INNOVATION November-December 2021

P R O F E S S I O N A L P R A C T I C E

These guidelines, and other professional practice guidelines and practice-related resources, are provided at egbc.ca/Guidelines .

NEWLY PUBLISHED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES egbc.ca/Guidelines F ire P rotection E ngineering S ervices for B uilding P rojects The Professional Practice Guidelines – Fire Protection Engineering Services for Building Projects , first issued in 2013 and now updated to version 2.0, outlines the professional services related to Fire Protection Engineering that engineering professionals should generally provide for building projects governed by Part 3 of the BC Building Code and the Vancouver Building By-law, as well as other regulatory requirements. This revision provides additional clarity on Fire Protection Engineering services for existing buildings, Letters of Assurance, Alternative Solutions, and conformance to the BC Fire Code and the Vancouver Fire By-law. S eismic A ssessment and S eismic D esign of D ikes in BC The Professional Practice Guidelines – Seismic Assessment and Seismic Design of Dikes in British Columbia were developed to guide professional practice related to seismic assessment and seismic design of dikes in BC. This 2021 publication is the initial version of these guidelines which provide professional practice considerations when implementing the Seismic Design Guidelines for Dikes, 2nd Edition published by the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES IN DEVELOPMENT

M anufacturing / I ndustrial E ngineering These in-development guidelines will provide an overview of roles and responsibilities for professionals in the product, process, consulting, and quality assurance sectors of the manufacturing industry. For more information, contact Allison DenToom, P.Eng., at adentoom@egbc.ca .

S ustainability These in-development guidelines are revisions of the 2016 version of the Sustainability Professional Practice Guidelines , intended to better integrate current knowledge of sustainability in professional practice. For more information, contact Harshan Radhakrishnan, P.Eng., at hradhakrishnan@egbc.ca .

S ecurity E ngineering for S oftware P rojects

These in-development guidelines will build on the security-related aspects of the existing Professional Practice Guidelines – Development of Safety Critical Software and will provide broad guidance regarding security considerations when engineers are involved on software projects. For more information, contact Dan Rankin, P.Eng., at drankin@egbc.ca .

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