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Jointly developed by the ACEC-BC Small Firms Council and Business Practices Committees, this paper supports members to fulfil commitments under the ACEC-BC Charter of Membership.
The 2025 ACEC-BC Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline has officially arrived!
For more than 20-years ACEC-BC has produced a comprehensive fee guideline to support firms practicing consulting…
The ACEC-BC Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee is pleased to release its latest resource: Get Started Guide: Indigenous Relations Action Plan!
This Member Bulletin provides a comparison of the 1996 and 2024 MMCD CCA documents to support review and understanding of the new terms…
We are excited to release our latest resource: Guidance for Diversity on Panels & Speaker Rosters – a guide for planning ACEC-BC events with speaker rosters representative of the diversity we strive for in our industry.
We are excited to announce the 2024-2025 ACEC-BC Board of Directors!
The Board of Directors of ACEC-BC brings together a diverse representation of the Consulting Engineering industry within British Columbia.
ACEC-BC’s Business Practice Committee committee has developed a paper to support members in better understanding Indemnities.
An indemnity clause is a contractual provision that can operate to extend a consultant’s liability beyond the scope…
The ACEC-BC and BC Ministry of Transportation & Infrastructure Joint Liaison Committee formed a task force to evaluate opportunities for BIM in the BC bridge industry. To better understand the landscape, the task force developed this Member Bulletin…
ACEC-BC together with the Architectural Institute of British Columbia and the Province of British Columbia is pleased to announce the release of standard contracts for architectural and engineering design assignments.
Prior to the beginning of the pandemic, employers were starting to understand and respond to the prevalence of mental health challenges in the workplace. Over the last few years, in response to the pandemic and the resulting changes to the workplace, there has been an increased emphasis on the need to…
For more than 20-years ACEC-BC has produced a comprehensive fee guideline to support firms practicing consulting engineering in BC and BC based clients in determining appropriate minimum fees for services.
Recently the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) announced that “to support the increased use of lower-carbon cement in British Columbia, we will now accept the use of Portland Limestone Cement (PLC), aka GUL…
The ACEC-BC Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee has developed a land acknowledgement guide to support individuals and organizations – providing guidance…
The Sustainability & Climate Change Committee is excited to release ACEC-BC’s Climate Change Position!
Our Climate Change Position is an organizational statement…
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – British Columbia (ACEC-BC) elected a new Board of Directors at their June 15 annual general meeting (AGM). Suzanne Powell, Ph.D., P.Eng., was installed as Chair of the Board. Suzanne is a Principal and Branch...
This paper outlines principles supporting the position that limiting liability in professional consulting contracts is in the public interest and supports fair and balanced contracts….
ACEC-BC members are energized when we collaborate, when our work is innovative, when we invest in our community, and when our words and actions are inclusive. This bulletin is intended to provide foundational information on EDI in procurement to support dialogue between member firms and their clients.
RAIC Doc 6 is a standard form agreement common in architectural assignments and is often used as a basis for sub-consultant engineering service agreements with Terms and Conditions that flow down…
In April 2021, Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC) published a Quality Management Guide to the Standard for Documented Independent Review of High-Risk Professional Activities or Work. The guide was developed based on outcomes…
Position Paper on Limitation of Liability February 10, 2023 Business Practices | Guidance Documents | News The ACEC-BC Business Practice Committee is excited to release an updated version the ACEC-BC Position Paper on Limitation of Liability! What is the Position...
ACEC-BC member firms have identified that labour shortages and increasing competition for top talent as a significant concern. In response to these challenges…
2023 Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline December 8, 2022 Business Practices | Guidance Documents | News The 2023 ACEC-BC Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline is now available! Since 1976, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia (ACEC-BC) has...
ACEC-BC’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee has developed two resources to support members in better understanding allyship. Allyship is the practice of…
Not sure what the letters, numbers, and symbols in #LGBTQ2S+ stand for? The ACEC-BC Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee…
The ACEC-BC Building Engineering Committee are pleased to provide this update the 2009 Budget Guidelines for Consulting Engineering Services – Buildings…
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