kta-eng.com Levelton Consultants Ltd. www.levelton.com 515, 808 - 4 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 3E8 Tel: 403.269.4141 Fax: 403.234.0661 calgary@levelton.com Magna IV Engineering Ltd. www.magnaiv.com 200, 4103 - 97 Street Edmonton AB T6E 6E9 Tel: 780.462.3111 Fax: 780.462.9799 Toll Free: 1.800.462.3157 info@magnaiv.com 2, 2827 – 18 Street NE Calgary AB T2E 7K5 Tel: 403.250.8334 Fax: 403.250.8402 ��

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Matrix Solutions Inc. www.hydroconsult.com www.matrix-solutions.com Suite 118, 319 – 2 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 0C5 Tel: 403.265.6958 Fax: 403.263.9818 McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. www.mcelhanney.com 138, 14315 - 118 Avenue Edmonton AB T5L 4S6 Tel: 780.451.3420 Fax: 780.452.7033 info@mcelhanney.com 450, 999 – 8 Street SW Calgary AB T2R 1J5 Tel: 403.262.5042 Fax: 403.229.9260 10214 Centennial Drive Fort McMurray AB T9H 1Y5 Tel: 780.743.6328 McIntosh Lalani Engineering Ltd. www.mcintoshlalani.com Bay 10, 4604 – 13 Street NE Calgary AB T2E 6P1 Tel: 403.291.2345 Fax: 403.291.2356 nlalani@mcintoshlalani.com

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Mechwave Engineering Ltd. www.mechwave.com Suite 200, 1518 – 7 Street SW Calgary AB T2R 1A7 Tel: 403.802.1090 Fax: 403.244.4440 info@mechwave.com

Millennium EMS Solutions Ltd. www.mems.ca 208, 4207 – 98 Street Edmonton AB T6E 5R7 Tel: 780.496.9048 Fax: 780.496.9049 Morrison Hershfield Ltd. www.morrisonhershfield.com 100, 4639 Manhattan Road SE Calgary AB T2G 4B3 Tel: 403.246.4500 Fax: 403.246.4220 calgary@morrisonhershfield.com

2nd Floor, 17303 – 102 Avenue Edmonton AB T5S 1J8 Tel: 780.483.5200 Fax: 780.484.3883 edmonton@morrisonhershﬁeld.com MPE Engineering Ltd. www.mpe.ca 300, 714 – 5 Avenue S Lethbridge AB T1J 0V1 Tel: 403.329.3442 Fax: 403.329.9354 Toll Free: 1.866.329.3442 mpe-leth@telusplanet.net 260 East Atrium, 2635 - 37 Avenue NE Calgary AB T1Y 5Z6 Tel: 403.250.1362 Fax: 403.250.1518 Toll Free: 1-800-351-0929 mpe-calg@telusplanet.net 60, 1825 Bomford Crescent SW Medicine Hat AB T1A 5E8 Tel: 403.348.2626 Fax: 403.348.7773 Toll Free: 1.800.351.0926 mpemed@telus.net

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CEA Membership Directory Orbis Engineering Field Services ltd. www.orbisengineering.net 300, 9404 – 41 Avenue Edmonton AB T6E 6G8 Tel: 780.988.1455 Fax: 780.988.0191 Toll Free: 1.800.88.ORBIS info@orbisengineering.net Progressive Engineering Ltd. www.progressiveengineering.ca 375, 7220 Fisher Street SE Calgary AB T2H 2H8 Tel: 403.509.3030 Fax: 403.509.3035 ted.parent@progeng.net Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. www.rjc.ca 500, 1816 Crowchild Trail NW Calgary AB T2M 3Y7 Tel: 403.283.5073 Fax: 403.270.8402 rjccal@rjc.ca 100, 14904 - 123 Avenue Edmonton AB T5V 1B4

Tel: 780.452-2325 Fax: 780.455.7516 rjcedm@rjc.ca Ready Engineering Corporation www.readyengineering.com PO Box 3825 Suite 209, 215 McLeod Avenue Spruce Grove T7X 3A4 Tel: 780.960.6663 Fax: 780.960.6664 ready@readyengineering.co #3, 2620 – 5 Avenue N Lethbridge AB T1H 6J6 Tel: 403.327.2919 Fax: 403.327.2915 Sameng Inc. www.sameng.com 1500 Baker Centre 10025 – 106 Street Edmonton AB T5J 4G8 Tel: 780.482.2557 Fax: 780.482.2538 services@sameng.com SNC-Lavalin Inc. www.snclavalin.com

608 Oxford Tower, 10235 – 101 Street Edmonton AB T5J 3G1 Tel: 780.426.1000 Fax: 780.412.6288 Stantec Consulting Ltd. www.stantec.com 10160 - 112 Street Edmonton AB T5K 2L6 Tel: 780.917.7000 Fax: 780.917.7330 corp@stantec.com 200, 325 – 25 Street SE Calgary AB T2A 7H8 Tel: 403.716.8000 Fax: 403.716.8109 calgary@stantec.com 290, 220 - 4 Street S Lethbridge AB T1J 3L8 Tel: 403.329.3344 Fax: 403.328.0664 400, 4808 Ross Street Red Deer AB T4N 1X5 Tel: 403.341.3320 Fax: 403.342.0969 reddeer@stantec.com

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CEA Membership Directory Stebnicki Robertson & Associates Ltd. www.stebrob.com 403, 1240 Kensington Road NW Calgary AB T2N 3P7 Tel: 403.270.8833 Fax: 403.270.9358 general@stebrob.com Stewart, Weir & Co. Ltd. www.swg.ca 140, 2121 Premier Way Sherwood Park AB T8H 0B8 Tel: 780.410.2580 Fax: 780.410.2589 Toll Free: 1.888.317.1111 swcl@swg.ca 12 Morrison Centre 9914 – Morrison Street Fort McMurray AB T9H 4A4 Toll Free: 1.877.799.4440 Fax: 1.877.799.4446 99, 11039 – 78 Avenue Grande Prairie AB T8W 2J7 Toll Free: 1.877.814.5880 Fax: 1.877.814.5973

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208, 1610 – 37 Street SW Calgary AB T3C 3P1 Toll Free: 1.877.264.2585 Fax: 1.877.264.2501 4818 – 50 Avenue Bonnyville AB T9N 2J4 Toll Free : 1.866.812.3183 Fax: 1.780.826.7545 Thurber Engineering Ltd. www.thurber.ca 200, 9636 - 51 Avenue Edmonton AB T6E 6A5 Engineering Tel: 780.438.1460 Environment Tel: 780.438.1684 Fax: 1.780.437.7125 edmonton-manager@thurber.ca 190, 550 - 71 Avenue SE Calgary AB T2H 0S6 Tel: 403.253.9217 Fax: 403.252.8159 calgary-manager@thurber.ca

Suite B4, 380 MacKenzie Boulevard Fort McMurray AB T9H 4C4 Tel: 780.743.1566 Fax: 780.743.1955 TSH Associates www.tsh.ca Suite 601, 5920 – 1A Street SW Calgary AB T2H 0G3 Tel: 403.258.1171 Fax: 403.258.1174 UMA Engineering Ltd. www.uma.aecom.com 17007 - 107 Avenue Edmonton AB T5S 1G3 Tel: 780.486.7000 Fax: 780.486.7070 reception.edmonton@uma.aecom.com 2540 Kensington Road NW Calgary AB T2N 3S3 Tel: 403.270.9200 Fax: 403.270.0399 202, 280 Midpark Way SE Calgary AB T2X 2B5 Tel: 403.256.2262 Fax: 403.254.1509

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Urban Systems Ltd. www.urban-systems.com 100, 2886 Sunridge Way NE Calgary AB T1Y 7H9 Tel: 403.291.1193 Fax: 403.291.1374 calgary@urban-systems.com 2300 Bell Tower, 10104 – 103 Avenue Edmonton AB T5J 0H8 Tel: 780.430.4041 Fax: 780.435.3538 mbell@urban-systems.com Walters Chambers & Associates Ltd. www.walterschambers.com Suite 501, 10709 Jasper Avenue Edmonton AB T5J 3N3 Tel: 780.428.1740 Fax: 780.423.3735 email@walterschambers.com Wardrop Engineering Inc. www.wardrop.com 800, 815 – 8 Avenue SW Calgary AB T2P 3P2 Tel: 403.514.6908 Fax: 403.514.8086 calgary@wardrop.com 11, 900 – 10665 Jasper Avenue Edmonton AB T5J 3S9 Tel: 780.429.5656 Fax: 780.429.5686 edmonton@wardrop.com Yellowhead Engineering Services 100, 18224 – 105 Avenue SW Edmonton AB T5S 2R5 Tel: 780.444.2406 Fax: 780.444.2506 rbrown@yes-group.ca ◆

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Index of Advertisers ADI Limited ................................... 62 www.adi.ca/ A.D. Williams Engineering ................ 19 www.adwilliams.com Alberta Economic Development ......... 49 www.gov.ab.ca Alberta Ingenuity ........................... 57 www.albertaingenuity.ca Alberta Roadbuilders & Heavy Construction Association ...... 23 www.arhca.ab.ca Alberta Venture ............................. 64 www.albertaventure.com Al-Terra Engineering ....................... 49 www.al-terra.com AMEC Infrastructure ........................ 23 www.amec.com APEGGA ........................................ 60 www.apegga.com Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd ..... 2 www.ae.com Autodesk ........................................ 6 www.autodesk.ca Bel-MK Engineering Ltd ................... 59 www.belmk.com Blue Heron Software Ltd .................. 14 www.blueheronsoft.com CH2M Hill Canada Ltd ...................... 60 www.ch2mhillcanada.com Clifton Associates Ltd ........ Ref Guide, 63 www.clifton.ca Cohos Evamy Partners ..................... 10 www.cohos-evamy.com DCL Siemens Engineering ................. 59 www.dclsiemens.com Dillon Consulting............................ 63 www.dillon.ca Earth Tech..................................... 20 www.earthtech.com EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd ....... 53 www.eba.ca First Order Measurement Solutions .... 62 www.ﬁrstorder.ca Focus Corporation .......................... 23 www.focus.ca Golder Associates ............................. 7 www.golder.com

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Group2 Architecture Engineering....... 59 www.group2.ab.ca Hatch Mott MacDonald .................... 16 www.hatchmott.com Hemisphere Engineering Inc............. 19 www.hemishphere-eng.com ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd .. 26 www.islengineering.com iTrans Consulting Inc.............. Ref Guide www.itransconsulting.com Klohn Crippen Berger ...................... 58 www.klohn.com Land Measurement Systems Inc. ........ 20 www.lmssurvey.com Lehigh Inland Cement Limited .......... 58 www.lehighinland.com/inland Levelton Consultants Ltd ................. 23 www.levelton.com McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd ... 53 www.mcelhanney.com

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Stantec Inc ..................... Ref Guide, 67 www.stantec.com Stewart, Weir & Co. Ltd .................... 64 www.swg.ca TD Meloche Monnex .......................... 8 www.melochemonnex.com Thurber Engineering Ltd .................. 14 www.thurber.ca Town of Rocky Mountain House ......... 65 www.rockymtnhouse.com UMA Egineering Ltd .......................... 4 www.uma.aecom.com Urban Systems Ltd ............................ 5 www.urban-systems.com Walters Chambers & Associates Ltd .... 15 www.walterschambers.com West-Can Seal Coating ..................... 19 west-can.sealcoating@telusplanet.net XL Insurance ................................. 24 www.xlinsurance.com

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Code Ethics

of Consulting Engineering

CEA member firms impose upon themselves a very strict Code of Ethics requiring disciplined fulfillment of their duties with honesty, justice and courtesy toward society, clients, other members of CEA and employees. Ongoing regulation by peers ensures quality management practices and the integrity of all CEA members. CEA membership accreditation criteria are stringent. In addition to conforming with the standards of practice set by the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA) and the requirement to hold an APEGGA Permit to Practice, member firms must maintain permanent facilities with employees in Alberta; be managed by one or more professional engineers; have at least two years operating experience as a consulting engineering business; and employ an individual in Alberta who has at least five years experience in consulting engineering as a professional engineer. Clients benefit directly by dealing with CEA member firms, professionals who are keenly interested in maintaining and promoting their own business association, which, in turn, advocates the veracity and trust which can be expected from each of its members.

Society 1. Members shall practice their profession with concern for the social and economic well-being of society. 2. Members shall conform with all laws, bylaws and regulations and with the APEGGA Code of Ethics. 3. Members shall satisfy themselves that their designs and recommendations are safe and sound and, if their engineering judgment is overruled, shall report the possible consequences to clients, owners and, if necessary, the appropriate public authorities. 4. Members expressing engineering opinions to the public shall do so in a complete, objective, truthful and accurate manner. 5. Members are encouraged to participate in civic affairs and work for the beneﬁt of their community and should encourage their employees to do likewise.

Clients 6. Members shall discharge their professional and business responsibilities with integrity. 7. Members shall accept only those assignments for which they are competent or for which they associate with other competent experts. 8. Members shall immediately disclose any conﬂicts of interest to their clients. 9. Members shall respect the conﬁdentiality of all information obtained for and from their clients but shall deal appropriately with any matters which may place the public in jeopardy. 10. Members shall obtain remuneration for their professional services solely through fees commensurate with the services rendered.

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11. Members shall promote consulting engineering services in accordance with a qualifications-based selection system endorsed by CEA.

Other Members of CEA 12. Members shall relate to other members of CEA with integrity and in a manner that will enhance the professional stature of consulting engineering. 13. Members engaged by a client to review the work of another member of CEA shall avoid statements which may maliciously impugn the reputation or business of that member. 14. Members shall respect the clientele of other members of CEA and shall not attempt to supplant them when deﬁnite steps, including negotiations for an engagement, have been taken towards their engagement. 15. Members, when requesting professional engineering services from other consulting engineering businesses, including members of CEA, shall promote the use of a qualifications-based selection system endorsed by CEA.

Employees 16. Members shall treat their employees with integrity, provide for their proper compensation, require that they conform to high ethical standards in their work and fully understand this Code of Consulting Engineering Ethics. 17. Members shall not require or permit their employees to take responsibility for work for which they are not qualiﬁed. 18. Members shall encourage their employees to enhance their professional qualiﬁcations and development through appropriate continuing education.

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