You are invited to our Nanaimo Social for the APEGBC Branch - Vancouver Island.  This will be a good time to come and find out who we are, discuss current APEGBC issues, and learn about our volunteering interests.  For the upcoming year, we would like to increase participation with our Branch Executive, CANSTRUCTION (August 2010), nominations for APEGBC award recipients, field trips, and encourage school participation in the Popsicle Stick bridge building contests and other NEGW activities.  Feel free to come for a short visit and bring in fresh ideas for participation and engagement with APEGBC community on Vancouver Island.

The cost of this event is FREE and will include appetizers with drinks available for purchase.  Please RSVP using the below link so we know how many people to expect.

Hope to see you there!

Sincerely,
Darryl Tunnicliffe, P.Eng.
Chair, APEGBC Vancouver Island Branch

Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Time: 5:30 to 7:30
Location: Longwood Pub, 5775 Turner Road, Nanaimo, BC
Purpose of Meeting: Meet & Greet

Cost: Free - Includes Appetizers.  Drinks will be available for purchase.

Registration: Register Online

As always with our events members are encouraged to bring their spouse.
We look forward to seeing you at the event.


Please forward/circulate this notice to staff in your organization. All are welcome !!

The 20th annual APEGBC Vancouver Island Golf Tournament was held on the 4th of June at the Cowichan Golf Club with approximately 80 golfers teeing it up for the shot gun event. The questionable weather at tee time quickly moved on resulting in a very enjoyable afternoon of golf followed by a great steak dinner. At the end of the day, over $3300.00 was raised for the non profit organization called Warmland Womyn’s Centre located in Duncan, B.C.

My thanks to all who contributed to make the event a fun day.
W.E. (Bill) Dunn, P.Eng.

Thank you Letter

Date: Friday, June 4, 2010
Time: Tee times start at 1:00 pm

Location: Cowichan Golf & Country Club
4955 Trans Canada Highway
Duncan, BC

Eligibility: All Association members and spouses, sponsors, plus one guest or member. The tournament is intended for both
the novice and competitive golfer.

Format: This year’s tournament will be a Texas Scramble. Members can submit their own teams, or register individuals.

Cost: $115.00 per person. Includes 18 holes of golf, golf cart, a fabulous dinner, happy hour and lots of prizes.
(Cheques to be made payable to "APEGBC Vancouver Island Branch").

Queries: Contact Bill Dunn, P. Eng.
Phone: 250-478-9581; Fax 250-478-0353
e-mail: wedunn@langleyconcretegroup.com

Registration: Please fill out the Registration Form
Submit to: Bill Dunn, P. Eng., c/o Lombard Pre-Cast LP
661 Lombard Dr., Victoria, BC V9C 3Y9

or Register Online

*Note: It would be greatly appreciated if all golf registrations and commitments to sponsor a hole could be finalized by the 26th of May to allow time for the final arrangements to be made.

The APEGBC Vancouver Island Branch is pleased to invite you to attend an upcoming Dinner presentation in Campbell River on May 20, 2010 as well as to remind you of our upcoming Golf Tournament in the Cowichan Valley on June 4, 2010. Please see details for both events below.

Topic: Sustainable Energy Sources in Campbell River – Tidal, wind and solar energy

Date: Thursday, May 20, 2010
Time: Cocktails at 6pm, Dinner at 6:30pm

Location: Royal Coachman Inn, 84 Dogwood Street, Campbell River, BC.  Dinner will be upstairs in the Carriage Room – separate entrance located to the right of main entrance

Speakers:
Ms. Amber Zirnhelt, the City of Campbell River’s Sustainability Manager will be discussing the City’s plans for alternate energy sources, such as tidal energy, wind energy and solar energy.  With a goal to become carbon neutral with respect to the City’s operations by 2012, the City is looking at various means to reduce green house gas emissions.  One of these means includes a recently completed tidal energy feasibility study.

Mr. Scott Fleenor of TerraTek Energy Solutions will focus on Solar Hot Water and its application to Campbell River’s proposed facilities.  TerraTek Energy Solutions, out of Courtenay, offers a range of renewable energy technologies, including solar, wind and micro-hydro power.

Cost: $35 for P.Eng. and P.Geo and guests
$30 for EIT and GIT

A cash bar will be available, as well as a bottle raffle.

Registration:
Register Online (coming soon...)

Please register or RSVP by Monday, May 17, 2010 to confirm final attendance numbers for this event.  For offline registration, please contact the event organizer, Melissa Heidema at Melissa.heidema@campbellriver.ca or 250-850-2300.

We would like to thank Highland Engineering and Surveying for sponsoring this event.

Details:

Topic: Haiti/Chile Earthquakes – Eyewitness Accounts  

Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Time: Cocktails: 6:00PM  Dinner:  6:30 PM

Location: Best Western, Coast Westerly Hotel, 1590 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, BC (near 17th Street Bridge)

Speakers:
Mr. Bill Colhart of the Canadian Medical Assistance Teams (CMAT) will discuss his experience providing medical relief  in  Haiti within 72 hours after the earthquake,  focusing on the requirements and challenges performing search and rescue in an urban setting. CMAT is a Canadian based grassroots disaster relief organization consisting of volunteer medical professionals.

Mr. Ralph Watts, P. Eng., P.E. of North Island Engineering will provide a PowerPoint presentation focusing on the damage expected after an earthquake, key factors that determine the extent of damage, how our structures compare to California and Chile, and some of the lessons we should learn from various earthquakes including the latest one in Chile.

Cost: 
$35 P.Eng., P.Geo. and guests
$30 for EIT/GIT

A cash bar will be available and a bottle raffle.

Registration:
Please Register Online.

Please register or RSVP by Monday, April 26, 2010 to assist to confirm final attendance numbers for this event. (For offline registration, please contact the event organizer, Patti Wells, P.Eng., at pwells@koers-eng.com or 250-334-9390).

We would like to thank Leighton Contracting Ltd. of Courtenay, BC for sponsoring this event.

Details:

Date: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Time: Cocktails: 6:00 PM Dinner: 6:30 PM

Location: Travelodge Silver Bridge Inn located at 140 Trans Canada Highway, Duncan, BC V9L 3P7
Directions: Traveling north from Victoria on the TransCanada Highway; on arriving in Duncan, cross the silver bridge spanning the Cowichan River, turn right in to Travelodge parking lot located approximately three buildings after crossing bridge, just after the Sun 89.7FM sign.  Heading south from up island, the Travelodge is located on opposite side of the highway across from Safeway foods. 

Speaker: Mr. Norm Olive, P.Eng - Manager of Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD), Capital Projects Management Division

Topic: Mr. Olive is overseeing the rehabilitation of the historic Kinsol Train Trestle Bridge; completed in 1920 it is one of the four largest wooden trestle bridges in North America. The restoration of the trestle will fulfill a critical missing link in the region’s Trans Canada Trail network.

Cost: $35 for members and non-members ($30 for EIT/GIT attendees). A cash bar will be available as well as a bottle raffle.

Registration: Please register on-line if possible. For offline registration, please contact Phil Haseldine at philip.haseldine@madrone.ca or 250-746-5545. Please register by Monday, March 29th to help us confirm final registration numbers for this event. Thank you.

Special thanks to Langley Concrete for sponsoring this event.

Details:

Dear Branch Members,

We are please to invite you to the next APEGBC Vancouver Island Branch dinner meeting with a presentation on “Myth-Busting Roundabouts: The Town of Qualicum Beach Experience”. Please see below for details.

PARKSVILLE DINNER MEETING - “Myth-Busting Roundabouts: The Town of Qualicum Beach Experience”
Register online

Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 Time: Cocktails: 6:00 PM Dinner: 6:30 PM

Location: Room TBA at the Quality Resort Bayside, 240 Dogwood Street, Parksville, BC. (250) 248-8333
Directions: On Parksville waterfront near downtown Parksville, off Island Highway 19A, west of Hwy 4A intersection, and just west of the Paradise Mini Golf.

Speaker: Tim Chapman AScT, Koers & Associates Engineering Ltd.

Topic: “Myth-Busting Roundabouts: The Town of Qualicum Beach Experience” – A 45 metre diameter roundabout was constructed to replace the conventional intersection at Memorial Avenue and Rupert Road. The presentation will cover the highs and lows resulting from public perception, characteristics of modern roundabouts, and their advantages over signalized intersections, along with some insight to performance based design for a burgeoning discipline that will become a more common solution to traffic control.

Cost: $35 for members and non-members ($30 for EIT/GIT attendees). A cash bar will be available as well as a bottle raffle.

Registration: Please Register online or for offline registration, please contact Phil Stewart at pstewart@koers-eng.com or 250-248-3151. Please register or RSVP by Friday, February 26, 2010 assist us with confirming final attendance numbers for this event.

Special thanks to Locar Industries Ltd. for sponsoring this event.




CALL FOR NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND GEOSCIENCE WEEK VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for some help to run the APEGBC popsicle bridge building booth at the Country Club mall in Nanaimo for the next two weekends, February 20 & 21 and February 27 & 28 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm and for the final testing event on Saturday March 6 same time. No prior experience required.

Please contact John Hofman at (250) 716-1550 or jhofman@rjc.ca if you can volunteer for a few hours. And remember, branch involvement counts as CPD hours!

Hope to see you there!!

Regards,

Darryl Tunnicliffe, P.Eng.
Chair, APEGBC Vancouver Island Branch
vi@apeg.bc.ca

Thursday December 3, 2009
Time: Cocktails and Registration at 6:00 pm; Dinner at 6:30 pm (a Contemporary Holiday dinner buffet)
Register online

Vancouver Island Conference Centre, off Commercial Street in Downtown Nanaimo. (phone 250-244- 4061)

Dear Branch Members,

We are please to invite you to the next APEGBC Vancouver Island Branch dinner meeting with a presentation on “Nanaimo’s Long Range Plan for Sustainable Water Resource Management”. Please see below for details.

INVITATION – Nanaimo Dinner Meeting

Topic: Nanaimo’s Long Range Plan for Sustainable Water Resource Management

Date: Thursday December 3, 2009
Time: Cocktails and Registration at 6:00 pm; Dinner at 6:30 pm (a Contemporary Holiday dinner buffet)

Location: Vancouver Island Conference Centre, off Commercial Street in Downtown Nanaimo. (phone 250-244- 4061)

Speaker: Mr. Bill Sims from the City of Nanaimo and Mr. Bill Harvey of Associated Engineering will present on Nanaimo’s long range plan for sustainable water resource management.

Cost:  $40 per member/guest includes dinner; $35 for EIT/GIT attendees.  A cash bar will be available as well as a bottle raffle.
Registration: Registration: Please Register online, or for offline registration, please contact Jarrod Koster at Herold Engineering  jkoster@heroldengineering.com.
. Please register or RSVP by Wednesday, November 25, 2009 to assist us with confirming final attendance numbers for this event.
The Vancouver Island Branch extends it's gratitude to our dinner meeting sponsors: Associated Engineering and Herold Engineering Ltd. 

In the past, sponsorship funds were added to our Library Fund, which was used to purchase engineering or geotechnical reference books to be donated to the Vancouver Island Regional Library. We are now intending that surplus funds are now to go to the scholarship program. The Library Fund has not used much over the past few years, however, we will continue to operate the fund on an as needed basis.  Please contact the Vancouver Island Branch Chair, Darryl Tunnicliffe, if you would to suggest reference materials to be added to the library.

Hope to see you there!!

Please Register online, or for offline registration, please contact Jarrod Koster at Herold Engineering  jkoster@heroldengineering.com.
. Please register or RSVP by Wednesday, November 25, 2009 to assist us with confirming final attendance numbers for this event.

Build Date: Friday September 11, 2009 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Judging: Saturday September 12, 2009
• Awards: Saturday September 12, 2009 3:00 pm

Diana Krall Plaza, Downtown Nanaimo

View pdf flyer CANSTRUCTION® 2009 - Call for Entrants

Deadline for Registration: Friday, August 24, 2009

Return registration form to:
Downtown Nanaimo Partnership, A10 Victoria Crescent
Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5B8
Phone: 250-741-8141 Fax: 250-741-8108
Email: lindsay@nanaimodowntown.com

Date:

March 6, 2010

Time:

11:00 – 2:00 pm

Details:

Please view some of our past year's supporting documents until this year's documents are published. Thankyou.

• 2008 Popsicle Bridge Competition Rules (and Details) (pdf - 99 KB)

• 2007 Popsicle Bridge Competition Report (pdf - 994 KB)
• 2007 Popsicle Bridge Building Contest (pdf - 79 KB)

The Vancouver Island Branch of APEGBC held its 7th Annual Popsicle Bridge Building Competition at the Country Club Centre in Nanaimo.  We had over 25 participants  and many more spectators as it proved to be one of our finest competitions to date. This year, of worthwhile recognition was the winner of the 12 to 17 age category.  Her bridge withstood 254 lbs of load before it failed.

Country Club Centre Mall

Located approximately 5 Km North of the Departure Bay Ferry Terminal on the Island Highway. 3200 North Island Hwy Nanaimo, BC Canada
http://www.countryclubcentre.com/directions.shtml

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