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APEGGA comments on a letter the Alberta Society of Engineering Technologists has sent to many APEGGA members and permit holders regarding ASET's desire to establish an independent scope of practice for Registered Professional Technologists.
President Dennis Lindberg, P.Eng., discusses the role of the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers, at a time when CCPE's governance model is being reevaluated.
Proposed changes to the regulation of corporate practice were among the items on the agenda as APEGGA Council held its September meeting in Red Deer.
The yearly APEGGA survey of employers reports mostly modest increases in salary levels. Check also Salary Survey Insert.
The Swan Hills waste treatment plant will need the expertise and understanding of engineers to restore public confidence in the facility, a senior BOVAR Waste Management executive told an APEGGA Edmonton District meeting.
Following up on a successful debut two years ago, The PEGG again challenges members to participate in a writing contest.
Attention is drawn to a possible structural problem with open-web steel joists.
Norman R. Ball and Philippa Campsie contend that good critics of technology serve as filters -- they don't just point out what is wrong.
News briefs from associations in other provinces and territories.
Investigations carried out by the Defence Research Establishment Suffield could make it easier to detect non-metallic land-mines.
The University of Alberta enjoys the rare distinction of having two of its students receive the C.D. Howe Memorial Foundation Engineering Award presented to the top male and female second-year engineering students at Canadas engineering school. Check also for other on-campus student news.
Decisions Albertans make now about science research and development will determine our prosperity in the 21st century, says the head of the Alberta Science and Research Authority.
The last in a series of PEGG articles arising from From Potential to Prosperity: Human Resources in the Canadian Consulting Engineering Industry, a major report prepared with financial assistance from the federal government and released in December 1994. The article provides an update on a Association of Consulting Engineering of Canada human resources project that arose from the report.
The PEGGs cartoon feature returns.
Technology under development could let motorists surf the Internet while cruising the highway. Check this and other gleanings from the worlds engineering and geosciences press.
Based on the finding that emerged at its own Mini Growth Summits held in July, APEGGA has submitted a report to for Alberta Growth Summit 97. Check the text on pages 12 and 13.
APEGGA member Arie-Jan van der Velden, Geoph.I.T., who survived a bear attack, is among members who have been in the news recently.
The Jaycopter, a tethered device that served as a means of training helicopter pilots and as a source of entertainment for fair-goers, may rank as one of Albertas most unusual inventions.
The Alberta Environmental Services Association is aiding the Latin American environment while boosting Alberta firms.
UMA Engineering Ltd. is part of an international push to rehabilitate the Aral Sea.
Check up on what is happening with APEGGAs Professional Development Program.
APEGGAs Centennial Award added another honor to a long list for Laurie Kennedy, P.Eng., PhD, known in Canada and abroad as a trail-blazing structural engineer and steel-construction-codes developer.