INNOVATION November-December 2014

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Minister Accepts Honours for Seismic Guidelines Since 2001, the Ministry of Education, supported by APEGBC and UBC, has been addressing seismic upgrades at BC schools. This unique collaboration has resulted in APEGBC’s Seismic Retrofit Guidelines being recognized in 2013 by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies Canada with both the ACEC Award of Excellence and the ACEC Engineering a Better Canada Award, presented to a project showcasing how engineering enhances the social, economic or cultural quality of life of Canadians.

Minister of Education Peter Fassbender was presented with these awards during the President’s Awards Gala on October 24 in recognition of his ministry’s contributions to the project. The awards were presented to Minister Fassbender (left) by Steve Fleck, P.Eng., a director of ACEC-BC, and APEGBC President Michael Bapty, P.Eng., FEC (right). The Seismic Retrofit 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 seismic performance. The methodology is also being utilized by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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