BRANCH LUNCHEON

THE NEW PARK BRIDGE
(KICKING HORSE CANYON BRIDGE)

DATE: Thursday, September 11, 2008

TIME: Registration: 11:15 a.m., Luncheon: 11:45 a.m., Speaker: 12:15 p.m.

LOCATION: The Fairmont Palliser Hotel, 133 – 9th Avenue SW

COST: $36 Members and Guests, $18 Students, $12 ASAP

GUEST SPEAKER: Hugh Hawk, P.Eng., Delcan Corporation

The Kicking Horse Canyon Highway Improvement Project is improving safety, reliability and adding capacity to a critical east-west trade corridor between B.C. and Alberta, and more broadly linking B.C.’s ports to all destinations east. Commercial carriers make up a large portion of the traffic, (nearly 5 times the provincial average) but it is also a route frequented by tourists and residents of the region.

This section of the highway has one of the highest accident rates in the province, making it a top provincial transportation priority. Overall, the Kicking Horse Canyon Project involves upgrading approximately 26 kilometres of the highway to a modern, four-lane standard, including bridge replacements. The project is divided into three phases, and it is the recently completed Phase 2 that is the subject of this presentation.

With a capital cost of $130 million, Phase 2 involved the design, construction and financing of a 5.8 kilometer segment of the highway, including the replacement of the Park Bridge. The new road and bridge was officially opened on August 30, 2007.

Construction was completed 21 months ahead of schedule and included an additional 2 km of road construction as a benefit to the project. The 3 km of abandoned highway has now been converted to a recreation trail providing views of the Kicking Horse River and the new bridge.

The new 404 metre long Park Bridge is the only incrementally launched curved girder bridge in North America. It also has the highest piers in BC for a steel girder bridge at 90 metres. The rock cuts at the east end of the bridge are also 90 metres high; the highest for a bridge approach in B.C.

To ensure adequate seating, please register with the Calgary APEGGA Office at 262-7714, or by email at calgevents@apega.ca prior to Friday, September 5. Calgary Branch accepts Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.

APEGGA Science Olympics – Calgary
Recruiting Members for Work Group

The APEGGA Science Olympics Work Group is looking for more members to help plan the fifth Science Olympics in Calgary. The committee is comprised of members and teachers.

The work group meets once per month from September to March excluding December. The meetings are generally two hours long and are at the APEGGA office. Science Olympics 2009 will be held in February or March.

Science Olympics is an interactive science competition and an interschool event. Teams of students from Grades 1 to 12 complete a series of applications or problem-solving challenges prepared by the work group that demonstrate the fun side of exploring science concepts.

APEGGA hosts the science olympics as an activity to celebrate National Engineering & Geoscience Week. By bringing attention to its professions through a variety of programs and activities, the Association encourages and nurtures an interest in engineering, science, math and technology in students and the general public.

To volunteer for the work group, please contact Lindsey Collins at lcollins@apega.ca or 403-262-7714.

IRON RING CEREMONY - CAMP 18

The Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer

Mr. J.A. Howard, P.Eng., chairman of Camp #18, Calgary, announces that the Fall Iron Ring Ceremony will be held at 1:30 pm, November 15, 2008 at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre.

University of Calgary graduating engineers wishing to take the obligation may sign up at the Undergraduate Studies Office ENC204 between October 6th and October 31st, 2008.

Practising Engineers must meet the following criteria:

1. Completion of a Bachelor Degree in Engineering at a Canadian University and having met the academic requirements for registration as an E.I.T. in a Provincial Association;
2. Failing 1) or 2, having met the academic requirements for registration as an E.I.T. in a Provincial Association;
3. In addition to the above, the Candidate must be deemed worthy by the Camp performing the Ritual.

THANK YOU!

2008 APEGGA Calgary Branch Annual
Golf Tournament Sponsors

The APEGGA Calgary Branch would like to thank the following sponsors for their generous support of our golf tournament on September 11 at the Lynx Ridge golf Club.

TITLE SPONSOR
Girish Agrawal

ALBATROSS SPONSOR
AMEC Americas Limited

EAGLE SPONSORS
Colt WorleyParsons
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Penn West Energy Trust

BIRDIE SPONSORS
Compton Petroleum corporation
Fekete Associates Inc.
Guard Resources Ltd.
Honeywell
Scotiabank
Vantage Engineering Inc.