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APEGGA's 2007 Financial Statements
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Continuing Series: What’s in it for me?
Over the coming editions of the e-PEGG, What’s In it For Me will explore the many ways your APEGGA membership works for you. We’ll cover the full array of benefits and services APEGGA offers, from both the regulatory and the non-regulatory sides of the operation. We’ll link directly from this page to the pertinent areas of the APEGGA website, so you can learn the details right away – and start getting more value from your membership.
Member Benefits
In this month’s installment, we take you to the Member Benefits section of the APEGGA website to do some exploring. Thanks to the buying power of more than 50,000 members, your APEGGA membership lets you take advantage of low-cost car and home insurance, flight savings and much, much more. You can even help out coming generations of professionals by making purchases with an APEGGA Education Foundation Mosaik MasterCard.
- Click here for further information on all the member benefits.
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Request for Comments
Starting Building Projects - Draft Guideline
A steering committee representing the Canadian Construction Association, Engineers Canada, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the BC Building Projects Committee has developed a draft guideline on starting building projects. The committee is looking for evaluations and comments on the draft document.
The guideline explains management practices for all lead roles during the project business planning and project development stages. The scope spans from the original decision to evaluate a project concept or implement a capital plan to readiness for construction contract documentation to be started.
Starting Building Projects is intended to enable integration among the lead roles on building projects, especially in the early stages. It expresses general principles, for which a broad basis of consensus is being tested by the review and comment process. It
recognizes and supports the autonomy of each building industry association to develop and communicate the details of good practice to its members and others. This autonomy covers applications, terminology, policies, and exceptions that relate to good practice.
The authors have also prepared a questionnaire concerning the document.
Please send your comments to the steering committee at buildingprojects@apeg.bc.ca.
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3rd Annual Spring Water Forum
APEGGA's Environment Committee is committed to keeping members informed on environmental issues that may affect professional practice. Alberta's water resources, particularly the use of fresh water, continues to be an area of great public interest. It is with this in mind that APEGGA is happy to be a sponsor of PTAC’s 3rd Annual Spring Water Forum.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008,
8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
PTAC Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada invites you to attend the 3rd Annual PTAC Spring Water Innovation in the Oil Patch Forum. This forum will focus on technology practices and regulation practices to address industry needs for water usage reduction, beneficial re-use, and reduced treatment cost options in areas such as:
- Produced water treatment;
- Shallow and unconventional gas development;
- Municipal/industrial wastewater as a feed source;
- SAGD;
- Oilfield injection (alternate methods for enhanced recovery).
The forum will feature four sessions on:
Education: Understanding Regulations and Their Direction
Current Best Practices: Where are the Easy Gains?
Integrated Solutions: How can the Oil and Gas Sector Be the Partner of Choice?
Technology Direction: Where is O&G Water Technology Going?
- Click here for more information on the Spring Water Forum and to register online.
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Mentors Wanted
Would you like to give back to your profession in a direct,
fulfilling way? The APEGGA Mentoring Program could be for you. It allows you
to share your knowledge, reach pools of new talent, enhance your coaching skills
and earn Continuing Professional Development credits.
We have a particular need for mentors in the Edmonton and
Calgary areas.
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Reminder: New Member Benefit
Last month we told you about our success in adding airline travel services to our member benefits program.
APEGGA members receive a 3% discount on all fare classes using the Biz Link page provided by WestJet.
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Sponsors Needed
Calgary Branch Annual Golf Tournament
To increase member participation and networking opportunities, we are looking at ways to reduce the cost of the golf tournament for APEGGA members and their guests. The APEGGA Calgary Branch Executive Committee seeks sponsorship to help achieve this goal. There are many categories available, so please call the Calgary office at 403-262-7714 for complete sponsorship package details.
Sponsorship deadline is June 30, 2008. |
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Calgary Area Members - Volunteers Needed
Fifteen member volunteers are needed for the family science fun night at Morley School on Stony Reserve (44 minutes from Calgary on TransCanada Highway 1 W). Volunteers must be at the school by 5:00 p.m. and will be finished and homebound by 8:30 p.m. The event is open to families of the host school only. This event supports APEGGA’s Aboriginal Initiatives program.
Contact Jeanne Keaschuk to volunteer: jkeaschuk@apegga.org |
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Watch For Them
Coming in the May PEGG
Full Conference Coverage – APEGGA’s new Council and 2008 Summit Awards winners are about to become public knowledge. Photos and stories will fill you in on these matters and everything else you need to know from the APEGGA Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting.
Making Wireless Work – Calgary freelancer Bill Corbett writes about the Network for Emerging Wireless Technologies and its not-for-profit wireless development centre.
Aboriginal Awareness – columnist Robert Laboucane is back with another article in our series. |
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APEGGA
Head Office
1500 Scotia One
10060 Jasper Ave. NW
Edmonton AB T5J 4A2
Tel: 780-426-3990 1-800-661-7020
(within North America)
Fax: 780-426-1877
E-mail: email@apegga.org
Website: www.apegga.org |
Calgary
Office
2200 Scotia Centre
700 2nd Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2W1
Tel: 403-262-7714
Fax: 403-269-2787 |
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THE PEGG ONLINE – Members Celebrate Professions. APEGGA Hires New Manager, Geoscience Affairs. President John McLeod – A Glimpse Ahead as Gavel Changes Hands.
Government News – Labour Market Still Tight. He's No Rocket Scientist - Or Is He? Engineering and Technology Labour Market Study. Supporting Computers for Schools.
These headlines and more await you in the April
PEGG Online. |
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LUNCHES |
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MAY 15 – Calgary
Northeast Stoney Trail Public Private Partnership – Earth Tech is the lead designer for the Northeast Stoney Trail P3. Design manager Darrell Norton, P.Eng., will present a project overview and relate engineering management challenges of providing larg-scale, fast-tracked design services for a private sector constructor that meet or exceed the project technical requirements, employing geographically remote design teams, while the construction at site is proceeding full tilt. Click
here for more.
May 20 - Edmonton
City of Edmonton, LRT Planning Update – Edmonton's LRT system has been the backbone of Edmonton Transit for the last 30 years, and is ready for continued expansion in the next 30 years. Planning for LRT expansion in Edmonton began in the 1960s and has evolved since the first line opened in the late 1970s. The history of LRT planning consisted of multiple LRT lines connecting all corners of the city. Click here for more.
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MAY 1 – Calgary
An evening with Bill Santo, P.Eng., APEGGA Assistant Director, Registration. Mr. Santo will explain the requirements for individuals to become licensed as professional engineers, geologists, or geophysicists, with particular emphasis on issues relating to internationally educated graduates (IEGs). This event will be of interest to IEGs and also employers who hire IEG engineers and geoscientists. Click here for more.
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The Gerhard Herzberg Canada
Gold Medal for Science and
Engineering
Deadline is beginning of May
Click here for
more.
ASTech Awards
Deadline is end of May
Click
here for more.
More Awards – APEGGA keeps a regularly
updated list of awards you, your projects or someone you know might qualify for.
The list links directly to the appropriate websites. Enter now – and if
all goes well, collect later.
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Assistant Director, Professional Practice
Click here for more.
Compliance Department Consultant
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