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Glotman Simpson Awarded at 2009 Canadian Consulting Engineer Awards

Celebrations continued this week at Glotman Simpson with the announcement of the 2009 Canadian Consulting Engineer Awards in Ottawa. The 41st annual awards are Canada's highest mark of recognition for projects by Canadian engineering firms, presented by the Association of Canadian Engineering Companies and Canadian Consulting Engineer Magazine. From 60 submissions, the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion project was awarded one of 10 Awards of Excellence. Only 4 of these awards were for 'Buildings', with no other B.C. project awarded in this category. Full details can be seen at www.canadianconsultingengineer.com.

This follows on from Glotman Simpson's win of The Grand CONNIE Award for Richmond Olympic Oval by BC Ready Mixed Concrete 2009 Awards for Excellence in Concrete Construction. The Oval was also presented the Special Applications, Technical Merit Award. These awards (nicknamed CONNIEs for "CONcrete CONstruction") are the BC industry's highest recognition of works that show vision and innovation in the use of concrete. To find out more about these leading-edge projects and Glotman-Simpson's highly collaborative approach to engineering, please visit our website: www.glotmansimpson.com.

Glotman-Simpson and Vancouver Convention Centre Shortlisted for International Structural Awards 2009

The Institution of Structural Engineers has announced the shortlist for the 2009 Structural Awards, the international industry's most prestigious awards. The awards recognize excellence in structural engineering globally.

Glotman-Simpson has been shortlisted in the 'Award for Arts or Entertainment Structures' for their work on the Vancouver Convention Centre expansion.

Canada Line Opens Monday, August 17 - Ride Fare Free from 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Canada Line service between Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver, Richmond City Centre and YVR is set to begin August 17, three and a half months early!

Get ready to ride the Line. Save time, save money and go green! All 16 stations will be open. It takes just 25 minutes to go from end-to-end.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Vancouver Mayor Brings Development Vision

Directors, members and guests of the British Columbia Construction Roundtable welcomed Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as the keynote speaker at their annual general meeting. Mayor Robertson spoke about the current state of development and construction in the city including the status of the South East False Creek project, his vision for making Vancouver one of the greenest cities in the world and ideas for finding a socially responsive way to deal with the homeless.

Six years ago, the BC Construction Roundtable Board of Directors established a student bursary for studies in engineering and construction management. The recipients of this year's $1500 awards were Shawn Tiedeman, who is completing a Bachelor of Technology in Construction Management at BCIT, and Chao-Ying Chiu, who is completing a PhD in Construction Engineering and Management at UBC.

The following members were elected to the Board of Directors:

Doug Hinton, Hatch Mott MacDonald - President; Elisa Brandts, PBK Architects Inc. - Past President; Roger Woodhead, Woodhead Consultants Inc. - Treasurer; and directors Beth Currie, BCIT Construction Management; Bill Frost, Graham Construction and Engineering Inc., Geoffrey Glotman, Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers, Robin Johnston, Collings Johnston Inc., Peter Judd, City of Vancouver Engineering Department; Chris McCarthy, SNC-Lavalin Inc., Jim McLagan, Canron Western Constructors Ltd., Jeff McLellan, BFL CANADA Insurance Services Inc., Don Nishimura, Scott Construction Ltd., Marina Pratchett, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Alan Russell, UBC Civil Engineering, Peter Smith, Axxent Engineering Ltd. and Dave Walker, Stantec Consulting.

The British Columbia Construction Roundtable is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide an independent forum for decision-makers of all sectors of the BC construction industry to share information, examine issues and collaborate on new or more effective strategies for the healthy growth of the industry. It is independent of all other construction groups.