Innovation Spring 2025

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COMMENT 4 Viewpoint NEWS 5 Firms and use of title 6 Board report

7 Permit to Practice renewal 8 Foundation independence 9 Firms CAP guide 10 BCSEG update 14 CE ineligible activities 40 Remembering Connie Kerr-Woods FEATURES 18 Our volunteers 24 Benefits of biofuels 32 Climate resource modelling 38 Metalized coatings DEPARTMENTS

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Volunteers: the heart of our organization

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Communities benefit by producing biofuels

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12 Professional Practice 16 Continuing Education: Speaker Spotlight 41 Discipline and enforcement 43 Display Advertisers’ index 46 In memoriam

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ON THE COVER Samuel Ndegwa, P.Eng., P.Geo. is one of Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s many valuable volunteers. P hoto : W endy D P hotography

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