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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Professional practice guidelines in development

Professional Practice Guidelines – Climate Resilience Retrofits Engineers and Geoscientists BC is developing professional practice guidelines that establish the duties and obligations in professional practice for registrants who are engaged to provide services in retrofit projects where the project scope includes climate change resilience considerations. These guidelines are designed to support registrants working on deep retrofit initiatives – an area of growing importance in BC where a few large-scale projects are already underway with more expected in coming years. These guidelines reinforce and build on resources created by public-sector organizations, health facilities, academic institutions and Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s own work. The guidelines are being developed in ongoing collaboration between Engineers and Geoscientists BC, the Province of BC, the Climate Risk Institute and Natural Resources Canada. Natural Resources Canada has recently launched a training program called “Climate Resilience Training for Building Sector Professionals.” For more information about these professional practice guidelines and the training program, contact Harshan Radhakrishnan, P.Eng. at hrad@egbc.ca . Professional Practice Guidelines – Subsurface Investigations These guidelines establish expectations and obligations of professional practice in characterizing subsurface conditions for engineering and geoscience projects. They outline expectations for planning and implementing investigations using methods such as geological surveys, in-situ testing, sampling, and laboratory analysis. They emphasize appropriate scoping based on project complexity and risk, clear documentation, and alignment with Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s quality management standards, while also ensuring that investigations consider regulatory requirements, as well as environmental and cultural sensitivities. For more information, contact Kendra Zammit, MSc., P.Geo. at kzammit@egbc.ca .

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