ISSUE #2 • 2017

Crowchild Trail–Flanders Avenue Interchange in delivered on-time as design-build project

Aerial view of the Crowchild Trail-Flanders Avenue Interchange prior to opening to traffic

Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation a collaborative, results-driven approach to the design-build specializing in real estate and development, is developing process. The Westpro/Associated team began detailed a sustainable community in southwest Calgary, in an area design early in 2015. Demolition of the existing structure was formerly occupied by (CFB) Calgary completed in September 2015. Currie Barracks. Once developed, the Currie development Project Manager, Jim Zagas, tells us, “The project had an will be home to over 12,000 people, and includes parks, retail aggressive construction schedule. We were able to meet spaces and other amenities. schedule by strategically staging our design, and submitted To service the area, the existing Crowchild Trail-Flanders the design elements in stages to allow construction to Avenue Interchange needed to be upgraded to accommodate commence early, while continuing to design in parallel with the projected traffic volumes. In collaboration with the City of construction.” Calgary, which would take ownership of the interchange The contract required Westpro to complete construction of the infrastructure following completion of construction, interchange in 19 months, while maintaining existing traffic Lands Company tendered the new Crowchild flows on Crowchild Trail, which regularly services over 80,000 Trail-Flanders Avenue Interchange project as a design- vehicles per day. Calgary Transit, another project stakeholder, build contract. Associated Engineering and Westpro (now a also stipulated strict schedule requirements. division of Pomerleau) were awarded the contract, bringing

FEATURED ARTICLES: ViewPoints - Design Charrettes | 4 Fischer-Hallman Road | 7 YVR Rainwater Harvesting| 9 Associated recognized at 2017 Research can revolutionize ACEC-BC Awards Gala wastewater treatment

Associated Engineering has secured a Collaborative Research & Development grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Associated Engineering received an Award of Merit for the Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, in partnership with South Fork Water Treatment Plant project at the Association of Metro and the University of British Columbia. Consulting Engineering Companies - BC’s 28th Annual Awards Dr. Dean Shiskowski, Vice President, Water Resource Recovery for Engineering Excellence in March. tells us, “The grant funds a two-year research program in aerobic granular biomass or AGB - a potentially revolutionary Located in Nanaimo, BC, the South Fork Water Treatment technology in biological wastewater treatment.” Plant is the largest, siphon-powered, membrane filtration plant in North America. The innovative use of siphons, rather Elegant in their simplicity, aerobic granular biomass systems than pumps, reduces the building footprint and saves capital, use rapid-settling, millimetre-scale biological granules, operating and maintenance costs. Employing a two-stage combined with high biomass concentrations, to provide membrane filtration system increases treatment efficiency a more compact wastewater treatment facility footprint. to more than 98%. The South Fork Water Treatment Plant Compared to secondary treatment systems using traditional provides safe, reliable drinking water, in an energy-efficient flocculant biomass, AGB systems reduce the land area needed and environmentally-sustainable manner. for wastewater treatment, construction-related resources, embedded greenhouse gas emissions, and costs. Associated Engineering was also part of the team that completed the Lord Strathcona Elementary School Seismic The University of British Columbia is our academic partner. Upgrade, which received the Lieutenant Governor’s Award - Metro Vancouver, our industrial partner, has contributed the highest award given by ACEC-BC. We completed design of funding, research space and logistics support at its Annacis the civil works for this project. Research Centre. (Continued on page 3)

AE Today is published for IN THIS ISSUE employees and friends of Crowchild Trail–Flanders Avenue Interchange in 6 Staff Profile: Eben Kruger the Associated Engineering 1 Calgary delivered on-time as design-build project group of companies. 7 Environmental Assessment and Design of 2 Associated recognized at 2017 ACEC-BC Awards Gala Fischer-Hallman Road improves infrastructure Visit our web site at capacity of important traffic corridor in Region www.ae.ca for past issues Research can revolutionize wastewater treatment of Waterloo of AE Today and for office 3 Associated announces succession in technical 8 St. Albert Transportation Master Plan lays the contact information. leadership team foundation for a sustainable, multi-modal, If you would prefer to receive Stella Madsen honoured by Regina Engineering transportation system AE Today via email, please Society email [email protected]. 9 Proposed rainwater harvesting system at YVR Lower Mainland office moves to Vancouver in strengthens Vancouver Airport Authority’s September sustainable design leadership 4 ViewPoints - Design Charrettes lead to creative 10 Building Communities solutions 11 Employee News 5 ViewPoints (continued) 12 Celebrating Canada 150 Crowchild-Flanders Interchange (continued) 2 Associated announces succession in technical leadership team

Two of our long-serving technical leaders, in the design of highways, roadways, John Fussell, Senior Vice President, and pathways, and brings experience in Transportation, and Herb Kuehne, Senior alternate delivery. Vice President, Civil Infrastructure, retire A Senior Civil Engineer, Chris has 29 years on June 30, 2017. of experience in municipal infrastructure Kerry Rudd, President & CEO, is pleased and land development. Chris specializes to announce that Alan Emery has in pipeline design, including infrastructure accepted the role of Senior Vice President, renewal and trenchless technologies. Alan Emery Chris Skowronski Transportation, and Chris Skowronski will Congratulations to Alan and Chris! take on the role of Senior Vice President, Infrastructure. Alan and Chris will provide business development and technical Thank you to John and Herb for your guidance to our staff, and technical support to our clients. leadership and contributions to the company over the years. We wish you both a long and happy retirement. A Senior Transportation Engineer, Alan has more than 35 years of experience across Canada and in the UK. He specializes Stella Madsen honoured by Regina Engineering Society The Regina Engineering Society presented this year’s (l to r) Derrick Engineering Excellence Award to Stella Madsen, Operations Tannahill, Manager for our Regina office. The award recognizes Stella Stella Madsen, for her outstanding leadership and technical ability over Angela Hickie- her almost 40-year career in engineering, during which time Miller, and she has worked for the University of Saskatchewan, the Nancy Inglis Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, the City of Lethbridge, the City of Regina, and, most recently, developing our Transportation Division in Regina. Aerobic Granular Biomass Lower Mainland office moves systems need less space to Vancouver in September

Dean, who is also an Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at We are moving our BC Lower Mainland office to a new, UBC, leads the research program. Wastewater Engineer, Jason LEED Gold building, aligning with our focus on sustainability. Leong from our Burnaby office, coordinates the day-to-day Effective September 1, 2017, our new office address is: activities and provides support to the participating graduate #500 - 2889 East 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5M 4T5 students. Jason completed his Master’s thesis on AGB performance in treating municipal wastewater. Our telephone number remains the same at 604-293-1411.

www.ae.ca 3 ViewPoints - Design Charrettes lead to creative solutions by John Cope, B.A., B.E.D.S., M.Arch., SAA, MRAIC, LEED AP

Benefits of holding design charrettes include the following:

• Each participant is engaged, has a voice and is considered an equal on the team • Stakeholders come together in a positive environment that facilitates fast and interactive decision-making. • The forum creates partnerships and positive working relationships • Participants understand priorities of different functional groups • Open sharing of ideas inspires all members of the team Most projects, especially multi-discipline projects, involve • Brainstorming and dialogue are helpful in situations calling a number of stakeholders, including the client with its for new ways of looking at things departments and user groups, community groups, authorities • Joint problem-solving results in creative solutions. having jurisdiction, the general public, and of course the design team. On projects large or small, there is generally a lot How do you conduct a design charrette? of background information to review: planning documents, Conducting a design charrette can be quite straightforward. In project definition reports, programming documents, user its very basic form, the project manager gathers participants requirements, reports, and site information, for example. The together in a room. Paper and pens are provided to each project team must understand the overall objectives of the person. One person is designated as the facilitator, who writes project and develop the work plan and design process that out each goal or design challenge. The group will then provide will foster a creative solution. One tool that has been very their ideas for each goal, followed by discussions. At the end of successful in the design process is a design charrette. the design charrette, there should be a final presentation and What is a design charrette? documentation of the ideas and issues discussed.

The design charrette provides a forum for exchanging ideas On larger, complex projects with many stakeholders, and exploring alternate approaches. It is an intensive planning design charrettes are increasingly being used, especially session and design workshop where clients, stakeholders, where a number of public and private sector groups and designers and others brainstorm and share ideas to develop a agencies are involved. An example of this might be where vision for the development of the project. Ideas are generated a water treatment plant is being planned for a residential and documented, usually in the form of sketches and notes. neighbourhood. Involvement and engagement by the public is By the end of the charrette, the project team has a common critical, as well as gaining input from the public in the design understanding and documented vision. of the facility. Design charrettes are used quite extensively in urban design and community planning projects. In this The design charrette (from the French word meaning “chariot” case, the design charrette might be organized in the following or “cart”) is believed to originate from architectural students in stages: Paris in the 1800’s. Their exams were collected in a “charrette”. As the story goes, as these exams were being collected, some • Information Gathering: The design team solicits input from of the students continued to furiously sketch--up to the last all stakeholders and the general public, and records the minute. What developed from the story was the underlying information (white boards and flip charts are great tools for theme of generating ideas quickly and documenting them. this)

4 Design charrettes abenefit for Multi-Discipline Projects (continued from page 4)

• Design Interaction: Ideas are generated by both the design overall engagement and collaboration. Design charrettes team and stakeholders, and documented and workshops are successful forums for problem solving and generating creative and innovative solutions through an • Final Presentation: The design charrette concludes with the inclusive, integrated process. final design ideas that the design team will take back with them for further analysis and development About the Author

A design charrette doesn’t just have to occur at the outset of John Cope is a Professional Architect a project. There can be design charrettes at any point during and Senior Project Manager with over the course of project development. It may be appropriate 28 years of experience in the design on a large and complex project to conduct design charrettes and management of projects, as well at key milestones to ensure that the design objectives as building and managing teams. established at the outset are being met, as well as to ensure He has considerable experience in stakeholder engagement throughout the project. Also, a sustainable development, and has design charrette can be held for the design team to assist each applied this knowledge to many member with their own respective discipline, and to increase projects and initiatives.

Innovative girder design accelerated construction (continued from page 1) Associated provided engineering services to Westpro during The project was designed with alternative transportation the tender pursuit stage, followed by detailed design, modes in mind, including dedicated bikeways and multi-use construction support and inspection services. Our engineering pathways to encourage environmentally friendly modes services included structural, transportation, civil, and electrical of transportation. The use of roundabouts eliminates the design. Approximately 1,100 metres of mechanically stabilized need for traffic signals, reducing greenhouse gas emissions earth and cast-in-place walls form the interchange. The new associated with idling cars stopped at red lights. bridge carries two lanes of traffic eastbound and westbound on Flanders Avenue over Crowchild Trail, and provides full Incorporating deck formwork into girder ramp connectivity between Crowchild Trail and Flanders design reduced construction time and risks Avenue. The interchange also included connections to Richard Road SW and to the future Barracks Street SW. associated with construction over traffic

Jim says, ”Where possible, we incorporated sustainable design The functional plan for the bridge design showed a trapezoidal measures. For example, all demolition materials from the girder bridge with a straight edge along the south side of the existing bridge structure, including concrete and steel, were deck. Our final design replaced the straight edge with a radius, recycled. As an energy saving measure, LED lighting was used curved edge which also saved approximately 370 square to upgrade the lighting at the interchange location.” metres of deck area. The girders on the centre and east spans needed to be splayed to accommodate the flared shape of these spans. This challenge led to a significant innovation in the design of casting variable width flanges into the top of standard box girders, which eliminated the need for deck formwork. Optimizing the placement of the girders minimized extra deck concrete in the most complicated locations, which provided material, time, and cost savings. It is estimated that the flanged box girders saved up to three months in the schedule. This was the first use of this type of flanged box girder on a road bridge in Alberta.

The Crowchild-Flanders Interchange opened to traffic on schedule in October 2016.

www.ae.ca 5 Eben Kruger’s international experience has led to a rewarding consulting career in Canada

Eben (middle) with the Valley Line LRT project team his career, he values seeing a project though its life-cycle. The opportunity to take a project from feasibility though Raised in South Africa, Eben Kruger points to a high school construction attracted Eben to a career in consulting career conference as his inspiration to pursue a career in engineering. engineering. He felt drawn to the unique application of math and science to develop, design, and build solutions. After high Eben joined Associated Engineering in 2009, attracted by the school, Eben went on to complete degrees in Civil Technology opportunity to take a project from inception to completion, at the Tshwane University of Technology and in Applied as well as Associated’s culture. He shared Associated’s values, Science at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. and liked the fact that the company is employee-owned. Also, Associated was the right size; having been “just another Mentorship has been an ongoing part of Eben’s career in person” in other large engineering companies, Eben valued engineering. The mentorship he received early on taught him Associated’s recognition of its staff, and the mutual respect the value of having and being a mentor. “It’s an incredible between the company and staff. means by which any young engineer can grow,” he says. “Mentorship is an invaluable component of developing both Since joining Associated, Eben has contributed to some major technical and business skills. A mentor acts as a role model. projects. He was part of the team that designed and built They can also answer your tough questions, and those a four-lane arterial roadway, bridge, and pedestrian bridge questions you don’t even know enough to ask.” along Saline Creek Drive in Fort McMurray, a $75 million project that won several industry awards. Eben also cites Eben’s early career took him to some far-off places, on Edmtonton’s Valley Line LRT as a project highlight (see article many interesting projects. He travelled from his home in on Page 7). Eben is Associated’s project manager, responsible South Africa, to Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland, the UK, for the design of the roadways, drainage, and utilities, as well and Dubai. The Tete Iron Ore Mine, a multi-million dollar P3 as the environmental services for the Valley Line LRT. project in Mozambique, stands out as particularly challenging as well as a career highlight. Eben addressed old and limited With a career that has spanned multiple continents and large infrastructure, which always presents difficulties. In addition, and small projects, Eben has developed a project delivery the team had to address cultural differences--understanding philosophy focussed on open communication, making sure the perspectives of local government as well as tribal chiefs. everyone knows what project deliverables are. He believes in celebrating project successes with the team and clients. It’s a As a young professional, Eben enjoyed the design aspect of philosophy that’s sure to lead to many more future successes projects, but as he’s gained experience and progressed in for Eben Kruger.

6 Environmental Assessment and Design of Fischer-Hallman Road improves infrastructure capacity of important traffic corridor in Region of Waterloo

Fischer-Hallman Road, also known as Regional Road No. 58, required, options for stormwater conveyance given site is a north-south arterial roadway in the Region of Waterloo, development and topographical constraints. Ontario, and an important transportation link between the Related to the roadway works, the project also included City of Kitchener, City of Waterloo, and the Township of the replacement of an existing culvert at Strasburg Creek. North Dumfries. This vital corridor provides access to the Project Manager, Peter Lejcar, tells us, “The culvert design Conestoga Parkway (Highway 7 & 8), the Village of Ayr, as needed to address the Regional storm event while addressing well as numerous business, public institutions, residential constructability considering the installation of a deep sanitary communities, and commercial properties. trunk sewer and by-pass of an existing 450 millimetre The Region of Waterloo retained Associated Engineering to diameter PVC watermain in the immediate vicinity of the complete a Schedule “C” Class Environmental Assessment to works.” improve and widen Fischer-Hallman Road from two lanes to As part of the culvert work, we reviewed the existing hydraulic four lanes, between Bleams Road and Plains Road in the City model, which was completed using the HEC-RAS software of Kitchener and the Rosenberg Community. model. Peter advises, “We modelled and analyzed several The proposed design includes a fully urbanized, access- hydraulic scenarios to determine the effect of various culvert controlled, four-lane roadway, complete with a raised centre configurations on the upstream Regional flood limit at Bleams median, multi-use trails and modern roundabouts at the Road, working within known upstream limits and constraints. future Rosenberg Way, Seabrook Drive, Huron Road and We sized the new (twin) culvert to address these parameters.” future Street ‘1’. Construction of improvements to Fischer-Hallman Road The scope of the Environmental Assessment Study also and the Strasburg Creek Culvert installation is scheduled to included the detailed design of a wildlife culvert crossing and commence in 2019. Key staff involved on the project include upstream floodplain mapping to support the overall drainage Peter Lejcar and Don McBrayne. strategy of the area.

We reviewed and assessed the existing stormwater management systems in the area against the current and proposed road conditions, the available existing capacity in the existing stormwater management facilities, and, where

www.ae.ca 7 St. Albert Transportation Master Plan lays the foundation for a sustainable, multi-modal, transportation system

A busy intersection in the northern section of St. Albert As part of the Transportation Master Plan, the team identified the need to develop an intelligent transportation systems Located northwest of in Alberta’s Capital Region, (ITS) policy and eventual ITS implementation as a key priority. the City of St. Albert is a community of almost 65,000 residents. Dean Schick, Transportation Manager for the City of St. Albert, The city projects significant population growth over the next says, “The update of the Transportation Master Plan consisted 15-20 years, with the population expected to almost double in of a multi-phase process, inclusive of public/stakeholder 30 years. To accommodate this future growth, the City found it consultation, an overall needs assessment and visioning necessary to update their Transportation Master Plan. process, data collection and analysis, the creation of network The City’s vision for the Transportation Master Plan was options which resulted in a recommended plan and final different than past Transportation Master Plans, as it is to presentation to our City Council. Within the Transportation be a holistic and sustainable master plan that considers Master Plan, there were secondary projects, which included environmental and urban values and multi-modal the creation of a conceptual vision for a realigned road transportation options, as well as the roadway system. After network, as well as reports for future LRT within the City. The a competitive selection process, the city selected Associated proposed realignment was both political and contentious; Engineering as prime consultant to lead development of the however Associated Engineering’s work genrated kudos from 2015 St. Albert Transportation Master Plan. our City Council.”

Project Manager, Kent Eklund, tells us, “The development The new Transportation Master Plan encourages a mode of the Transportation Master Plan required comprehensive shift towards more environmentally-friendly forms of engineering. We coordinated a team of in-house specialists transportation by supporting LRT and identifying infrastructure and subconsultants, addressed client interests, and managed needs such as transit stops, park and rides, trails and stakeholder agendas, integration of ongoing parallel studies pathways. Kent says, “Our study found that 27% of all trips in and, most importantly, the public interests.” the community are less than 5 minutes. If half of those trips were taken by foot or cycling, the resulting greenhouse gas The planning process was divided into seven unique phases. reduction could achieve almost 30% of the city’s goal.” This allowed for developing innovative ideas and providing continuous feedback to city administration, council and residents. Each issue presented an opportunity to further St. Albert’s new Transportation Master Plan enhance and provide a more comprehensive study. supports strategic, environmental, transit and Planning is a multi-disciplinary practice that occurs across land-use planning goals various departments in an organization or municipality. This can create a challenge, as studies that impact and/ The completed 2015 Transportation Master Plan provides the or build upon each other are occurring simultaneously and City of St. Albert with a living document that will transform the must integrate to achieve parallel goals. The challenge for City’s transportation system into a sustainable transportation developing the Transportation Master Plan was to integrate network that integrates with environmental, urban, and the additional studies, such as the city’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) societal values. Planning Study and the Safe Journeys to School Project.

8 Proposed rainwater harvesting system at YVR strengthens Vancouver Airport Authority’s sustainable design leadership

Large concrete tanks will store rainwater for use at Vancouver International Airport

The Vancouver Airport Authority is planning expansions objectives. This formed the basis for developing potential to the existing Vancouver International Airport terminal to options for a rainwater harvesting system. accommodate future increases in passenger traffic. The Authority has established extensive sustainability goals. Rainwater harvesting will reduce the Achieving these sustainability goals requires a holistic Vancouver International Airport’s reliance on problem-solving approach, considering the technical requirements for the projects, as well as water conservation, drinking water, conserving natural resources environmental stewardship, economic, and social impacts. To size and design the rainwater harvesting system, the team The Vancouver Airport Authority has set a goal to reduce analyzed historical rainfall data, as well as future climate potable water use by 30%. The integration of a rainwater scenarios. Extreme climate event data were used to evaluate collection system will help the Authority meet this goal. how future climate scenarios could impact the design and Rainwater would be collected, stored and used to offset performance of the rainwater systems. potable water use and provide post-disaster firewater storage. In the BC south coast, average annual precipitation is projected to increase. Extreme precipitation events will The Vancouver Airport Authority engaged Associated increase in magnitude and frequency, potentially leading to Engineering and partners Local Practice and 2020 flooding. Depending on return period and duration, extreme Engineering to evaluate options for rainwater harvesting. events for the 2050s may increase by 20% to 30%, and by 25% Project Manager, Linda Wojcicka, tells us, “We’re leading to 40% for the 2080s. For the proposed rainwater harvesting an integrated team of experts in sustainability, water system, future climates will likely result in greater volumes conservation and reuse, civil infrastructure, water treatment during the winter months. There would be less rainwater systems, and integrated design. Associated staff are during the summer to replenish the tanks. responsible for the process, civil, mechanical, structural, electrical, and instrumentation and controls engineering. The rainwater harvesting system will increase the airport’s resilience, conserve natural resources, and reinforce the Key project activities and deliverables include stakeholder airport’s leadership in sustainability. workshops, concept development, schematic design, and constructability. Initial consultations with various Our key personnel involved on this project include Linda stakeholders identified the key opportunities, gaps, Wojcicka, Mark Porter, Athol King, Aaron McCartie, Melissa deviations, and potential conflicts, and set the project Heinrick, Connor Wilson, Stuart Nash, Dale Harrison, and Larry Martin. www.ae.ca 9 Building Communities

Fundraising for Canadian Cancer Society nets $16,680 Associated’s Calgary office participates in City of Calgary For the past several years, Associated Engineering Pathway and River Cleanup Shareholders have come together during the Annual General The City of Calgary’s Pathway and River Cleanup is an annual Meeting and taken time to give back to the community. This event held on the first Sunday in May. 2017 marks the 50 year year, shareholders raised $16,680 for the Canadian Cancer anniversary of the event. During the cleanup, thousands of Society! The money raised helps fund the most promising registered volunteers help remove litter from Calgary’s parks research projects in the country, provide information services and along the city’s pathways and river banks. and support programs in the community, and advocate for This year, staff in our Calgary office were part of over 2,900 public policies that prevent cancer and help people living with volunteers who collected garbage in every quadrant of the city, cancer. including parks, green spaces and nearly 200 kilometres of We are continuing the campaign across the company pathways and river banks. The team collected more than 20 throughout 2017, and hope to raise $30,000. You can follow bags of garbage and recyclables. our campaign at: Thanks to everyone who helped clean up Calgary’s parks and http://convio.cancer.ca/goto/AssociatedEngineering. green spaces!

(l-r) Graham Lang, David Kuryk, and Corinne Arkell tally Burnaby staff collect donations for the YWCA shareholder donations Our Burnaby office held a donation drive to collect clothing, household items, toys, and baby and childcare items for the Regina YMCA fundraiser collects $500 YWCA Crabtree Corner in East Vancouver. The items will be Our Regina office held a Chili Cook-Off Fundraiser Event, with used by families in low-income housing, the single-moms’ proceeds going to the Regina YMCA Endless Cycle Corporate housing, and daycare centre. Fundraising Relay. Monique Kealey, Kyle Barth, Daryl Brown, Thank you to all staff who donated and delivered our supplies! Jessica Coons, Collin Halliwell, Jared Faber, and Jaylyn Obrigewitsch entered their chilies, The winner was Collin, with his spicy ground beef chili!

10 Employee News

Corinna Hoodicoff, M.Sc., R.P.Bio. has Bojan Obradovic, CSLA, AALA, C.E.T. been appointed Division Manager for has joined our Edmonton office as the BC and Northern operations of a Landscape Architect. He has 11 our environmental division, Associated years of experience planning sports Environmental Consultants. She has fields and subdivision landscapes, 18 years of experience specializing stormwater management facilities, in terrestrial and landscape ecology. riverfront revitalization, and Corinna has led and managed projects streetscapes, and designing many throughout Western Canada. types of developments.

Jacques Groenewald, M.Sc., P.Geo. has Jason Bennett, CSLA has joined transferred to our Calgary office from our Red Deer office as a Senior Vernon. He is a Senior Hydrogeologist Landscape Architect. He has 14 years with 20 years of experience in of experience as a Project Manager hydrogeology and geophysics. His and Project Landscape Architect. expertise includes mine water supply Jason’s expertise includes all aspects and dewatering, contaminated sites of site analysis, conceptual and investigation, and groundwater detailed design, and construction resource assessment. administration.

Andrew Robertshaw, P.Eng. has Shib Podder, P.Eng. has joined our transferred to our Calgary office from Saskatoon office as a Senior Electrical Red Deer. He is a Project Manager Engineer. He has over 20 years of with over 10 years of experience experience in high, medium, and on a variety of municipal projects low voltage power system design and environmental infrastructure for mining, water, and wastewater assignments. projects, and other industrial facilities.

Hugo Masuda, P.Eng. has joined Jeff Matthews, M.Sc. has joined our Burnaby office as a Mechanical our Burnaby office as an Asset Engineer. He has 9 years of experience Management Specialist. He has as a project engineer in the mining, 18 years of experience in the pulp & paper, and oil & gas industries. environmental and asset management Hugo has contributed his expertise in disciplines as a consultant to industry mechanical engineering and piping on and public sector clients in the UK, projects in Canada, the US, and South Australia, and New Zealand. Africa.

Atul Kumar Thakkar, AMIE, MISTE, PE, Jeanne Zhou, M.Eng. has joined our P.Eng. has joined our Toronto office as Toronto office as a Process Designer. a Senior Structural Engineer. He has She has over 20 years of process over 22 years of design experience design experience in municipal water focused on municipal infrastructure, and wastewater treatment, including including water and wastewater assimilative capacity studies, mixing treatment plants, pumping stations, zone modeling, surface water baseline buildings, transit, and subway studies, BIM, and water quality rehabilitation. modeling. www.ae.ca 11 A CARBON NEUTRAL COMPANY associatedeng associatedengineering associated-engineering

Celebrating Canada 150

Associated Engineering shareholders As the company grew, so did our projects. The company As Canada turns 150, Canadians across the company are was recognized for our ability to design “new” towns and telling their stories and voicing what it means to be Canadian. communities for the resource sector, as well as for our At Associated Engineering, we are proud to tell our distinctly expertise designing infrastructure in the North. Associated’s Canadian story, which began in the mid-1940s in Edmonton, legacy includes the design of infrastructure for new towns in Alberta, and now has roots across Canada. After more than Gold River, Tumbler Ridge and MacKenzie in BC, and Hinton 70 years, and amid multi-national firms entering the Canada and Grande Cache, Alberta. market, we remain uniquely Canadian and employee-owned. Today, Associated Engineering has more than 900 staff in 21 In 1945, civil engineer, Herb Ripley, founded offices from Victoria to Toronto, and north to Whitehorse and the company that would become Associated Yellowknife. We remain an employee-owned company, with Engineering. Returning home from World more than 200 owners. Employee-ownership has given us War II, Herb saw opportunities in consulting the benefits of autonomy and freedom to chart our distinct engineering. The Canadian government course. Our core practices now include infrastructure, water, was providing financial support to towns and cities to build transportation, buildings, asset management, energy, and municipal infrastructure to support growth, as soldiers environmental science. returned home and started families. Herb started a small Over the next 12 months, we’ll share more uniquely Canadian consulting firm in downtown Edmonton designing roads, stories in this newsletter, as well as on our website, www.ae.ca. watermain and sewers for small towns throughout Alberta. Come visit us. In 1948, with partners Norm Lawrence and Al Rowand, Herb renamed the small company to Associated Engineering Services Ltd. In choosing the new name, the partners wanted an inclusive name that would allow the firm’s continued growth as an employee-owned company.

In the 1950s, the company expanded to Saskatchewan, with an office in Regina, and BC, sharing an office in Vancouver with Herb Ripley’s brother Charles Ripley. Charles later partnered with Earl Klohn and Cyril Leonoff to form a consulting firm specializing in soil mechanics (today, Klohn Crippen Berger). In Norm Lawrence (c), with Bryan Ellis (l) and Bill Rolston (r), 1986, we expanded our operations to Ontario. Associated Engineering leadership team, circa 1950s 12