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January 16, 2014

NAPEG has a number of opportunities to serve on various Committees. Service on a committee enables you to develop your leadership skills and use your expertise and experience to help guide NAPEG initiatives, policies, and publications. We are currently looking for volunteers for the following Committees: Environment Geoscience Honours & Awards Member-in-Training & New Professionals Membership & Enforcement Professional Development Professional Practice Public Relations  Please contact us for more information about individual committees or to volunteer.

January 13, 2014

The CAN You Build, Yellowknife? Competition was held on Saturday, March 1, 2014.  Congratulations to both Stantec Consulting Ltd. and Williams Engineering Canada Inc. who combined the competitive spirit of a friendly competition with a unique way to help feed people and build the Yellowknife food bank stocks.  Also, thanks go to Robert Hawkins, MLA for Yellowknife Centre, for being the 2014 Competition Judge. Most Creative Use of a Product  – Stantec Consulting Ltd. Best Use of Product Labels – Stantec Consulting Ltd. Juror’s Favourite – Williams Engineering Canada Inc. ·        People’s Choice will be voted on during the Bridge…

December 18, 2013

If you know of an engineer, geoscientist or firm that you feel deserves public recognition for outstanding achievement, please complete and submit this Nomination Form.  Below is a complete description of NAPEG’s Awards.        NAPEG Award Description Professional Award of Merit Engineering Recognizes and promotes excellence in applied engineering carried out in the NWT and NU. Professional Award of Merit Geosciences Recognizes and promotes excellence in applied geology and geophysics (geoscience) carried out in the NWT and NU. Award for Environmental Excellence Recognizes engineers and geoscientists and concerned persons who have applied environmental excellence in engineering and geosciences…

December 18, 2013

To celebrate National Engineering and Geoscience Week, NAPEG is again hosting our Annual Bridge Building Competition for elementary, junior and senior high school students to discover the exciting worlds of science and math.  The Competition also includes categories for the general public and for Professional Engineers, Geoscientists, Architects, and Technologists of the Northwest Territories or Nunavut.  These links will take you to the 2014 Bridge Building Competition Rules and Guidelines for Building a Model Bridge.  All model bridge entries should be received at the NAPEG office by February 21, 2014.  Judging will take place on March 8, 2014.

December 17, 2013

  Yellowknife, February 6th 7:30pm to 9pm Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre Free Admission!  This presentation celebrates the 10th year since Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) launched the first Distinguished Lecturers series on safety, which was held to support the institute’s commitment to fostering a high-performing safety culture in the mining industry. Winkel profiles initiatives that have positively shifted the industry’s safety achievement curve , and sets the stage for sustainable safety gains in the future. Also profiled are the latest developments in CIM Mining Standards and Guidelines work that supports new opportunities for safety standards and best…

December 17, 2013

The Beta release of Natural Resources Canada’s new CAN-QUEST (NECB 2011) software is now available for download at no charge. CAN-QUEST is Natural Resources Canada’s newest building energy modelling software. Building on eQUEST 3.62, the popular U.S. tool, CAN-QUEST includes Canadian weather data, support for metric and imperial units, and provides English and French language interfaces. CAN-QUEST was created as a tool to support performance path compliance with the National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB 2011). CAN-QUEST has many improvements over earlier building energy modeling software including advanced two and three dimensional graphical representation of a building’s geometry;…

December 17, 2013

  NAPEG Registrants are invited to take advantage of a professional development opportunity that you can do right from your desk. Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee (PIEVC) helped to develop an infrastructure-specific process to assess climate vulnerability for engineered design and public infrastructure.  Please review the brochure for more information.    Speaker Bios The on-line workshop will be held for two-hours (each) on every Tuesday in February 2014.  To benefit fully, you should take all four workshops.  The workshop is from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Mountain time) Northwest Territories; 12:00 to 2:00 in Nunavut; and 10:00 to noon in Yukon.…

October 11, 2013

CSA Group, a leading provider of standards development, today announces that the first of four new standards to help address the impact of climate change in Northern Canada as part of the Standards Council of Canada’s Northern Infrastructure Standardization Initiative (NISI) is available for a 60-day public review online. The draft Buildings in Permafrost Supported on Thermosyphon Foundations standard is available for public and stakeholder feedback by visiting http://publicreview.csa.ca.  Full News Release  For more information about CSA Group visit http://www.csagroup.org/us/en/home

October 10, 2013

Join us at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 from 10am – 12pm:                                                              Code Change Webinar A presentation by André Laroche, ing. (QC), Acting Team Coordinator and Technical Advisor, National Research Council of Canada Members of NAPEG, NWTAA and the NWTCA are invited to learn about approved major changes to Part 3 of the National Building Code and the National Fire Code (2010 edition of both). Participants will also learn about and be able to comment on the proposed major changes to Part 3 that are currently undergoing public review. The webinar…

October 9, 2013

The 41st Geoscience Forum will be held in Yellowknife November 19‑21, 2013. There are still opportunities for speakers and trade show booths, and of course, there is still room for you to attend as a delegate!    If you wish to be a speaker, please go to the "Call for abstracts". … and contact Cheryl Wourms to alert us to your interest.    There are some sponsorship opportunities available and there are now just a few trade show booths available. Inquire with Cheryl Wourms for more details. Cheryl will also answer any general questions you may have on attending the conference.   Important…