FALL 2015 The Association of Professional apega.ca Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta | Contents PEG FEATURED PHOTO: FALL 2015 PAGES 66 & 67 ›› Mentoring Salary 17 39 Conference 53 Survey FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 28 Profiles in Success 4 President’s Notebook 89 Member Benefits Listing 39 Towards Better Mentoring 6 CEO’s Message 91 Record 46 Summits of Greatness 10-26 Latitude 53 Salary Survey Results 34-38 AEF Campaign Connection 61 Perceptions in Professionalism 39-52 Professional Development 64 Regulatory Success Stories 70 The Discipline File 71 A Great Friend of R&D 75 Focal Point 85 Member Services Success 82 Good Works Stories PRINTED IN CANADA FALL 2015 PEG | 1 US POSTMASTER: PEG (ISSN 1923-0044) is published quarterly in Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter, by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, c/o US Agent-Transborder Mail 4708 Caldwell Rd E, Edgewood, WA 98372-9221. $15 of the annual membership dues applies to the yearly subscription of The PEG. 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President-Elect Dr. Steve Hrudey, P.Eng., FCAE (Canmore) Director, Executive & Government Relations Pat Lobregt, FEC (Hon.), FGC (Hon.) Vice-President Nima Dorjee, P.Eng. (Calgary) Director of Operations Krista Nelson-Marciano, BA Past-President Colin Yeo, P.Geo., FGC, FEC (Hon.) (Calgary) Councillors , (Edmonton) REGULATORY Dr. Jeff DiBattista P.Eng., MBA Registrar Carol Moen, P.Eng. Lisa Doig, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) (Calgary) Jennifer Enns, P.Eng. (Calgary) MEMBER SERVICES George Eynon, P.Geo., FGC, FEC (Hon.) (Calgary) Director, Member Services Heidi Yang, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) Dr. Brad Hayes, P.Geol., FGC (Calgary) COMMUNICATIONS Wenona Irving, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) (Edmonton) Director, Communications Philip Mulder, APR, FEC (Hon.), FGC (Hon.) Paul Knowles, P.Eng. (Calgary) Craig McFarland, P.Eng. (Calgary) CORPORATE SERVICES Mahsoo Naderi-Dasoar, P.Eng. (Edmonton) Director, Corporate Services D.S. (Pal) Mann, P.Eng. John Rhind, P.Geol. (Calgary) Art Washuta, P.Eng. 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[email protected] Medicine Hat Said Said Yussuf, P.Eng. [email protected] Peace Region Brian Morrison, P.Eng. [email protected] Vermilion River Dustin Wiltermuth, P.Eng. [email protected] Yellowhead Vacant 2 | PEG FALL 2015 WHO WILL BE CELEBRATED NEXT? It’s actually up to you. Without nominations, deserving Professional Engineers and Professional Geoscientists will go unrecognized at the annual, preeminent event of our professions — The Summit Awards Gala. Nominate greatness so our accomplished Members can be celebrated for their contributions to society. Nominate a peer, a colleague or even a project. Our new shareable digital nomination form makes it easier than ever. BEBE AMONGAMONG EXCELLENCE. BE AT THE SUMMIT. SUMMIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS Final submissions due October 15, 2015 NOMINATE TODAY! Complete the shareable, digital form at apega.ca/summitnominations APEGAMASTER President’s Notebook A More Strategic Council is a More Successful Council BY CONNIE PARENTEAU, P.ENG., FEC, FGC (HON.) APEGA President This edition of The PEG celebrates various As Professional Engineers and Profes- formational and in some ways dramatic. forms and measures of success. Member sional Geoscientists, most of us deal with There’s incremental change in there, too, success, APEGA success, the tools we use incremental change on an almost daily because there always is. to build and recognize success — you’ll find basis. Incremental change is made up of The outcome remains the same: the these areas documented throughout the minor adjustments within a well-defined sound regulation of our professions. The magazine. and proven process. Routines are disrupted improvements your Council has adopted, The obvious question I should answer only minimally. however, are enabling APEGA to regulate here, then, is this one: How successful is Dramatic change, as the name sug- more efficiently and effectively. Council? My swearing-in ceremony was in gests, has a bigger impact. It’s about replac- That’s important for the future of the spring, but I actually joined Council in ing major components in a process that’s no our professions and for our continued, 2013 as Vice-President. longer as effective and efficient as it should high-quality service to Albertans and their Since then, I’m pleased to say that be. Disruption of routines is significant, but interests. Elsewhere in this PEG, you’ll there are, indeed, results to report. Some the overall template is the same. read about some important operational of them are esoteric, because this is gover- And then there’s transformational achievements. To have come so far nance we’re talking about. A major priority change. The entire process is replaced. The operationally required a new and more for this Council and the one before it has original template is not used. New routines clearly defined connection between Council been changing our governance model. We’re and regimens are created and implemented. and staff — which is what we are creating. largely there now, so I’d like to explain what Council is going through something Your Council has eliminated a signifi- we did, why we did it, and how it is helping between the last two types of change I’ve cant duplication of effort. It is recognizing build continued APEGA success. listed. Our change is in many ways trans- and clarifying the difference between How APEGA Helps Members Succeed Recognition creates success. In fact, past recipients of a simple system that allows sharing of the form before APEGA Summit Awards often speak of what a boost the completion. award was to their lives and careers. In the summer PEG, I stated that we are not successful Members have one of the best vantage points to by ourselves and that we all have roles in each other’s recognize others’ success. I encourage each of you to success. This doesn’t just happen — it takes effort. It is take a look around you and consider nominating a peer important to keep honing our mentoring skills. The better or project. In doing so, you help APEGA shine a light on you are at mentoring, the more success everyone enjoys. excellence in our professions and strengthen the public’s I can’t emphasize enough how important mentoring is awareness of the amazing work our Members and Permit in professional development. If you don’t believe me, please Holders do. register for the APEGA Mentoring Conference, coming up To recognize deserving Members is to change lives. November 2 and 3 in Calgary, and prepare to be convinced. It really is that big of a deal. The deadline for nominations You will improve your mentoring skills, network with for next year’s Summit Awards is only a few weeks away mentors and mentees, and learn all about the mentoring — October 15. Nominations are now accepted digitally, in world’s best practices. 4 | PEG FALL 2015 President’s Notebook APEGA governance and operations. It is freeing its time and energy for clarity of roles. Most of those committees had earlier made their what Councillors are elected to do: advise the CEO and a handful of strategic recommendations to Council, which Council had accepted, Council committees, and develop clear and relevant strategies. tweaked, or changed. Then these committees started doing the work Before this began, we had 11 committees reporting to Council. Council had empowered them to do. On the surface, that might seem like a good thing. If there are a lot From that point forward, the committees became cumbersome. of committees, a lot must be getting done. Right? Well, yes and no. They were reporting to Council, yet they were doing operational Certainly, the committees were all about great work being work that is ultimately the responsibility of the CEO. The difference carried out by dedicated APEGA volun- between strategy and operations was unclear. The connection teers. The problems lay in the between committee work and staff work was unclear. Lines of reporting structure and the authority were unclear.