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May 27, 2014

Presentations from the 2014 NAPEG Professional Development Conference: “Navigating Our Evolving North” held on May 15th and 16th, 2014 at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife are available to attendees by request.    Please click here to request specific presentations from the 2014 NAPEG PD Conference. View photos from the PD Conference and Permafrost Walking Tour.    

May 27, 2014

The Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG) held their 34th Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 in Yellowknife. Heather Hayne, P.Eng. is beginning her first of a two year term as President of the NAPEG Council.   Heather moved to Yellowknife in early 2005 from Ontario to take a position as Senior Technical Officer (Mechanical) with Public Works and Services, GNWT. She graduated from the University of Toronto with a B.A.Sc. and an M. Eng. degree. Heather has served on NAPEG Council for three terms and is Chair of the NAPEG Finance Committee.…

May 27, 2014

2014 Awards Congratulations to the recipients of 2014 NAPEG Awards! President’s Medallion Terry Brookes, P.Eng. Professional Award of Merit – Engineering Stantec Architecture Ltd. for the KIA Administration Building, Cambridge Bay, NU   Award for Environmental Excellence Ronald J. Kent, P.Eng. (Stantec Architecture Ltd.) and 1 Canadian Air Division (Arctic Management Office) for the CFS Alert Constructed Wetland Waste Water Treatment System Civic Award Joe W. Acorn, P.Eng. Young Achievers Award Brandon R. Morris, P.Eng. Member-in-Training Award Nicholas Shopian, MIT Science Teaching Award Thana Rahim (Ecole St. Patrick High School, Yellowknife, NT) Ryan O’Connor (Levi Angmak Elementary School, Arviat, NU)…

May 12, 2014

May 1, 2014

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April 30, 2014

Join us for the 2014 NAPEG Annual General Meeting and President’s Reception beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 in the Janvier Room of the Explorer Hotel. 

April 29, 2014

April 24, 2014

CSA Group, a leading provider of standards development services, today announces that the third of four new standards to help address the impact of climate change in Northern Canada as part of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Northern Infrastructure Standardization Initiative (NISI) is now available for a 60-day public review online. The draft Managing Changing Snow Load Risks for Buildings in Canada’s North standard is available for public and stakeholder feedback by visiting http://publicreview.csa.ca. Media Release

March 12, 2014

To mark the final day of Engineering and Geoscience Week, on Saturday, March 8, 2014 NAPEG’s Bridge Building Competition was held at the Centre Square Mall in Yellowknife. Thank you to all our participants and for the generous donations from First Air, Air Tindi, the Yellowknife Inn and Centre Square Upper Mall, as sponsors of Engineering and Geoscience Week.  School students, professionals and the general public from seven different communities throughout the Northwest Territories and Nunavut submitted model bridges which were evaluated for strength, quality of construction, and application of engineering principles.   Congratulations goes to…   Category 1 School Students…

March 12, 2014

I am pleased to inform you that the CSA Group Moderating the Effects of Permafrost Degradation on Existing Structures draft standard is available for public and stakeholder feedback. The draft can be viewed, and feedback can be provided to CSA by May 17th, by visiting http://publicreview.csa.ca. CSA Group Media Advisory   CSA is encouraging you to circulate the media advisory to your colleagues as we welcome the involvement and feedback of affected individuals, organizations and stakeholders.   Mark Braiter Senior Project Manager, Sustainability CSA Group   5060 Spectrum Way Mississauga ON L4W 5N6 T 416 747 2745 mark.braiter@csagroup.org www.csa.ca