Innovation Winter 2025/26

DISCIPLINE AND ENFORCEMENT

DISCIPLINE NOTICE: ROBERT GORDON WILSON, P.ENG., P.GEO.

• conduct sufficient fieldwork to reasonably evaluate the landslide hazard or risks; • obtain – or alternatively disregarded without explanation – information regarding the landslide rating of the property from the Cariboo Regional District; • include any maps, plans, figures, sketches, photos, or illustrations in the report and relied instead on outdated and uninformative Google Earth images; and • provide an estimate of the landslide hazard or risk for the property, or otherwise make clear to the clients the landslide risk at the property. As outlined in the Consent Order, prior to the end of his suspension, Mr. Wilson must complete the "Professional Engineering and Geoscientists Practice in BC" online seminar, an Engineers and Geoscientists BC webinar, and an educational course offered by EPIC Training. Six months after the conclusion of the suspension period, Mr. Wilson must undergo a practice review conducted by the Audit and Practice Review Committee. Mr. Wilson paid $7,500 towards the legal and investigative costs of Engineers and Geoscientists BC. failing to detail a continuous load path between roof diaphragms and shear walls; • failed to account for snow-buildup load on roof trusses when issuing the drawings; • specified inadequate design loads for an open web steel joist roof, which resulted in the steel joists being designed with inadequate strength; and • failed to obtain documented independent reviews for the Ladysmith project’s structural designs prior to construction, as required by section 14(b)(4) of the Bylaws of Engineers and Geoscientists BC. As outlined in the Consent Order, prior to the end of his suspension, Mr. Syjuco must complete several Engineers and Geoscientists BC webinars. Following the conclusion of the suspension period, Mr. Syjuco will be subject to direct supervision for a period of four months or four projects, whichever comes later. Six months after the conclusion of the direct supervision period, Mr. Syjuco must undergo a practice review conducted by the Audit and Practice Review Committee. Mr. Syjuco agreed to pay $15,000 towards the legal and investigative costs of Engineers and Geoscientists BC.

In an August 19, 2025, Consent Order, Robert Gordon Wilson admitted that he demonstrated unprofessional conduct in relation to the residential landslide risk assessment report he prepared with respect to a property in Williams Lake, BC. As of August 25, 2025, Mr. Wilson’s registration with Engineers and Geoscientists BC is suspended for a period of six months. In 2019, Mr. Wilson was retained to provide geotechnical advice and to prepare a residential landslide risk assessment report for the purpose of obtaining a development permit for a proposed residential property in Williams Lake, BC. Mr. Wilson relied on outdated landslide assessments of the area despite being aware of more recent assessments, while diverging from the findings of more recent landslide assessments without explanation. In the Consent Order, Mr. Wilson admitted that he demonstrated unprofessional conduct contrary to the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, and agreed that, among other things, he failed to: • refer to relevant and applicable guidelines, or include relevant background information required by the relevant and applicable guidelines, in the report; In a September 5, 2025, Consent Order, Rolando Syjuco, P.Eng., admitted that he demonstrated unprofessional conduct in relation to the engineering services he provided for the structural design of a residence in Ladysmith, BC. As of September 19, 2025, Mr. Syjuco’s registration with Engineers and Geoscientists BC is suspended for a period of two months. Between 2017 and 2020, Mr. Syjuco issued structural design drawings for the design of a residence in Ladysmith, BC. Mr. Syjuco designed elements of the Ladysmith project in accordance with Part 9 of the BC Building Code 2012 (BCBC), rather than Part 4 of the BCBC, in circumstances where the engineering complexity of the structure required all elements to be designed in accordance with Part 4. In the Consent Order, Mr. Syjuco admitted that he demonstrated unprofessional conduct contrary to the Engineers and Geoscientists Act , and agreed that, among other things, he: • failed to specify an adequate lateral load resisting system in relation to the drawings including by

DISCIPLINE NOTICE: ROLANDO SYJUCO, P.ENG.

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