Innovation Summer 2025

BOARD NEWS

BOARD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS: APRIL 25, 2025 The Audit & Practice Review Committee (APRC) Chair Gordon McDonald, P.Eng., presented highlights of the committee’s work to been submitted to Engineers and Geoscientists BC. Engineers Canada fee

to vote to approve the proposed 2027 Per Capita Assessment Fee (PCAF) be increased from $10 to $11 per registrant at Engineers Canada’s Annual Meeting of Members in 2025.

the Board. Highlights included: • The on-time completion rate for Continuing Education in 2024 was 92 percent. • Permit to Practice registrations have steadily grown at an average rate of 13 percent per year. • A total of 256 firm audits were initiated in FY25 (July 1, 2024, to March 2025), and 168 were closed. • A total of 197 individual audits were initiated in FY25, and 185 were closed. • In 2024, the first firm practice review was initiated from an individual compliance audit Financial update Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s current budget is projected to have a surplus of $1 million to $1.5 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (FY2025). Contributing factors include: • Vacancies and delays in recruiting new positions • Projecting a higher volume of candidates for academic exams for other jurisdictions • Anticipating higher legal recovery following the conclusion of disciplinary cases International applications Between July 1 and December 31, 2024, the average time to process applications from internationally educated professionals was 92 days from when all documents have

The Board supported its member representative to Engineers Canada

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