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Disrupt Your Business Before Your Competition Does It for You Karen Storry, P.Eng., and Esther Bérubé, P.Eng.

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The Rise of the Sun in the West Michel de Spot, P.Eng., and Baptiste Lafaille, EIT

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Women in Leadership – Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Women Rachel O’Connor and Steve Frith

24 Ministry of Transportation and UBC Form BC Smart Infrastructure Monitoring System Dr. Carlos E. Ventura, P.Eng., and Sharlie Huffman, P.Eng.

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President’s Viewpoint – Marking APEGBC’s 95th Anniversary

7 Association Notes – Membership Renewal; 2014 Annual General Meeting Available via Webcast; 2013/2014 Annual Report Now Available; Voting for the Council Election and Bylaw Ratification; Rebranding APEGBC; Undergraduate Scholarships; Call for Volunteers; Engineers Canada Fellowship 10 Results of the 2014 Member Compensation Survey 11 2014 President’s Awards Recipients 14 APEGBC Responds to Mount Polley Mine Incident 23 Increasing the Value of the APEGBC Mentoring Program 26 Is Your Organization Losing Its Knowledge? 28 LCA Practice Asks Engineers to Design Outside the Box 32 The Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide: A New Tool for Building Design Practitioners:

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2014 APEGBC Annual Conference and AGM will be held at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. ©Brendan Hunter: iStock

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24 Broad view of the stay cables on the Port Mann Bridge.

6 Newsmakers 34 APEGBC Professional Development 35 Discipline and Enforcement 36 Membership 42 Professional Services 46 Careers 46 OQM list 47 Datebook

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