Engineering firm convicted of breaching provincial building codes

[Cos]

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[lilmira]

I wonder about the details. It's not a no name shop by all means. Allen D Williams died from a plane crash. His son died from another plane crash not too long after. The company was quite devastated at the time as that plane crash killed a few other senior employees as well.

[Cos]

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[themack89]

Originally posted by Cos
'should be fine'

Famous last words

[lilmira]

The director of the Calgary office is also the current president of APEGA, oops! I worked with Jim in one project long time ago. That can't be good for business.

[Fly Fishin']

Youch glad we don't use them.

[lilmira]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ca...762/story.html

There you go, the Herald has more detail. Sounds like the engineer misjudged the thickness of the existing concrete, didn't do his due diligence to confirm it. I can see it happening.

"What more do you need to know? There is plenty of concrete here. Fucking engineer worry about everything!"

"Oh fuck, you are the engineer! You should know better"

Lesson of the day, be a prick, don't take no for prisoner!

[ExtraSlow]

Any of you P.Eng's out there, details of this will likely be published in the PEG newsletter.

[Sugarphreak]

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[BerserkerCatSplat]

Hah, I used to work with the president of their condo board - good guy. I'm happy the board wasn't convicted of anything as I can't imagine how you would hold a volunteer board liable for the shoddy work of a hired professional.

[g-m]

Originally posted by ExtraSlow
Any of you P.Eng's out there, details of this will likely be published in the PEG newsletter.

I didn't think anyone actually read that. Mine goes straight from the mailbox to the blue bin

[bjstare]

Originally posted by g-m
I didn't think anyone actually read that. Mine goes straight from the mailbox to the blue bin

Haha

[lasimmon]

I like reading the discipline committee notes. That's about all my Peg gets used for.

I remember the case of some P eng making an off color joke in a van on the way to site in Fort Mac and some woman complained. Was quite comical actually.

[BavarianBeast]

I've seen some scetchy formwork & bracing design that comes out of some of the large firms.

Often, lots of the formwork and bracing design is pushed to the contractor and if you are not careful in your design, people will die. In fact we had a blowout earlier this year because a form/bracing system failed in ontario and it killed one worker.

I think people don't often realize how crucial propper engineering is when building any structure.

[Joe-G]

"Trust me, I'm an engineer"


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[revelations]

Ah yes, the Engineer debacle.

Im sure the mechanical and EE's loath being grouped the same as civil engineers

I recall back in my land surveying days for Enmax getting a drawing from a civil, which called for an underground utility line to pass underneath an existing commercial building driveway and foundation (as opposed to slightly detouring around it and avoiding massive digging costs).

Rocket science prevailed and a change was made quickly after my phone call.

In fact most of the "good" civils at Enmax never wore their rings as they didnt want to be lumped into the same category as some of the others.

[sabad66]

Just got an email from APEGA... apparently the president of APEGA works for Williams Eng. and decided to step down to avoid conflict of interest. Interesting

[lilmira]

Originally posted by lilmira
The director of the Calgary office is also the current president of APEGA, oops! I worked with Jim in one project long time ago. That can't be good for business.

Originally posted by sabad66
Just got an email from APEGA... apparently the president of APEGA works for Williams Eng. and decided to step down to avoid conflict of interest. Interesting

Not a bad move, I don't think he has anything to do with it but that's a shitty position to be in.

[ExtraSlow]

Just for disclosure: here's the text of the email from APEGA:

Originally posted by APEGA
This email is to advise:

that effective November 4, 2014, APEGA Council has accepted the resignation of Dr. Jim Gilliland, P.Eng.
that APEGA President-Elect Connie Parenteau, P.Eng., will not become President until April 2015 but has assumed the responsibilities of the president effective immediately

Former President Gilliland is Williams Engineering Canada Inc.’s Regional Director, Southern Alberta. Williams Engineering Canada Inc. was named in a recent provincial court ruling regarding breaches of the Alberta Building Code at the Rocky Mountain Court building parkade.

“Maintaining the integrity of APEGA as a self-regulating entity is critical to maintaining our social licence. I have tremendous faith in the network of highly dedicated volunteers and employees that discharge the Association’s regulatory functions on a daily basis. I believe that by stepping down, APEGA’s integrity can’t be questioned as they move forward,” said Dr. Gilliland.

“It’s been a remarkable privilege to serve APEGA and all Albertans during my terms as councillor, president-elect and president,” he added.

We understand that the public is quite appropriately concerned about issues of public safety and well-being. As you know, the public interest is of paramount concern to APEGA and its Members.

Please note that under The Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act, APEGA does not disclose whether an Association investigation is or is not underway. Nor do we disclose the results of any investigative or disciplinary proceedings to the public until they are concluded.

Should APEGA deem that it is appropriate to conduct any type of regulatory review into the circumstances surrounding the Provincial Court decision, the disclosure of any findings will be governed by the appropriate statutory committee that has the authority to make that decision.

[Env-Consultant]

Originally posted by lasimmon
I like reading the discipline committee notes. That's about all my Peg gets used for.

I remember the case of some P eng making an off color joke in a van on the way to site in Fort Mac and some woman complained. Was quite comical actually.

I was flipping through my fiancee's PEG magazine about a year ago and loved the discipline section. I think the first one I read was related to some bonehead insider trading.

Anyways - I have read every single one now haha

http://www.apega.ca/Members/Publicat...magonline.html After you click on a month/year, you can click on Read the PDF Version to download the pdf.

There are web based versions as well, but the interface is laughable (on my Android anyways).

http://www.apega.ca/Members/Publications/ePEGG.html

The racist joke one was one of my favorites - it's really commom in all industries, but I honestly believe the majority of people aren't genuinely racist- hell, I love me a good joke about how stupid we Polacks is!

Another memorable one that comes to mind is the engineer sending his stamp out for someone else to use on documents over a long period of time ... and getting busted for it - banned for life IIRC.

Least favorite/most disturbing: dude getting busted at the airport with child porn. Sickening.