GRAND RIVER CHAPTER The CEO Grand River Chapter currently represents 30 member firms in the region. The Grand River Chapter remains very active, holding regular committee meetings to discuss items of common interest with our members’ client base, comprised most notably of municipal clients, and the delivery of consulting engineering services throughout the Grand River region. At our AGM in November 2015, a new executive committee was elected, representing multiple engineering disciplines from 10 local consulting firms. To close out the year in 2015, Bruce Potter, Chair of the CEO Board of Directors attended our AGM to update our members on current CEO activities and “Hot Button” issues. Guest speakers from the Conestoga Heavy Construction Association (CHCA) presented an update on industry initiatives at the AGM as well. In a short amount of time, our new executive committee has made some significant accomplishments: • We have identified roles that fit members’ particular talents, both as individuals and as team members, to maximize organizational efficiency and provide a platform for effective communication and outreach. • We held industry liaison meetings early in 2016 with the Region of Waterloo, local municipalities and various industry-related associations to increase the profile of our profession by fostering local relations and representing concerns of CEO member firms. We’ll continue to address areas of concern with industry stakeholders in a manner that promotes mutual benefit and partnership. • We’ve established a Young Professionals Group (YPG), Several events were recently coordinated including a networking social in February 2016 and Understanding Contract Basics Seminar in March 2016. The YPG’s mission is to engage and empower the young professionals to foster a sustainable and resilient business environment for CEO members. Awareness of this initiative will be promoted amongst members and industry stakeholders as a means of highlighting the value 24 2015-2016 CEO ANNUAL REPORT CEO places on mentoring tomorrow’s leaders. • Our spring newsletter has been published. This is our frontline communication with our membership. A fall newsletter is planned for September 2016. • We launched the Grand River “Consulting Engineering Award of Merit” program to acknowledge local projects undertaken by CEO local member firms that exhibit engineering excellence and ingenuity, improve the quality of community life and support sustainable growth. The program will raise awareness of the value consulting engineers bring to the private and public realm. The winning projects will be presented at the 2016 AGM in Waterloo. Our chapter will continue to stay committed to fostering improved municipal relations with local municipal clients through issue-specific consultation and regularly scheduled liaison meetings. Tom Montgomery, Chapter Chair CIMA+ Chapter Members David Chamberlain, Secretary-Treasurer Eramosa Engineering Inc. Kelly Cobbe, Past Chair IBI Group Inc. Tim Barichello, Awards Program Director Stantec Consulting Ltd. Jim Flanigan, Busines Practice Director AECOM Shelley Forwell, Awards Program Director Walter Fedy Dave Hallman, Industry Liaison Director MTE Consultants Inc. Angela Kroetsch, Communications Director GM BluePlan Ltd. Montana Wilson, YPG Director Englobe Corp. Denis Viens, Business Practices Director Dillon Consulting Ltd.
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