INNOVATION Centennial Collectors Edition January-February 2020

The guidelines outline professional roles and responsibilities, provide advice about best practices for the equipment inspection and certification process, and highlight appropriate quality management procedures. The guidelines also provide sample documents and offer case studies to help professionals identify how to meet their obligations for a variety of inspection scenarios. All three guidelines were written for Engineers and Geoscientists BC professionals, statutory decision- makers, regulators, the public, and other stakeholders who might be involved in, or have an interest in, the topics addressed in the guidelines. The guidelines provide a common level of expectation regarding effort, due diligence, and standards of practice. These guidelines, and other professional practice guidelines and practice-related resources, are provided at egbc.ca/ Professional-Practice . TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES Engineers and Geoscientists BC is hosting two training opportunities on guidelines, and a professional practice webinar on changes to the BC Building Code. A seminar and webinar on the guideline titled Legislated Flood Assessments in a Changing Climate in BC (published in August 2018) will be held on February 20, 2020. And, a webinar on the Retaining Wall Design guideline will be held on March 13, 2020. Engineers and Geoscientists BC will also host a webinar, titled

For more information or to register for any of these training opportunities, visit egbc.ca/events .

What’s New? Changes to the BC Building Code 2018 , on March 2, 2020, hosted by Jun’ichi Jensen and Don Pedde of the Government of British Columbia’s Building and Safety Standards Branch.

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