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Northwest states to seek work in Northern Alberta, an area that has experienced a significant labour shortage due to oil and gas development. A former APEGBC Community Service Award (1984) and Professional Service Award (2005) winner, Smith is APEGBC’s appointed representative to the PNWER Executive Committee. APEGBC’s participation in PNWER allows for input on a wide range of regional issues in the Pacific Northwest. Discussion took place this year regarding agricultural export standards; petroleum, mineral and energy The compensation survey is conducted every two years and allows APEGBC to perform an analysis of member compensation relative to employment responsibility level, giving members and employers a point of reference for comparison to other professions in BC and across Canada. An overview of the results of this year’s compensation survey is available on page 34. APEGBC undertook its 2012 survey of members’ compensation and benefits in May of this year, and members who participated were entered into a draw for a 32 GB Apple iPad. Matthew Chan PEng, a transportation engineer with Delcan, was the lucky winner chosen from among the 2,424 members who completed the 2012 Compensation Survey by June 30, 2012.

participation pays Off for compensation Survey taker

New iPad owner, Mathew Chan PEng.

ApeGbc past president recognized for promoting uS-canada cooperation For his work on cross-labour mobility, APEGBC past president Colin Smith PEng FEC was recognized by the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) with the Robert Day

Memorial Award at the organization’s annual summit. Smith has been actively involved in PNWER and has travelled to each of its 10 jurisdictions in the last two years to encourage US-Canada cooperation. Specifically, he has helped to develop a project to reduce barriers to labour mobility, encouraging skilled US tradespeople from Pacific

resource development; transportation infrastructure; and electrical energy generation among many other topics.

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Honourable mention for OQm program

Challenges inspire us •

APEGBC’s Organizational Quality Management Program (OQM) has been recognized with a special Honourable Mention by the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) BC Chapter at the 2012 CSAE-BC Association Cornerstone of Excellence Awards. The OQM program was developed in cooperation with industry to improve the quality management of professional engineering and geoscience practices at the individual and organizational level. Offering an APEGBC-endorsed quality management certification to participating organizations, a pilot was conducted in 2010 and implementation of the program is underway. The special recognition was announced at the CSAE-BC awards luncheon on September 25, 2012. The Association Cornerstone of Excellence Awards honour outstanding achievement and dedication in the association sector.

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