Hello Vendors,*Please feel free to share this message with your association members*The Region of Peel is excited to announce that it will begin accepting electronic submission of bids through the bids&tenders™ platform starting March 26, 2018. Currently, the Region only posts bid documents on bids&tenders™ and the submission of bids remains in-person or by mail/courier.As of […]
Read more »The Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) is pleased to announce the election of John Stephenson, OAA, MRAIC, to serve as OAA President for a second one-year term.Stephenson is one of the founding partners of FORM Architecture Engineering, the largest architectural practice in Northwestern Ontario, established in 1986 as Kuch Stephenson Architects. After receiving his Bachelor of […]
Read more »Ministry of Transportation (MTO) officials and industry stakeholder representatives recently gathered to discuss the progress that has been made in the government’s development of its stakeholder engagement protocol.The new consultation protocol is part of MTO’s Action Plan for Highway Contracts and Oversight. Its objective is to create an effective approach for consulting with technical stakeholders […]
Read more »City of Hamilton Indemnification ClauseNo. 18/002 – February 6, 2018Issue:Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) is advising members to use caution and consult their insurance and legal counsel before submitting project proposals to the City of Hamilton, specifically with regards to their standard indemnification clause. CEO has discussed the issue of indemnification in the past through […]
Read more »The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) invites engineering technicians and technologists working at your organization to submit an abstract for oral and poster presentations at the 2018 Annual General Meeting and Conference on June 1 at the Hilton Meadowvale Hotel.Do you have an employee who recently solved a complex technical problem, […]
Read more »Advisory to Members:Norfolk County RFP No. PW-E-17-78 – Inter-Urban Water Supply –Section 4.3 IndemnityNo. 18/001 – January 19, 2018Issue:Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) is advising members to use caution and consult their insurance and legal counsel before submitting project proposals to Norfolk County. Despite making efforts to engage county officials to amend the indemnity clause […]
Read more »The Government of Ontario’s new municipal asset management planning regulation (O. Reg. 588/2017 under the Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015) came into effective January 1st. As a core pillar of the province’s infrastructure agenda since 2012, the updated regulation will help municipalities better identify, manage and work to address their infrastructure challenges. It will […]
Read more »Bill 142, Ontario’s Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017, was passed into law and received Royal Assent on December 12, 2017. This new legislation, including the first update to Ontario construction liens in 34 years, has been developed to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of the province’s construction sector; early industry consensus is positive.However, while the […]
Read more »Infrastructure Minister Bob Chiarelli released the Ontario Government’s Long-Term Infrastructure Plan (LTIP), entitled “Building Better Lives”, at a luncheon at the Empire Club of Canada on Tuesday November 28th.The plan outlines the government’s vision for Ontario’s infrastructure planning and investment and is a key interim step in meeting the requirements of the Infrastructure for Jobs […]
Read more »By: David ZurawelCEO is informing members that on the advice of our insurance and contract specialist partners some language in the current 2017 version of the MEA/CEO Client/Engineer Agreement for Professional Consulting Services needs to be changed.Please make sure that in your project agreements that the language in the introductory paragraph of Section 1.11 Insurance (Page […]
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