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Board Approves Organizational Climate Change Strategy

August 20, 2025
The Organizational Climate Change Strategy, approved by the Board at its June meeting, supports registrants in advancing sustainability and addressing climate change.
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Discipline Notice: Peter Charles Gaffran

August 20, 2025
In a July 11, 2025, Consent Order, Peter Charles Gaffran admitted that he demonstrated unprofessional conduct and conduct unbecoming a registrant when he engaged in inappropriate conduct towards a junior colleague. Mr. Gaffran’s registration with Engineers and Geoscientists BC is cancelled.
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Survey Reveals Insights About the Annual Reporting Process

July 28, 2025
When registrants completed their Annual Reporting this year, more than 6,000 completed the organization’s follow-up survey about the process. While results from the survey show most registrants found the reporting process positive, many also had suggestions on how the process could be improved.
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New Guidelines Published: Landslide Mapping

July 22, 2025
Engineers and Geoscientists BC published its Professional Practice Guidelines – Landslide Mapping on July 16. These guidelines help standardize professional practice in BC related to four types of landslide maps: inventory, susceptibility, hazard, and risk maps.
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Compliance Rate for Annual Reporting 90%

July 2, 2025
Following the completion of the fifth year of Annual Reporting, the compliance rate by the June 30 deadline was 90%.
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Impact of Bills 13, 15 and C-5 on registrants

June 30, 2025
Recently introduced provincial and federal legislation may have an impact on professional engineers and geoscientists in BC.
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Two candidates vie for Board position

June 30, 2025
For the 2025 Engineers and Geoscientists BC Board election, registrants will be electing one Board member to serve a three-year term.
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New Covered Walkways Guidelines Published

June 30, 2025
Engineers and Geoscientists BC has published its Professional Practice Guidelines – Engineering Services for Temporary Structures: Covered Walkways providing guidance on professional practice for registrants who provide engineering services for covered walkways.
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New Guidelines: Development of Security-Critical Software

June 30, 2025
Engineers and Geoscientists BC published its Professional Practice Guidelines – Development of Security-Critical Software on June 4. The guidelines provide guidance for engineers involved in the specification, design, implementation, verification, deployment, or maintenance of security-critical software.
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Discipline Notice: Geoffrey Fash Wensel, P.Eng.

June 23, 2025
In a May 19, 2025, Consent Order, Geoffrey Fash Wensel admitted that he demonstrated unprofessional conduct in relation to the engineering services he provided for the design of a residence in Vancouver. As of June 14, 2025, Mr. Wensel’s registration with Engineers and Geoscientists BC is suspended for six months.
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