Innovation - Spring 2024

DISCIPLINE AND ENFORCEMENT

Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s website contains information on the complaint, investigation, and discipline processes. You can contact us at 604.558.6647 or toll-free at 1.888.430.8035 ext. 6647, or by email at complaints@egbc.ca . The full text of the Consent Orders can be found in the Disciplinary Notices section of our website, at egbc.ca/Discipline-Notices .

DISCIPLINE NOTICE: BARRY DEAN CLARKE, P.ENG.

On November 9, 2023, Barry Clarke, P.Eng., agreed to a Consent Order in which his registration with Engineers and Geoscientists BC was suspended for two months. Between 2016-2020, Mr. Clarke provided fire- and life-safety system designs and field reviews for three fire suppression system projects in the Okanagan. In the design for the projects, Mr. Clarke failed to correctly apply certain principles for fire suppression systems as set out in the BC Building Code . The projects’ designs were missing pertinent details and were not thoroughly reviewed by Mr. Clarke before he authenticated them. Mr. Clarke also failed to identify and correct deficiencies during his field reviews for the projects. In a November 9, 2023, Consent Order, Ian Colquhoun admitted that he engaged in conduct unbecoming a registrant when he misrepresented to his employer that he was a professional engineer and applied a forged seal to a document. Mr. Colquhoun’s registration as an EIT with Engineers and Geoscientists BC is cancelled. In April 2017, Mr. Colquhoun registered as an EIT with Engineers and Geoscientists BC. In 2018, his

In the Consent Order, Mr. Clarke admitted that he demonstrated unprofessional conduct related to the projects and acted contrary to the Bylaws of Engineers and Geoscientists BC. Mr. Clarke agreed that, among other things, he failed to; • adequately understand certain principles of fire suppression systems contained in the National Fire Protection Association standards as they relate to inside and outside hose demand and domestic demand; • undertake an adequate quality management process for the projects including, for example, failing to observe that incorrect sprinklers were installed at one of the projects; and registration as an EIT lapsed. Mr. Colquhoun re-registered as an EIT in 2020 as he had not yet completed all of the requirements to become registered as a professional engineer with Engineers and Geoscientist BC. In 2021, a mining consulting firm offered Mr. Colquhoun a short-term contract for the position of electrical engineer. Mr. Colquhoun previously worked with the same firm as an EIT in 2017. Mr. Colquhoun accepted the offer for the position and did

• provide the date on his signature and seal applied to the design on the fire suppression systems and hydraulic calculations. As outlined in the Consent Order, during the suspension period, Mr. Clarke was required to complete education courses related to field reviews and sprinkler system installation. Six months after the conclusion of the suspension period, Mr. Clarke must undergo a practice review conducted by the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Audit and Practice Review Committee. Mr. Clarke paid $5,500 toward the legal costs of Engineers and Geoscientists BC. not inform the firm that he was still registered as an EIT. While employed with the firm in 2021, Mr. Colquhoun was asked to sign and affix his seal to a portion of a report that the firm had prepared for one of its clients. As Mr. Colquhoun was an EIT, he did not have a P.Eng. seal and was not authorized to authenticate documents. As a result, Mr. Colquhoun forged a P.Eng. seal and applied this unauthorized seal to the report. The document

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