24th Annual Consulting Engineers of Alberta Showcase Awards Gala It’s Your World Friday, February 21, 2020 Consulting Engineers of Alberta Acknowledges and Thanks the Showcase Awards Gala Sponsors 2020 Presenting Sponsor Table of Contents 02 Showcase Awards Gala Sponsors 2020 04 Gala Dinner Menu Fostering Sponsors 05 Gala Evening Program 06 The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement Recipient Supporting Sponsors 08 Harold L. Morrison Rising Young Professional Award 09 Notice to All Submitting Firms 10 Showcase Awards Judges 11 Showcase Awards Submissions by Category Patron Sponsors Contributing Sponsor Menu Program 6:30 pm Leafy Green Salad (GF, V) Welcome by Sara Anderson, CEA Vice President Mixed greens, strawberries, toasted almonds, and cucumbers with Blue Kettle poppy seed dressing Master of Ceremonies – Ryan Jespersen Alberta Beef Short Rib Bourguignon Style (GF) Address by Sean Snowden, CEA President and Fleur D ’ail butter poached lobster tail with Arborio rice bed, Grilled Zucchini Caprese, Basil Pistou and sundried tomato relish, and Chef’s Greetings from: Provençale vegetables Province of Alberta - Honourable Ric McIver Grilled Zucchini Caprese (V)(VE)(GF) City of Edmonton - Mayor Don Iveson Basil Pistou and sundried tomato relish served with Manell’s Crispy polenta, market vegetable, and cheese arancini Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Canada - Lawrence Lukey, Chair Presenting Sponsor – Rob Lonson, Director, Transportation Engineering, WSP Cookies and Cream Mousse Milk chocolate pâté, dark chocolate brownie base with raspberry sauce Dinner Award Presentations: The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement (V) = Vegan Harold L. Morrison Rising Young Professional Award (VE) = Vegetarian (GF) = Gluten Free Showcase Awards CEA Showcase Awards Gala / Program | 5 Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Service Always an Engineer That growth comes from Gomes’ talent in acquiring smaller engineering firms that would help strengthen Stantec as a company. Having served as the president of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta from 2003 to 2004, Gomes credits his work with the CEA in helping him to When this year’s Lieutenant Governor’s Award for You need to find consensus, compromise. You need to better understand the larger engineering landscape. Distinguished Achievement winner, Bob Gomes, started find agreement in the best solution where many different Since his own hands-on expertise was largely in land his career, he certainly didn’t expect to end up as the CEO solutions exist, but do it in way where all the board development projects, working with other CEA members of Canada’s third largest engineering firm. But his love members can agree on the direction. This experience gave helped him to broaden his knowledge and better build of the business, willingness to learn about a wide range me the skills to use that style throughout my career.” Stantec’s portfolio of acquisitions. of engineering disciplines, and innate understanding of people led Gomes to an extraordinary career that ended Though Gomes valued Walker’s mentorship and enjoyed “CEA provided me with the benefit of really understanding with nearly a decade as the CEO of Stantec, a company he the work he was doing at Walker, Newby and Associates, how much added value a small firm can provide to a larger was with for nearly 30 years before retiring in 2017. when the local economy crashed in the late 1980s, he firm like Stantec,” Gomes says. “Having that understanding decided to seek the stability of a bigger firm and joined of how small firms work and what makes them tick Growing up, Gomes enjoyed building things, but he never Stantec (then called D.R. Stanley Associates). provided me a great base for that aspect of being a really considered becoming an engineer. In fact, he started corporate CEO.” at the University of Alberta in a general science program, Starting out at Stantec as an urban land project manager, with the intent of one day going into medicine. But after Gomes worked his way up the ranks, holding increasingly Even though Gomes’ career was demanding, he was taking a number of organic and inorganic chemistry classes, more senior roles in both operational and practice areas always fortunate to have the support of his wife Diane, he realized that a science-based career might not be before becoming CEO of the entire company in 2009. as well as their son and two daughters. Gomes says he’s something he excelled at. Since many of his friends were in He’s particularly proud that he’s managed to stay in humbled to receive this year’s CEA Lieutenant Governor’s the engineering program, he decided to join them and see Edmonton for his entire career — he was able to negotiate Award and credits his colleagues at Stantec (where he still where it took him. the 2018 move of Stantec’s headquarters to downtown sits on the board) for the honour. “This is really an award to Edmonton’s Ice District, creating the largest office tower my friends at Stantec and my clients who provided me the After graduating in 1978, Gomes was offered a job with west of Toronto and redefining Edmonton’s downtown. opportunity of being an engineer,” he says. the Edmonton land development firm Walker, Newby and Helming such a large company in his home city gave Associates Ltd., where he learned some valuable career Gomes a tremendous sense of accomplishment, even if it Gomes also says that, although he spent so much time in lessons early on. “George Walker from Walker, Newby wasn’t what he was looking for when he first became an upper management, at heart, he remains an engineer. and Associates Ltd., who really was my first mentor in engineer. “Becoming CEO certainly wasn’t my target early engineering, taught me the value in volunteering on on,” says Gomes. “But an opportunity arose and I saw that The love of design and creation of projects has always “Stantec became something that was more of a nonprofit boards, which taught me the benefit of leading I could impact the company even more by taking the role informed Gomes’ decisions at Stantec and is another corporation than an engineering firm, but I have without leverage,” says Gomes. “Leading a nonprofit board of CEO. When I took over that role we were around 8,000 reason why he feels so moved to be honoured by his always loved engineering,” Gomes says. “I didn’t where the other board members don’t get paid for what people, and when I left there were 22,000 people in the peers. become CEO because I wanted to be CEO. I became they do and don’t report to you as their boss, requires a company.” CEO because I was a good engineer. I’ll always think much different leadership style. of it that way.” CEA Showcase Awards Gala / Always an Engineer | 7 Harold L. Morrison Rising Young Professional Award Notice to All Submitting Firms Category Order: Announcement of Showcase Award Winners Building Engineering The Showcase Awards is an ‘Oscar Style’ awards show. In each category nominees – Commercial will be announced and the winner(s) declared: Merit and Excellence. If your project is announced as a winner please make your way to the stage. NOTE the entire team, Building Engineering consultants, clients, subs, contractors, are encouraged to come up to the stage – Institutional together to be recognized. Community Development Showcase Award Winners’ Gala Photo Community Outreach and In-House Initiatives Each award winning team will be directed from the stage to the photography area for their official award photo. After the photo, please make your way back to your Andrew Lischuk, M.Eng., P.Eng., LEEP AP Aparna Krishan, P.Eng. Jarret MacDonald, P.Eng. Project Management seats as quickly as possible, especially if your project is in multiple categories. Senior Associate, Buildings Engineering Transportation Engineer Civil Engineering Structural Lead McElhanney Ltd. Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd. Environmental Stantec Consulting Ltd. Showcase Awards - Annual Print Small Firm - Big Impact Each award winning project receives an official 2020 Showcase Award print Water Resources for the winning firm(s) and client(s). Natural Resource Production Each winning firm is asked to come to the Award Print Desk at the end of the evening and sign for the award prints. The Award Print Desk is located in the Transportation Infrastructure foyer entrance area next to the coat check. Please note it is the winning firm’s Roads, Interchanges, responsibility to ensure the client receives the award print. Airports, Mass Transit Transportation Infrastructure To order additional award prints, please contact Inderjeet Singh at Transportation Structures [email protected], or go to the CEA Showcase Awards Gala web page to download the order form: www.cea.ca Keal MacNaughton, P.Eng., B.Eng., C.A.S. Zion Yua, P.Eng., M.Eng., PMP Studies, Software Area Manager - Emergency Response Environmental Engineer and Special Services GHD Ltd. Thurber Engineering Ltd. Sustainable Design Thank You to Our Judges Art Washuta, P.Eng., CEA Past President Ben Novak, P.Eng., CEA Past President Herb Kuehne, P.Eng., CEA Past President CEA Showcase Awards Gala / Notice to All Submitting Firms | 9 Showcase Awards Submissions by Category - Project Summary Judges Building Engineering - Commercial AGLC Warehouse Andre Corbould, P.Eng. Firms: Joint Submission: BPTEC Engineering Ltd., MCW Hemisphere Ltd., ISL Engineering and Land Services Ltd. Bruce Cullen, B.Sc. Client: Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis Cathy Maniego, P.Eng. Location: St. Albert, Alberta Contractors: Dawson Wallace Construction; Montech Mechanical; Douglas Wright, CD,LCol (Retd) Territorial Electric; Rockhard; Waiward Excavating; O’Hanlon Paving; Wilco; Keller; RIMK Industries; Rucon Contracting Erin Bird, P.Eng. Other Key Player: ONPA Architects Fred Otto, P.Eng. Stantec Tower Graeme E. Langford, P.Eng.