INNOVATION July-August 2016

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Raising the Ceiling on Wood Buildings: Timber-based Hybrid Buildings of the Past, Present and Future Dr. Solomon Tesfamariam, P.Eng. 17 New Heights in Wood Construction: The UBC Brock Commons Student Residence Building Duane Palibroda, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., Bernhard Gafner, P.Eng., Robert Jackson, EIT 23 Clearing the Air: Project Reduces Waste-to-Energy Facility’s Nitrogen Oxides Emissions Chris Allan, P.Eng. 26 2015 ❖ 2016 Project Highlights

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ON THE COVER: ANDRITZ AUTOMATION’s work on the Richardson Vancouver Grain Terminal expansion is featured in the 2015 ❖ 2016 Project Highlights, which showcases the work of APEGBC members during the last year.

NewsMakers Three BC Members Made Geoscience Fellows

9 Association Notes Regulatory Body for Quebec Engineers Placed under Trusteeship; BC Real Estate Industry Loses Power to Self-Regulate; Online Law and Ethics Seminar Goes Live this Summer; Share Your Feedback on Possible Regulation of Organisations; Cast Your Vote in the 2016 Council Election; Submitting Motions at the Annual General Meeting; Members Weigh in on Guidelines; Council Report

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4 President’s Viewpoint Self-Regulation Through Good Governance 6 Letters 50 Discipline and Enforcement Disciplinary Notice: Wayne H. Quong, P.Eng., Vancouver, BC 50 Regulatory Affairs Use of Job Titles by EITs and GITs 51 Practice New Statement of Compliance for Construction and Operation of Pools; New APEGBC Professional Practice Guidelines; Engineering and Geoscience Offshoring: Know Your Obligations When Sealing Work Done by Others 54 Community APEG Foundation and Benevolent Fund Donors, 2015/2016 55 Organizational Quality Management 58 Professional Services 59 Membership 62 Dateline 62 Advertising Index 63 APEGBC Professional Development

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A full-scale mock- up of a two-storey

section of UBC’s new timber–hybrid high-rise student residence helped project engineers optimise final design details.

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