Alberta Innovators - Spring 2010

Spring 2010

The annual magazine of Consulting Engineers of Alberta

2010

Showcase Award Winners Find the right firm: Pullout guide inside

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PUBLISHED FOR: Consulting Engineers of Alberta Phipps-McKinnon Building Suite 870, 10020 - 101A Avenue Edmonton, AB T5J 3G2 Phone (780) 421-1852 Fax (780) 424-5225 Email: info@cea.ca www.cea.ca CEO Wendy Cooper

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Enhancing Productivity When the going gets tough, engineers get creative, and consulting engineering firms in Alberta have found ways to do business better than ever in the past year

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Expectation Management

BIM Boom Alberta contracting engineers are beginning to find the value in building information modelling, but the software switch requires a whole new way of thinking about design

The Problem Solver

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Over his 40-year career, Ken Pilip has used his engineering background to tackle diverse challenges across the country from the East, to the West, to the North

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In the digital age of constant communication, clear expectations up front and contact throughout the project make for positive client/consultant relationships

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MANAGER - EVENTS & COMMUNICATIONS Hiju Song

35 2010 SHOWCASE AWARDS Celebrating valued professionals

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MESSAGE FROM THE PREMIER

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pleased to offer the Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA) best wishes for a successful Showcase 2010.

The CEA Showcase Awards demonstrate that Alberta’s engineering firms are leaders in their field. These awards serve as an inspiration to others and are examples of what can be accomplished through innovation and ingenuity.

You can all take pride in knowing that your efforts, expertise and passion have helped make this province a remarkable place to live and do business. By building strong workforces and businesses, you are building a strong Alberta.

Thank you to all Consulting Engineers of Alberta members for the work you do in keeping Alberta prosperous.

Best wishes!

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MESSAGE FROM THE CEA

Valued professionals

T ART WASHUTA, P.Eng. CEA president

WENDY COOPER CEA chief executive officer

HE THEME “VALUED PROFESSIONALS”

was selected for this year to emphasize the great contribution that engineers provide to society every day. Almost everything we touch, from the water we drink, the lights we turn on, the roads and bridges we drive on, the buildings we live and work in, all result from engineering.

Even though much of the infrastructure we design is taken for granted, we are no longer the “Rodney Dangerfield” of professionals!

Engineers are solid performers. As compared to the legal profession – who can have an average 50 per cent success rate in litigation, and the medical profession – that in the long-term loses 100 per cent of their clients – in engineering we have very nearly a 100 per cent success rate in satisfying our clients!

Seriously though, our profession should be very proud of our contributions to society. The annual CEA Showcase Awards program provides a great opportunity for our profession to celebrate our successes with our clients and illustrate the innova-

tions and achievements of our best projects.

Th is year we have had a record number of award entries from our growing membership. Congratulations to all!

CEA’s vision is a sustainable consulting engineering industry that provides value and quality to society. Some of the challenges we have faced through a difficult economy recently include the continued implementation of sound business practices, addressing impacts resulting from the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) and the ongoing promotion of Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) for procurement of consulting services.

CEA firms have recently ratified an updated Member Charter, which reinforces the key principles of our Code of Ethics and strives to enhance the stature of our profession. It is our hope that as valued professionals we will continue to serve society through our contributions to economic growth, quality of life and environmental stewardship.

Best wishes for good business and a successful 2010!

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MESSAGE FROM THE ACEC

Infrastructure is an investment – not an expense

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ANDY ROBINSON, P.Eng. ACEC chairman of the board

JOHN GAMBLE, P.Eng. ACEC president

EVER IN RECENT MEMORY HAS

infrastructure been so much on the minds of government than over the past year of economic, and occasionally political, uncertainty. ACEC is encouraged that infrastructure is starting to become recognized as an investment in our prosperity rather that an expenditure.

However, as demonstrated by the temporary and short-term nature of most infrastructure funding mechanisms, we still have much work to do to ensure that Canadians and their governments at all levels fully understand that there is a significant difference between public spending and public investment. Unless ACEC and its members speak out, the current investments in infrastructure will be short-lived – and taxpayers will be short-changed.

It is certainly true that investing in infrastructure can have an almost immediate stimulus effect that cascades through the economy, creating direct and indirect employment opportunities. However, there are other opportunities to build our economy through infrastructure investment that are still not being leveraged to their full potential.

The longer-term benefits of infrastructure investment include much more than job creation. A longer-term strategic view of infrastructure investment would not only provide much needed employment opportunities, but also create a stronger and more

robust economy that is more resistant to periodic downturns. From water systems to hockey rinks, from roads and public transportation to museums and hospitals, infrastructure permeates every aspect of our economic, social and environmental quality of life. However, the payback on these investments spans decades and requires a perspective that far exceeds usual government budgeting cycles.

By leveraging the strategic value of infrastructure Canada can increase its competiveness as well as its attractiveness as a place to live and invest. Conversely, short-term programs often result in the most expedient projects, rather than the ones with the most strategic or long-term economic value. This limits the potential long-term competitive advantages to the Canadian economy. The opportunity to receive the best return on infrastructure investment is jeopardized.

Further, the tendency towards one-time funded infrastructure programs creates a great deal of uncertainty for provinces and municipalities. Such uncertainty does not allow municipalities to adequately plan their longer-term infrastructure needs – preventing them from investing strategically.

There is a great deal at stake and ACEC has expanded its government relations and advocacy activities over recent months and is aggressively promoting the need for a longterm and sustainable approach to infrastructure investment.

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Unleashing Innovation,

Increasing Efficiency

BY LISA RICCIOTTI | ILLUSTRATION BY MICHELLE THOMPSON

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ONSIDER THE PROVERBIAL GLASS OF WATER, FILLED TO 50 per cent of capacity. A pessimist views it as half empty. An optimist says it’s half full. But to an engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Seeing things differently to find new solutions is what engineers do best, and today that ability is standing the industry in good stead as it concentrates on finding the upside of the economic downturn.

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“Across the industry, people are working hard to find the opportunities in current challenges,” says Gord Johnston,P.Eng., vice-president of Stantec Consulting in Calgary. “We’ve become more client-centric and project-focused than ever, always asking ‘What else can we do?’”

For many CEA firms, the answer lies in an increased focus on innovation, the touchstone of their profession.

This focus on innovation has been even more important in the past year. As Paul

ALBERTA ENGINEERS ARE GREEN WITH INNOVATION

Despite the bad rap Alberta took recently from other nations at Copenhagen’s Climate Change Conference, interest in environmental practices and sustainability has never been higher in Alberta.

“The good news is that clients are recognizing other criteria exist for judging a project than the bottom line,” says Paul Evan, senior vice-president of environmental practice at EBA. “There’s a growing realization that looking after the planet means looking after a company’s self-interests too, since sustainability reduces maintenance and energy costs.”

Alberta’s engineering industry is responding with green innovations, many are currently focused on the emerging issue of removing contaminants from wastewater, including those not previously considered, such as waste material from pharmaceuticals and personal care products. At the forefront of water treatment innovations is Stantec, which pioneered ceramic-membrane filtration technology in Western Canada at a Suncor oilsands facility.

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Evans, P.Eng., EBA Engineering Consultants senior vice-president of environmental practice, puts it: “Innovation is an everyday part of engineering. It has to be – and even more so today.”

Many consulting engineering firms have used this economic downturn as an opportunity to analyze their processes, right from concept to completion, in order to find better ways to deliver their projects.

A big shift in the past year comes as more companies are transitioning from traditional two-dimensional design to more sophisticated computer-aided design (CAD), which opens a whole new world of 3-D visualization, digital modelling, prototyping and testing.

The difference has fundamentally changed how engineering companies present information to clients, consultants and contractors.

The new 3-D modelling can also increase efficiency by up to 62 per cent, according to Autodesk, the company that produces AutoCAD software.

“We bought company-wide licensing, a huge investment,” says Naseem Bashir, P.Eng., president of Williams Engineering Canada. Bashir considers the cost well worth the gains in improved co-ordination and collaboration during the design process, particularly when it comes to managing complex designs.

“This approach brings together all the trades, making it easier for clients to discover any problems between disciplines while still in the design stage,” notes Bashir. “That reduces waste during construction.” Using 3-D building modelling also makes it easier for clients to visualize the final product, which is often difficult to grasp from blueprints and drawings. At the same time, these new modelling methods make it easier to revise plans along the way as needed.

“Computer drafting tools, including 3-D modelling, are now widespread across the industry,” agrees Johnston. He notes that Stantec and other engineering firms have fur-

ther embraced technology by adding online collaboration tools to improve workflow and project management. In addition to making it easier for teams to work together internally, virtual technology makes it much simpler to work with partners in locations around the world.

“Across the industry, people are working hard to find the opportunities in current challenges.” – Gord Johnston AECOM vice-president Art Washuta, P.Eng., says the enhanced information sharing helps engineers improve communication on collaborative projects. “We’ve implemented web-based information-sharing sites to set up virtual teams from across the continent on some of our major projects, for cost-savings and efficiencies,” he says.

As a result of new approaches to collaboration, Alberta’s consulting engineers can now look further afield for new clients and markets. “We’ve discovered there’s no real difference between communicating with clients in Yellowknife or India,” says Bashir.

Co-operation, not competition, is also a new approach, as companies realize that sharing their research and expertise with a broader scope of participants results in new perspec-

tives. “We’re partnering to take advantage of global resources on local projects,” says Washuta.

Washuta notes that using subject experts from across North America resulted in better risk analysis and cost-savings on the detailed design of Edmonton’s North LRT route.

Another example of knowledge-sharing

comes from EBA, which is starting to bring the latest hot-rock geothermal techniques pioneered in Iceland to B.C. and Alberta. This new technology produces more power, more efficiently than standard geothermal installations, but requires warmer-than-average ground temperatures. To pinpoint the pockets of terrain with suitable temperatures, EBA

uses data from remote satellites. This provides an enormous time savings when compared with on-ground reconnaissance.

The aforementioned projects could be termed the “soft side” of innovation in the consulting engineering field, as companies make significant changes in their business practices and take advantage of the latest technology

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to increase communication and collaboration for better outcomes. In tough economic times, when retaining customers and finding new markets becomes more important than ever, the value of such approaches can’t be underestimated.

Still, it’s the projects themselves, and not the processes behind them, that are the most visually apparent evidence of creative engineering solutions, and that evidence is dotted across Alberta from wind farms in the south, to oilsands in the north.

In the alternate energy area, EBA created more cost-effective wind-power towers in southern Alberta, with very stable foundations specifically designed for the soft soil in the area. Their geophysics group has recently added a new seismic surveying technique called Multiple Analysis of Surface Waves, or MASW, which uses above-ground equipment and software to collect stats on the depth, stiffness, and structure of bedrock and overlying sediments – with minimal environmental impact and reduced costs.

Williams Engineering displayed its increased company focus on sustainability, which Bashir defines as “projects that are sustainable for the environment, as well as economically sustainable for clients and our company,” with several showcase projects, notably Edmonton’s Lois Hole Library. The $10-million, 25,238-square-foot potential LEED silver building uses advanced electronics to vary temperatures, taking its cues from outdoor temperatures and the number of people inside. It also has enviro-friendly mechanical technologies, including efficient in-slab radiant heating, a heat-pipe exchanger loop, rainwater collection and a grey-water system that supplies washrooms and exterior hoses.

Williams Engineering also followed its own green advice during project construction by assessing the environmental impact of its own operations, then taking steps to bring its activities and building closer to a carbonneutral ideal.

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These are just a few of the technologically advanced projects that are ongoing in Alberta, and when these innovative projects are combined with new work processes that increase productivity behind the scenes, the future is bright for Alberta’s consulting engineers in 2010 and beyond.

“Now’s not the time to look in the rearview mirror,” says Bashir. “Instead, we can use current economic challenges to make us sharper. Why waste a good crisis?”

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That challenge was made easier in January 2009, when the provincial government introduced Alberta’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) tax credit, a financial incentive that encourages Alberta businesses to invest more resources in innovation. Corporations meeting research activity criteria can claim a maximum tax write-off of $400,000 annually. This could be up to 10 per cent of $4 million in eligible expenditures.

The program operates in tandem with the pre-existing federal SR&ED tax credit.

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Management In the digital age of constant communication, clear expectations up front and contact throughout the project make for positive client/consultant relationships

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How are the plans for excavation on the west side of the site coming along? H. Can you make it to the Christmas party next Thursday? Get back to me as soon as you can. It’s catered. H. Most consulting engineers understand that communication with clients is critical to building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships, but who knew you’d be expected to give Harold hourly updates?

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The wants, needs and behaviours of clients have evolved over the years, affecting every aspect of the client/consultant relationship from communications to conf lict resolution. How engineering consulting firms respond, or fail to respond, to these expectations could be a key determinant in future success. One of the best ways to sidestep potentially unhappy “Harolds” is to define expectations, roles, processes and outcomes early.

“Technology has probably been the greatest driver of (client) expectations in the past 10 years – and not necessarily for the better,” says Jeff DiBattista, P.Eng., PhD, principal at Cohos Evamy Integratedesign™. “With email and the host of other options for instant communication, the whole dynamic of expectations and time management has been turned upside down. Some clients now expect you to be on call seven days a week, regardless of where you are in the world.” DiBattista says communication has actually suffered as a consequence, since the sheer volume creates the risk that important communications will be lost.

DiBattista suggests leading by example.

“Whether you’re communicating in meetings, by email, phone, or any other medium, be positive, concise and on-task. Most important, always challenge yourself and ask, ‘Is my message adding value for the person who is at the receiving end?’”

One of the best ways to add value to communications is to spend less time assuming and more time defining, says Andrew Johnson of Andrew Johnson Associates Inc., a Vancouver-based management coaching firm that has worked with many consulting engineers. “Both the client and consultant must be willing to talk openly and put all the information on the table,” Johnson says. “Assumptions undermine this process and often they go unidentified until there is a problem.”

Even when assumptions are uprooted, some client representatives do not have an engineering background and may not be in a position to clearly explain or define the project scope or their expectations, says Brian Pearse, P.Eng., chief business officer at Stewart Weir in Sherwood Park. “Despite best efforts to define scope, many times, consultants provide their services on what they believe are the expectations of the client,” he says.

That is why clients need confidence that a consulting engineer is looking out for their best interests. Although expectations, roles and processes need to be outlined, there has actually

“Over the last 30 years, relationships have improved tremendously.”

– Mike Koziol been a decrease in the project detail required in documentation, says Mike Koziol, P.Eng., City of Edmonton capital construction department general manager. This shift is the result of more Western Canada-based consulting engineering firms, and maturing relationships between consultants and clients.

“Over the last 30 years, relationships have improved tremendously,” says Koziol. “It used to be that consulting engineers would come in from out of town, and they’d read a few quick facts on Alberta and would just keep repeating the few things they knew about the province to try and impress you. It didn’t exactly inspire confidence. Often the clients tended to be resentful and mistrustful and would be very prescriptive when they put contracts together.

They would try to tell the consulting engineer how to do every little thing. As you can imagine, that didn’t work out very well for anyone.”

In some cases, expectations have also become more realistic, creating better working relationships. For example, one of the major reasons Alberta Transportation began outsourcing engineering in 1996 was the belief that the private sector could respond with more flexibility to rapid changes in workload, says transportation and civil engineering division assistant deputy minister Tim Hawnt, P.Eng. “We have come to understand over the past few years that such is not necessarily the case, and that consultants find it as difficult as we did to adjust and to produce good quality work on schedule when the workload level is fluctuating – and not necessarily in a predictable fashion. So in that sense, our expectations have been somewhat modified.”

Harold’s expectations could do with a little modifying as well. But it’s still important to remember that Harold’s goodwill this year could be paying the bills next year.

TIPS FOR MANAGING A CLIENT RELATIONSHIP Invest time in understanding the client, his or her business and their environment.

Create clear and comprehensive documentation outlining expectations, roles, project scope, processes and expected outcomes.

Develop a schedule of regular meetings and progress reports, offer opportunities for social interaction and keep a record of interaction.

Know when to walk away. If expectations cannot be met, suggest an alternative.

Evaluate the project upon completion and ask for feedback from the client.

Maintain communication with key clients even when there is no project ongoing.

BIM BOOM

Alberta consulting engineers are beginning to find the value in building information modelling, but the software switch requires a whole new way of thinking about design

BY DAVID DICENZO

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ACK IN THE 1980s, THE SWITCH FROM DRAFTING BOARDS TO electronic drawings was considered a revolution in the design industry.

The introduction of computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) dramatically changed the way architects and engineers did their jobs.

But the recent move towards building information modelling (BIM) is an even greater leap. CADD simply changed how project information was conveyed, whereas BIM is changing how professionals think, allowing them to build virtual models of an entire project before a shovel ever turns the soil.

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“With the implementation of BIM, there is a complete change with the way information is being put together,” says Jeff DiBattista, P.Eng., PhD, a principal and structural engineer at Cohos Evamy Integratedesign™.

DiBattista suggests that in Canada, the implementation of BIM is still in its infancy, approximately five years into a 10-year switch.

For some, the move has been an obvious one to make, while other firms stick to the old ways. Though it’s clear that the entire industry has yet to embrace BIM, it is beginning to have a profound impact in the consulting engineering sector.

Juan D. Manrique, a senior project analyst at Urban Landmarks Master Builder, who recently completed his PhD studying BIM at the University of Alberta faculty of engineering, believes those who have made the switch realize the potential to integrate disciplines. “BIM, by its nature, can connect several designers under one master file where updates and changes can be generated easily,” says Manrique. “Architects and engineers can work hand-in-hand and have information available more readily.”

The ability to completely visualize a project as a virtual object comprised of building elements, such as doors and frames, makes projects much more efficient. Rather than lines and dots on a piece of paper, BIM allows engineers to include all of the necessary related data, including materials, specifications, and mechanical and electrical elements, among others.

“Before BIM, there were separate documents for everything,” says Farnaz Sadeghpour, a professor at the University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering. “Now you can integrate everything into one. Imagine how much time it’s going to save and, more importantly, how many mistakes will be avoided.”

Currently, BIM requires specific software, such as Revit, but Sadeghpour believes in the future all modelling programs will move towards these object-based concepts. “My vision is that, eventually, all software will go in that direction,” she says.

TRAINING STAFF ON BIM

Jeff DiBattista is the principal responsible for bringing BIM technology on-stream in the Cohos Evamy Integratedesign™ offices in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. The three-year plan contains two key points for an effective implementation. “You have to have a BIM champion,” DiBattista says. “You need a real expert who’s the go-to person and acts as the BIM manager in the firm.”

That individual should possess the required technical knowledge and be at the forefront of implementation.

The second requirement is a strong training component. Cohos Evamy completed some of that internally, but has also hired consultants to do “the heavy lifting.”

“We’ve committed a significant budget to this initiative and our goal is to go out and find the smartest people to help us make the transition,” says DiBattista.

Juan D. Manrique, a senior project analyst at Urban Landmarks Master Builder, adds that CADD vendors often provide training and certification programs.

“Usually these training programs start with basic concepts about the software, such as identification of icons and commands, and later introduce the student to major concepts in BIM,” says Manrique.

In Canada, there aren’t any BIM curriculums at the university level, but engineering professor Farnaz Sadeghpour is developing a BIM course at the University of Calgary, which she hopes will be available for the 2010/11 school year.

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“Before BIM, there were separate documents for everything. Now you can integrate everything into one. Imagine how much time it’s going to save and, more importantly, how many mistakes will be avoided.”

–Farnaz Sadeghpour

BIM APPLICATIONS IN ACTION

Productivity on work sites is declining.

That was the message Janaka Ruwanpura, Canada research chair in project management systems at the University of Calgary Schulich School of Engineering, heard loud and clear.

“We want to come up with ways to increase productivity,” says Ruwanpura.

In 2004, Ruwanpura began work on the Information Booth, or i-booth, a portable computer that can be installed on job sites as a one-stop kiosk for critical project information and communication.

“You can visualize things,” Ruwanpura says, adding that daily toolbox meetings aid in keeping work on schedule.

“Our idea is to bring the BIM model to the i-booth so the workers will have a better understanding of what they will be building. All the work targets, all of the construction details, all of the design details, all of the things that the foreman wants to show what needs to be built, that information is available in the i-booth.”

A number of construction companies are interested in the i-booth, and have provided funding for further research.

One i-booth exists at the moment, with another currently being built. This will ultimately allow for multiple test sites and Ruwanpura and his research team have applied for a patent.

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The idea of integration extends beyond the project information stored in a database.

Sadeghpour suggests that BIM, which can be used for the life cycle of a building, will further integrated design by allowing all participants to sit down at the same virtual table and move the design forward together.

Not only will BIM require all parties to interact more closely, it will require them to do so sooner. According to DiBattista, architects will need detailed involvement from engineers earlier in the design process. In order to design a building in a truly multidisciplinary and integrated way, mechanical, electrical and structural engineers are all required to give input into the BIM process early on.

“It’s going to be a change of mindset,”

says DiBattista, referencing the traditional design method where architects and engineers would take their plans and “throw them over the fence” to one another in what could be a tedious and time-consuming way to find solutions.

“Some engineers aren’t used to being asked for input at such an early stage,” DiBattista says. “Not only does BIM change your approach to schematic design, it should also change your contract. In a traditional contract, you might get paid 15 per cent of your total fee in schematic design, another 15 per cent in design development, perhaps about 50 per cent in working drawings and the last 20 per cent in construction.”

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and more thinking gets pulled back earlier in the process. Contracts will need to be reworked, as will the entire approach to how the industry pays its consultants.

DiBattista adds that most of those who now use BIM and the related software never want to go back to CADD, despite the steep learning curve involved. While the original jump to electronic design decades ago changed the face of the design industry, BIM represents the contemporary equivalent, but with many more benefits. “It is the way of the future,” he says. “Firms that plan to be around for a long time will have to make the change.”

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The Problem

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Over his 40-year career, Ken Pilip has used his engineering background to tackle challenges across the country from the East, to the West, to the North

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T FIRST GLANCE, THE CONNECTION

between the Confederation Bridge, a Yellowknife school, a barley malting facility and oatmeal dog shampoo isn’t readily apparent.

As it turns out, they are all projects undertaken at one time by structural engineer Ken Pilip, P.Eng. His varied career, which includes projects in biotechnology, agribusiness and, of course, engineering, is proof of the theory he holds of his profession: anything can be broken down into its component parts to identify the problem to be solved, and no one is more adept at solving problems than engineers..

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Whether it’s bridge design, or breaking down an oat kernel to find out how to help an itchy springer spaniel, “there’s a journey that takes you to solution, and that can be practiced in other disciplines,” Pilip says. Pilip’s own journey to engineering was practically predestined. His father was a superintendent at Dominion Bridge in Edmonton, a steel fabricating company with deep roots in Canada. It built bridges for the Canadian Pacific Railway in the 19th century and Edmonton’s Walterdale Bridge in 1913. This is where Pilip spent many of his summers, working and watching steel component fabrication.

“My dad was very creative, a hands-on, practical individual,” Pilip says. “We were always building things. It was almost a matter of course that I would become an engineer.”

Pilip enrolled in civil engineering, majoring in structures, at the University of Calgary.

At that time, the brand-new campus had just three buildings and could only offer years one and two of the engineering program, so Pilip completed his degree at the University of Alberta. He loved the tangibility of the discipline, and he went on to complete his master’s in structural engineering. “I love to see things start from bare ground,” Pilip says. “You can

touch it, you can feel it. There is no mystique to it. It is unlike chemical or electrical processes, where you see the result of what you do, but you don’t see it growing in front of you.”

When Pilip graduated in 1968, he found work with Associated Engineering, as the consulting firm was branching out from

“My dad was very creative, a hands-on, practical individual. We were always building things. It was almost a matter of course that I would become an engineer.” water treatment projects to coal projects in southeast British Columbia. Associated hired Pilip to work on the structures supporting the equipment. There, he met Gordon Morrison, a chief engineer who left to form his own company along with partner Max Berretti.

Later, Pilip became Berretti’s partner in MB Engineering after Morrison was killed in a plane crash.

Pilip says Max Berretti was a pivotal figure

WATERFALL: Pilip helped engineer this feature on the High Level bridge to celebrate the province’s 75th birthday .

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in his career. Berretti immigrated to Canada from Florence, Italy, bringing with him an old-world understanding of the importance of marrying aesthetics with function. “The father of engineering is Leonardo da Vinci,” Pilip says. “Berretti gave me exposure to the arts and why a structure should fit into archi-

tecture. It really opened my eyes to many things that are necessary to effectively practice engineering in a way that the public can really benefit.”

MB Engineering would go on to design some of Edmonton’s most iconic structures, including the Citadel Theatre, for which the company received a Stelco Design Award for excellence in use of steel. In 1980, Pilip was one of three engineers behind the Great

CONFEDERATION BRIDGE: While he worked for MB Engineering, Pilip was part of the team that designed this 12.9 kilometre link between PEI and New Brunswick.

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Divide Waterfall, which cascades off the High Level Bridge on holidays and was built to celebrate the province’s 75th birthday.

During Pilip’s time with MB Engineering, the company also did extensive work in northern Alberta and the territories, taking its expertise in building on permafrost as far north as the Arctic Circle. “The North is very unique,” Pilip says. “It’s unique for its geology, its people, its rawness. You can’t go to your local hardware store and buy something if you forget it. There is a lot of planning and logistics to get materials to a particular site, and then you have to deal with the elements and very severe conditions. The engineering team and the contractor have to really be in-sync to bring a project in on time, on budget.”

Work in the North also brought a host of complications not present in other conditions.

For example, MB Engineering had to find a way to prevent the heat from the structure from transferring to the support – the permafrost – otherwise “difficulties would arise,” Pilip says, an understatement even for a problem-solving engineer.

After a quarter century, MB Engineering wanted to take on larger projects, particularly bridges. Pilip got the chance when MB was hired as part of a team to design and build the Confederation Bridge. Constructing the 12.9 kilometre link between

Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick was a massive project that consumed all of MB Engineering’s manpower. They decided to merge with another company on the project – Stanley Associates Engineering Ltd. Today, that company is Stantec Inc., which now has 10,000 employees and 130 offices.

After a few years at Stantec, Pilip was ready for other pursuits. This included work at a malting facility in Alix, Alberta, and, in 1995 he worked for Ceapro. The biotechnology company makes derivatives from oat kernels for use in the animal health and cosmetics industries, including products such as the Aveeno line of skin care products owned by Johnson & Johnson.

From 1988 to 1989, Pilip served as the president of Consulting Engineers of Alberta.

He was extremely proud of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta Act, passed in the legislature in 1992. “It took two presidents after me to get it complete, but we managed to have the province of Alberta recognize, in law, a right to use the title for the consulting engineers, which made us directly responsible for ensuring that the business of the consulting engineer had high standards ethically, morally, and the profession would be practiced at a high level,” he says.

He sees recruitment as the next significant

In addition to bridges and biotechnology, Pilip has lent his problem-solving hand to many organizations. Here are just a few: Consulting Engineers of Alberta: president from 1988 to 1989 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology: vice-chairman, member of board of directors Ceapro: founder and senior advisor of the biotechnology company Edmonton Economic and Development Authority: past chairman Edmonton Space and Science Foundation: past director, treasurer Edmonton Jasper Rotary Club: Paul Harris fellow, past president, founding member Edmonton National Forestry Capital: chairman Premiers’ Economic Development Authority: founding member Edmonton Council of Advanced Technology: past president

challenge facing the industry. “You’re only as good as the young people who are coming in to move your company forward with the newer technologies and advances. If you can’t attract young people to the profession, sooner or later it is going to become a serious problem.”

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Bridge to

Excellence Chances are you’ve made your way safely over or under many of the Alberta bridges Bill Hibbard has designed, revamped or inspected

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Alberta Campus on a gloomy day, you’re sure to notice the Universiade Pavilion. Doesn’t ring a bell? Most Edmontonians know it by its nickname: the Butterdome.

Built in 1983 for the Universiade Games, the huge yellow sports centre is a bright spot amongst the greys and browns of campus. The Butterdome can seat 6,000 and has full-sized indoor track and field facilities. It’s also home to various sports including volleyball, basketball, tennis, gymnastics, soccer – even European handball – and a climbing wall. But sheer size and its vibrant colour aren’t the most interesting things about the Butterdome.

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Hibbard grew up on a farm south of Peace River, near the village of Nampa. With his father, he took apart the tractor and other farm equipment many times. “It’s harder putting it back together,” he says with a laugh.

“But I loved to find out how things worked.”

Hibbard was torn between farming and engi-

Hibbard knows bridges. Among other projects, he has spent much of his career inspecting, designing, rating and rejuvenating them. neering, but eventually, his love of how things were built won out.

After Hibbard graduated in 1965 from the University of Alberta with a B.Sc. in engineering, he went to work for the provincial government’s Bridge Branch at the Department of Highways, where he got his first taste for bridge inspection and design. At the time, there were a handful of bridges under construction in southern Alberta and it was his job to make sure crews built in accordance with the contract and drawings. “I drove a

THE BUTTERDOME: Hibbard designed the trusses inside one of Edmonton’s most iconic - and brightest - structures.

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250-mile loop every day,” Hibbard says. “It’s important for young engineers to spend time in the field. It gives an appreciation for what has to be done with designs and how difficult they can be for contractors to build.”

After he left the Bridge Branch, Hibbard started his masters’ degree and, in the midst of

graduate work, went to Guyana as a volunteer engineering teacher with CUSO (Canadian University Service Overseas), international development organization that sends professionals and trades people to developing nations to provide technical assistance. He took with him his new wife Joy, a nurse, and the couple returned two years later with their first-born son. Two other sons followed. The middle one, Len, is now a professor of engineering at the University of Toronto.

Some of Hibbard’s favourite work has PHOTO: COURTESY THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

At least not to structural engineer Bill Hibbard, P.Eng., who designed the trusses that comprise its skeleton.

“Look up next time you’re in the building,” Hibbard says, pointing at the ceiling of the boardroom in which he’s sitting in the offices of BPTEC-DNW Engineering Ltd. He’s talking about the massive Butterdome structure. About the size of a city block, it’s several stories above street level. “The trusses are as long as the ones that hold up the High Level Bridge.” That’s how the pavilion was designed, with trusses to accommodate the span of the space, like a bridge inside a building.

And Hibbard knows bridges. Among other projects, he has spent much of his engineering career inspecting, designing, rating and rejuvenating them.

Hibbard sits in the boardroom, dressed in jeans and a blue dress shirt open at the collar.

Pictures of bridge projects decorate the wall behind him. He’s slim and youthful, despite the white hair and glasses that belie his post-retirement age. That is, if “retirement” means taking on just some of his former responsibilities and working only 40 hours a week. Then, by all means, consider Hibbard happily retired since 2006.

HIBBARD’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

DUDLEY B. MENZIES LRT BRIDGE: Hibbard was lead designer on this bridge, which accommodates LRT on top and cyclists and pedestrians below. It was the first segmental box girder bridge in Western Canada.

taken place on the North Saskatchewan River. “Anything in the river valley is fun,” he says. A notable project was the rehabilitation of the High Level Bridge. The bridge originally opened in 1913 and by the 1990s, it needed serious TLC. Hibbard was in charge of rehabilitating the foundations of the bridge: massive, 125-foot-tall concrete piers. “The size, height and difficulty of access made it challenging,” he says.

Running along the west side of the High Level is the Dudley B. Menzies LRT Bridge, on which Hibbard was lead designer. The Menzies bridge erupts from a tunnel in the riverbank near the university and carries LRT tracks across the river to another tunnel going downtown. Pedestrians and cyclists access the suspended walkway from the river valley. This

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award-winning bridge was the first segmental box girder bridge in Western Canada.

Since “retirement” in 2006, Hibbard has been consulting for BPTEC-DNW. (The name is a combination of acronyms of merged companies.) He reviews drawings with a practiced eye for compliance with requirements. He makes an annual trip to Grande Prairie to inspect 14 bridges. He’s currently looking at designs for the northwest section of the Anthony Henday Ring Road. Of course, there’s time for other things. Hibbard and his wife have three grandkids – and a sailboat.

A recreational sailor since the late 1970s, he has so far made two, nine-day trips between Sidney and Port Hardy in BC’s Gulf Islands.

“It’s beautiful and a challenging trip, too,” he says. Bill Hibbard likes a challenge.

Education: graduated with a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1965. Returned later for his masters.

Alberta Highways: was resident and bridge design engineer at the Bridge Branch of the Department of Highways in the late 1960s Partner and director: was principal at BPTEC Engineering Group Ltd. Served as director from 1977 until 2006 Bridge expert: worked on many bridge projects, including the 156 Street/Yellowhead Trail interchange; CN McLeod River Bridge; Anthony Henday Drive/CN Rail underpass; Edmonton LRT Bridge over North Saskatchewan River; CP Rail underpasses (Edmonton, Blackfalds, Morley); bridge rehabilitation on the Quesnell, Beverly and High Level bridges (Edmonton); design, inspection and rating of numerous bridges Professional affiliations: held positions with several organizations such as APEGGA (on the discipline and enforcement review committees), Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (as honorary treasurer, director of the Edmonton section and regional vice president) Volunteer member: belongs to the Canadian Power Squadron; promotes boating safety through education. Active in community organizations

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Business savvy, impressive technical skills and a commitment to philanthropy make Dr. C. James Montgomery a leader among consulting engineers

FRANCIS WINSPEAR CENTRE FOR MUSIC DR. C. JAMES MONTGOMERY, P.ENG., is a leader in every sense of the word, and an asset to the consulting engineering profession in Alberta. Now, he is also the proud recipient of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement.

In the 36 years since Montgomery graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.Sc. in civil engineering, he has worked on some impressive projects as a principal with Cohos Evamy Integratedesign™, and before that, with Lamb McManus Associates Ltd. Just some of Montgomery’s many projects include the Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness national headquarters in Ottawa, the Alex Fraser Bridge in Vancouver and the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton. Two of his projects – the animal overpasses along Highway 1 in Banff National Park, and the Francis Winspear Centre for Music in Edmonton – were recently chosen by Alberta Construction Magazine as part of Alberta’s top 30 projects over the past 30 years.

Montgomery’s commitment to his profession goes beyond excellence in structural engineering. He is dedicated to furthering engineering knowledge, and to training the next generation of professional engi-

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neers. Before joining Cohos Evamy in 1988, Montgomery earned his M.S. and PhD in structural engineering at the prestigious University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. From there, he joined the academic staff at the U of A. As an assistant, and then an associate professor, he taught structural engineering courses and conducted research there from 1977 to 1981.

Even after leaving his position at the U of A to work as a consulting engineer, Montgomery continues to remember the school where he got his start. Both Montgomery and Cohos Evamy financially support the U of A and the University of Calgary, and there are several scholarships in Edmonton and Calgary sponsored by the firm. Montgomery supports the U of A with his time as well, as a guest lecturer or at student events, and he sits as the engineering representative on the U of A Alumni Council.

As principal at Cohos Evamy, Montgomery has also worked on five major construction projects in the engineering faculty at U of A, where he found elegant, innovative and cost-effective solutions to complex design challenges. A student club room in the Natural Resources Engineering Facility, one of the buildings Montgomery worked on,

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Despite his busy professional career, Montgomery is dedicated to furthering the consulting engineering profession by continuing to research and publish academic papers in conjunction with the U of A. This technical knowledge is well-respected in the profession, and he is often called on to provide insight during structural failure investigations, and as an expert witness on other issues related to the practice of engineering.

The CEA Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement is not the first time Montgomery has been recognized for excellence in his profession. In 2005, he became a Fellow for the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, and in 2007 he received APEGGA’s highest honour, the Centennial Leadership Award.

With his superb technical abilities, a head for business and commitment to philanthropy, Dr. C. James Montgomery represents the best in the consulting engineering profession.

Since ALANA GETTY SOMERS, P.ENG., graduated with a B.Sc. in civil engineering in 2000, her combination of technical knowledge and people skills has lead her to some impressive career achievements. Now, Getty Somers can add the 2010 Consulting Engineers of Alberta Rising Young Professional Award to her resumé.

Currently, Getty Somers is a project manager with CH2M HILL Canada Ltd. Since joining the Calgary company in 2006, she has played a key role on multiple improvement projects to Glenmore Trail, including the preliminary design of $250 million worth of improvements to the busy road in the city’s industrial southeast.

At CH2M HILL, Getty Somers is the main contact for the City of Calgary. It’s a good fit, as Getty Somers built positive relationships with multiple city departments during her three years of work on various Glenmore Trail projects. Beyond her role as the city’s main contact, Getty Somers has the ability to balance the needs of all clients with those of the company. Colleagues recognize her as someone who manages client relationships with a level of professionalism and patience well beyond her years.

In 2009, Getty Somers began working as the project manager on improvements to a Trans-Canada Highway interchange in Banff National Park near Lake Louise. This challenging project requires her to maximize motorist safety on an often dangerous stretch of road, consider environmental implications of construction, and account for animals in the park.

Getty Somers’ current position with CH2M HILL builds upon her prior experience with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, where she began as an engineer trainee after graduating from the University of Saskatchewan in 2000, and stayed on for six years after that.

Despite her busy schedule, Getty Somers is highly regarded for finding time to mentor other engineers. She dedicates her spare time to many professional engineering organizations. Notably, Getty Somers is the secretary for the Calgary section of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers, and she often goes above and beyond to plan industry events.

Getty Somers also finds time to show her Rider pride. An avid Saskatchewan Roughriders fan, Getty Somers and her husband operate their own small business – making custom-order green foam combine hats emblazoned with the Riders’ logo.

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Currie Barracks Brownfield Project

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FIRMS: AMEC Earth & Environmental Ltd.; Progressive Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: Canada Lands Company LOCATION: Calgary OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Canada Lands Company, AECOM Canada Ltd. AMEC, in partnership with Progressive Engineering, developed a Low Impact Design (LID) following a naturalto-engineered approach to stormwater management at the Currie Barracks Brownfield redevelopment, a former Canadian military site in southwest Calgary. For the first time in Alberta, rain-gardens, vegetated swales, and gravel infiltration trenches were incorporated into the development to manage stormwater flows.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This storm water management project is a timely demonstration of the incorporation of innovative Low Impact Development (LID) technologies and practices into a land development process to mitigate potential environmental impacts.

This project demonstrates excellent engineering innovation by introducing Low Impact Development technology to provide improved water quality by implementing natural methods of handling storm water and run-off hydrograph that reduces erosion and sedimentation.

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East Village Redevelopment FIRM: Progressive Engineering Ltd. CLIENT: Calgary Municipal Land Corporation LOCATION: Calgary SUB-CONSULTANTS: Jacques Whitford Axys (Stantec Consulting Ltd.), Bunt & Associates Engineering Ltd., Read Jones Christoffersen, D.A. Watt Consulting Group Ltd., Stormwater Solutions Inc. , Dillon Consulting Ltd., Lifeways of Canada Ltd., TSH/TBE (AECOM), Moriyame & Teshima Planners, McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd., Stantec Consulting Ltd., Carson McCulloch Associates CONTRACTORS: Volker Stevin Contracting Ltd., Marmot Concrete Services Ltd., KLS Earthworks Ltd., Graham Construction & Engineering Inc.

Calgary’s East Village has been in decline for 50 years, with half of its population either homeless or in shelters. Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) is responsible for revitalizing the area into a community of approximately 11,500 residents featuring unique streetscapes, public amenities, and character neighbourhoods. This required significant upgrades to infrastructure, wetland creation, permanent flood protection, underground utility upgrades/relocations (maintaining traffic and servicing throughout construction), and installation of distribution piping for a district energy system. East Village streets are the most innovative element of the public open spaces, respecting and enhancing its historical, physical and social context into a functional live/work/play community.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: A complex series of challenges has resulted in a comprehensive set of solutions that not only address the issues, but advance the engineering approach to brownfield projects.

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Zama Water Treatment Plant NavIS O&M FIRM: ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. CLIENT: Mackenzie County LOCATION: Zama City, Alta.

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The complexity of small- and medium-sized water and wastewater treatment facilities requires a comprehensive plant data management system. To fulfill this need, ISL developed NavIS O&M software, an innovative 3-D interface that displays complete facilities as interactive 3-D models.

As users “walk” through the virtual world created by NavIS O&M, they can provide specific data about the facility and its components with a mere click of the mouse, allowing the user to access critical information in seconds. SOPs, record drawings, catalogue cuts, maintenance information, training videos, SCADA screens, and photos of plant components are contained in a comprehensive user-friendly database.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: Welcome to the virtual world. This project takes a very positive step towards simplifying the management of a very complex system that is vital to human health.

It is becoming increasingly more difficult to recruit technical staff and even more of a challenge in remote areas. This operational system allows for remote operational assistance, ease of access to historical data management and preventive maintenance tasks, in addition to being a training tool.

Health Research Innovation Facility FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: University of Alberta LOCATION: Edmonton SUB-CONSULTANTS: Health Research Architects 2 (HRA²) a joint venture of HFKS Architect Inc. and O’Neill O’Neill Procinsky Architects, Stantec Consulting Ltd. CONTRACTORS: PCL Construction Management Inc., Delnor Construction Ltd., Synergy Projects Ltd.

HRIF is a 67,500-square-metre bio-medical research facility located on two sites at the University of Alberta. The $455million facility is a fundamental part of the university’s vision to provide a state-of-the-art working environment that fosters leading-edge health sciences research. The multifaculty facility was managed on behalf of the university

by Stantec’s program and project management group, and designed by Health Research Architects 2 (HRA²) – a joint venture of HFKS Architect Inc. and O’Neill O’Neill Procinsky Architects ONPA. Stantec also provided mechanical and electrical services for this project.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT JUDGES’ COMMENTS: Applicant did an excellent job of describing the project management challenges. Even more important, they cited evidence (including hard data) that they succeeded in dealing with these challenges.

Technically challenging and involving numerous diverse stakeholders in a complex environment, timely completion of this project was a major achievement. Cost efficiencies added significantly to the success of the project.

The HRIF is a large, technically complex project, performed on a challenging brownfields site with multiple stakeholders. The project management team demonstrated a strong application of numerous project management skills leading to the successful execution of the project. Project management tools included the scheduling of multiple phases, costing and reporting for funding agencies, successful procurement strategies, control procedures and user group approvals, equipment data sheets, 3D modelling of mechanical and electrical services, solutions to unforeseen contaminants, risk management, planning and communications! A very complex management job well done!

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH & IN-HOUSE INITIATIVE

Quality Management System FIRM: Stewart Weir CLIENT: Stewart Weir LOCATIONS: Sherwood Park and Grande Prairie, Alta.

SUB-CONSULTANTS: The Tetris Management Group

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: An innovative approach to develop and implement a comprehensive quality management system. Includes important qualities of needs assessment, visioning and evaluation.

By submitting its entire company to the discipline of an established Quality Management System such as ISO 9001, Stewart Weir should be commended for taking the “leap of faith” required to push their company beyond the realm of “good enough” to the “top of class”!

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Stewart Weir has always identified client satisfaction and quality services as being crucial to a sustainable business.

As assurance, a formal Quality Management System was developed to achieve these key factors. Stewart Weir personnel created and documented company processes, and they continue to improve and enhance them.

The company’s efforts were rewarded with ISO 9001:2008 Certification on May 7, 2009. The requirements of this quality management system are implemented through: •Client satisfaction •Continual improvement •ISO Requirements •Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements

BUILDING ENGINEERING

Calgary Courts Centre FIRM: Hemisphere Engineering Inc. CLIENT: Government of Alberta LOCATION: Calgary SUB-CONSULTANTS: CANA Limited, Kasian Architecture , Stantec Consulting Ltd., Stebnicki + Partners, NORR Architects Engineers Planners CONTRACTORS: Botting & Associates Alberta Ltd., ASM Industries, SouthamptonTrane Inc. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Spillis Candela Architects The 100,000-square-metre Calgary Courts Centre is the successful realization of an ambitious public project. The primary objective when developing the mechanical design for the Calgary Courts Centre was to provide an unqualified building environment from a safety and comfort standpoint. Hemisphere Engineering achieved this objective within strict budget and schedule parameters. It demonstrates significant engineering achievements and is the tallest atrium ever built in a cold climate. It has remarkable energy efficiency and sustainable design features and an intense and effective integrated design process. Partners included: GCK (Great West Realty Advisors, CANA, Kasian Architecture), Hemisphere Engineering Inc., Stebnicki+Partners, Stantec, NORR Architects Engineers Planners, Spillis Candela Architects, Botting & Associates Alberta Ltd., Southampton-Trane Inc., ASM Industries.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The Calgary Court project really demonstrated exceptional innovation, technical challenges and engineering coordination in a truly complex project.

The HVAC design of Calgary Court Centre exhibits an extraordinary understanding of the interaction between the building envelope, the stack effect of the 150-metre-high atrium and HVAC system induced air pressures. A sophisticated system of pressure sensors was used to control air pressure throughout the building, thus ensuring adequate ventilation while also minimizing energy requirements and contributing to the LEED silver status of the project.

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WATER RESOURCES, ENERGY PRODUCTION

Lendrum Dual-Use Stormwater Management Facility FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: City of Edmonton LOCATION: Edmonton SUB-CONSULTANT: Thurber Engineering Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Weinrich Contracting ltd., Wilco Contractors Northwest Inc., MR Electrical Services Ltd. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: City of Edmonton Parks, Edmonton Public School Board, Avalon Junior High School, Lendrum Elementary School, Lendrum Place Community League The Lendrum Dual-Use Stormwater Management Facility project resulted from three extreme rainfall events over a nine-day period in 2004.

Flooding investigations led to valuable insights that resulted in the construction of a surge pond.

The surge pond is a first for Edmonton, being in the middle of an existing neighborhood adjacent to two schools. This posed many challenges, but resulted in a facility that the team and community are proud of.

The City of Edmonton, Stantec Consulting Ltd., Thurber Engineering Ltd., Weinrich Contracting Ltd., Wilco Contractors Northwest Inc., MR Electrical Services, and a number of stakeholders worked collaboratively to complete this project.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: A very innovative solution that resolved a potentially serious flooding problem in an established community and incorporates enhanced recreational and teaching facilities for local schools and the community.

A special and well-received benefit for the community.

Innovative problem solved by use of area for dry pond storage while enhancing the use of the area for the schools and the community.

Excellent solution!

This project demonstrates a high level of technical excellence and innovation while incorporating numerous value-added features that benefit the local community.

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Giant Gold Mine Dewatering Project FIRM: AECOM Canada Ltd. CLIENT: Government of Canada LOCATION: Yellowknife, N.W.T. The Giant Mine near Yellowknife operated for five decades and produced seven million ounces of gold. The production of this gold created a massive environmental liability with 237,000 tonnes of water-soluble arsenic trioxide dust now being stored at depths of nearly 250 metres (800 feet) below ground in various shafts and chambers. AECOM, through Public Works and Government Services Canada, designed and monitored the installation of a new pumping system to maintain the water level 260 metres (850 feet) below the surface and keep the stored arsenic trioxide “high and dry.”

NATURAL RESOURCES, MINING & INDUSTRIAL

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This competently designed and managed project provides a practical solution to ensure the containment of a potentially serious environmental pollutant being stored deep in an abandoned mine.

Challenging and complex project done in some challenging conditions.

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Elbow River Bridge

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FIRM: CH2M Hill Canada Ltd. CLIENT: Calgary Stampede LOCATION: Calgary SUB-CONSULTANTS: Speco Engineering, Matrix Solutions Inc., Jim Strasky, International Quality Consultants Inc. CONTRACTOR: Graham Construction & Engineering Inc. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Jim Bellingham (The Calgary Stampede), Rick Spiegelberg (Lawson Projects) CH2M HILL was retained by the Calgary Stampede to design and supervise construction of a cable-stayed vehicular bridge across the Elbow River. A technically challenging endeavour under ideal conditions, the project delivery was further tested by a tight schedule, site constraints, a threat of flooding, and cold weather. Continuous communication through open houses, community newsletters, and other media kept the public engaged and positive about the project. This bridge will lessen traffic congestion in neighbouring communities and will improve access to the southeast corner of Stampede Park, playing a critical role in the further development of the site.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: A transportation engineering first for Calgary, where river crossings are going to take on greater importance in the future.

Northwest Inner City Drainage Study BUILDING ENGINEERING

FIRM: Associated Engineering CLIENT: City of Calgary LOCATION: Calgary OTHER KEY PLAYERS: City of Calgary, Water Resources

SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

In 2007, Calgary experienced a major rainfall event causing significant structural damage to 14 St. NW, due to surcharging storm sewers. The city engaged Associated Engineering to identify and evaluate improvement options. Given the catchment’s size and the requirement for a high level of detail, AE used Mike Urban software. AE completed sophisticated GIS analyses and developed in-house routines, which made for extremely efficient model generation. The result allowed for simultaneous modelling of underground and overland systems, and “real time” flow transfer between the two. This was the first true dual drainage model undertaken for the City of Calgary.

WestJet Corporate Campus FIRM: Stantec Consulting Ltd. CLIENT: WestJet LOCATION: Calgary CONTRACTORS: CANA Limited, Botting & Associates Alberta Ltd. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Stantec Architecture Ltd. WestJet retained Stantec to design a new Corporate Campus which consolidates their six operations facilities in Calgary to their existing hangar facility location. Stantec provided integrated design for all architectural, structural, mechanical, energy, electrical and landscape design consulting. The project’s unique challenges included integration of the hangar facility and a new data centre, as well as several site design constraints associated with the airport location. Innovations in sustainable design resulted in 42 LEED points for the project, equivalent to LEED gold status. The building’s overall reduced carbon footprint represents the CO2 equivalent of removing 320 cars from Calgary’s roads.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This project is an excellent example of integrated collaboration between engineering disciplines, as demonstrated by the application of a geothermal hybrid system for heating, which is integrated with the substructure by using the deep construction piles as geothermal elements.

STUDIES, SOFTWARE & SPECIAL SERVICES JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The study demonstrates a high degree of technical excellence and innovation in the development of the dual drainage “real time” model, the calibration of the model, and the work underneath with the DHI to filter the capabilities of the software.

The sophisticated analysis tool AE developed enabled the team to identify system improvements which, when implemented, will result in improved system performance and reduced risk of flooding. The result benefits all stakeholders.

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Northwest Stoney Trail Expansion FIRM: AMEC Earth & Environmental Ltd. CLIENT: Alberta Transportation LOCATION: Calgary SUB-CONSULTANTS: AECOM Canada Ltd., Associated Engineering Alberta Ltd., AMEC Earth & Environmental The Northwest Stoney Trail Expansion Project comprises 15 kilometres of new freeway located within northwest Calgary. Alberta Transportation retained a consultant partnership comprising AECOM, AMEC and Associated Engineering for the work, including detailed design and construction administration. Specialized measures were implemented to mitigate potential environmental impacts and enhance habitat. These included: realignment of West Nose Creek including construction of in-stream fish habitat and wildlife passage; compensatory stormwater management wetlands that provide habitat for wildlife, waterfowl and amphibians; discovery and protection of a prehistoric fossil site; a proactive approach to weed management; and preservation of a historic buffalo rubbing stone feature.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUDGES’ COMMENTS: An excellent approach to an environmentally-sensitive set of challenges that successfully blends sound engineering and landscape practices.

Groundwater Remediation Using Waterloo Emitters and Chemical Oxidation FIRM: EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. CLIENT: Qulliq Energy Corporation LOCATION: Baker Lake, Nunavut CONTRACTORS: Baker Lake Contracting & Supplies Ltd. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Waterloo Hydrogeologic, Inc., Regenesis, Maxxam Analytics

ENVIRONMENTAL

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This project advances state-of-the-art environmental remediation in a harsh and remote environment where proven technology does not exist.

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Qulliq Energy Corporation (QEC) and EBA Engineering Consultants (EBA), in consultation with the Hamlet of Baker Lake, constructed a groundwater interceptor trench to implement the Waterloo Emitters technology. This protected the hamlet of Baker Lake’s drinking water supply from numerous historical hydrocarbon spills. At the same time, EBA conducted chemical oxidation field trials on petroleum hydrocarbon impacted soils to determine the feasibility of this in-situ remediation technology for large-scale application on soils throughout Nunavut. For the first time, the project demonstrated the utility of two additional technologies that can be used to remediate hydrocarbons within the Arctic.

Currie Barracks Inner City Redevelopment

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

FIRM: AECOM Canada Ltd. CLIENT: Canada Lands Company LOCATION: Calgary SUB-CONSULTANTS: AMEC Earth & Environmental, Progressive Engineering Ltd.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This project is based on sustainability, while at the same time protecting the heritage of the site.

Its pedestrian-friendly design and care to the aforementioned details should be a precedent for future redevelopments everywhere.

Canada Lands Company is undertaking redevelopment of the old Canadian Forces Base at Currie Barracks in Calgary. This 230-acre residential and mixeduse site is one of the largest inner city redevelopment projects in Canada.

Because of its higher density, low impact design and LEED ND Gold certification, it will set a new standard in innovative and sustainable land development for Calgary and Canada. AECOM is the prime engineering consultant to develop this subdivision on a phase by phase basis. The storm drainage system features Low Impact Design (LID) and landscaping features designed by AMEC and Progressive Engineering.

Chateau Lake Louise Reservoir and Water Treatment Plant Upgrade

WATER RESOURCES, ENERGY PRODUCTION

FIRM: Associated Engineering CLIENT: Fairmont Hotels and Resorts LOCATION: Lake Louise (Banff National Park), Alta.

SUB-CONSULTANT: Thurber Engineering Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Nason General Contracting Ltd., GE Water & Process Technologies Canada, Paulco Landscaping, Kreba Masonry & Stone, Bow Ridge Steel Fabrication, Metro Design Group OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Greg Key Consulting Inc., The LeBlond Partnership, IBI Group/ Landplan, Matrix Solutions Inc., Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Parks Canada JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This project effectively overcame complex engineering, environmental, logistical and sustainability challenges to provide potable water to an iconic facility in a world renowned location.

During the peak tourist season in the summer of 2006, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise came perilously close to running out of drinking water. Attempts to meet more stringent regulatory standards during the high particulate loading period resulted in decreased treatment performance, leading to both water quality and quantity problems. Associated Engineering provided assessment, design, and construction management services for a water treatment plant and reservoir upgrade. The upgrade provides sustainable public and environmental health benefits for the Chateau and other water users at Upper Lake Louise, all within the regulatory context of a Canadian National Park.

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Highway 2 Median Cable Crash Barrier Systems – Innovations, Lessons Learned and Successful Performance FIRM: EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. CLIENT: Alberta Transportation LOCATION: Highway 2 (Selected sections in Calgary and between Airdrie and Leduc) SUB-CONSULTANT: Canadian Highways Institute Ltd. CONTRACTORS: Volker Stevin Contracting Ltd., Carmacks Enterprises Ltd. Since the installation of the 11 kilometre high-tension median cable barrier on Deerfoot Trail in Calgary in 2007, there have not been any fatal median cross-over collisions. This compares to seven fatal cross-over collisions in the seven years from 1999 to 2005. This innovative, effective, economical and forgiving crash barrier has proven its worth, and another 124 kilometres of it will be installed in 2009/10 along sections of Highway 2 between Airdrie and Leduc. The project team comprised: Alberta Transportation (project sponsor), EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd. (design and construction supervision), Canadian Highways Institute (safety audit), Volker Stevin (construction), and Carmacks (maintenance).

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Water Treatment Plant Expansion and Enhancement Project

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

FIRM: Urban Systems Ltd. CLIENT: Town of Cochrane LOCATION: Cochrane, Alta.

SUB-CONSULTANTS: Hinz, A Rockwell Automation Company, Harland Associates Inc., Matrix Solutions Inc., McIntosh Lalani Inc. CONTRACTORS: Graham Infrastructure, aJV; Alpha Construction Inc. OTHER KEY PLAYERS: Town of Cochrane Operators Rapid growth in the town of Cochrane put pressure on existing water supplies. In 2007, Urban Systems Ltd. was directed to more than double the capacity of the existing water treatment facility before 2010, while allowing for future expansion to triple the capacity. In April 2008, Cochrane selected low-pressure membrane filtration plus UV disinfection to move forward. The project’s success resulted from a team atmosphere, frequent and open communication and flexible operator-focused designs. The project met budget expectations, will be complete on time, and delivers a facility that is truly owned by the town and their operators.

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: The project represents excellent research and innovative adaptation that will benefit Albertans for many years.

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JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This project is a client’s dream. It came in under budget and on schedule through a collaborative effort from end users to design engineers. Expectations were achieved in all areas, including zero lost time accidents in spite of limited funds and a tight timeline.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH & IN-HOUSE INITIATIVE

Integrated CADD Systems (ICS) FIRM: AECOM Canada Ltd. CLIENT: AECOM Canada Ltd. LOCATION: Across Canada

JUDGES’ COMMENTS: This project is an important step to help a company take advantage of its geographically-spread resources. It will prove to be a very real competitive advantage in the global market place.

Integrated CADD Systems (ICS) is a software application that standardizes and automates the creation, management and archiving of electronic drawing files. The application was created by AECOM to provide a more intuitive and flexible program to users so that they can closely collaborate on projects between AECOM’s different offices and disciplines. The ICS provides users with access to a series of standard templates (drawing title blocks) programmed to have project information fed from a project database into specific fields. The ICS functions in Autodesk, and Bentley applications provide a dynamic link between the project database and a standard project file structure.

Showcase Awards Judges Patricia Armitage, M.Eng., P.Eng. Director, Architecture/Engineering/Construction Alberta Finance and Enterprise

Francis Hartman, Ph.D., P.Eng., FICE, FACE, FEIC Professor, Management Specialization University of Calgary

Bart Becker, P.Eng. Associate Vice President , Portfolio of Facilities and Operation, University of Alberta

J. Alan Humphries, Ph.D., P.Eng. Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Corporate Services Division, Alberta Infrastructure

David Burstein, P.E. Director, PSMJ Resources Inc.

Walter Cool, M.Sc., P.Eng. Industrial Technology Advisor, IRAP West National Research Council Canada

Mike Koziol, P.Eng. General Manager, Capital Construction City of Edmonton Peter Kruselnicki, P.Eng.

James Dykes, MAAA, MRAIC

Vice President, Public Sector Relations TransCanada Pipelines

Business Transformation Advisor Public Works and Government Services Canada

Douglas B. Lagore, CLGM

Shane Freeson, P.Eng. District Manager - Production Husky Energy

Deputy Minister, Health & Wellness

Tim Robbie, P.Eng. Manager, Health, Safety and Environment Vermillion Resources Ltd. Jim Sawers, P.Eng., LEED AP Director of Campus Engineering University of Calgary Dean Slater, P.Eng., GSC Acting Senior Vice President, Planning and Capital Development Alberta Health Services, Calgary Health Region

Robert Walker City Manager, City of Spruce Grove

Loraine Fowlow, B.Sc. (Civil Eng.), M.E.Des. (Arch.), MRAIC Interim Dean/Associate Professor of Architecture University of Calgary

Jay Ramotar, P.Eng.

Vice President, Buildings Division Northern Alberta Ledcor Construction Ltd.

John McLeod, P.Eng. President, Tuscany Energy Ltd.

Peter Wallis, LLB, LLM

Fred Otto, Ph.D., P.Eng.

Doug Wright, P.Eng., CD

Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Engineering University of Alberta

County Manager, Leduc County

President & CEO, The Van Horne Institute

Rob Penny, P.Eng. Deputy Minister, Highways Infrastructure Government of Saskatchewan

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Milestone Engineering Services Ltd. Abdul Mouallem P.O. Box 458 2165 Mistassiniy Road North Wabasca AB T0G 2K0 TEL: 780-805-7235 FAX: 780-849-4474

Autodesk Carla Dresser Western Region Territory Executive 155 – 1001 West Broadway Vancouver, BC V6H 4E4 TEL: 604-675-9962 FAX: 604-294-4926

EPCOR Water Services Susan Ancel, P.Eng. Manager Network Services 10065 Jasper Avenue Edmonton AB T5J 3B1 TEL: 780-412-7633 FAX: 780-412-7679

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Geotech Drilling Services Ltd. Jason Oliver 5052 Hartway Drive Prince George BC V2K 5B7 TEL: 250-962-9041 FAX: 250-962-9046

Road Badger Inc. Ray W. Gillard P.O. Box 4244 Edmonton AB T6E 4T3 TEL: 780-433-4322 FAX: 780-665-7269

City of Calgary Chris Wade Director Infrastructure Services PO Box 2100, Stn ‘M’ Calgary AB T2P 2M5 TEL: 403-268-5700 FAX: 403-268-8291

Jacobson Page Search Ltd. Al Jacobson #1000 - 10180 101 St Edmonton AB T5J 3S4 TEL: 780-487-4762

TD Meloche Monnex Inc. Louis Guay Deputy Chairman 6th Floor 10115 – 100A Street Edmonton AB T5J 0R5 TEL: 780-429-1112 FAX: 780-420-2323

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Klohn Crippen Berger Lambourne Enviromental Limited Levelton Consultants Ltd. McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. MMM Group Morrison Hershfield Ltd. North American Construction Group Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Ltd. NWS Inspection Inc. PCL Constructors Inc. Point Geomatics Ltd. Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. Sameng Inc. Stantec Inc Stewart Weir TD Meloche Monnex Thurber Engineering Ltd. Urban Systems Ltd. West-Can Seal Coating Inc. Williams Engineering Canada Yellowhead Engineering Services

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS OF ALBERTA CEA member firms impose upon themselves a very strict Code of Ethics requiring disciplined fulfilment 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 practise 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.