I’d like to congratulate the teams that worked on the University of Saskatchewan’s Livestock and Season’s Greetings Forage Centre of Excellence and Zoo Flood Mitigation projects. Both projects received Awards Thirty-two years ago, I started my career at of Excellence at the annual Canadian Consulting Associated Engineering. As a Design Engineer Engineering Awards. These awards are a testament working on and transportation structures to our innovation and technical excellence. for the resource sector and municipalities, I wanted I’d also like to acknowledge our team who to design safe transportation infrastructure that worked on the Regina Bypass, which opened in supports our economy. Never did I imagine that October. This $1.88 billion project is the largest in three decades later, I would become President, and Saskatchewan’s history. As Owner’s Engineer, we then this year, President & CEO. Thank you to Kerry employed a One Company approach, drawing on Rudd, who retired this year as President & CEO, and the expertise of staff from across the country. Our our Board of Directors for their confidence in me. One Company approach is part of the success of One of my first actions as President was to embark Associated Engineering. on a new Strategic Plan, which we launched last In closing, I’d like to thank all our staff for their year. Themed Shaping our Shared Future, our vision contributions and dedication to our clients and the is to deliver creative solutions for a healthy, resilient projects they work on. Your service and creativity world, and, in doing so, create a meaningful legacy featured: are what differentiates us. for future generations. p4 Northern Canada Thank you to our clients I’m very pleased that as we complete the first full welcomes winter for selecting Associated construction season year of our new strategic plan, we’ve delivered as your consultant and on many goals. One of the initiatives that I’m p7 Regina Bypass trusted advisor. We particularly proud of is the development of a opening appreciate your trust company-wide member-in-training (MIT) program. in us, and the positive p8 ’s Prince I believe the MIT program will help staff develop relationships we have Edward the competencies they need to become registered forged. as professionals and lead successful careers. The MIT program has the added benefit of helping to I wish everyone a very connect our young professionals to opportunities Merry Christmas and all that can arise throughout the company. the best in the New Year!

Published by the 2019 has been another successful year for the Associated Engineering company. Martin Jobke, P.Eng. Group of companies President & CEO 2 ISSUE 4 • 2019 in this issue Associated wins top honours for Canadian 1 Season’s Greetings Consulting Engineering Excellence 2 Associated wins top honours for Canadian recognized the project’s technical complexity, the Consulting Engineering challenges of liaising with the many stakeholders, Excellence and the role the facility plays in improving the Ontario operation achieves requirements environmental stewardship of the agriculture for Health & Safety industry. Certificate of Recognition 3 Don Kennedy receives The Calgary Zoo project won an Award of Engineers and Excellence in Water Resources. In conjunction Geoscientists BC’s R. A. McLachlan Memorial with ISL Engineering, this project delivered the Award, the highest Martin Jobke (2nd from left), Doug Thomson design and implementation of a flood mitigation (centre), and Helder Afonso (2nd from award for Professional plan to protect the zoo’s infrastructure and Engineers in BC right) accept the award for the Livestock secure its future on St. George’s Island for the Lianna Mah elected as & Forage Centre of Excellence project President of Engineers City of Calgary. A unique mitigation system & Geoscientists BC for In October, the Association of Consulting was chosen with complete overland and 2019-2020 Engineering Companies-Canada and Canadian subsurface isolation of St. George’s Island. The 4 Northern Canada Consulting Engineer magazine hosted their welcomes winter flood mitigation system included a sheet pile construction season annual Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards cofferdam perimeter wall combined with a 5 Associated staff gala recognizing member firms for outstanding dual-purpose dewatering system to delicately showcase expertise and achievements in consulting engineering. We’re support Western Canada manage interior stormwater runoff and Water Annual Conference proud to share that Associated Engineering was groundwater during the annual flood season. Associated features presented with two Awards of Excellence for The awards jury noted how this project focused transportation and ITS the Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence expertise at 2019 TAC-ITS on problem solving and redundant design which Canada Joint Conference (LFCE) at the University of Saskatchewan and the showcases the true effectiveness of technical & Exhibition Calgary Zoo Flood Mitigation project. engineering. 6 Staff profile - Danielle Makari The Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence Congratulations to the team members involved 7 Regina Bypass will save project won an Award of Excellence in Project on both of these award-winning projects! lives Management. Our project team worked with 8 Detailed investigation of the University of Saskatchewan and a diverse Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct identifies safety group of government and industry stakeholders improvements to design the facility-the largest and most 9 Congratulations to our comprehensive centre of its kind in Canada. 2019 Service Award recipients The facility is a true showcase of technological 10 New Dawson City Water advancement, both in its design to accommodate Treatment Plant designed large live animals throughout their lifecycle, and with resilience in mind, its ability to satisfy the requirements of a wide improves drinking water Calgary Zoo project team members quality range of research interests. The awards jury 11 Employee News Building Communities Ontario operation achieves requirements for 12 Bioengineering is a cost effective means to build Health & Safety Certificate of Recognition ecological resiliency after 2016 wildfires in Fort We are pleased to announce that our Ontario Matt Eades, Vice President & General Manager McMurray operation has met the requirements for the of our Ontario operation, thanked all staff for Certificate of Recognition (COR) in Health and their hard work and commitment to achieve Safety. This milestone is the culmination of this major milestone. He recognized the special over a year’s work by staff and reinforces our efforts ofRob Keizer, commitment to a safe work environment. Our Cieanna Nandial, and If you’d like to receive AE Today electronically, write to [email protected] External Auditor echoed that our hard work in Allison Mumo for helping building a safe and healthy work environment the company pass our has resulted in positive employee feedback. first COR audit. 3

Don Kennedy receives Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s R. A. McLachlan Memorial

Don Kennedy accepting his award Don Kennedy with his wife and sons Award, the highest Don Kennedy, Vice President of Transportation projects have received many industry awards for Structures for the Associated Engineering innovation. award for group of companies, has received Engineers & Don has played a key role in the development Professional Geoscientists BC’s top award for Professional and adoption of performance-based seismic Engineers, the R. A. McLachlan Memorial Award design methods and codes in Canada, and is Engineers in for 2019. The honour recognizes Don’s technical currently working on the update of the Canadian contributions, leadership in the profession, BC Highway Code to reflect climate change contributions to professional engineering, as well adaptation and extreme weather events. as his professional and community service. Don has also volunteered as a Scout leader for Don has 35 years of experience in the design many years, devoting countless hours to teaching and management of bridges and transportation and mentoring youth. structures projects across Canada and in New Zealand. Specializing in earthquake engineering, Thank you Don, for your service to the he has participated in seismic assessment profession and the community, and and rehabilitation projects throughout BC. congratulations on receiving this well-deserved A testament to Don’s technical excellence, his award!

Lianna Mah elected as President of Engineers & Geoscientists BC for 2019-2020 The results of Engineers & Geoscientists BC’s 2019-2020 Council election were announced in October, and, in a tightly contested race, Associated Engineering’s Vice President of Business Development, Lianna Mah, M.Eng., Also returning to Engineers & Geoscientists BC P.Eng., FEC was elected as President. With a Council in the second of his two year term is platform of improving professional governance, Senior Project Manager, Brock Nanson, P.Eng., increasing diversity, promoting climate who recently joined Associated Engineering’s and seismic resiliency, and raising member Kamloops office. engagement, Lianna is highly focused on the Congratulations, Lianna and Brock! Thank you for issues facing the association at this important your service to the engineering and geoscience time in its history. professions. 4 ISSUE 4 • 2019

Aerial view of the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road Northern Canada welcomes winter construction season In the winter, many of our construction engineering services staff material settled significantly in the following summer season and will who typically work very long hours during the summer take a result in higher maintenance requirements in the years to come. This break and search for sunnier climes. For our staff who work in the is a reasonable trade-off considering the lack of suitable alternative northern regions of Canada, the inverse is true. Winter brings new construction methods available. construction opportunities in the North that can make it a very busy Winter access has made possible the construction of large northern time of the year. The increase in activities is mainly due to improved bridges. Recently, the superstructure of the 1.1 kilometre long Deh accessibility to remote regions during the winter season. Cho Bridge near was assembled and launched in A close inspection of a map of the northern Territories shows a the extremely cold winter, after which work landscape dotted with lakes. Where the surface is not covered with continued throughout the year. Leslie Mihalik, who served as the lakes, exposed Precambrian igneous and high-grade metamorphic Project Manager of the final phase of the Deh Cho Bridge project, rocks of the Canadian Shield are commonly found, making it very says, “Our staff worked long hours in the cold and dark environment difficult to find overland access routes in this terrain. Also, overland to help make this project successful.” routes can result in irreversible damage to the delicate ecosystem and permafrost.

In the very cold winter, the snow-covered landscape freezes and access becomes possible. The best example of a northern access road is the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road, a 405 kilometre lifeline to Canada’s diamond mines north of . Annually, upwards of 300,000 tonnes of freight are transported over a two-month period to provide an annual supply of fuel, equipment, infrastructure, and other commodities to the operating mines. Each winter, a team of seven to nine staff work long hours on site to ensure that the remains safe for users. Cold weather construction of the Deh Cho Bridge Recently, Associated Engineering was the Independent Engineer Our success in these northern projects stems from our corporate on the construction of the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway, which experience working in these extreme and harsh environments. took advantage of the benefits of winter construction. The road Al Fitzgerald, National Practice Leader, Ice Engineering, tells us, was constructed in a region where suitable gravel sources are “A deliberate approach to safety, and our understanding of the scarce. However, we needed a large volume of material to achieve logistical and engineering challenges of working in the North the minimum embankment fill heights necessary to protect the enables our team to manage risks and contribute to the overall underlying permafrost. success of projects in the North.” We combine this expertise with The high moisture content of some of the local gravel made handling dedicated and robust staff who are excited to work in tough and and placing the material in the summer season impossible. However, breathtaking landscapes. placing the same ice-rich material during the winter time was For more information about our northern engineering expertise, possible. With the fill in place, construction activities could continue contact Al at [email protected] or Leslie at [email protected]. throughout the year. As can be expected, the poor embankment 5

Associated staff showcase expertise and support Western Canada Water Annual Conference Associated Engineering had a strong presence a prevalent environmental issue to protect at the 71st Annual Western Canada Water watersheds. Conference in , AB. In addition to On the treatment side, Edith Asselin and Ryan delivering many technical program presentations, Wirsz shared their collective experience on “things members of our staff also participated on the you should know and consider about air quality conference’s organizing committee. In total, when designing water and wastewater facilities”. staff members delivered 13 presentations encompassing Tonderai Chakanyuka, Nadeer Lalji, and Akinbola topics from flood risks George presented papers on stormwater to treatability and asset management and flood risk.

management. Thank you to all staff for sharing your technical Daniel du Toit and Dorte expertise and experience, and to the organizers of Koster teamed up to share the Western Canada Water conference. their nutrient management experience in environmentally For more information on our presentations, Ryan Wirsz presents paper on improving sensitive watersheds; nutrient contact Senior Vice President, Water, Doug Olson at rural drinking water level of service management is becoming [email protected]

Associated features transportation and ITS expertise at 2019 TAC-ITS Canada Joint Conference & Exhibition

In September, the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC) and Intelligent Transportation (l-r) Kent Eklund, Dean Schick (City of St. Albert), and Keenan Kitasaka Systems (ITS) Canada held the 2019 Joint Conference and Exhibition in Halifax, on the importance of data. Geoff Sarazin gave a NS. Associated Engineering staff gave several talk about the historic bridges in Battleford, SK. presentations on transportation and ITS topics. Keenan Kitasaka, ITS Specialist, was a speaker in Bryan Petzold discussed the City of Edmonton’s the poster session on the St. Albert ITS Strategic climate change risk assessment and our in-house Plan, and Enhancing Rural Transportation Safety climate change awareness training initiative. through Technology for the Highway 16 SAFE Jon Medori and Monique Beaudry spoke on Corridor. As well, Keenan was a speaker at two innovative intersection configurations. In addition, roundtable sessions on the roles of ITS in climate Monique shared lessons learned from the first change adaptation and transportation academic rural diverging diamond interchange in Canada. research. Darryl Schalk spoke about how to turn aging infrastructure into complete streets. Nelson Dos For more information on our presentations, contact Santos and Judy Yu shared their ITS success story Senior Vice President, Transportation, Alan Emery, at for Red Deer Transit. Judy also gave a presentation [email protected] 6 ISSUE 4 • 2019

Project Engineer Danielle Makari believes in the importance of strong teamwork to deliver solutions that benefit communities

“When it comes to delivering projects, teamwork is the most Danielle with her family important thing for me. ”

Danielle Makari is a Project Engineer in our Prince Albert office. One of her project highlights happened recently when she attended Danielle is involved in the design and construction of municipal a water treatment plant grand opening for one of the communities and First Nation infrastructure and transportation projects across she works with. Danielle recalls, “Being involved in the celebration Saskatchewan. and seeing so many members of the community joining the festivities was amazing!” From a young age growing up on a family farm, Danielle learned the importance of hard work. She tells us, “My parents instilled in us a Danielle tells us that working on multi-discipline projects, like water strong work ethic. Everyone had to help out on the farm.” treatment plants, can be a challenge. She explains, “Coordinating the work of many specialty groups can be difficult. I’m not sure that At school, she quickly discovered a love of science and math, I’ve figured out how to make these types of projects run smoothly, which were subjects that felt natural to her and which she but communication between team members is key. We must keep excelled at. Danielle shares, “During my final year of high school, I an open flow of dialogue at all times to make sure we address all attended a tour of the College of Engineering at the University of technical and non-technical issues.” Saskatchewan. Before the tour I had heard about engineers, but had no idea what an engineer really was. The tour inspired me to apply to Danielle adds, “My philosophy is that everyone on the team is as the College of Engineering.” important as the next person, and we each carry out a role that is essential to the overall success of the project. I always try to After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture appreciate our team. A simple Please and Thank you are always and Bioresource Engineering, Danielle joined Associated appreciated.” Engineering. She recently celebrated her eighth year with the company. Danielle credits her manager, Jeff Horan, who has When asked what she enjoys outside of her work commitments, supported her since she started at Associated. Danielle tells us, “Jeff she says, “Free time, is that a thing?” After work, she is busy running created an environment for me to learn and grow.” after her two young children (aged three and five), with a third on the way this month! Danielle and her husband try to spend as much Danielle admits that being a young female in the consulting time as possible with their kids, making memories and travelling. She engineering world definitely has its challenges, some of which she also stays active in sports such as volleyball and soccer. still experiences today. She tells us, “Sometimes you’re not taken seriously, or others don’t trust your knowledge or judgement. Her advice to young professionals is to ‘never say no’ to an There are some hard days, but having a support system of a good experience. She advises them to learn and absorb as much supervisor and managers has helped me get through the tough knowledge as you can from anyone or any situation. She advises, days.” “Don’t ever stop learning and growing personally and professionally.” 7

Regina Bypass will save lives Aerial view of the Regina Bypass on opening day On October 29th, the largest transportation As Owner’s Engineer, the Associated team assisted infrastructure project in Saskatchewan’s history, the with developing the project’s business case and Regina Bypass, opened to traffic. This achievement completed the P3 technical and performance caps nearly 6.5 years of work for the Saskatchewan specifications, documents, and drawings. We also At the grand Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure’s Owner’s participated in the procurement phase, overseeing opening ceremony, Engineer team led by Associated Engineering with the process and reviewing submissions from three CIMA+ as a partner subconsultant. short-listed proponents. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe drove the Safety has been at the forefront of this $1.88 The design and construction phase of the Regina first transport truck on billion private-public partnership (P3) project, which Bypass began in 2015, with key members of the received a $200 million investment from the Federal Owner’s Engineer team relocating and working on the highway government. At the grand opening ceremony site with the Ministry, the Regina Bypass Partners, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe emphasized, and the Regina Bypass Design Builders. Co-locating “The Regina Bypass will save lives.” The Fire Chief was instrumental in fostering the One Project, One of nearby White City added that, after the opening Team approach and, ultimately, the successful of Phase One of the project in 2017, accident delivery of the project in terms of schedule, budget, frequency and severity dropped considerably. quality, environmental protection, and worker and public safety. A new part of the Trans Canada highway, the Regina Bypass diverts heavy truck traffic away from the Associated staff from across the company City of Regina’s Victoria Avenue and Ring Road contributed expertise to the project, including onto a new free flow corridor, improving safety and engineers, technologists, environmental scientists, easing congestion in the City. The Regina Bypass and project analysts from our Regina, Prince Albert, also provides a better connection to the Global Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary, , Toronto, Transportation Hub inland port in Regina. and Winnipeg offices. Our Environmental division led the environmental program for the project. The Regina Bypass project includes 66 kilometres of 4-lane highway, 12 interchanges, 33 new While the Bypass is open to traffic, our work isn’t bridges, and 54 kilometres of service roads. over yet. The Owner’s Engineer Team will continue The project also features Saskatchewan’s first to support the Ministry over Key project team members diverging diamond interchange, a design that the initial year of a 30-year reduces the potential for traffic collisions. The Operations, Maintenance Regina Bypass is a state-of-the-art highway and Rehabilitation phase with Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) of the Bypass Project. infrastructure such as traffic data counters, CCTV Congratulations to the cameras, variable message signs, road-weather Ministry and the Owner’s information systems, weigh-in-motion scales, and Engineer team on the a new Data Management Centre to oversee all ITS successful completion of the infrastructure across Saskatchewan. Regina Bypass. 8 ISSUE 4 • 2019

Detailed investigation of Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct identifies safety improvements Originally built in 1918, the City of Toronto’s Prince Edward Viaduct bridge is a transportation landmark. Spanning the , the Metrolinx rail corridor, and the Bayview Extension, the Prince Edward Viaduct consists of a multi-span steel arch which supports an upper deck roadway and a lower deck for the Toronto Transit Commission’s Bloor-Danforth subway line.

In 2003, the City installed the Luminous Rope access inspection Veil on both sides of the structure as a means to prevent trespassing and falls. The barrier is a tension, We have completed the assessment report which quantifies three-dimensional structure with cantilever beams. It is five metres required repairs and locations. Project Manager, Serb Nagi, tells tall and consists of nearly 9,000 steel rods, spaced to prevent egress us, “We determined that movements from seasonal fluctuations in from the bridge deck. LED lighting on the underside of the upper temperature contributed to the defects.” Associated Engineering and beam is digitally controlled and changes colour with wind speed, the City completed urgent repairs on the two beam connections. season, and temperature. Our team is now working on design of repairs for span 4 to accommodate the thermal movements. In July 2017, during routine lighting maintenance, the City discovered two broken bolts in two beam connections. Interim Due to the unique geometry of the Luminous Veil Barrier System, repairs were completed, and, following the discovery, the City the construction repairs have been broken down to one ‘test’ engaged Associated Engineering to perform a detailed inspection span (Span 4 over the Don River) with the remaining seven of the barrier system and determine the root cause(s) of the bolt spans to follow after successful completion of the test span. Live movements and broken bolts. The main objective was to identify movement monitoring devices will allow us to observe the test required repairs and ensure the structural integrity of the Luminous span’s articulating behaviour during the design of the repairs to the Veil for the continued safety of the public. remaining seven spans and make any design modifications needed based on the recorded test span’s The project team inspected the barrier using rope access. The movement data. Serb says, “We inspection was difficult due to the height of structure and the believe this two-phased approach to various facilities and stakeholders operating under the bridge. rehabilitation will foster contractor Dan MacDonald-Lockhart, who has Level 1 rope access training, ingenuity, provide cost savings, and shares, “We used innovative techniques for the inspection which lead to a superior result.” was carried out by rope access from access lifts.” Mistras Inc., which has staff with Level 3 rope access training, inspected all barrier The project should be completed in components. fall 2021.

The project team explored the effects of dynamic movement of Our key personnel on this project the bridge and the barrier while assessing the barrier. Working included Serb Nagi, Christian with Valcoustics Inc., a vibration specialist, we mounted sets Concolino, Mark Torrie, Dan of accelerometers onto the barrier and measured the dynamic MacDonald-Lockhart, Saman behaviour of its components. We hope to correlate barrier Rastgoo, Caner Akin, Pierre Burton, accelerations to elevated stress levels in the failed bolts. Don Kennedy, and Jason Dowling. 9

Congratulations to our 2019 Service Award recipients! Associated congratulates these individuals who reached service milestones this year. Our service recognition program honours our staff’s contributions to our continued growth and company success. Thank you everyone for your hard work and dedication.

5 Years Justine Meyers Pilita Ongkiko 20 Years Michael Binns Keith Ogletree Candice Pearce Tara Alexander Luc Blanchette Ayla Pena-Bravo Melissa Reichert-Kilbey Corinne Arkell Stacy Boczulak Ian Rogan Joseph White Sean Bolongaro Chad Bosgoed Mason Ross Joshua Yohnke Gregory Brouwer Ryan Bowley Karen Runge Simeon Dee Eliman Camara Zian Sally 15 Years Jhunn Dualan Jr. Eric Cheung James Sentes Edith Asselin Robert Hawboldt Joanne Verstegen Eric de Fleuriot Rowan Shields Oksana Bratok David Hayward Bruce Donald Caleb Snider Christopher Caers Angela Hickie-Miller Kent Eklund Helen Song Helen Chan Caroline Korn Angela Garrett Wade Sumners Rudy Chan Brent Phillips Justin Heatherington Christopher Swallow Stuart Esplin Darren Heemeryck Wendy Tian Dusan Fil 25 Years Christopher Hegele Michael Weldon Jason Forest Bart Cassady Brice Hendriks Connor Whitehouse Robert Jardine Matthew Henney Janet Miller Ryan Jalowica Gordon Will Jacquelyn Jensen Susan Howard Kim Jepsen Elizabeth Wollbaum Keith Kohut Sam Lui Maggi Jones Dana Woodworth Mitchell Lejeune Risto Protic Emilee Kaupp Jim Zagas Freda Leong Scott Taylor Tina Keochanh Rebekka Lindskoog Joanne Verstegen Tracey Kucheravy 10 Years Alan Lui Barry Way Daniel Letient Evelyn Aguila Leif Marmolejo

Shauna Letwinetz Stephen Chiasson Mark Mascioli 30 Years Richard Zepick Sarina Loots Richard Coldbeck Gene Mazza Helder Afonso Neil Lucero Anna Comerton Damian McGuinness Janet Miller Caelin Markarian Shawn Fehr Wayne Riley Douglas Olson Neil Markham Peter Grant Steven Root Richard Zepick Thomas Mathacheril Gail Ivany Aleem Samji Stan Mathew Alexander Jancker Nicole Tamm 45 Years Donald McBrayne Michael Klawikowski Juliana Tang Louise Parnell Aaron McCartie Eben Kruger Louise Parnell Troy McKinnon Alicia Masserey 10 ISSUE 4 • 2019

New Dawson City Water Treatment Plant designed with resilience in mind, improves drinking water quality Home of the Yukon Gold rush, Dawson City is a community of less than 2,000 people, and nearly doubles in population during the summer tourist season. The City offers a look into the past as it successfully maintains the original look and feel of the Klondike era.

The City provides residents with drinking water Dawson City Water Treatment Plant under construction from four wells located near the Yukon River, which runs adjacent to the City. The existing water treatment plant environment. Insulated high density polyethylene (HDPE) material is dated, cramped and did not meet the Canadian Drinking Water was used for the extensive civil piping outside the water treatment Quality Guidelines for well water. During the conceptual design plant, and heat tracing was used for above-ground piping. stage, it was determined that a new treatment plant was required, Four different forms of energy provide power and heat to the and several locations were identified for a new facility. plant. The treated water for distribution requires heating and the The Yukon Government retained Associated Engineering to provide pipes are looped back into the plant from the distribution system design and construction services for the new Greenfield water to provide constant movement through the system to prevent treatment plant. Together with Yukon-based Kobayashi + Zedda freezing. Water is heated by a set of oil-fired boilers, as well as Architects, Associated Engineering provided a preliminary design a heat exchanger that draws heat from the local biomass plant for the plant, to be situated on two adjacent City lots along the through an underground heating loop. A solar photovoltaic (PV) prominent 5th Avenue. system was added to the roof of the plant which will be used mainly in the spring and summer making use of the extended daylight hours In keeping with the City’s historic setting, the design of the facility to supplement the building power requirements provided by Yukon had to remain authentic to the gold rush theme. The Heritage Energy service. A variable speed fire pump was selected to reduce Advisory Committee conducts a rigorous review of all new the building and backup generator sizes and maintain even water buildings in Dawson City. Initially, several building representations service pressure in case of a fire. were proposed, including a boomtown store front. Through the consultation phase, it was decided that the building exterior would Water treatment technology consists of cartridge filters followed by be a replica of an early 1900’s cold storage building. The facade ultraviolet (UV) and chlorine gas disinfection. Alternative filtration features a board and batten siding with a prominent front peak, was considered, but cartridge filters were selected due to the high narrow windows, and a spiral staircase. quality of the well water and the simplicity in operation of the system. Particle distribution analysis and Total Suspended Solids During design, several unique challenges were encountered. Due analysis of the treated water showed that cartridge filters provide to the location of the city in a valley next to a river that is prone appropriate treatment. to ice damming and flooding, flood prevention was an important consideration, as well as the impact of climate change. To improve Associated Engineering created a BIM model of the plant using the facility’s flood and climate resilience, major electrical and Revit and AutoPlant which helped operations staff to visualize the controls equipment were placed on the second story of the building. plant and provide feedback. This project was a successful example The first story was constructed from concrete. A wood frame and of Associated Engineering’s One Company approach, with expertise steel post and beam structure with dowel laminate timber panels for provided by staff from the Whitehorse, Kelowna, Vancouver, the roof structure were selected due to constructability restraints in Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton, and Calgary offices. this remote community. Construction of the 6 million litres per day plant started in May 2018 Design of all the facilities components considered the cold climate and was completed in December 2019 for $13 million. 11

Building Communities This year end, we contributed to the Victoria Food Bank, Covenant House in Vancouver, Vernon Salvation Army Food Bank, Waypoints Community Services Association in Fort McMurray, Sunrise House: Grande Prairie Youth Emergency Shelter Society, Zebra Child Protection Centre in Edmonton, Central Alberta Women’s Outreach Society in Red Deer, Edmonton Food Bank, The Mustard Seed in Calgary, Calgary Food Bank, Diabetes Canada in Calgary, Canadian Cancer Society in Calgary, STARS Air Ambulance in Saskatoon, Prince Albert Children’s Haven, and Carmichael Outreach in Regina, and Christmas Cheer Board in Winnipeg.

Employee News Laurel Richl, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., PTOE has Melanie Richmond, P.Eng., a Civil Engineer joined our Vancouver office as a Senior in our Edmonton office, recently joined a Transportation Engineer and Project panel discussion on “Women in Industry”. Manager. She has over 30 years of The panel focused on breaking down experience in alternative modes planning stereotypes, giving 75 students an inside and design, functional planning, project look into the opportunities, challenges, planning, traffic engineering, road safety and career paths that exist for women in engineering, functional design, and engineering. Thank you, Melanie for your detailed design. valuable contributions! Malcolm Shield, Ph.D., PMP, GHG-IQ, Elvis Asong, M.Sc., Ph.D. has joined our P.Eng. has joined our Vancouver office as a Saskatoon office as a Climate Specialist. Energy Planning and Emissions Specialist. He has over eight years of hydroclimate He is a Mechanical Engineer with 15 years modelling experience, including five years of experience specializing in community- in the Canadian Prairies water resources and organizational-scale energy and and climate impacts assessment sector. greenhouse gas (GHG) modelling and Elvis joins our Climate Services group, and accounting, and planning and delivering has a focus on taking a multi-disciplinary decarbonization strategies. approach to climate change adaptation. Lewis Macrae, P.Eng. has been appointed Matthew Eades, P.Eng., C.Eng., M.I.C.E., as Manager, Regional Infrastructure in Vice President & General Manager of our Vancouver office. He has 18 years our Ontario operation, has been named of experience in civil design and project a director on the board of the Consulting management of water transmission Engineers of Ontario. Matt has over systems and hydropower projects. He 28 years of experience in municipal specializes in the hydraulic analysis and infrastructure, water, wastewater, civil design for energy and water-related institutional, buildings, and transit projects. projects. Congratulations, Matt!

Tia Hill, EIT from our Calgary office has Angela Peck, Ph.D. is a Civil Designer been elected as Chair of the Association in our Niagara office, specializing in of Consulting Engineering Companies water resources and climate change - Canada (ACEC) Young Professional assessments. She recently earned her Network. Tia is also a new member of Ph.D. for her doctoral thesis titled, the ACEC Board. Tia has five years of A Methodology for Assessing Dynamic experience specializing in water systems. Resilience of Coastal Cities to Climate Congratulations, Tia, and thank you for Change Influenced Hydrometeorological your service! Disasters. Congratulations Dr. Peck! a carbon neutral company

In May 2016, the Horse River Wildfire devastated Since most of the eroded sites were located in the City of Fort McMurray and surrounding areas natural areas, the project team recommended of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (the bioengineering as the primary erosion repair Region) in Northern Alberta. The wildfire impacted strategy, augmented by conventional engineering over 500,000 hectares of land, and forced the techniques. Bioengineering is the use of plants evacuation of more than 88,000 people. to perform engineering functions. Native woody species develop deep root systems that increase As part of the emergency response, firebreaks shear strength in the soil and effectively reduce were created around urban areas to prevent stormwater runoff by promoting infiltration and Live staking of balsam the fire from spreading further to municipal poplar trees evapotranspiration. infrastructure, public and private properties. The equipment used to create the firebreaks altered Senior Environmental Scientist, Kristen Andersen, natural drainage patterns and compacted existing explains, “Bioengineering fosters natural ecological soils, reducing their ability to absorb water, instead, restoration processes. Planting pioneering species shedding runoff to erosion-prone areas. such as balsam poplar and willow at a high density promotes a dense root net during the first growing Burned areas lost significant amounts of Bioengineering season. Poplar and willow are also fire resistant vegetation and soil function, resulting plants.” is a cost effective in increased runoff and significant erosion in wildfire-affected areas. The The team also recommended soil decompaction means to build Region identified more than 300 sites techniques to promote re-forestation, reduce ecological that were subject to soil loss and poor runoff, and improve infiltration in contributing slope stability, and retained Associated drainage areas and affected areas. We were able resiliency after Engineering to help prioritize wildfire- to develop a low-cost soil roughening solution that 2016 wildfires in related erosion sites, develop and uses the existing materials on site. implement design solutions to address Project Manager, Jason Vanderzwaag, tells us, “The Fort McMurray erosion and drainage issues. benefits of bioengineering include lower costs, To evaluate the sites, Associated established a minimized impacts from construction, carbon multi-disciplinary team including environmental sequestration, and improved ecosystem functions scientists and engineers specializing in erosion and related to watershed resiliency, water quality, sediment control, civil infrastructure, geotechnical habitat, and biodiversity.” engineering, bioengineering, restoration As the forest grows, natural successional processes ecology, and hydrology. We prioritized sites for will take effect, creating conditions for other forest rehabilitation by weighing a variety of factors species to establish. The added benefit for the to determine the level of risk, impact to public community is the beautiful aesthetics of the forest and private infrastructure, and environmentally as the trees grow. sensitive areas. From these efforts, we identified fourteen sites as priorities for remediation.

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