INNOVATION January-February 2016

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The conference brings together engineers, geoscientists, technologists, faculty, government representatives, students and other members of the community. Last year’s professional development sessions included the following streams: management, better business, climate change, structural engineering, energy efficiency and renewable energy, young professionals, engineering and geoscience in the resource sector, municipal engineering and environmental engineering. About 600 to 800 delegates are expected to attend the 2016 conference. Deadline for presentation proposals: February 26, 2016. Details on how to propose a presentation for the conference are available at: apeg.bc.ca/AC16call. For additional information, contact ac2016@apeg.bc.ca. seismic performance. This ground-breaking work has benefited from the input and participation of prominent US structural engineers and was previously recognized by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies Canada with the Engineering a Better Canada Award. The methodology is also being used by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “The safety of students is a top priority for government and we are proud to have collaborated on these guidelines with the professionals from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC,” said Honourable Mike Bernier, Minister of Education. The award was presented in December in San Francisco. An independent jury commissioned by the ATC and SEI to identify awardees in their Champions of Earthquake Resilience Program selected the APEGBC guidelines from a broad range of nominated projects and programs. The awards’ call for nominations was distributed to more than 50,000 structural engineering and earthquake hazard reduction professionals in the US, Canada, and elsewhere. Please submit: • High-resolution digital image files (e.g., 4-Mb TIFF or .jpg files) • Descriptive captions of no more than 150 words, in MS Word format. Captions must - describe the project, including its innovative, most challenging or sustainability aspects, - identify the owners and APEGBC members involved, • Your contact information. Due to space limitations, Innovation is unable to publish every submission received, and will accept only one submission per company, except where space permits. We recommend that members who work for large companies coordinate their submissions to avoid multiple or duplicate submissions. Submit your project highlights to pictorial@apeg.bc.ca no later than Tuesday, April 19 . Due to high submission volumes, late submissions will not be considered. Before submitting, please review the complete submission requirements, available online at apeg.bc.ca/pictorial.

Presenters Sought for 2016 APEGBC Annual Conference APEGBC seeks presenters for technical, business, managerial and personal development topics for its 2016 annual conference, in Victoria, BC, October 20–22, 2016. About the Conference Theme: Connect & Discover APEGBC’s 2016 Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting will take place October 20–22, 2016, in Victoria, BC. The conference and AGM will be held at the Victoria Conference Centre, which will serve as the venue for two days (Thursday, October 20, and Friday, October 21) of professional development sessions, networking opportunities and an exhibitor tradeshow. APEGBC’s 97th annual general meeting will take place October 22.

Seismic Guidelines Recognized as an Extraordinary Innovation The Seismic Retrofit Guidelines, 2 nd Edition, recently received a Champions of Earthquake Resilience Award in the category of “Extraordinary Innovation in Seismic Protection of Buildings” from the Applied Technology Council (ATC) and Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

APEGBC, along with the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the BC Ministry of Education, showcased an unprecedented collaboration to produce innovative, performance-based technical guidelines for seismic risk assessment and seismic retrofit design of BC school buildings, says APEGBC President Dr. Michael Wrinch, P.Eng., FEC. “The Seismic Retrofit Guidelines are an excellent example of APEGBC members delivering real world solutions to meet the challenges of the 21 st century, while ensuring safety and protection of the public,” Wrinch says. “We are proud to be a part of the project team.” The guidelines allow users to effectively and consistently determine the seismic risk of an existing building and optimize the extent of new structural components required to achieve a life-safety professional engineers and geoscientists to submit photographs of their recent work for consideration for the magazine’s annual project highlights showcase. Members, licensees and companies may submit photographs of projects undertaken since May 2015, within or outside BC, employing APEGBC members and licensees. Submissions relating to all engineering and geoscience disciplines are encouraged. In selecting showcase projects, the Editorial Board considers: • Projects that reflect the diversity of work performed by APEGBC members, • Projects that showcase innovation and sustainability, • Overall representation of a wide variety of employers of APEGBC members and of member diversity, • Visual appeal, and • Existing or planned project coverage in Innovation. 2015/2016 Project Highlights:Call for Submissions APEGBC members and licensees work on some amazing projects at home and abroad. Innovation invites BC’s

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