EGBC_AnnualReport_2023-2024

Practice-Related Queries From Registrants and Members of the Public Answered by Practice Advisors, Year Over Year

NEW AND REVISED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDES, GUIDELINES, AND ADVISORIES PUBLISHED

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As part of our mandate to protect the public and the environment, we work with subject matter experts to develop guidance for our registrants. This guidance is published in the form of Guides, Guidelines, and Advisories, dependent on the scope and nature of the topic. This year, we published six guidelines and four advisories for professional practice. After two years of hard work from authors, reviewers, and partners, we published the Professional Practice Guidelines–Use and Development of Microzonation Maps in BC . These guidelines outline professional practice expectations and obligations when using and developing microzonation maps to mitigate earthquake impacts to the public, communities, and the environment.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES

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NATURAL HAZARDS

USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF SEISMIC MICROZONATION MAPS IN BC

July 1, 2023– June 30, 2024

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VERSION 1.0 PUBLISHED MAY 10, 2024

TOP TRENDS IN PRACTICE-RELATED INQUIRIES 1. Building Projects and Letters of Assurance 2. Use and Application of Practice Guidelines 3. Authentication of Documents ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS BC’S NEW EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION AND TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION WORKING GROUP Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s new Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Truth and Reconciliation Working Group held its inaugural meeting in June 2024. It supports organizational Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and Truth and Reconciliation (T&R) efforts with a focus on engagement, education, and impact. It will explore challenges faced by registrants in the practice of engineering and geoscience relating to EDI and T&R, and work to enhance the visibility and voice of underrepresented groups. 30 BY 30 NATIONAL INITIATIVE Engineers and Geoscientists BC is committed to attracting, retaining, and advancing women in the professions of engineering and geoscience. As part of this, we participate in the 30 by 30 national initiative to increase the number of newly licensed engineers who are women to 30% by the year 2030. As a 30 by 30 Network Champion, Engineers and Geoscientists BC collaborates with regulators, universities, and industry across the country, accessing and sharing knowledge and best practices to maximize collective impact.

JOINT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES emergency supplies (shelter, food, water) and post disaster building assessments will be most needed.” – Allison Chen, P.Eng., Manager, Built Environment and Seismic Initiatives “These maps can help people make life-saving decisions before a disaster happens. For example, the maps can be used as an input to estimate which buildings or neighbourhoods are more likely to be damaged during an earthquake. Municipalities can then anticipate where

of new registrants identify as women* 23.6%

The Professional Practice Guidelines–Erosion and Sediment Control involved collaboration between multiple regulators under the Professional Governance Act . By jointly publishing these guidelines for registrants, Engineers and Geoscientists BC, the BC Institute of Agrologists, and the College of Applied Biologists are demonstrating their commitment to partnering on providing proactive guidance on areas of practice that impact their registrants.

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NATURAL RESOURCES

EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL

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*Why do we use this language? Engineers and Geoscientists BC is committed to supporting a culture of diversity and inclusion within the professions. We have recently revised the way we collect gender information from applicants and registrants to ask about gender identity, rather than gender. This best practice for data collection is inclusive of all genders and how individuals identify.

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