municipalities. Built on the principles of partnership and fairness, the agreement symbolizes a collaborative approach to creating a favourable business environment for both clients and consulting engineers. The document is available for download on the CEO website. Promotion of Qualifications-Based Selection CEO actively participated in meetings and industry roundtables with the government agencies and municipalities to promote the Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) as the best industry practice for procuring engineering services for public infrastructure projects. CEO also landed radio interviews on AM740, Newstalk1010, AM900 CHML and more to discuss what QBS is and its main advantages. Ottawa City Hall Day CEO hosted its first City Hall Day on November 24, 2015. Nineteen CEO Ottawa Chapter volunteers and senior staff representatives met with City Councillors, political staff and senior City officials to build the association’s profile with the City government and raise awareness on issues of critical importance to Ottawa area member firms, including: • the need for the City of Ottawa to review and update its current policies and by-laws related to the procurement of consulting engineering services; • emphasizing that the best value for any project can be realized when focus is on finding and developing the most efficient and cost-effective long-term solutions to a problem; • the City’s current consultant selection process encourages lower effort, often resulting in higher construction & operational costs for taxpayers; and • CEO’s philosophy of solving problems through achieving positive change. Construction Lien Act CEO is a recognized stakeholder, participating in the Ontario Government’s Independent Review of the Construction Lien Act. CEO has been taking a leadership role in representing member firms’ business interests through a submission to Review Counsel detailing its position on the application of the Act, the taking of holdback funds, the treatment of those funds and lien rights.
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