INNOVATION November-December 2017

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017 | volume 21 number 6

COVER STORY MEET THE PRESIDENT Meet Caroline Andrewes, P.Eng., CPA, CMA, Engineers

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and Geoscientists BC's 2017/2018 president.

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FROM CONCRETE BOX TO FLOWING RIVER BC engineers and ecologists turn a decaying flume into a community treasure.

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DRONES: UNTETHERED POTENTIAL Unmanned autonomous vehicles

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are already changing the way engineering and geoscience professionals do their work.

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> PERSPECTIVES ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER SKYWALK Project team members share their challenges and discoveries.

ON THE COVER On October, 21, 2017, Caroline Andrewes, P.Eng., CPA, CMA, was inducted as president of Engineers and Geoscientists BC at the AGM in Whistler, BC. Page 16

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