Annual Report 2011 - CSCE â¢ Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

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Report of the President-ElectThis report marks only the second time that the Society has had areport from the President-Elect as the position only came into forcein June 2010. Randy Pickle, our current President, was our firstPresident-Elect. This position was established to facilitate greatercontinuity in the Society’s senior leadership team and thus the directionbeing taken by the Society. It allows the incoming Presidentan opportunity to develop an enhanced understanding of his/herrole as President, to engage in getting to better know the Society’soperations and procedures, and to develop their own sense of visionfor moving the Society forward in its mission. As the currentPresident-Elect, and the first to serve the entire four-year Presidentialtrack, I am of the view that establishing the position was a goodmove and will serve us well in the years ahead.The President-Elect is a member of the Society’s senior executiveteam (i.e., President, President-Elect, Senior Vice-President andExecutive Director). The person in the position has minimal directresponsibilities insofar as the intention is to facilitate an opportunityto grow into the position of President. Ad hoc responsibilities,along with other members of the senior executive team, includevisiting Sections and Regions to the extent that their other workcommitments allow. The key direct responsibility is to provideleadership at the Fall Board workshop around visioning and planningon behalf of the Society.Aside from participating in the monthly teleconference meetingsof the senior executive team and the quarterly meetings of the NationalManagement Committee (two in person, two by teleconference),my main activities this year included leading the fallBoard workshop for our strategic plan, participating in the TriennialConference of the ASCE (USA), ICE (UK) and CSCE, andmaking one Section visit to Regina (in addition to visiting myhome Section in Saskatoon) as part of the National Lecture Tourgiven by Prof. Ioan Nistor on the tsunami that struck Japan. Personally,I was disappointed that I was not able to undertake morevisits to Sections and Regions, but my work commitments simplydid not allow that to be done.At the fall Board workshop, the key focal points were on establishingour strategic directions for the business plan of our new vision,Leadership in Sustainable Infrastructure. This work was predicatedon the work done over the previous two years by the business plansteering committee, initially under the direction of Past-PresidentVic Perry and later our current President Randy Pickle. The keygoals of the workshop were to develop agreement and better understandingaround our three strategic directions and to further developsome of the action plans in support of those directions.Roundtable leadership at the workshop was generously provided byCathy Lynn Borbely, Jeff Rankin, Vic Perry, Gordon Jin and JamesGarland. The three strategic directions in support of our vision include:(1) enhancing our current program offerings so as to bettersupport our members, (2) developing an improved focus on ournewer and younger members so as to both better serve their needsand retain them as members, and (3) growing our leadership insustainable infrastructure so as to better position ourselves in anarea of importance to our profession and to our country. Followingthe workshop, and continuing up to our Board and annual generalmeetings in June, efforts have been made to assemble action plansand associated timelines, as well as communications plans, for ourVision 2020 business plan.The Triennial Conference is a joint initiative of the ASCE, ICEand CSCE, which is held every three years. This year, the conferencewas hosted by ASCE in Washington, DC. The over-archingtheme of the conference was on sustainable infrastructure, whichtied in very nicely with our current business plan for Vision 2020,Leadership in Sustainable Infrastructure. The event comprised ofsix sessions, with a speaker from each of ASCE, ICE and CSCEspeaking on a common topic in each session. In addition, therewas a keynote address given by Jose Luis Irigoyen from the WorldBank on sustainability in a global context. Aside from myself, presentersfrom Canada included Reg Andres, Guy Félio, CatherineMulligan and Randy Pickle. One of our six speakers, Darrel Danyluk,became ill and was unable to make the trip; Guy Félio graciouslyagreed to give Darrel’s presentation. A clear message arisingfrom the conference is that there is lots of work being done to developstrategies to address the implementation of sustainable infrastructure,although it was also clear that there is much work to bedone.In conclusion, it has been my pleasure to serve the Society asPresident-Elect this year. Moreover, I look forward to the challengesand opportunities that will inevitably present themselvesover the coming year. The wonderful support of so many of ourmembers in this CSCE journey is greatly appreciated. Indeed, Itake this opportunity to offer a big vote of thanks to our manywonderful volunteers without whom we could not accomplish allthat we do. I am also grateful for the work done and support givenby our staff team in our National office under the leadership ofExecutive Director Doug Salloum.Respectfully submitted,J.A. Kells, P.Eng., FCSCEPresident-Elect6
Report of the Senior Vice PresidentThe SVP of CSCE is responsible for the Regionsand Sections across the country andmoves on to become the President-Elect, althoughthat position can be contested. Sincethe addition of the position of President-Electlast year, the SVP can now provide greaterfocus on Section and Region activities, whichare the fundamental roots of the Society.The CSCE currently has 20 Sections acrossCanada and one Branch in Hong Kong,which are supported by six Regions. The Sectionsmet at the fall Board workshop, wherethe key focal points were on establishing ourstrategic directions for the business plan of ournew vision, Leadership in Sustainable Infrastructure.The reports of the Regional VPsbelow highlight the various activities of theSections and Regions.Atlantic RegionVice-President, Susann Woolgar, P.Eng.,MCSCEThe Atlantic Region comprises four Sections,including Newfoundland and Labrador, NovaScotia, Western New Brunswick, and EasternNew Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.The Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Section,chaired by Gordon Jin until September2011 and his successor Bing Chen, has beenvery active during the past year and continuesto raise the profile of the CSCE, to promotethe new Vision 2020, grow local membership,and support and cultivate the next generationof civil engineers within the Province and beyond.Regular Section meetings were resumed inSeptember 2011 and the executive committeehas been reconstructed based on a successionrecruitment and retention plan. The StudentChapter was launched at Memorial in the fallof 2011 and has its own executive committeeconsisting of 12 members representing bothundergraduate and graduate students. Thereare ongoing initiatives of membership promotionin the local university and college communities.The Section hosted the National Lecture touron the Japan Tsunami in September 2011.Efforts are underway to collaborate with othertechnical groups and engineering organizations.Following discussions with the CanadianGeotechnical Society, St. John’s Chapteras well as the support and encouragementfrom the national level, the two local sections/chaptersstarted to share resources andco-host events. As a result, local membersfrom both societies benefitted from four seminarsand one upcoming workshop at membershiprates. The Section hosted the one-dayworkshop on the Guide to Bridge Hydraulicson April 19, 2012. The Section also contributedto an article in the local newspaper,The Telegram, supplement for National EngineeringMonth.The Nova Scotia Section is continuing its effortsto rejuvenate the Section. The Sectionhosted the National Lecture Tour at the SextonCampus of Dalhousie University in September.The event was well attended andgood exposure for the Society in Halifax wasprovided.The Local Organizing Committee of the Sectioncontinues its work toward the hosting ofthe Society’s 2014 Annual Conference underthe leadership of John Newhook. The conferencetheme of “Sustainable Municipalities”has been chosen and an honorary chair for theConference has been identified. Members ofthe Conference Committee are now all inplace and the work of the Committee is wellon schedule. The Conference hotel is confirmedas the Marriott Harbourfront and venuesfor social events are being determined.The Western New Brunswick Section ischaired by Andy Small. This Section was notvery active over the past year but did host theNational Lecture Tour. Andy is currentlyworking on recruiting new people to get involvedwith this Section.The Eastern New Brunswick and Prince EdwardIsland Section, chaired by Luc DeGrâce,holds executive meetings on a monthly basisand regularly hosts member events. Sectionevents included a volunteer day with Habitatfor Humanity in October 2011 and a constructionsite visit of the new Georges DumontHospital Energy Centre complete withunderground service tunnel in November2011. The executive committee met for a holidaypotluck in December 2011. In February2012, an afternoon of job shadowing was organizedfor Université de Moncton (U de M)student members, where students spent theafternoon with engineers working in theirprospective fields. The Section also sponsoreda team from U de M to attend the CSCETroitsky Bridge Building Competition inMontreal in March 2012. Also in March, apresentation was held about a prototype of ahighly energy efficient, sustainable home currentlybeing built by a civil engineering professorat U de M.The Section has planned two more activitiesfor April 2012. First a dinner & learn on thenew City of Moncton municipal plan thatwas recently released. Second, the courseGuide to Bridge Hydraulics, hosted by CSCE,will be held in Moncton on April 21, 2012.Finally, in May 2012, the U de M will hostthe annual CSCE Concrete Canoe Competition.Representatives from the Section will bepresent to promote the Society and will alsohave the opportunity to participate as judges.Québec RegionVice-President, Tony Bégin, ing., M.Sc.A.,MSCGCThe Québec Section is well managed witheight executive members under the leadershipof two co-chairs, Francis Labrecque and SylvainCarrier. Their organization is well establishedamong the Québec City civilengineering communities. The activities programis published in advance with a reminderinvitation by email one week prior to a scheduleddate event. From May 2011 to June2012, nine (9) activities have been organizedsuch as the famous annual lobster dinner, aNational Lecture Tour (NLT), six (6) technicalconferences and one Civil Engineer CareerForum. The attendees to the conferences arein the range of 40 people, the Career Forumreceived 70 students and the annual lobsterdinner had over 90 participants.The dynamism of the executive members isremarkable. They now need to have it becomecontagious in order for the civil engineeringprofessionals to support them by becomingmembers of the Society. Increasing the membershipis the top priority for next year.The Montréal Section is not active since noSection executive has been appointed for2011-2012. A succession plan for 2012-2013is under preparation by the CSCE QuébecRegion VP and the CSCE Senior Vice President.7
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