Into the Future – CEO Introduces our 2020-2023 Strategic Plan
Although these are unprecedented times, the work of the association doesn’t stop. In fact, our advocacy efforts are more important than ever. The CEO Board of Directors is pleased to share the recently approved 2020-2023 strategic plan.
“Well before COVID was in our view, the CEO Board of Directors had been working on how to keep the association at the forefront of member interests and issues. Backed by market research and diverse perspectives from across the industry in Ontario, this plan will ensure CEO’s leadership role in advocacy and the provision of valuable opportunities and programs for member firms.” Christine Hill, CEO Chair, Cole Engineering Group.
CEO’s strategic plan includes refreshed mission and vision statements along with the identification of three priority areas as pillars for the plan. Click here to see the full document.
CEO and Matchfield are offering a free webinar on June 2:
Managing Employee Tensions for Resiliency & Results
This pandemic is an opportunity for consulting engineering firms to live their values and show true leadership to employees and the industry. Making these critical HR and staff decisions aren't always easy, leaders can become stuck and ineffective when they struggle to navigate conflicting points of view. If your firm's crisis-response decision making is strained, slow, or stuck, this free webinar is for you.
Your host Shannon Brown, from consulting engineering recruitment firm Matchfield, will facilitate a discussion with Tim Arnold, author of the bestselling book, The Power of Healthy Tension.
Tim helps leaders get unstuck by providing a simple 4-step plan that allows them to unite their team, have healthy dialogue, and make critical decisions that are aligned with their values. You'll learn how to manage key tensions such as:
Being optimistic and realistic
Controlling what you can and letting go of what you can’t
CEO's Fee Guideline for 2020 - Achieving a Common Understanding for Project Budgets
Don't forget about CEO's Fee Guideline document. This resource is a reference document for engineering firms and clients alike. Engineering firms are encouraged to share this with current and future clients so as to manage expectations and achieve a common understanding regarding the methods and approaches for setting fair and reasonable engineering fees and developing a budget for a project.
Committee Vacancies Available for CEO Member Staff
CEO has several new volunteer vacancies available for CEO Member Firm employees. Our committees are a fantastic way to build relationships in your industry, gain and share knowledge and give back to your industry as a whole. Take advantage of your CEO Membership by engaging in one of our standing or industry committees.
Please direct any questions to Laura Korneluk at lkorneluk@ceo.on.ca.
CEO Continually Advocates for Your Firm - Latest News
On May 20, the members of the Construction and Design Alliance of Ontario (CDAO), including CEO, issued a letter to Minister Phillips regarding Ontario's post COVID-19 economic recovery.
This follow-up letter stressed the need for legislated relief in project contracts. CDAO stresses that fair and reasonable contractual provisions that provide relief, both in terms of time extensions and costs, are essential to ensuring an orderly and expeditious recovery of the Ontario construction and design sector.
Congratulations to Roger Rempel for his recognition on the Council of Canadian Academies Disaster Resilience Expert Panel! Roger is an Associate and Environmental Engineer at Dillon Consulting Limited specializing in climate change impacts to the built environment, communities and bio-systems.
2020 marks MTE’s 35th year in business. MTE may have had to change their celebration plans but the anniversary continues! MTE will formally acknowledge their significant milestones and continue to celebrate with their staff, clients and industry peers. Each of the next 35 weeks will be dedicated to applauding the people and profiling the projects from one year in MTE’s storied history, starting with 1985.
Klohn Crippen Berger Expands Presence in Australia
KCB is pleased to announce operation expansion into Newcastle. KCB will offer technical support of strategic importance to clients and applying a broad range of our capabilities. Potential support areas where we can provide value as a technical service provider include:
Regional and local groundwater assessment
Water and tailings dams management, including Engineer of Record (concept through to closure)
Mine closure planning and integration of technical support to understand and manage residual risk
Final voids assessment
Mine water, mine waste geochemistry and water quality modelling
Civil and mechanical infrastructure design
State and Federal water-related regulatory support
Governments and the global economy have already started reacting to the Covid-19 crisis, taking measures to defend their domestic economies and safeguard jobs. In time they will also bring forward plans for economic stimulus programs, but how does their response to date feed into investors and clients' subsequent plans?
Ryerson University Launches Online Survey for Design & Construction Industry Participants
The Construction and Design Alliance of Ontario, of which CEO is a founding member, has joined with a number of provincial and national industry associations to engage Ryerson University for research into the relationship between a project owner’s upfront investment in pre-project activity and the resultant quality of design documents, along with key project performance indicators over the whole project lifecycle. The results are expected to provide an objective framework for a change in the project delivery policies in public infrastructure. From a neutral, third party perspective, the study also provides an opportunity for the design and construction sector to improve communication, awareness and build further trust among all project stakeholders.
One of the research activities is a nation-wide online survey to collect data and opinions on the current level of upfront investments and their impacts on the quality of design documents and project delivery efficiency. A unique feature of the online questionnaire is the focus on objective project data. Unlike many similar studies before that sought general opinions, this questionnaire asks participants to provide their feedback based on their experience on the most recently completed project in which they participated.
May 23, 2020 – Engineers Canada is pleased to welcome Jean Boudreau, FEC, P.Eng., as president for the 2020–2021 term. In the coming year, Boudreau and the appointed Directors of the Engineers Canada Board will work with the engineering regulators to advance the profession in the public interest.
What would our shelter-in-place COVID-19 experiences be like in Canada without engineering technology advancements? Engineers are some of the people behind these technological developments; their role in society is to connect scientific and technical knowledge to societal needs.
