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2022 Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline
2022 Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline February 1, 2022 Business Practices | Guidance Documents | News The 2022 ACEC-BC Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline is now available! Since 1976, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia (ACEC-BC) has...
Culture Change and EDI as We Head Back to New-Normal
Culture Change and EDI as We Head Back To New-Normal Marcie Cochrane, P.Eng, MBA Project Leader, ACEC-BC Eighteen months into the COVID-19 pandemic, as workplaces begin to reopen, organizations are seeing an opportunity for a culture reset. For many, this includes...
Truth and Reconciliation Day
Truth and Reconciliation Day September 30, 2021 News Today marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. In recognition, our Association joins members, partners, and family in reflecting on the impact of colonialism on indigenous people and how we can...
Gurjit Sangha Appointment to the Deputy Ministers and Industry Infrastructure Forum
Gurjit Sangha Appointment to the Deputy Ministers and Industry Infrastructure Forum August 3, 2021 Advocacy | News Congratulations to Gurjit Sangha from ACEC-BC member firm WSP for being selected as ACEC-BC’s appointment to the Deputy Ministers and Industry...
Building Permit Level of Design Recommendations
Building Permit Level of Design Recommendations July 8, 2021 Guidance Documents | News Introducing a new resource for buildings professionals – the ACEC-BC Building Permit Level of Design Recommendations! Developed by Senior building professionals serving on the...
ACEC Submission to the National Infrastructure Assessment Consultation
ACEC Submission to the National Infrastructure Assessment Consultation June 30, 2021 Advocacy | COVID-19 Resources | News | Reports & Content Throughout Canada’s history, connective infrastructure has brought our communities together and linked people from across...
Recent Discoveries in Residential Schools in Kamloops and Cowessess
Recent Discoveries in Residential Schools in Kamloops and Cowessess June 30, 2021 News Last week Cowessess First Nation announced a preliminary finding of 751 unmarked graves at a cemetery near the former Marieval Indian Residential School on Treaty Four Territory in...
MMCD Contract Administrator Template Letter
To support neutrality in contract administration, the Master Municipal Construction Documents Association created a new letter. The template supports the Contract Owner to confirm appointment of an independent contract administrator and to set out the obligations of...
BC’s Consulting Engineers Step Up to Deliver Essential Services and Keep the Provincial Economy Running
British Columbia’s Consulting Engineers Step Up to Deliver Essential Services and Keep the Provincial Economy Running The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of British Columbia (ACEC-BC) celebrates innovation, technical excellence, equity and diversity,...
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2021 Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline
2021 Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline February 2, 2021 Business Practices | Guidance Documents | News The 2021 ACEC-BC Consulting Engineers Fee Guideline is now available! For over 20-years, ACEC-BC has produced this comprehensive fee guideline to support consulting...
Professional Governance Act to be implemented on February 5
The Office of the Superintendent of Professional Governance (OSPG) has announced that the Professional Governance Act (PGA) will come into full force on February 5, 2021. Implementation will repeal legacy Acts including the Engineers and Geoscientists Act signalling...
Partnerships BC to operate as Infrastructure BC
Vancouver, BC - Partnerships BC is announcing today that the organization will now operate as Infrastructure BC, which better reflects the services provided by the Crown Corporation. “As we build and recover from COVID-19, our government is committed to getting...
ACEC-BC COVID-19 Resource Library
Have you seen the ACEC-BC COVID-19 resource library? It’s our online resource to provide members and the consulting engineering industry with updates and guidance in navigating under the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Recommendations to BC’s Premier and Minister of Finance
In response to the BC Government’s call for engagement on Building BC’s Recovery Together, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia (ACEC-BC) has submitted a letter of recommendations to Honourable John Horgan, Premier, and Honourable...
Effective Leadership: The Post COVID-19 Workplace Reframed
Effective Leadership: The Post COVID-19 Workplace Reframed July 16, 2020 COVID-19 Resources | Equity & Diversity | Guidance Documents | News | Reports & Content The current pandemic crisis has created a number of core business challenges which we all face...
Young Professionals Committee Guide
Have you been thinking about starting a Young Professionals Committee or early career Professional Board? ACEC-BC’s Young Professional’s Group (YPG) has recently released the Young Professionals Committee Guide – a resource to help members successfully build their...
ACEC-BC Return-to-office Survey Results
The ACEC-BC Return-to-office member survey results are in! On June 2, 2020 we launched a member survey supporting return-to-office planning. The survey – developed by a working group of ACEC-BC members – was in support of the Association’s COVID-19 response principles...
Response to WorkSafe BC on changes Workers Compensation Act
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia has responded to WorkSafe BC on the recent discussion paper: Adding Diseases Caused by Communicable Viral Pathogens, including COVID-19, to Schedule 1 of the Workers Compensation Act. In the...
Effective Leadership: Mental Well-Being in the Workplace During a Time of Crisis
Mental Health is a complex issue and one that requires additional consideration during a time of crisis. Beyond supporting teams with the operational aspects of transitioning to working from home, adjusting to different business practices, and adapting to changes in...
A Message from ACEC-BC YPG’s Chair
Dear ACEC-BC YPG Members, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy in these unprecedented times. As you have probably already noticed, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic we have had to cancel or postpone our in-person ACEC-BC Young Professional events for the...
Letter to Prime Minister of Canada on Infrastructure Stimulus
ACEC-BC has joined the BC Construction Community to encourage the BC Government and the Government of Canada to lay the foundation for stimulus spending based on joint national, provincial, and local infrastructure priorities in British Columbia. Our organizations –...
ACEC Canada makes recommendations to the Prime Minister on COVID-19
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies - Canada (ACEC) has been in ongoing contact with leadership within the federal government and with key stakeholder partners, including provincial and territorial consulting engineering associations, with respect to...
BC Gov guidance for construction sites during COVID-19
On March 16, 2020, Dr. Bonnie Henry issued an order under the BC’s Public Health Act prohibiting the gathering of people in excess of 50 people at a place of which you are the owner, occupier or operator, or for which you are otherwise responsible. Employers in the...
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