2019 ANNUAL REPORT Canadian Society for Société canadienne Civil Engineering de génie civil CSCE PARTNERS & SPONSORS | ASSOCIÉS ET COMMANDITAIRES DE LA SCGC MAJOR PARTNERS | PARTENAIRES MAJEURS CPATT CENTRE FOR PAVEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS | PARTENAIRES WILLIAMS TM rva ENGINEERING CANADA R.V. Anderson Associates Limited The ROI is Priceless engineering • environment • infrastructure AFFILIATES | AFFILIÉS MEMBER OF TELECOM GROUP CSCE SECTIONS Newfoundland Sherbrooke Durham/Northumberland Calgary Contact: Dr. Helen Zhang Contact: Jean-Gabriel Lebel, MESCGC Contact: Robbie Larocque Contact: Hadi Aghahassani, MCSCE T. 709-864-3301 T. 514-502-7368 T. 905-576-8500 T. 587-475-4872 Email: [email protected] Courriel: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Nova Scotia Québec London & District Edmonton Contact: Haibo Niu, MCSCE Contact: Kim Lajoie, MSCGC Contact: Julian N. 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(Moncton) Contact: Nima Aghniaey, MCSCE Contact: Vaibhav Banthia, Regional VP Contact: Stephanie Dalo Contact: Jérémie Aubé, MCSCE T. 613-580-2424 x17691 T. 204-275-5139 T. 226-235-0278 T. 506-777-0619 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Toronto South Saskatchewan Vancouver Island West New Brunswick Contact: Peter Calcetas Contact: Harold Retzlaff, MCSCE Contact: Jonathan Reiter, MCSCE Contact: Robbie Praeg T. 416-802-6216 T. 306-787-4758 T. 250-590-4133 T. 506-259-0431 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Hamilton/Niagara Saskatoon CSCE Hong Kong Branch Montréal Contact: Peter Calcetas Contact: Roanne Kelln, AMCSCE Contact: Kelvin Cheung, MCSCE Contact: Jennifer Tran T. 416-802-6216 T. 306-665-0252 T. 011-852-9225-0304 T. 514-878-3021 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Northwestern Ontario Contact: Gerry Buckrell, MCSCE T. 807-625-8705/807-623-3449 Email: [email protected] Table of Contents 2 Minutes of 2019 Annual General Meeting 3 Report of the President 5 Report of the Senior Vice President Senior Vice President,International, Young Professionals, Student Affairs, Student Competition Committee, Regions: Western, Praires, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic 18 Report of the Honorary Treasurer 19 Report of the CSCE Foundation 20 Report of the Vice President - Administration Coordinating Committee Corporate Membership, National Conference, National History, Honours and Fellowships, Membership Committee 24 Report of the Vice President, Program Coordinating Committee – Technical Divisions and Committees Engineering Mechanics and Materials, Construction, Environment 26 Report of the Vice President, Program Coordinating Committee Technical Programs Asset Management, Technical Publications, The Canadian Journal for Civil Engineering (CJCE), National Lecture Tours 28 Report of the 2020-2021 Nominating Committee CSCE National Office 300 rue St-Sacrement, Suite 114 29 Membership Statistics Montréal, Québec H2Y 1X4 Tel: (514) 933-2634 Fax: (514) 933-3504 30 Auditors’ Report and Financial Statements www.csce.ca 1 Annual General Meeting Friday June 14, 2019 1:15 p.m. – 1:55 p.m. Laval 1 & 2, Sheraton Conference Centre, Laval Qc 1. Call to Order (and quorum determination) 1:30pm administrative expenses were higher as well. We balanced with TWe had 13 of 16 Board members present at the AGM and 65 a slight surplus. It was a pleasure to serve. anks to Patricia members in good standing. 27 were required for quorum. Ricci, Controller, Glenn Hewus, President, and Baker Tilly Montreal, Auditors. 2. Any new items to add to the agenda. 8 a) HUB a. MOTION: to receive the 2018 financial statement for information 3. Adoption of the Agenda 1st: Jeff Rankin MOTION: To adopt the agenda 2nd: Michael Bartlett 1st: Jim Kells Unanimous 2nd: Bing Chen Unanimous b. MOTION: to appoint Baker Tilly (Formerly Collin Barrow) auditors for 2019 fiscal year 4. Approval of the Minutes of the 2018 AGM June 15, 2018- 1st: James Garland Fredericton, NB (as provided in the Annual Report) 2nd: Adel Francis MOTION: To approved the minutes from AGM Unanimous June 15, 2018 1st: Wade Zwicker Glenn Hewus – We are also recovering some back taxes thanks 2nd: Michael Bartlett to Patricia Ricci and Brad Smid. Unanimous MOTION: to accept all: 5. President’s Report 1st: Randy Pickle a. President’s year end overview. 2nd: Gordon Lovegrove i. We are still in our current downtown office in Montreal. Unanimous Property owners are selling and will relocate us to a new location. 7. Report of the Nominations Committee and motion to ii. Accessibility. e President’s Task Force has been working accept the report (as provided in the Annual Report) with Alan Perks and has made significant in-roads with Susan Tighe – It’s not easy to identify new people. We would VIA Rail with plans and initiatives to help all those who like people to bring forward names and encourage need better accessibility. Not just those who require ramps participation. and the obvious things that we think about. is is a a. MOTION as the Chair of the Nominating Committee feather in our cap. to accept the report in the Annual Report: iii. Communications. Fourth quarter we had some issues with 1st: Susan Tighe the magazine. We have shifted to 4 issues, 3 print and 1 2nd: Vic Perry online only. ings will be better with our new vendor. Unanimous We need to keep in mind that the magazine is not a rev enue generator, it’s meant as a communications tool. 8. Other business, if any iv. Technology. We have a new consultant to help with the a. HUB functioning of the website and member site. ings are Lyanne St. Jacques – We simplified the HUB to a format that working much better. (We will discuss the HUB in #8) we can handle with regards to resources and budget. It is a v. Corporate membership has advanced. Peter George, library where our members can upload technical content and CSCE corporate representative, has a succinct scope to in share, discuss and inspire new ideas. e HUB went live to all crease their membership. We will continue with our goals members on May 6, 2019. for sustainability with the Triennial coming up in 2021. 9. Passing of the Gavel and presentation of President’s b. Identification and thanking of the retiring Board members Pin by Out-going President to In-coming President. ank you to: a. Glenn Hewus – It’s time for the passing of the gavel. Susan Tighe, Past President Michel Khouday is a great one to take things further. I Brad Smid, Honorary Treasurer have spent time with him and Catherine discussing vision Jeff Rankin, Member at Large representing Council of Heads 2030. In all sincerity our Society is strong, inspiring and and Chairs keeps me going. Mike Hnatiuk, Region Vice-President, Prairies Region Glenn fixes pin on Michel’s lapel. Shake hands and officially welcomes him as the new CSCE President. c. Vision 2020 update – Strategic Initiatives Report Card In Vancouver we started talking about Envision. We need to Michel – Speech about how he is honoured and humbled to keep working on this, Central Canada needs a bit of prodding be coming into the position to President at CSCE. I want to take a moment to say thank you for this opportunity, it has truly been a privilege. MOTION to accept Michel Khouday as CSCE President: 6. Report of the Honourary Treasurer and motions to 1st: Michel Khouday approve financial statements. 2nd: Wade Zwicker Notes from Brad Smid, Honorary Treasurer: Our goal is to be Unanimous self-sustaining and sustainable. We were down in 2017. Stabilized in 2018. We have a solid foundation moving forward b) Glenn was given a honorary CSCE engraved watch to which is important to the Society and our Membership. CSCE thank him for his service as president of CSCE. Foundation is overseen by an independent Trustee. We have a new RBC Wealth Manager which is included in the Annual 10. Adjournment 2:08 pm Report. Revenues were higher than anticipated but our 2 Report of the President Michel Khouday , P.Eng., M.Eng., PMP, C.Adm., M.B.A., Ph.D. Communication is the Future occurring to meet this resource demand. CSCE is determined to keep its member better informed about these rapidly changing It’s hard to believe how quickly times goes by, but this past year has trends so that career decisions can be based on the latest certainly not gone by without accomplishment. I’m delighted information. to share with all of you what we, together at CSCE, have We also held a very productive board meeting after the workshop accomplished over the last twelve months. With communication and received many productive updates for the Society. e at the core of our efforts, we have come together to revamp our Administration Coordinating Committee also reported that a new benefits and opportunities, evolved our committees to better committee has been formed (to be announced along with its address our membership matters and pooled our expertise to members in early Spring of 2020) that will replace and expand on derive new strategic directives for 2030 with a broadened scope for the Member Services Committee, as well as the Communications sustainability across all disciplines of Civil Engineering. Committee. is new composition will be presented as the In regards to sustainability, we are happy to share some Membership Committee and will be wholly responsible for all advancements that have been made as of late.