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APEGBC Student Members Help Design a World of Hope APEGBC civil engineering student members Emma Brown (North Delta) and Luke Tien Chuan Lee (Surrey) have returned from volunteer posts with Engineering Ministries International (EMI) for engineering projects. Brown travelled to Grand-Goâve, Haiti, where her team took an existing sche- matic design of a church, conference centre and K-12 school to a detailed design level, including infrastructure design and construction drawings, as well as looking at a proposed agricultural project. As part of a third EMI Canada design team to the same site, Brown and the other volunteers were also able to review and provide feedback on the construction progress for the technical school and children’s village which EMI Canada had previously designed. Lee was in Pijal, Ecuador, where his team designed a building that included classroom space and an auditorium for conducting educational training, as well as a new spiritual sanctuary. Both worked with the senior engineers on their teams and assisted in diverse roles such as surveying, water and soil testing and AutoCAD drafting. At the end of the week on-site, the teams presented master plans and building design proposals to the leadership of the organizations who had invited their participation. EMI is a non-profit Christian development organization mobilizing volunteer architects, engineers, surveyors, building technicians and other design profession- als who donate their skills to help people around the world in emerging countries. For more information, visit EMI’s website at emicanada.org.

Emma Brown’s work in Haiti included soil testing for a proposed agricultural project.

Luke Lee found time to share some music with local residents as part of his cross-culture experience in Ecuador.

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