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June/July 2009 Volume 50, No. 4

Cover: Celebrating 50 Years. © 2009 Jupiterimages Corporation.

See page 23.

Building Information Modelling - a Primer.

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Up Front

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Calendar

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ACEC Review

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Products

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Engineers & the Law

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Advertiser Index

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Human Edge

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Next month: 2010 Olympic Buildings in Vancouver; Fire Protection & Security; Building Controls.

features 50th Anniversary Issue Celebrating 50 Years, 1959-2009. Jack Chisvin and Russ Noble, former editors of Canadian Consulting Engineer recall their years working on the magazine. “Landmarks” is a timeline of important engineering events.

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Flashbacks. Excerpts from early issues of the magazine give a fascinating glimpse into the futuristic vision of the 1960s-1980s.

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Favourite Engineering Projects. A smorgasbord of outstanding engineering in Canada from the past half-century, as nominated by readers.

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Water Resources & Environment Dual Cascade Structures. A solution to reduce erosion damage at the Windermere North Storm Outfall, Edmonton.

Stantec Consulting

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From Waste to Resource. In Victoria, B.C. authorities are exploring the possibilities of using sewage for energy and water recovery.

By Rick Corbett, P.Eng., Associated Engineering

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Brightwater Outfall. An outfall discharging into Puget Sound has one of the largest HDPE pressure pipes in North America.

Dayton & Knight

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Advance Notice at Flin Flon. Computer modelling of sulphur dioxide emissions from a copper smelter.

AECOM Canada

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Plant Salvage. A decommissioned water treatment plant was rehabilitated at the Chisel North Mine in Manitoba.

AECOM Canada

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Computers Building Information Modelling - a Primer. How and why the building industry is on the threshold of a transformation.

By Agha Hasan, P.Eng., Halcrow Yolles

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Bronwen Parsons E-mail: bparsons@ccemag.com (416) 510-5119 Senior Publisher

The world shifts tempo June 1959 - June 2009

Maureen Levy E-mail: mlevy@ccemag.com (416) 510-5111 Art Direction

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reparing this 50th Anniversary issue became an allabsorbing task. Poring through early copies of the magazine was so fascinating I would still be at it now, if it weren’t for deadlines.

That’s the trouble these days. We live in frenetic times, whether that’s a symptom of computers and the internet, and the endless proliferation of information and possibilities the technology presents, or whether it’s also a byproduct of there simply being many more people on this planet. Each single human being born brings new energy, his or her issues, and accompanying complexities.

At any rate things seemed to have been a lot calmer -- and hence more productive -- in former times.

Take Carson Morrison, the magazine’s founding editor. He managed to launch and run his own firm -- the still successful Morrison Hershfield. He taught engineering at the University of Toronto for over 40 years. And he found the energy and initiative to launch the magazine, to write editorial comments for every issue, and to take a lead in establishing the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards.

Leafing through the yellowing, fragile pages of the earliest copies, you come across some surprising things. Aside from the easy, leisurely pace of the writing and graphics, the content seems to cover a huge scope; it’s as if the authors always had one eye on the technology and the other cast on the far horizon. They seem to have felt deeply connected to the great social and economic movements at play in the wider world.

They also had a great optimism and forcefulness. Everything was possible, and it’s evident engineers were eager to take charge. So there were futuristic articles suggesting domed cities for Canada’s far north, or articles extolling automated highways where vehicles would drive on to a kind of conveyor belt.

There was much coverage of nuclear power as the great energy provider, as well as early promptings to develop renewable power.

Human nature doesn’t change much, though, and it’s interesting to read how North American engineers back in the 1970s were anxious about being overwhelmed by the huge numbers of Soviets being trained as engineers. At conferences today we hear similar fears being expressed about burgeoning armies of engineers in places like China.

Then there’s the most startling item I stumbled across. In the June 1969 issue, a small news item described the innovative structural design of the World Trade Centre (see page 30). The world has certainly changed since those towers came crashing down, and we’ll never know to what degree the 9/11 hijackers took account of the towers’ structural design when planning the attack.

It may be mundane at this point to wonder whether this magazine will be around in another 50 years, and what will be the course of history over that period. Still, one can’t help but speculate that while we’ve seen some dramatic transformations in the last 50 years -- not least in technology and engineering -- We ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

Bronwen Parsons

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with which it happened and because it is worldwide -- a result of globalization.

To say that the recession has badly undermined the financial system “is perhaps an understatement,” d’Aquino said. The high priests of finance had been “drinking the same Kool-Aid,” and he himself came to realize the limits of economic models and theories.

D’Aquino believes that the recession will take on a “U” shape, rather than a V, W or L shape, but he said, “the reality is no-one knows the answer about when this will end.” There is “just a dense fog of confusion.”

The most profound changes Patrick Quinn (left) and Thomas d’Aquino address the summit. wrought by the criCanada (the umbrella for all the provin- sis are threefold, d’Aquino said: cial licensing associations), ACEC (the • it has weakened the U.S., Canada’s Association of Canadian Engineering closest partner Companies), the Engineering Institute • it has strengthened China; some now of Canada and the Canadian Academy talk about the “G2” of Engineering. From academia the • it has vastly empowered governments. sponsors were the National Council of The Reagan-Thatcher economic Deans of Engineering and Applied Sci- model is in retreat for the first time since ence, and the Canadian Federation of the fall of the Berlin Wall, d’Aquino Engineering Students. said. What we will probably see in future Conference chair Pat Quinn, P.Eng. is a modified form of entrepreneurial of Engineers Canada launched out with capitalism, “which is not a bad thing.” the grand objective of plotting “a vision for the future to inspire future engi- PowEr neers.” Sessions over the two days reflect- 1550-Mw La romaine ed the conference’s broad framework, complex under way with tracks to identify how engineers Shovels are in the ground for what is should respond to societal changes in being called “the biggest construction areas such as health, the environment, project in Canada.” Hydro-Quebec’s $6.5-billion La Romaine hydroelectric the economy, and safety and security.

In one of the opening presentations, project will build four reservoir-powThomas d’Aquino, president of the ered plants and a permanent 150-kiloCanadian Council of Chief Executives, metre long road.

The complex is on the Romaine focused on the world’s economic crisis.

He didn’t offer much comfort. The River, north of Havre-Saint-Pierre, 200world has been going through periodic kilometres east of Sept-Îles in the Côterecessions for 800 years, he said, but this Nord region. continued on page 8 one is different because of the speed EVENTS

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First National Engineering Summit looks at the economic crisis The National Engineering Summit held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal on May 19-21 was the first conference to be organized collectively by the major engineering organizations in Canada.

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Civils’ climate change response The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the U.K.’s Institute of Civil Engineers all signed an agreement on “Civil Engineering and Climate Change” at a conference held in St. John’s, Newfoundland in June.

The document is “based on the belief that substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are required to reduce the risk of climate change.” It also says flooding and access to drinking water are affected, and outlines the role civil engineers should have in the solutions.

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we are ... we are ... we still are, the engineers Plans to hold a contest to compose a new “Theme of Canadian Engineers” had to be put off after people expressed concern that the winning song would replace Godiva’s Hymn and threaten tradition. Engineers Canada and the National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science were hoping to hold the new song contest.

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IT spending Engineering, architecture and environmental consulting firms budget a median of 3.3% of their net revenues on IT, reports Zweig White.

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monitoring will be done until 2040.

Consulting engineers Genivar, Tecsult and Environnement Illimité did the environmental impact study which went to a joint federal-provincial panel and was approved this spring. A consortium of RSW/SNC-Lavalin is designing the first component, Romaine-2.

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After the four plants are completed in 2020, the complex will have 1550 MW capacity and will generate 8 TWh of electricity a year.

Partnership agreements with four Innu communities in the affected area have been signed to carry forward the project, and its approval came with extensive environmental mitigation requirements estimated to cost $200 million. The mitigation aspects cover fish and caribou protection, reforestation and the creation of wetlands. Massive environmental

“Perpetual Pavement” wins CEo Award Winner of the Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) Willis Chipman special award went to Golder Associates for the Perpetual Pavement used on the Red Hill Valley Parkway, Hamilton, Ontario.

CEO handed out its awards on June 2 following its annual meeting at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa.

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GENIVAR has acquired Jagger Hims, a firm specializing in earth sciences and environmental engineering.

Jagger Hims has 90 employes in seven offices around southern Ontario.

MTE Consultants of Waterloo has merged with Waterloo Geoscience Consultants.

Wardrop has acquired ACI Engineering, a firm of 14 employees specializing in power systems based in Vancouver.

SNC-Lavalin has acquired Spectrol Energy Services, a company of 75 employees in St. John’s, Newfoundland specializing in the oil, gas and natural resource sectors.

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New head at Golder Golder Associates has a new president and chief executive officer of its global operations. Brian H. Conlin, P.Eng. of

the Burnaby office takes over the role from Rick Firlotte, P.Eng. who is based in Montreal.

Catherine Karakatsanis, P.Eng., senior vice presiBrian Conlin, P.Eng. dent of Morrison Hershfield and based in its Toronto office, has been made 90th President of Professional Engineers Ontario. She will lead the licensing body’s 71,500 members in 2009-2010. Ms. Karakatsanis is the fourth female president of PEO. Pierre Gallant, a senior principal in Morrison Hershfield’s Vancouver office has been appointed Catherine president of the Karakatsanis, P.Eng.

Architectural Institute of B.C. Rod Karius, P.Eng. has been appointed chief operating officer at Associated Engineering. Based in the company’s Edmonton office, he previously managed the company’s operations in Northern Alberta. wATEr

Big bank offers grants for water projects In a philanthropic program to foster water stewardship, RBC, one of Canada’s largest banks, has announced a program of annual grants of between $25,000 to $500,000. The Leadership Grants will go to organizations and projects in countries where the bank does business.

Programs or projects are eligible for Leadership Grants if they: • increase the number of protected and restored areas in watersheds continued on page 12

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• help more people understand the sources, uses of, and threats to fresh water in their communities; There are also Community Action Grants of $1,000 to $5,000 for those providing educational support programs to increase awareness about watershed protection.

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Port Mann Bridge being rebuilt Hatch Mott MacDonald is leading a joint venture with MMM Group to design and manage the $2.46 billion Port Mann/Highway 1 project near Vancouver, B.C. The B.C. government is entering a fixed-price contract with Peter Kiewit and Flatiron Constructors to design

and build the new crossing, and Hatch Mott Macdonald and MMM Group will lead 12 firms on behalf of the Kiewit-Flatiron joint venture. They will be designing all onshore works and doing project management. TY Lin of San Francisco is the design consultant for the main span bridge.

The $2.6-billion project is the largest highway infrastructure project in Canada planned for the next few years. The crossing over the Fraser River stretches 2 kilometres, linking Coquitlam and Surrey, to the east of Vancouver. But the project also involves widening 37 kilometres of Highway 1, the reconstruction of 13 interchanges, 45 onshore bridges, and a total reconstruction of the Cape Horn/Lougheed Highway Interchange at the west end of the bridge.

Originally the plan was to twin the existing bridge, but in February the B.C. government announced it

Above: artist’s rendering of planned 2-kilometre Port Mann bridge near Vancouver.

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CEo has federal Minister for lunch The Honourable Tony Clement, Canada’s Minister of Industry, addressed attendees at Consulting Engineers of Ontario annual meeting in Ottawa on June 2. Clement listed a stream of new federal funding that is being poured into infrastructure construction -- billions upon billions going to the Infrastructure Stimulus Fund, the Building Canada fund and the Clean Energy Fund, for example.

He said that the government has received over 2,000 applications for the Stimulus Fund with “shovel ready” projects, and that Infrastructure Minister John Baird’s office was working 24/7 to review the applications. Already the government had approved several projects, such as the Peace Bridge border crossing improvement.

calendar September 20-24 -- Geo Halifax, 52nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference.

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Tel. Tracie Bowie, 416-960-4518, www.iidexneocon.com September 20-22 -- Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES) 2009 National Trade Show & Education Forum. St. John’s, Nfld. Tel. 613-4319210, www.ches.org October 3-8 -- Canadian Dam Association Conference. Whistler, B.C. Theme is “Dams: Protecting People,

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The End of the Road

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his will be my last message in this space as Chair of ACEC. Time has flown, as it does when you’re having fun, and I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I’d like to offer my sincere thanks to those of you that allowed me the privilege of representing our industry, and my best wishes to my successor, Andy Robinson.

ACEC has seen notable progress on several initiatives over the past year. These initiatives were all under way before my tenure, and will continue to unfold long after I have moved on. Still, I take great satisfaction in having helped to move things forward.

Among other things: • The student outreach and video project has been successfully launched, and will, I believe, continue to grow and benefit our industry for many years to come.

• The implementation of Qualifications Based Selection

took a quantum leap forward with the conclusion of an agreement with the Canadian Standards Association to develop a training program.

• Progress has been made in pursuing consensus on the name of our association, with a proposal to retain the acronym ACEC while incorporating both words “consulting” and “companies.”

• A Task Force has been struck to make recommendations regarding the continuing involvement and influence of ACEC member firms and staff in the activities of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC).

After my term ends I hope to remain engaged in some of these initiatives. I am particularly interested in helping to see the video project through its first full year of implementation, and to support the initiative to ensure an ongoing ACEC presence at FIDIC. CHRIS NEWCOMB, P.ENG., CHAIR, ASSOCIAtION Of CANAdIAN ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC)

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e message est mon dernier dans cette rubrique à titre de président du conseil de l’AFIC. Le temps passe trop vite, surtout quand on s’amuse, et j’ai grandement apprécié chaque minute de mon mandat. Je remercie de tout coeur tous ceux qui m’ont accordé le privilège de représenter notre industrie, et je souhaite le meilleur succès à mon successeur, Andy Robinson.

L’AFIC a réalisé d’importants progrès sur plusieurs initiatives au cours de la dernière année. Ces initiatives étaient déjà en cours avant mon mandat et se poursuivront bien après mon départ. Je suis toutefois très fier d’avoir pu contribuer à ces progrès. J’aimerais entre autres mentionner: • Le lancement du programme de sensibilisation des étudiants à une carrière en génie-conseil et le projet vidéo qui continueront de bénéficier à notre industrie pendant des années à venir.

• La sélection basée sur les compétences a fait un énorme pas vers l’avant lorsque nous avons conclu une entente avec

l’Association canadienne de normalisation pour le développement d’un programme de formation sur la SBC. • Des progrès ont été réalisés vers l’obtention d’un consensus sur le nom de notre association, avec une proposition de retenir les acronymes français et anglais (AFIC et ACEC) ainsi que les mots « firmes » et « ingénieurs-conseils ».

• Un groupe de travail a été mis sur pied pour faire des recommandations sur la participation continue et l’influence des firmes membres et du personnel de l’AFIC dans les activités de la Fédération internationale des ingénieursconseils (FIDIC).

Après la fin de mon mandat, j’espère continuer de participer à certaines de ces initiatives. Je suis particulièrement intéressé à suivre le projet vidéo jusqu’à sa première année complète de mise en oeuvre, de même qu’à appuyer l’initiative visant à assurer la présence continue de l’AFIC au sein de la FIDIC. CHRIS NEWCOMB, P.ENG., PRéSIdENt dU CONSEIL ASSOCIAtION dES fIRMES d’INGéNIERIE dU CANAdA (AfIC)

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Canadian Standards Association and ACEC Partner to Develop “How To” Course for Procurement Officers

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he Canadian Standards Association (CSA), under the auspices of its Infrastructure Solutions Program, recently accepted a proposal from the Association of Canadian Engineering Companies to work collaboratively on the development of a course for procurement officers on how to implement a qualifications-based (QBS) procurement system for selection of professional consultants. The course will be based on the recommendations contained in the InfraGuide Best Practices document on Selecting a Professional Consultant, but will go much further than the InfraGuide document by providing instruction on how to prepare proper requests for proposals, determining quality evaluation criteria and scoring systems, incorporating sustainability and lifecycle costing into the evaluation, and negotiating equitable

fees and remuneration. The course will be web-based, and will be available to anyone involved in the procurement of consultants in both the private and public sector, and around the world.

The decision to proceed followed several months of consultations with stakeholders and owner representatives to determine if in fact there was a need and a “market” for such a course offering. Not only was there a need, but the consultations helped inform the content of a course.

“We are very pleased that the CSA has agreed to take on this very important and relevant project,” stated Jeff Morrison, President of the Association of Canadian Engineering Companies. “This course will fill a much needed gap in our attempts to convince owners of the benefits in adopting QBS as the best practice for

procuring consulting engineers. As a well-respected, professional, independent body, CSA brings with it a great deal of credibility, which we are confident will bode well for a high quality educational product,” he added.

“We are delighted to be working with ACEC and other key infrastructure stakeholders to deliver this important implementation tool,” said Lance Novak, Vice President of Sales for CSA. We’re looking forward to bringing proven and practical solutions to the infrastructure community.

A Steering Group comprising a cross-section of procurement experts and stakeholders has been assembled, and developmental work will begin shortly. The intent is to have the course content developed by the end of the year, with rollout occurring by the start of 2010.

ACEC Document 31 Will Hit the Streets in June

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CEC is proud to announce that Document 31 “Engineering Agreement Between Client and Engineer” will be released at the ACEC Summit in June 2009, complete with an updated Guide that provides supplementary and explanatory information for the preparation and use of the new Document 31.

The ACEC Contracts Committee has been working diligently for the past five years to produce the new Document 31. The new document is a major rewrite of Document 31 – 1996 and was prepared primarily for small to medium sized projects which may lead to construction and where the Engineer is either the lead (prime) consultant or one of several consultants involved in the project.

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document in either a paper or on-line electronic form.

Check the ACEC website after the Summit to access your copy of Document 31 at www.acec.ca. Documents are free of charge for ACEC Member Firms.

ACEC wishes to thank its Contract Committee members who worked collaboratively, under the leadership of Chris Dunham, Contracts Committee Chair, to complete this document.

Members who worked on this document include: • Chris Dunham, Contract Committee Chair, ACEC Rep to CCDC, Dillon Consulting Limited, Ottawa, Ontario • David Kauffman, De Grandpre Chait LLP, Montreal, Quebec (Lawyer) • Owen Pawson, Miller Thomson LLP, Vancouver, B.C. (Lawyer) • Jane Sidnell, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Calgary, Alberta (Lawyer)

• Derek Holloway, Encon, Ottawa, Ontario • Nancy Belding, CH2M Hill, Burnaby, B.C. • Wayne Irwin, Dillon Consulting Limited, London, Ontario • Bryan Shapiro, Shapiro Hankinson & Knutson LLP, Vancouver, B.C. • Dave Thompson, KTA Structural Engineers, Calgary, Alberta • Jean-Luc Larocque, Dessau Soprin, Montreal, Quebec • Charles Leonard, Black & McDonald, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia • Kevin Murphy, CBCL Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia (ACEC representative to CCDC) • Louis Martin Richer, Genivar, Montreal, Quebec For more information on the release of Document 31, please contact Susie Grynol, Director of Public Affairs and Business Practices, at sgrynol@ acec.ca or call 613-236-0569 x 203.

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he 2009 ACEC National Summit is fast approaching! Make your way to Whistler, B.C. June 24-27 to join with your colleagues from the consulting engineering sector to discuss the latest challenges and trends impacting the consulting engineering industry.

Don’t forget the pre-event PSMJ Bootcamp taking place June 24 and 25 -- ideal for professionals looking to expand their leadership potential.

And a reminder that for the first time, ACEC will be hosting a Young

Professionals program in conjunction with the Summit. Firms are encouraged to send their best and brightest young professionals -- the payback in terms of professional development, networking opportunities, creative thinking, and educational growth is well worth the investment.

For more information on the Summit, for a copy of the program, and to download a registration form, visit www.acec.ca, and click on “Whis-

tler Summit 2009.” We look forward to welcoming you to Whistler!

ACEC Hosts Teleconference Briefing with Infrastructure Minister John Baird

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n May 20, ACEC organized a conference call for members with Transport and Infrastructure Minister John Baird in order to update members on the details surrounding the federal stimulus package and other related infrastructure programs. The Minister was very open and forthright in his responses to the questions submitted by ACEC members.

Some of the information provided

by Minister Baird included: • The requirement that municipalities must have projects that are funded out of the stimulus fund completed by March 31, 2011 will remain. If a municipality wishes funding for a project that requires more time, it can apply under other federal infrastructure programs under the Building Canada Fund.

If a municipality does not complete stimulus-related projects by March 2011, the Minister hinted that there may be a penalty.

• Approved project information and lists will be made available on the Infrastructure Canada website. The government is also required to submit a report to Parliament by June detailing progress on implementation of the stimulus measures.

• The government is doing every-

thing it can to accelerate project selection and approval. Infrastructure Canada is refraining from dictating to provinces or municipalities such details as procurement policy (including utilization of Qualifications Based Selection), financing methods, etc., as it feels that would slow down the approval processes.

• Stimulus funding is a one-shot deal - although the federal government will continue to fund infrastructure, the $12 billion in stimulus related funding will not be a repeated program --

the government does not want to run a structural deficit of that nature.

• For municipal projects submitted thus far, municipalities have come forth with their share of funding.

• The federal government will hold municipalities and provinces accountable for how money is spent to ensure that infrastructure money is in fact being used for infrastructure purposes.

An audio recording of the full teleconference briefing will be made available on the ACEC website at www.acec.ca

ACEC and Canadian Industrial Security Directorate Partnering on Courses

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ue to the higher volume in federal-related work that will flow from the federal stimulus package, Public Works and Government Services Canada, through its Industrial Security Directorate office, has partnered with ACEC to offer seminars to ACEC members on how to facilitate the process of obtaining federal security clearances. Given that many of the new federal projects will require at least a basic federal security clearance, these seminars are designed to ac-

celerate the process for firms to complete the necessary paperwork and submit applications for much quicker approval of security clearances. CISD claims that process times can be shortened from a matter of months to a matter of weeks.

If your firm is interested in having a seminar organized in your area, or to inquire whether a seminar is already being planned for your area, contact Jeff Morrison at jmorrison@acec.ca by June 15 for more information.

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ACEC Appears Before House of Commons Government Operations Committee

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n April 23, ACEC was invited to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations to discuss federal procurement policy -- appearing on ACEC’s behalf was the President of the Consulting Engineers of Ontario John Gamble, and ACEC past Chair Andrew Steeves. ACEC used the opportunity to advocate for federal government-wide adoption of Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) as the preferred procurement method for selecting professional engineers.

Using evidence and supporting documents such as the InfraGuide Best Practices document, a soon-to-be published report commissioned by the American Public Works Association (APWA) looking at the benefits of

John Gamble (left), President of Consulting Engineers of Ontario, and Andrew Steeves (right), past Chair of ACEC and member of the InfraGuide Best Practices technical committee, meet with Committee Chair Derek Lee, MP (Scarborough-Rouge River) in advance of the hearing to brief him on QBS.

QBS, and the 2008 Quebec provincial legislation mandating QBS in all provincial departments, Mr. Gamble and

Mr. Steeves made a strong case for the use of QBS before the Parliamentary Committee.

As a follow-up to this appearance, ACEC will be writing the Committee, providing copies of the forthcoming APWA study and other possible material. ACEC is also following up with staff of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, the Hon. Christian Paradis, to identify who in the department could help to drive procurement reform forward. With a newly revamped Procurement Committee, these steps are just the first to more aggressively promote usage of the InfraGuide Best Practices document and Qualifications Based Selection among as wide a cross section as possible of public and private owners.

Human Resources Video Project - Update

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he ACEC Video Task Force has been working diligently to produce a high quality bilingual “Engineering Legacies” campaign.

To this end, the Task Force has been focused on gathering French video footage and interviews for inclusion in the video modules. In addition, a top priority is the development of French messaging for the website, promotional materials and text for the video modules.

Last month, ACEC met with its Quebec counterpart, l’Association des ingenieurs-conseils du Quebec, and its Human Resources and Communications Committees to enlist their collaboration to accomplish this task.

The meeting was highly beneficial, resulting in a tightly worded campaign which properly captures the spirit in Quebec, and many leads on additional French footage.

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ules and promotional material are all in close to final form. To view the highlight reel, video modules and information for students, visit www. engineeringlegacies.com.

Over the summer, ACEC will be working to coordinate a fall Cross Canada Tour which will involve ACEC attending various career fairs, information sessions, and presentations to students in each province. This will be done in collaboration with our Member Organizations in every province.

Once again, ACEC would like to sincerely thank its generous sponsors for supporting this project. Sponsors can be viewed at www.engineeringlegacies.com under “Sponsors.”

To find out more information about the campaign, please contact: Susie Grynol, Director, Public Affairs and Business Practices, sgrynol@acec.ca or 1613-236-0569 x 203.

ACEC (US) celebrates 100th anniversary ACEC Chairman Chris Newcomb presents a gift to the American Council of Engineering Companies on the occasion of their 100th anniversary at the annual ACEC (US) legislative conference in Washington. Pictured above (left to right): ACEC Chairman Chris Newcomb, ACEC President Jeff Morrison, 2008-09 ACEC (US) Chairman John Hennessy, 2009-10 ACEC (US) Chairman Timothy Psomas, and ACEC (US) President Dave Raymond.

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Fifty Years On A former editor recalls the excitement that launched the magazine — and reflects on how consulting engineering has changed.

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BY JACK CHISVIN

When I think back to the year 1959 and the optimism with which Canadian Consulting Engineer was launched, I remember it as an illustrious time for Canadian engineering.

The dislocation and shortages that plagued the country following World War II were coming to an end and there was much to be done as we headed to Canada’s glorious centennial year. The future looked so promising and endless, and Canadian Consulting Engineer was to be at the centre of it. Little could I have imagined, however, when Carson Morrison (a prominent engineer), invited me to attend the inaugural editorial meeting with Jim Daley (a publisher), that 50 years later the magazine would still be widely read and I would write one more Personal Notion.

That first meeting set the mission for the publication: that of giving the engineer in private practice the information and confidence to play a central role in a complex and rapidly changing world. The magazine was to speak not only to the engineer but for the engineer.

It was to connect the world of engineering to the world of ideas; and to provide a forum for erudite consulting engineers who make no distinction between their professional interests and their societal interests.

Canadian Consulting Engineer through its changes in ownership and editors over half a century has never departed from two points of its basic purpose. One has been to avoid becoming a captive of technology, neither submitting to its dominance nor being intimidated by its complexities. The second has been an attitude that looked beyond the events, the manners and aberrations that lend themselves all too easily to striking labels and vernacular jargon.

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C E L E B R AT I N G

Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine began

publishing in June 1959. Over the years it has recorded the remarkable -- even amazing -- achievements of consulting engineers in this country, whether they were constructing buildings and infrastructure, recovering the natural resources that are so abundant in this young and expansive country, or lately devoting themselves to protecting the environment.

The following pages provide a brief snapshot of the myriad events and influences that marked the half-century of our existence. Unfortunately, we only have space here to skim the surface.

Carson Morrison (1902-1993) was the founding editor

Photo courtesy Morrison Hershfield

and remained editor until he retired in January 1979.

While writing and taking an active role, he also managed to find time to teach at the University of Toronto, and to found and run Morrison Hershfield consulting engineers.

We have also asked two other former editors of the magazine to share their memories of its early days.

Carson Morrison, founder and editor 1959-1979.

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1907 Quebec Bridge to Levis collapses during construction; kills 775

1885 Canadian Pacific Railway last spike driven, Craigelachie, B.C.

1859 First four students admitted to study engineering at U of T

1920 Canadian Engineering Standards Association issues first standard (for steel railway bridge)

JUNE 1959 CANADIAN CONSULTING ENGINEER MAGAZINE LAUNCHED

by Hugh C. Maclean Publishing

1936 Engineers Canada (Canadian Council of Professional Engineers) founded

1925 Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada (ACEC) launched

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1950 1914-19 WWI

1867 Confederation of Canada

1887 Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) receives charter. Later becomes Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)

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Fidel Castro takes power in Cuba

Alaska and Hawaii become 49th and 50th U.S. states Pope John XXIII announces Second Vatican Council Referendum in Switzerland rejects female suffrage Marx Brothers make last TV appearance Dalai Lama flees Tibet

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1939-45 WWII 1957 Soviets launch Sputnik, first satellite in space

1925 First Iron Ring Ceremony (Ritual Calling of an Engineer)

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1959 St. Lawrence Seaway opened by Queen Elizabeth II and Dwight D. Eisenhower; links Great Lakes with Atlantic Ocean

Explorer 6 sends first pictures of Earth from space Mini car is launched 12 countries sign Antarctica protection treaty 19 Canadian universities offer engineering (31 in 2009) 2,200 Canadian engineering students graduate (11,400 in 2007) 17,600 licensed engineers in Ontario (70,000 in 2009)

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th 50anniversary 1992 First National Engineering Week

1967 Canada’s Centennial & Expo ‘67 in Montreal

1969 Canadian Federation of Engineering Students launched

1981 First Schreyer Award given in Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards.

To RSW for LG Powerhouse, La Grande, Quebec

1975 Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) founded

1989 Washington Accord signed by Engineers Canada with other countries. Mutually recognizes professional qualifications

1976 CN Tower built in Toronto

1970 1968 First Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards

1997 Confederation Bridge, PEI opens

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1978 Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA) & Consulting Engineers of Manitoba (CEM) founded

2009 First National Engineering Summit held (May in Montreal)

2008 First EIC Climate Change Conference

1987 Canadian Academy of Engineering founded

1976 Consulting Engineers of B.C. (CEBC) founded 1974 AICQ (Quebec Association of Consulting Engineers) founded

2001 Terrorists attack NY World Trade Center and U.S. Pentagon

2000 1986 Expo ‘86 Vancouver

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2002 First LEED certification given for a building in Canada

1999 First Inter-Mobility Agreement signed by Canadian provincial/territorial engineering licensing associations 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics

2008 First Tree of Life Award in Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards; to Tecsult for “Trees for Tomorrow, Jamaica”

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Jack Chisvin Jack Chisvin Editor 1979-1991 Jack Chisvin was editor 1979-91. He was also founding partner of the ECE Group of Toronto in 1955, and retired from the practice at 00:01 hours, January 2000.

He was the first engineer in Ontario to be designated a Consulting Engineer under the Professional Engineers Act. He served on the Professional Engineers of Ontario council, and on the ACEC board of directors.

In 1983 he was awarded an honorary fellowship from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and was conferred the ACEC Beaubien Award in 1987.

Jack grew up in Winnipeg, graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1949 with a B.Sc. in electrical engineering, and now lives in Toronto.

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The remote but remembered past, when viewed from the present, appears to have been a time when life was less complicated, people were more trusting, and presumably because we had the idealism of youth our illusions were intact. Retrospect imparts a quality of innocence to days gone by. As I write this, my thoughts wander. I think of how drawings were produced manually, ink on vellum; how computations were done with the aid of a slide rule. Some of my peers still talk about the good old days with a sense of superior moral authority, but I marvel how far today’s computerized, digitized, internet-savvy electronic world of engineering has left my generation behind. Yet at times I retrieve my log-log-poly-trig slide rule and challenge my grandchildren to see if they can perform some calculations on their calculators faster than I can on the slide rule. I am still attached to that slide rule as I might be to a Blackberry, if I owned one.

Entrepreneurs, people with foresight and some daring founded many of today’s consulting firms. Their drive to succeed laid the ground work for the consulting engineering profession in Canada. Mostly they were sole practitioners or small partnerships, driven by a compulsive desire to be the best.

The challenge of creativity was more of a motive to their efforts than the prospect of financial rewards. They

were flamboyant, fiercely competitive, enterprising risk takers ready to explore new technologies.

As opportunities for entrepreneurs in the engineering field dwindled through mergers, acquisitions, and retirement, many of these early firms are gone. The modern consultant is more anonymous, ensconced in a corporate shell. Today the practice of consulting engineering, much as we may not wish to admit it, has evolved into a diverse business, considered an industry rather than a profession. Now the acronym ACEC that proudly stood for the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada has morphed into the Association of Canadian Engineering Companies.

Have we reached a void between our practice and our profession?

The past half century, perhaps more than any previous period, has demonstrated that history is not immutable and that existing forces are not inexorable. The world that emerged from the pages of CCE was tooling up for great change. Commercial jetliners came into service; nuclear power generation was born; space flight came out of the realm of science fiction; computers became household appliances; the internet became the norm in communications.

Yet with all this wonderful Hi-Tech some events are as relevant today as they were in the years gone by. Durcontinued on page 28

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ing my tenure as the titular editor of this publication [1979-1991] I wrote a regular column titled Personal Notions. As an encore I quote from three of those commentaries below.

They are as meaningful now as they were when I first wrote them.

• On Technology, 1980. “The operative word in high technology is efficiency. In its name entire industries are shutting down. Mass unemployment among blue-collar workers is becoming an increasingly common event, resulting in the dislocation of the social, cultural and economic fabric of whole urban centres. Canada, with its branch plant industrial infrastructures is particularly vulnerable.

Service industries are disappearing.

As automation removes human judgements from the system, an aura of indifference to personalized service is developing. Attitudes towards work,

“Little could I have imagined, however, when Carson Morrison invited me to attend the inaugural editorial meeting … that 50 years later the magazine would still be widely read and I would write one more Personal Notion.” play and social responsibility are changing. These new standards are producing a frustration and pointlessness, which in turn are evoking a sense of desperation.”

• On the Environment, 1980. “Things are not well in the world today in the most direct and simple sense. Contamination of the physical environment, squandered resources, limping societies, too little food, too many people and the persistence of social injustices are problems of world dimension. The crisis is not due to the imposition of

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technology, but to the failure to recognize the opportunities that it offers.

Various facets of technology — urbanization, industrialization, automation, use of chemical fertilizers and insecticides, growth of leisure time and culture, medical advancement, better nourishment, the lowering of mortality rate and prolonging life — are closely interconnected and there is no possibility of turning back some aspects of progress without destroying all of civilization.”

• On Ethics, 1983. Now it is possible to achieve almost anything we want — so great is the effectiveness of technology.

The main issue for scientists and for society as a whole is to decide “what” to do among all the things that could possibly be done. Unless scientists are willing to give hard thought to their social responsibilities, they may find themselves in the same position as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice: unable to control the forces they have unleashed.

The question of how to do things is a purely technical one, decided on scientific criteria. But the choice what to do implies concern with ultimate social consequences.

So much for nostalgia. Looking back now, I believe that while the world is more convoluted, faster, less friendly and less personal than it was in 1959, engineers continue to have an obligation to public service.

In completing this obligation is the acceptance of duties that are philosophically abstract. The duty to know all those who proceeded them; the duty to throw light on their work and to further their efforts; and finally the duty to pass on to those who follow the mandate to surpass them. It is this commitment from generation to generation that ennobles our calling. CCE @ARTICLECATEGORY:3541;

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th 50anniversary A former managing editor recalls how the people he connected with at CCE deeply influenced his life and career.

INTERESTING TIMES

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More than 37 years ago when I was made an editor of Canadian Consulting Engineer, headlines in the magazine ranged from “Former Prime Minister Diefenbaker made Honorary Member of EIC,” to “Ontario Premier William Davis promises to save historic buildings near new Pickering International Airport,” to “Canada’s largest interchange, Highway 401 and 27, wins top CCE design Russ Noble, award.” managing editor Later on, projects 1973-85. started getting even more exciting and international in nature with headlines like, “Toronto’s CBC [later CN] Tower to be higher than the Empire State Building,” and “New Inco smokestack now completed,” describing the 1,250-ft. high chimney as the “largest structure of its kind in the world.”

With projects like those it’s easy to see why my 12 years as the editor of the magazine were among the more interesting times in both my career and in consulting engineering in general.

As I look back, some of the people I

worked with were not only instrumental in my career, but were also deeply committed to helping make Canadian Consulting Engineer the respected magazine it is today.

Starting with its founder and my mentor, Carson F. Morrison, P. Eng., a University of Toronto engineering professor who in 1959 convinced the publishers Hugh C. MacLean, [later Southam Business Publications,] that consulting engineers needed their own magazine, to Tom Davey, the editor who hired me as his assistant in 1972, to the other “consulting” editors Jack Chisvin, Robert Tamblyn and Robert Halsall, who each took such

great pride in having their names on the masthead. All of those people made working on CCE a pleasure.

One of the better times I had during my tenure with the magazine was helping to create the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards along with the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada.

Canadian Consulting Engineer offered me the opportunity to make a career in the magazine publishing business, and ironically after various stints with other publications over the years, I’m now the editor of Canadian Mining Journal with offices adjacent to CCE. Talk about going full circle.

CCE @ARTICLECATEGORY:3541;

Louanne Smrke (1951-1991)

Louanne Smrke was an editor on the magazine from 1978, and eventually became publisher. She was recognized for her dedication to the consulting engineering industry and after her untimely death from cancer in 1991, Women in Science and Engineering Corporation (WISE/CFSG) established the Louanne Smrke Memorial Scholarship.

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flashbacks EXCERPTS FROM EARLY ISSUES OF CANADIAN CONSULTING ENGINEER

A tragedy brings change “On Saturday, February 28, 1959, at 9.30 in the morning, the Memorial Arena Building at Listowel, Ontario, collapsed and killed seven young hockey players and their coach. This awful and needless loss of human life could have been avoided. ...

“Among the recommendations contained in the verdict of the Coroner’s Jury...

THAT legislation be enacted whereby all plans for arenas, public halls and public buildings (be they municipally or privately owned) shall be passed upon prior to construction, by the local building authorities, or by some proper provincial authority... and the construction of such buildings shall only be carried out under the supervision of a licensed and practicing architect or structural engineer...

Editorial, June 1959, Vol. 1, No. 1

Digital dawn “The use of the computer will doubtless revolutionize design techniques and will develop design methods too cumbersome for manual use. This will make possible an entirely new approach to a wide range of engineers’ problems. It will also make possible the handling of complete designs automatically on the computer.”

A.M. Lount, July/August 1959

Cold War fears “There should be no sacrifice in quality in U.S. educational institutions and industry in order to get into ‘the numbers game’ with Rus30

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Above: from CCE June 1969

sia in the graduating of engineers, Harold A. Mosher, president of the National Society of Professional Engineers, declared recently. The warning was issued following Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s boast that Russia is graduating three times as many engineers as the United States.

News Review, November 1959

Project management to the rescue “... A developing trend is the introduction of a management group for overall guidance or control of the project.

This group acts on behalf of not only the owner but the architect, engineer and contractor as well.”

C.D. Carruthers, January 1969.

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City-wide air-conditioning?

“Man’s environment in the future can be exactly what he wants it to be.... Terry McLorg, vice-president and general manager of Melco Air Conditioning Ltd. of Toronto, ... sees city-wide climate control under domes as a logical extension of the total environment concept of heating, air conditioning, humidification and air cleaning installed in most office buildings and in many homes today.”

Domed Cities, January 1969.

Metric inevitable?

“In Canada the consensus is that general conversion to the metric system is inevitable. The change, however, will be gradual and voluntary and heavily influenced by developments in the United States.”

John H. Jenkins, Canadian Standards Association, February 1969.

Campus antics in the 1960s “Only a few Canadian universities have so far suffered the direct confrontation of student violence. The remainder are working feverishly to revise their administrative organiza-

July 1975

November 1976

tion and to provide for student representation on committees, boards and councils. Whether this will forestall the riots is questionable. Some activists apparently are determined to create a confrontation ...”

Carson Morrison, January1969.

fession is always with us.... Certainly for those larger consulting firms with several professional engineers working on salary, [the issue] is every bit as significant as it is for an industrial firm employing engineers.”

Ivan Finlay, February 1979.

A mouse at the nuclear power plant

Early Environmentalism

“Engineers on the $85-million nuclear power station project at Douglas Point, Ontario were held up when they tried to thread a cable through an underground conduit under the road at the site... A wild mouse solved the problem. Spotted near the conduit, he was quickly snared and promptly obliged by trotting swiftly through with the string tied to his tail.

The string was used to pull the cable through and the mouse, its duty complete, was freed to wander.”

Off the Cuff, February 1969.

On the way to urban sprawl “Automated ways, which appear to be the most likely form for the new technology to take ... will permit cities to spread so as to be large enough for 25 to 55 million people without crowding.... The guidance system may be either electronic or an improved rail system. Some type of electrical energy will probably be used for motive power.”

Norman D. Lea and Malcolm S. Tanton, April 1969.

Unions — No Way “The specter of some kind of unionization of large segments of the pro-

“The question is, what are we doing to harness the vast amount of renewable energy which is available to us? The answer is, practically nothing. Unfortunately, we are only looking at the short term picture and in our scramble for the almighty dollar we are looking at immediate profits to be made from the discovery and sale of oil and gas, and to a lesser extent nuclear energy, without taking effective steps to provide for the future.”

J. Lunde, April 1979.

Oh so petite “... small consulting engineering firms across Canada, on the average, employ 4.7 people. Medium firms provide jobs for an average of 14.5 people, while large firms reported to have an average of 58.8 employees on their payroll.”

Salary Survey, July 1979. @ARTICLECATEGORY:671; 668; 3541;

Thanks to ACEC, Engineers Canada, PEO, Morrison Hershfield, Russ Noble, and Hans F. Schweinsberg, for providing material that helped us to compile this 50th Anniversary issue.

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December 1976

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FAVOURITE ENGINEERING PROJECTS OF LAST 50 YEARS To celebrate our half-century, Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine asked for nominations for favourite engineering projects of the past 50 years in Canada.

This is a decidedly “People’s Choice” list — entirely informal and unadjudicated.

award going to Nicolet Carrier Dressel & Associates of Toronto.

Comments: “Defining the Toronto skyline, the CN Tower is Canada’s most recognizable and celebrated icons.”

“One of the few Canadian structures that is universally recognized around the world.”

“The tensile system at the base for accommodating wind stress (Eli Robinsky) and the use of a helicopter for completing the structure are spectacular examples of innovative technology.”

“I am a sailor on Lake Ontario and use the tower regularly as an aid to navigation.”

Confederation Bridge, P.E.I.

Martin McNamara

The longest bridge over ice covered water in the world, Confederation Bridge linked Prince Edward Island to mainland Canada (New Brunswick) for the first time in 1997. The gravity based concrete girder structure is 13 kilometres long, consisting of fortyfive 250-metre long concrete main spans, and twenty-one 93 metre long approach spans, the latter made by precast methods. The massive piers are designed to minimize damage from ice in the Northumberland Strait. In 1998 the bridge won a Schreyer Award for Stanley Consulting Group -- now Stantec. It was designed with J. Muller International/Stanley Joint Venture.

JOINT WINNERS CN Tower, Toronto Completed in 1976, the communications tower stands over 553 metres high and was the world’s tallest freestanding structure for 31 years.

The tower is a hollow concrete

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hexagonal pillar, topped by a 102-m tall broadcast antenna. It has two “pods” at 346 metres and 446 metres.

The lower pod is seven storeys, with a glass observation deck and revolving restaurant.

It won a Schreyer Award in 1977 for its engineering excellence, the

Comments: “Even though I’m from Quebec and we have here several outstanding engineering examples, I’ve travelled a lot across Canada and the Confederation Bridge is a beauty of accomplishment.”

“The end result is a bridge that fulfils a historic obligation in the original Canadian Act of Confederation to provide continuous access to Prince Edward Island.”

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ALSO NOMINATED

ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY, MONTREAL - 1959

Maritimes

A system of locks, canals and channels, the seaway allows large ships to pass from Montreal to Lake Superior. It stretches 3,774-kilometres long and includes the St. Lambert lock.

Quebec

The building’s organic flowing form includes a Grand Hall, 112 m wide by 15 m high that houses First Nation totem poles and frames views of Parliament Hill and the Ottawa River.

HUMBER RIVER FOOTBRIDGE, TORONTO - 1994

The 100-m span steel arch bridge near Lake Ontario is frequently used as the setting for film shoots. High-strength steel pipe rises as twin arches with a basket handle form.

HIBERNIA GRAVITY BASE OFFSHORE OIL RIG, NEWFOUNDLAND - 1997

The oil platform structure has a 106metre diameter caisson that stores 1.2 million barrels of crude oil. The high exterior walls of the caisson form a barrier to resist the impact of waves and icebergs.

PARK BRIDGE, KICKING HORSE CANYON, B.C. - 2007

Part of a project to upgrade the Trans Canada Highway near Golden, B.C., the 405-metre long Park Bridge has piers up to 90 metres high and curved girders carrying the traffic over a canyon floor and CP rail line.

VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE EXPANSION - 2009

Built 40% over water on 1,000 piles, the 1.1 million sq.ft. facility will be the broadcast centre for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

“Big O” Olympic Stadium, Montreal Habitat ‘67, Montreal Manic 5/Daniel Johnson Dam, Manicouagan Reservoir, Baie-Comeau Ontario

CBC Broadcast Centre, Toronto Darlington CANDU Nuclear Generating Station, Bowmanville Galleria, BCE Place, Toronto Iron Ring Clock, McMaster University, Hamilton Leslie Street/Lakeshore Blvd.

Pumping Station, Toronto Mimico Creek Footbridge, Toronto National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Oxford Pollution Control Plant, London Corktown Pedestrian Bridge Rideau Canal, Ottawa Michael Lee Chin Crystal, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Stratford Festival Theatre Sunnybrook Hospital Addition, Toronto Rogers Centre (SkyDome), Toronto West Elgin Water Treatment Plant

Harry Foster MCC

CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION, GATINEAU, QUEBEC (OTTAWA) - 1989

Paradise River Arch Dam, Nfld.

Prairies

First Nations University of Canada, Regina Campus, Saskatchewan Winnipeg International Airport Alberta

Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton Red Deer Regional Hospital Helipad British Columbia

Cassiar Connector, Hwy. 1, Vancouver Dockside Green, Victoria, B.C. Richmond Olympic Speed Skating Oval Seymour-Capilano Filtration Plant, Vancouver Skybridge (Translink), Vancouver

Top: Confederation Bridge, P.E.I. Middle: St. Lawrence Seaway.

Above: Museum of Civilization, Ottawa.

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stormwater

Stantec’s solution for controlling falling water at the Windermere North Storm Outfall in Edmonton is simple, and yet technically advanced.

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here the Windermere North Storm Outfall released into the North Saskatchewan River southwest of Edmonton, the drop from the top of the bank into the river was a full 50 metres.

Because of this steep drop, the velocity in the flow of the stormwater could exceed 6 metres a second, and it could cause a great deal of damage to the receiving water body in terms of scouring the stream bed and eroding the downstream channel. In order to mitigate the damage, the energy in the flow had to be less than 1.0 metres/second.

Stantec’s Urban Land and Buildings Group, led by Keith Shillington, P.Eng. project manager, came up with a solution to dissipate the energy in the flow with a series of dual cascade-drop concrete structures.

Each structure incorporates two rectangular reinforced concrete chambers with inside dimensions of 2,440 x 3,050 mm. These two chambers are connected by a common 300 mm thick wall but are separated by a vertical gap of 1390 mm. Each structure has a capacity of 1.80 cu.m per second.

The solution was both simple but technically advanced at the same time. During the design stages, Stantec asked the University of Alberta to help test the hydraulic flows.

Several experimental runs were done under different flow conditions on a 1:4 scale model. The results were then extrapolated to the design discharge of 1:80 cu.m/sec. The research, which was done in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, showed that the energy was dissipated mainly by the impact of the jet at the base of the chamber and the front wall. The energy dissipation at the design flow rate is estimated at 54%.

A total of four structures were installed down the bank at the outflow and the results are being monitored. The system saved the client 60 per cent in reduced costs com-

Above: a 1:4 model test shows how the connected chambers dissipate the energy. Left: outfall channel into North Saskatchewan River.

pared to a conventional drop structure and tunnel.

The project won a 2009 Showcase Award from Consulting Engineers of Alberta. cce Prime consultant/urban planning, design, engineering & public consultation: Stantec Consulting (Keith Shillington, P.Eng.) Testing: University of Alberta Geotechnical: J.R. Paine & Associates Client: Windermere Lands Contractor: Sureway Construction @ARTICLECATEGORY:652;

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From Waste to

ResOuRce

In Victoria, B.c., the capital Regional District is realizing that instead of being a problem, sewage waste can be a fourfold resource.

By Rick corbett, P.eng., Associated engineering

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ver the last few decades, when the words “Victoria” and “sewage” have been used together it has usually been in reference to the debate on why one of Canada’s last major urban centres continues to discharge untreated wastewater into the marine environment. This debate has been heated and emotional — on both sides of the issue.

Ironically, the delay in moving to wastewater treatment may have been a blessing in disguise. As planning now

moves ahead, the region has the opportunity to look at wastewater management from a different point of view — not as a waste to dispose of, but as a resource to use.

In 2006 the Capital Regional District (CRD) embarked on a program to develop a wastewater management strategy for the Victoria area. Associated Engineering, with CH2M Hill and Kerr Wood Leidal, developed a report entitled, “The Path Forward.” The team is now working on developing the CRD’s $1.2 billion wastewater management program.

Four environmental opportunities energy from organic solids The organic solids from wastewater treatment processes have long been recognized as a source of “green” energy, principally through the anaerobic digestion of the solids and the production of a biogas that can be used to generate on-site electrical power.

Current trends recognize that this biogas, in fact, has a higher value as a fuel. Technologies are being developed to further refine this biogas to a quality that can be used to fuel vehicles or can be added to a natural gas grid. Biogas generation can be enhanced through the addition of other organic wastes such as food wastes from a source-separated municipal solid waste program.

Wastewater Heat energy The typical average temperature of wastewater is about 15°C. Heat exchange technologies are rapidly advancing to cost effectively allow a portion of this heat to be extracted from the effluent prior to using the effluent for reuse or returning it to the environment. The heat recovered is typically used as a supplemental heat source in a centralized community heating system.

Water reuse Treated effluent can be used in a beneficial manner in a number of ways: irrigation, industrial use, augmenting the flow in watercourses, and non-potable urban applications such as toilet flushing. There are two potential directions for obtaining effluent water.

One is from a local wastewater treatment plant. The second is from an “internal” wastewater treatment plant in a building complex.

In the latter, water recycling, often with the integration of rainwater capture, is used to reduce the overall use of potable water in the complex and to reduce the amount of wastewater transported off-site for transmission and treatment.

nutrient recovery Wastewater contains phosphorus and nitrogen. While the traditional goal has been to reduce these nutrients in the effluent discharged to sensitive receiving environments, there is ongoing research to develop ways of recovering these nutrients for their resource potential. Phosphorus can be recovered through a crystallization process, producing a high grade phosphate fertilizer.

The majority of nitrogen is from ammonia in urine. Work is currently proceeding in Europe on the concept of urine separation at source in specially designed toilets. The “yellow” water could then be processed in a concentrated form, allowing the recovery of nitrogen for use as a fertilizer.

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Right: Victoria Harbour.

Currently, sewage from the region is fine screened and then released into the open ocean at the Juan de Fuca Strait.

Environmental factors have driven the change to viewing wastewater as a resource: earth’s resources are limited so there is a need for us to reuse and recover them when possible. There’s also the need for energy efficiency and reducing our carbon footprint.

The opportunities for using wastewater as a recoverable resource fall into four main areas — energy from organic solids, wastewater heat energy, water reuse, and nutrient recovery (see sidebar previous page).

Looking at wastewater management from a resource recovery approach can be coupled with how we look at overall urban water planning. Traditional thinking in urban areas is to configure the wastewater management system as a centralized system, where wastewater is conveyed to a single large treatment plant, then the effluent is disposed of.

While some elements of resource recovery benefit from a larger scale, such as recovering energy from organic sol-

ids, other elements such as heat recovery or water reuse can be better achieved on a local basis. Combining the benefits of both a centralized approach with decentralized elements can thus lead to a distributed or hybrid approach to wastewater management. An example of this is to use an existing wastewater trunk system as the system’s “backbone.” The decentralized plants can perform local heat recovery or water reuse, but then can be developed in the sewerage area with the “central” plant at the end of the sewerage system focused on wet weather flow management and energy recovery from the organic solids.

All of these opportunities have been influenced by technology changes in the wastewater industry. One major change has been the development of membrane based separation. In this approach, the traditional secondary clarifier, which separates the solids from the treated liquid portion by gravity, is replaced by a membrane process. Membrane continued on page 38

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separation allows not only an increase in treatment performance, but also a much smaller plant footprint.

Additionally, there have been significant improvements in technologies aimed at recovering energy from organic solids. And in the long term, there are promising develop-

ments in microbiological fuel cell technologies that perhaps will lead to the generation of hydrogen fuel from wastewater.

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line analysis of economic, environmental and social considerations, the Capital Regional District has decided to move towards a more decentralized approach that will see a larger number of wastewater treatment facilities throughout the region. This distributed approach will allow the region to take best advantage of the existing sewerage infrastructure, while setting the direction for more localized wastewater management with potential water reuse and energy recovery opportunities.

The real innovation of this strategy is the flexibility that it will provide the CRD in future decades. The region will no longer need to build larger and larger pipes in the ground to transport the wastewater long distances to a central treatment plant site. Nor will the region continually need to expand the central plant to handle higher wastewater flows due to growth — the decentralized plants will handle the growth in the outlying communities. These plants will use advanced treatment technologies to take advantage of phasing opportunities and “just in time” construction to accommodate future needs.

The direction adopted by the CRD for future wastewater management is a bold change from traditional thinking. It considers wastewater as a resource that can be integrated into urban resource management planning. While not all of the ideas and opportunities for integrated resource management can or will be implemented in the near term, the key is that the region is planning for several decades in the future.

The intent is to get the fundamental concept and facility siting decisions correct, so that over time wastewater management truly becomes part of the water and energy resources in cce the community.

Rick Corbett, M.Sc., P.Eng. is vice president of environmental engineering with Associated Engineering in Burnaby, B.C. and project manager for AE on the CRD’s Wastewater Management Program. @ARTICLECATEGORY:652;

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Dayton & Knight

Canadian engineers designed the outfall for a sewage plant that discharges into Puget Sound. It has one of the largest HDPE pressure pipes in North America and is installed 200 metres deep.

Brightwater

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s consultants for design-builder Triton Marine Construction, Vancouver engineers Dayton & Knight designed the Brightwater Outfall for a large sewage treatment plant under construction in Washington state.

The plant is designed to handle 643 Megalitres of wastewater per day and serves north Seattle and King County, discharging the effluent into Puget Sound, south of B.C. In order to ensure that the effluent meets the minimum dilution criteria before it reaches shore under the most adverse winds and ocean currents, the outfall pipe stretches 1.6 kilometres long and is set at a depth of 200 metres in the water.

The project is unique for being among the largest size of HDPE pressure pipe in North America and one of the deepest municipal outfalls. It also required extreme loading during its deployment, and had to be designed for a 1:2500 earthquake event.

Laid out in a dogleg alignment, the outfall consists of both a steel and a twinned HDPE pipe. The 120 metres of 2,100-mm diameter steel pipe is buried inshore and designed to minimize the impact on the ecology, (such as eel grass beds that support many types of marine life). The remaining 1,530 metres of twin HDPE pipe is 1,600 mm diameter.

Steep offshore slopes of 25-35% and a tendency to liquefaction and sliding soils complicated the design and required careful modeling. To keep the HDPE pipe on the bottom and control its buoyancy (about 32 kg/m when full), the pipe was weighted using four different weight sizes and spacing: type A for minimum area, type B for minimum lateral resistance, type C for lighter weight and ring stiffeners, and type D for stable orientation of the diffusers.

Normally inshore pipe and connections are installed “in the dry� by dewatering a sheet pile excavation. However, dewatering was not permitted on this project because there was a concern that organic contaminants could gravitate to the site. Consequently, all the pipes and connections were installed underwater with divers or remote operating vehicles. The HDPE pipes with 80 mm thick walls were thermally welded together in 18 m lengths, and the pipe had to be pressurized (tested to 80 psi) and kept

Above: preparing to tow the weighted HDPE pipe to the site, 30 kilometres away.

Left: 1600-mm diameter HDPE pipe fitted with joint restraint clamps for connecting to the steel pipe.

under tension to control the bending radius during its deployment in deep water.

The US $27.5 million project was completed in December 2008, a year ahead of schedule and at a third less than its original budget. It won a Consulting Engineers of B.C. award of excellence this year. cce Principal design: Dayton & Knight, Vancouver (John Boyle P.Eng., Dennis Harrington, P.Eng., Jonathan Knudsen P.Eng.) Client: Triton Marine Construction. Owner: King County, Washington. @ARTIWCLECATEGORY:652; 655;

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A computer model enables a copper processing plant to alert nearby communities about sulphur dioxide emissions.

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t the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting company’s copper smelter in Flin Flon, Manitoba, the plant’s exhaust stack is only 300 metres from the town’s uptown area. Another town, Creighton in Saskatchewan, is about two kilometres away.

To help to protect these nearby communities the company developed an Air Dispersion Model with the help of environmental engineers from AECOM’s Winnipeg office. The model is to predict atmospheric concentrations of sulphur dioxide, taking into account known emissions data as well as forecasted meteorological conditions and the local topography. Based on predictions provided by the model, the company can make production changes and alert the local communities when there are potential air quality concerns over the next few hours.

The metallurgical facility produces anode copper for shipment to a refinery in Michigan. It has a copper smelter, zinc plant and a concentrator. Sulphur dioxide releases are primarily from the 250-metre stack located at the north end of the 875-hectare site. While emissions data from the stack was readily available, fugitive emissions are experienced in other parts of the smelter, and AECOM incorporated those emissions into the model.

The meteorological data is collected continually throughout the day using the United States Air Resource Laboratory’s website. (The U.S. data includes Flin Flon Airport, and is more comprehen-

sive than the Environment Canada website.)

The height of the plant’s stack (one of the highest in North America), extreme temperature variations in this northern location, and unique topographical features such as surface bedrock and lakes, made the modeling unique. Lakes, for example, cause temperature gradients that play a significant role in dispersing plumes.

The modelling is based on CALPUFF, which uses a 3-D meteorological wind field to advect and disperse a plume over the model’s domain. The model can be dynamic, or it can be statically run on a daily basis. A graphical user interface generates an animation file to show the emissions concentration over a local area base map.

Manitoba’s air quality guidelines determine the emissions threshold at 0.34 ppm of sulphur dioxide as the point when the community should be notified. A level 2 condition exists when any one-hour average of sulphur dioxide is greater than 0.34 ppm. At that level people are advised to remain indoors with the windows closed, not to exercise or smoke, and to take other precautions.

Clifton Samoiloff of AECOM says that from the model results it appears that in terms of emissions from the stack, the worst conditions for dispersal occur during the breakup of a low level morning temperature inversion. cce Prime consultant: AECOM Winnipeg (Clifton Samoiloff, B.Sc., Jeffrey Connors). Client: Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. @ARTICLECATEGORY:655; 659;

Far left: 250-metre stack rises at the north end of the plant site. Left: model of hourly SO2 dispersion plume.

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A decommissioned water treatment plant was transported thousands of kilometres and retrofitted for the Chisel North Mine in Manitoba.

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When the owner, HudBay Minerals, asked AECOM Canada to do a study of the mine’s existing wastewater treatment plant, the study showed that the plant was not capable of treating the water fast enough. Within a year untreated water in the pit might have risen to levels where it could breach the south dam and spill into the surrounding environment. The primary element of concern was the presence of zinc, which is at levels exceeding 70 mg/L before treatment.

With some urgency HudBay Minerals asked AECOM to help find a solution. They considered treating the water insitu, upgrading the existing plant, or discharging the water into another tailings area.

During the course of the study, however, Millennium Mechanical Contracting, a mining contractor, discovered that a decommissioned 2,500-gpm water treatment plant was available at the old Geco Mine site in Manitouwadge, northern Ontario, a mine formerly operated by Falconbridge. The team realized it was possible to re-use the Geco plant and after visiting and doing a cursory inspection, AECOM was invited by HudBay to present a proposal for relocating the plant the 1,700 kilometres to Snow Lake for refurbishment.

The plant had been decommissioned a full 10 years before. Having studied the plant and established that it would fit the needs, AECOM developed a plan to assess the existing equipment, to dismantle its parts and repair any components as necessary. The plant was then transported via several trucks in pieces to the Chisel North Mine for reassembly.

The rehabilitation took 50,000 man hours with no safety incidents. The work mainly included removing scale, refinishing the surface of the clarifier and tanks, and general maintenance of the mechanical equipment. Major pieces of equipment such as the clarifier rake arms and reaction tank mixers did not require significant repairs. Improvements were made such as adding a modern DCS control system.

Even the building to house the plant was re-used: HudBay purchased a salvaged crusher building for the purpose, and it was located on an abandoned section of the mine site, where the old hoist room dry complex was once located.

Top: refurbished clarifier tank. Above: plant in its original location before dismantling.

Since May 2008 the relocated plant has been running effectively, and by this spring had lowered water levels in the Chisel Pit by more than six metres.

Originally it was thought that a new water treatment plant at the Chisel North Mine would cost about $12 million and would take more than two years to complete. The re-used plant was provided for approximately half the price and in less than half the time. cce Prime consultant (engineering/contract administration): AECOM Canada, Winnipeg (Barry Williamson, P.Eng., Curtis George, Blair Moore, P.Eng.). Client: HudBay Minerals Contractor: Millennium Mechanical @ARTICLECATEGORY:659; 655; 652;

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The building industry is on the threshold of a transformation with the advent of Building Information Modelling. The program allows buildings to be designed “live” and in seven dimensions, rather than just two or three.

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fter years of development and experimentation in the marketplace, the use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is becoming the norm in the building design industry. Conferences and seminars on the topic of BIM are frequent, and the majority of industry players are seeking to leverage their knowledge and expertise in this rapidly developing area. The term BIM itself has become symbolic of the application of new technology and it is bringing swift transformations in how projects are designed and delivered.

What is BIM? It is a digital process that the American Institute of Architects defines as, “a model-based technology linked with a database of project information.” It can be thought of as a building design and documentation methodology characterized by the creation and use of coordinated, internally consistent, computable information describing a building project in the design, construction and post-construction stages.

In simple terms, whereas building designers are used to working with 2D and 3D computer models, BIM entails a 7-dimensional process. The 3-D modeling process extends to scheduling and sequencing (4-D), cost-estimating (5-D), sustainable design, also termed Green BIM (6-D), and facil-

ity management (7-D).

BIM is a new approach depending on a collaborative team vision. It is a unique opportunity for the building industry to have a shared model — a model that incorporates all the various building components, including the building’s geometry, its spatial relationships, and its material properties and quantities. BIM also incorporates the information pertaining to the building services and equipment necessary for the full life cycle management of the facility.

Currently, there are four fully equipped BIM tools: ArchiCAD, Bentley Systems, Revit and Digital Project, supported by fabrication level tools such as Tekla structures and StruCAD. Autodesk coined the term “BIM” when introducing the software Revit Architecture in 1997, which is currently in its 29th release.

To the layperson, the use of BIM adds a new and exciting dimension to the building industry. Detailed graphic models allow a building to be viewed before construction has even started. For the building team, BIM presents a new methodology with technical aspects to master, and new ways for teams to collaborate and communicate.

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Top left: BIM models are composed of “live� elements that can be manipulated to optimize the design. Top right: Creating a detail (inset) or a crosssection does not involve any redrawing as it can be directly derived from the corresponding BIM model. Above left and right: BIM is a useful tool for coordinating details and detecting clashes (left), and construction staging (right).

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this fully integrated model at this time, but its imminent advent cannot be denied. Those who do not adopt this technology now shall be left behind.

How BIM developed For decades the aerospace, marine and automotive industries have used 3D modelling to design and produce their complex products in virtual space in close co-operation with their production teams. These models were subsequently used for product fabrication. The technology always entailed the initial construction of the model in a 3-D environment, optimizing and coordinating all aspects of the design prior to the final fabrication using techniques linked directly to that 3-D model.

Though architects and engineers routinely use 3-D modelling, the concept of creating a single, virtual coordinated model was originally not appealing to the building industry. The industry considered that, unlike automobiles and similar industrial products, each building is unique, and as a result its design and

construction processes are different to those used for mass production.

The virtual simulation of the design, construction and performance of a building prior to the physical construction was some distance away.

With the advent of the BIM concept and tools, however, each individual building can now be conceptualized, constructed in virtual space, and appraised for coordination among the various disciplines well before the start of the on-site construction.

BIM’s importance for the construction industry At the core of BIM lies a computable digital database in which objects, spaces and facility characters are all defined and stored. Digital data is not necessarily computable data. As an analogy, Microsoft Word processes, stores and displays information as digital data, but the data is non-computable compared to similar data in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Traditionally, the building industry has dealt with noncomputable digital data, everything from the CAD drawings prepared by

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computers the consultant team, to the project scheduling information prepared for use by the constructors.

With the advent of BIM, this previously fragmented set of unintelligent data is cast into an integrated 3-D intelligent model. The model is accessible to, and understandable by, all trades and consultants. Using a BIM editor such as Revit or Bentley Systems, the design team, the construction team and others add their respective data directly, sharing and interacting with others.

With complete architectural, structural, electrical and mechanical systems all defined in one model, the relative position of the various elements and interferences can be detected and coordinated during design rather than at the construction stage. The model is intelligent and the elements are “live” resulting in section and elevation information being available at the click of a button.

Some of the more general benefits of BIM are: • it provides freedom for the design team to interact directly in 3-D space.

The tedious method of working with inert 2-D representations becomes a visual process working with “live” pictorial representations of the structure, building systems and architecture; • it facilitates the tracking of changes made by different design team members; • conflicts between different elements of a building are detected at this model development stage; • it gives design time efficiencies by enabling the transfer and integration of information between the different design disciplines; • it facilitates the transfer of information for computer numerical controlled (CNC) fabrication of timber structural members.

of data among various applications and disciplines. Unfortunately, this has not always been seamless. Model overwrites and file transfers often resulted in truncated data or system crashes. Application software, such as that required for structural analysis and BIM software, often did not act in unison. Over time, the

interoperability and compatibility of the software has improved. However industry-wide BIM standards are still not fully defined and the multiple BIM products do not yet have the ability to communicate seamlessly with each another.

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there are still questions related to the ownership of, and responsibility for, the BIM models.

The requirement for collaboration between all parties in the development of the BIM master model is a deviation from current business practices where individual disciplines have traditionally developed and protected the integrity of their own information. BIM methods require new definitions of the responsibilities and liabilities of individual parties. And as all the consulting trades ideally use the same BIM model to input, manipulate and extract information, the legal ownership of the collaborative digital model is not definable. Further, since the model is intended to mimic the actual building in virtual space, it can be used directly by third parties such as steel fabricators and other sub trades, resulting in further questions on legal liability, ownership and responsibility.

The implementation of BIM involves extra initial costs to purchase hardware, in training personnel, and in developing office procedures. The benefits of BIM can result in cost savings, however, as better-defined contract documents reduce changes and extras during the construction phase.

How these impacts affect the cost of the services provided

has still to be fully determined by the design community.

The wave of the future Never before have the various stakeholders of our fragmented industry been promised an information model that is a digital representation of the physical and functional characteristics of a facility. At the same time, building owners have never had the luxury of such a comprehensive tool to form a reliable basis for decision-making during the complete life-cycle of their facilities. Because BIM can eliminate many of the inefficiencies of current construction practices and improve the transfer of information during all phases of a building’s life, its full adoption is only a matter of time. cce This is the first in a series of articles that will delve into Halcrow Yolles’ seven year experience, trials and successes, in incorporating BIM processes and technologies into its business operations.

Agha Hasan, P.Eng., is a principal with Halcrow Yolles located in the firm’s Toronto office. Specializing in wind and seismic engineering, structural dynamics and tall buildings, Hasan has been instrumental in implementing BIM into the firm’s design culture. @ARTICLECATEGORY:661; 668;

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By Sarah Hansen, Daniel Kiselbach and Tony Crossman Miller Thomson LLP

Environmental Enforcement Suncor case is sign of stricter regime

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n March 4 the federal Minister of Environment tabled an Act known as Bill C-16, which will amend a number of federal Acts related to the environment. The affected Acts are: • Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999; • Canada Wildlife Act; • Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 • Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act • International River Improvements Act • Antarctic Environmental Protection Act • International River Improvements Act • Canada National Parks Act • Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act • Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park Act. Bill C-16 was debated at second reading and is currently before the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. Given the introduction of Bill C-16, coupled with the federal government’s recent announcement of its intention to increase the number of enforcement officers and to improve its laboratory equipment and technical expertise, companies and their consultants need to be aware of how the new enforcement legislation might impact their operations. Recent enforcement activity by the Alberta Government against Suncor et al under Alberta’s Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, for example, has resulted in fines and other remedial measures amounting to $850,000, making the Suncor decision an expensive example to learn from.

Key features of Bill C-16 include: • Increasing fines for large corporations who commit serious offences generally, especially for repeat offences.

Fines range from minimum $15,000 to a maximum of $12,000,000; • Differentiating between penalties for individuals (including officers and directors of corporations), small resource corporations and large corporations; • Establishing a positive duty of care on directors and officers to ensure compliance with the Act; • Directing that fines be paid to an Environmental Damages Fund unless otherwise ordered by the court; • Creating a public registry for corporate offenders; and • Identifying factors that the courts need to consider in sentencing.

So what defence does a corporation have in the face of environmental enforcement? The answer is showing “due diligence.” Understanding what is required to prove your due diligence means keeping abreast of legal developments and recent enforcement activity.

Suncor Energy fails to monitor its contractors In the case of Her Majesty the Queen v. Suncor Energy, and a companion case heard in the Provincial Court of Alberta Criminal Division, there is no written decision. However, the following information is based upon a review of the agreed statement of facts, the Crown’s submissions, and the final orders granted.

The enforcement action started with Alberta filing two separate charges against Suncor and its contractor, one for failing to install pollution control equipment at its facility near Fort McMurray and failing to tell Alberta Environment about it, and another for dumping under-treated wastewater from a company-owned work camp near Fort McMurray into the Athabasca River.

According to the agreed statement of facts, the Suncor Millennium Wastewater Treatment Plant is owned by Suncor, but during the period of the offence it was operated

by Suncor’s contractor who in turn contracted part of the running of the plant to a subcontractor.

Alberta Environment discovered that the subcontractor had falsified laboratory results and the alteration of those results, in all cases but one, hid the fact that there had been violations of the TSS (Total Suspended Solids) parameter. The contractor had no knowledge of the falsification but was found culpable based on its failure to investigate and properly supervise the subcontractor.

Similarly, Suncor had no knowledge of falsification, but again Suncor was found culpable based on its failure to investigate the competency of its contractor and failing to properly supervise that contractor.

In the Crown’s submissions, she relied on two Supreme Court of Canada cases, R. v. Sault Ste. Marie (City) of 1978, and Canadian Dredge & Dock Co. v. The Queen of 1985.

The Crown argued that certain aggravating factors were relevant to the sentence, including Suncor’s previous convictions in 1983, 1990 and 1994.

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section 235(1) of the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act, the fines were levied in addition to other creative sentencing measures, such as a mandatory requirement to update the Alberta Water and Wastewater Operators Association training course to increase its emphasis on professional responsibility, and a requirement to fund a scholarship program and training.

Precautionary measures What can companies do to prepare for the new environmental enforcement regime? They must: • keep abreast of legal developments and recent enforcement activity; • review their compliance assurance systems; • conduct litigation risk assessments; • have a plan in place for immediate legal assistance during investigations and enforcement proceedings.

Finally, they must review and obtain assistance to ensure they are complying with the rules, such as on emissions monitoring. cce Sarah Hansen, Daniel Kiselbach and Tony Crossman are partners with Miller Thomson, LLP, based in its Vancouver office. E-mail: shansen@millerthomson.com, Tel. (604)687-2242.

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Gaining ground for GO Transit!

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o transit is Canada’s first, and ontario’s only, interregional public transit system, linking toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater toronto area (Gta). in an effort to meet growing demand for more services, Go transit is currently undertaking an extensive expansion of its facilities, budgeted at some $750 million. included in this expansion is the construction of numerous additional rail lines throughout the existing rail network. a key component of this rail line expansion is an improvement to the current rush-hour only rail service between Hamilton at the western end of lake ontario and toronto, some 50 km to the east. recently, Go transit has funded several projects along this corridor, many of which include an earth retention component. the retaining wall systems employed include sheet piling with tie-backs, soldier piles with precast lagging, bin type gravity walls, geogrid reinforced slopes and Mechanically Stabilized earth (MSe) walls.

For this project, site constraints played a large role in determining which type of wall system was employed. all access to the various wall locations was achieved via access roads located adjacent to the track. there was no direct street access. the clearance between the proposed third track and the property line varied. in the case of the larger offsets from the track, the walls were invariably located in a creek valley. after initially attempting to make armtec Bin-Wall Gravity retaining walls work throughout the project, it was determined after the contract was awarded, that an armtec MSe type of retaining wall would be easier to construct and therefore more cost effective. after much consultation between the owner, contractor, consultant and armtec as retaining wall supplier, it was agreed that a combination of two Bin-Walls and five MSe walls, using geogrids as the soil reinforcement and Bin-Wall fascia, would be constructed. the two Bin-Wall Gravity retaining walls were relatively short and low in height with a maximum length of 39 m and a maximum height of 2.1 m. the MSe walls are up to 283 m long and 6.6 m high, and two of the walls have pipes penetrating the fascia on a skew. in these MSe Bin-Walls, the steel fascia is employed, but the remaining three sides of the bin are replaced with layers of uni-axial geogrid reinforcement. With the exception of the geogrid, all of the components used in the fascia and the geogrid to fascia connection are standard Bin-Wall components. the vertical spacing of the geogrid uses the standard Bin-Wall Stringer and Spacer spacing of 406 mm. this wall (Bin-Wall fascia + geogrid reinforcement) was a prototype wall system that was developed by armtec out of necessity from two pre-existing and highly successful retaining wall systems.the knocked-down aspect of the wall components makes them ideal for shipping and assembly in highly restricted sites such as along side rail lines.

Given the success of this project, it is expected that this retaining wall system will be used on future projects with similar constraints.

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When completed, the tunnel will measure over 33,000 ft. in length. the project called for five 36” diameter fresh air shafts to be bored vertically from the surface into the tunnel. these vertical shafts will also provide equipment access and pump access for emergency water evacuation. denso Canada was chosen to supply Protal 7250 and Protal 7125 to all the exterior surfaces of the vertical steel pipes. each shaft covers a distance of nearly 500 ft. vertically, linking to the horizontal tunnel beneath. the five shafts were spaced approximately 13 ft. apart along a specific section of the tunnel.

Protal 7250 and Protal 7125 are voC free, environmentally friendly, 100% epoxy liquid coatings that are fast curing and provide a “high build” in one application. the pipe sections were coated in the manufacturing plant with Protal 7250 and shipped to the site where they were hoisted by crane and lowered into the shaft. Using a collar arrangement to prevent the pipe length from slipping down the shaft, each hoisted pipe section was welded in place and lowered into the ground. the girth weld area was then coated with Protal 7125 and the entire process was repeated until all the sections were finished. the vertical shaft work was completed in the winter months at sub-zero temperatures, hence the use of Protal 7125 on the field applied girth welds. denso Protal products – growing in different directions!!!

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P

ierre Duhaime, ing. became the new president and chief executive officer of SNC-Lavalin on May 7. Previously he was executive vice-president responsible for the company’s worldwide mining and metallurgy division.

CCE interviewed Mr. Duhaime at the company’s head office in Montreal concerning his personal background and aspirations.

Q. DID YOU SEE YOURSELF BECOMINg HEAD OF CANADA’S LARgEST ENgINEERINg AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY wHEN YOU STARTED OUT?

No. From a young age I was interested in science, but I didn’t even think that I should go to university.

Instead, I went to CEGEP college in Trois-Rivières and graduated as a technician in metallurgy. In the meantime -- and to my surprise -- one of my teachers said, “Pierre, you have the talent to go to university to be an engineer.”

So I worked for one year as a technician and then went on to university and graduated in metallurgy at Montreal’s École Polytechnique.

Q. wHY HAD YOU NOT CONSIDERED UNIvERSITY BEFORE?

Mostly it was cultural. I come from the Quebec region of Mauricie, which is a rural and farming community.

I grew up close to the earth and to the people. My father ran a dry goods store, and I have three brothers and two sisters.

I started my career with Noranda in 1980 and right away, I was put on a project -- a major expansion of the Valleyfield plant. For four years I had two jobs as project manager and also manager of metallurgical operations.

But I really preferred the project management side, so I consciously decided that I would do project management as my career.

I joined SNC-Lavalin in 1989, and in 1991. I did my MBA at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Montreal.

The thing I like about engineering is that when I visit a project I can see exactly what is the result of our work -- it’s not a report, it’s a concrete thing. You see people coming to work at the plant, you see it producing, you see the economy going on around it. You can see improvements in the life of people. That has been the big motivator of my life: changing things for the better.

Q. DO YOU FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO kEEP wORk OUT OF CERTAIN AREAS OF YOUR LIFE?

Yes. Work is always somewhere in your mind, but you need to have the discipline to separate the two, to take care of your own life also.

I am fortunate and enjoy my relationship with my wife and she tries to keep me down to earth. We have been married for 32 years. I also have a daughter, aged 25.

But it’s very hard. When your business is international it is 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

There is no stop. And you travel a lot. You need to have the discipline to get some exercise, you need the discipline to have time for changing your mind. You need also to have enough sleep. If not, you are not going to perform. People are not machines.

Q. NOw YOU ARE IN CHARgE OF 21,000 EMPLOYEES, wHAT’S THE MOST CHALLENgINg PART OF YOUR JOB?

It’s two things: It is being here in Montreal and yet reaching these 21,000 people and passing on to them the passions and the vision we have for this company; also telling them how important it is for customers and how to go forward. The other thing is to be sure that all our customers are happy customers and that we are doing the utmost for them at all times. cce @ARTICLECATEGORY:668;

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