NIAGARA CHAPTER The Niagara Chapter currently represents 16 member firms. The Chapter met regularly during the last fiscal year and was active in both the engineering and education communities. We continued to promote the Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) to the senior management at the Regional Municipality of Niagara and support local engineering education community. In late 2015, the Regional Municipality of Niagara confirmed that the roster system will continue and that a second RFPQ would be issued in early 2016. We anticipate the roster will continue to be based on three parameters – qualifications, corporate experience and personnel. This is a significant milestone for Niagara engineering firms and a result of what Niagara Chapter and CEO have been working for many years. The Chapter has also been promoting and expanding the use of performance-based selection of engineers for municipal assignments and to promote the local firms. We continued to meet with the Public Works Officials (PWO) and provided feedback and suggestions with respect to procurement and contracting practices. The Niagara Chapter’s 4th Annual CEO/PWO Niagara Chapter Engineering Awards of Merit were postponed due to the low number of submissions. We will announce calls for submission in late 2016 for project completed in 2015 and 2016. The Niagara Chapter continued to support local engineering education with a donation given to the Niagara Regional Science and Engineering Fair. The donation will go toward prizes for “Innovation in Engineering or Applied Science”. Tom Agnew, Chapter Chair Hatch Chapter Members Andrew Van Dyke, Vice Chair Golder Associates Ltd. Gord Shields, Treasurer WSP Canada Inc. Vince Jansen, Secretary WSP Canada Inc.
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