Innovation - Spring 2024

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transportation and bridge asset management. “It’s like our in-house conference,” explains Mah. Mah says the capacity building seminars are a key aspect of the company’s CE. This year, Associated is planning a two-and-a-half-day conference for their water practice. “We bring together staff from across the company to participate in person,” she says. Delve Underground Consulting Canada 16 professional registrants CE at Delve Underground, a tunnel design and heavy civil engineering firm, emphasizes on-the-job experience to reflect the company’s specific needs. Stephanie Robillard, MSc, P.Eng., office manager at Delve’s Vancouver location, is closely involved in developing their professional practice management plan. That includes educating Canadian staff and those working on Canadian projects about Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s requirements and ensuring they’re implemented. “Our company culture has always been very much about on-the-job training,” says Robillard. “We’re very niche in terms of engineering and geoscience. We’re focused on underground design and construction pretty exclusively. Either people are coming in from other industries partway through their careers or they’re fresh out of school so there’s a lot of continuing education that has to happen; it’s always been quite integrated into what we do.” Integrating annual performance reviews with a continuing education

what industry issues are, and to collaborate with industry on learning.” In developing programs, Associated draws on the resources of experts and consults with staff. “It’s a muti-faceted approach to get input from those in the community who are experts in a particular area as well as to survey our staff to see what their needs are,” says Mah. Associated Engineering offers two or three opportunities each year for employees to congregate to learn. Called “capacity-building seminars,” they are usually on a technical topic related to Associated’s business. Mah says the company’s recent events included topics around

Mah says, “We support our staff to participate in regulatory training through Engineers and Geoscientists BC, either through the online activities or through attending Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s conferences and webinars.” “We appreciate the variety of resources that Engineers and Geoscientists BC has and the fact that the learning is available both online as well as in person.” Staff also go to conferences put on by other organizations, such as the BC Water & Waste Association and the Transportation Association of Canada. “That’s an opportunity for our staff to connect with the industry, to see

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