Professional Practice Guidelines – Local Government Asset Management

This webinar will introduce topics within the recently published Professional Practice Guidelines - Local Government Asset Management. These guidelines specify tasks that should be performed by Engineers and Geoscientists BC registrants so as to meet an appropriate level of practice that fulfills the registrant's professional obligations under the Act and Bylaws. These obligations include the registrant's primary duty to protect the safety, health, and welfare of the public and the environment.

Barry Davis, P.Eng.

Stuart Nash, P.Eng. 
Engineers and Geoscientists BC

These guidelines address the current expectations of practice for engineering and geoscience professionals working in the area of asset management for local governments. They cover all phases of local government asset management and professional expectations and considerations throughout these phases. The guidelines also discuss the roles and responsibilities of the parties typically involved in local government asset management, from local government administrators to professionals of a variety of backgrounds, as well as asset management consultants.

The guidelines outline the training and experience typically required to carry out local government asset management and describe how the intent of the quality management standards under Engineers and Geoscientists BC's Bylaws are to be met.

Instructors

Barry Davis, P.Eng.

Barry retired from the City of Burnaby as Deputy Director Engineering in September 2013 and currently undertakes project management work in the areas of Asset Management and Municipal Engineering. Barry has been heavily involved in the Asset Management Sector for well over 25 years. As well as leading the City of Burnaby’s Asset Management work for the Engineering Department he was involved with both the Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM) and Asset Management BC (AMBC) from the beginnings of both organizations as a board member for CNAM and member of the community of practice for AMBC. He also has a role as a peer reviewer for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Municipal Asset Management Program (MAMP).

Stuart Nash, P.Eng. 
Manager, Individual Audits and Practice Reviews
Engineers and Geoscientists BC

As Manager, Individual Audits and Practice Reviews, Stuart Nash works on Professional Practice Guidelines, leads the team responsible for managing the Continuing Education (CE) Program, and is managing the transition to the new Audit and Practice Review Programs for individuals under the Professional Governance Act. Stuart is a registered professional engineer with a background in municipal utilities and site servicing engineering.