INNOVATION May-June 2013

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From Trash Heap to Technicolour Suzanne Morphet

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2013 ACEC-BC Awards for Engineering Excellence

20 How Hard-wall Expandable Containers Helped Brazil Recover from an Antarctic Disaster Konrad Mech, P.Eng., CD

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President’s Viewpoint – Does One Size Fit All?

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Association Notes – 2013/2014 Council Election Nominees; APEGBC-led Initiatives Aim to Speed up Integration of Internationally Trained Professionals; 2013/2014 Budget; 2013 Annual Conference and AGM; Revised APEGBC Sustainability Guidelines Now Available; Resource Sector Engineering and Geoscience Bursary

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Members Rate their Satisfaction with APEGBC

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Engineering and Geoscience Community Reaches Out to the Public

ON THE COVER: King George Island, Antarctica. A BC-based company brings its expertise to the extreme terrain of a polar region. Page 20. Photo: ©iStockphoto. com/cunfek.

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Seismic Retrofit Guidelines Recognized with Award for Engineering Excellence

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Task Force Explores Geotechnical Engineering as Registration Discipline

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First APEGBC Quality Management Certifications Issued

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Brazil’s Commandante Ferraz Antarctic Station prior to the February 25, 2012 fire. 20

23 Discipline and Enforcement 23 Membership 25 Careers 26 Professional Services 31 OQM Certification

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