We invite you to participate in a short confidential on-line survey that is being conducted by the Canadian Standards Association on behalf of Engineers Canada and our constituent associations. The aim is to gain insights from a professional engineering perspective, into the state of awareness about the challenges that a changing climate poses for Canada’s civil infrastructure. If you practise engineering in any of the following infrastructure categories, it is particularly important that you participate:
- Transportation: roads, highways, associated drainage systems, bridges, rail, airports and runways
- Buildings: structures, climatic loads, building envelope, geotechnical, building systems
- Water: drinking water, storm water, erosion, flood control, waste water , port and coastal facilities
- Energy: transmission, distribution and hydro generation, other renewable and non-renewable production
- Resource exploration, extraction and processing: oil and gas, mining, forestry, agriculture
This includes planning, specification, design, construction, operation, maintenance or de-commissioning of such infrastructures.
This survey is a follow-up to the first survey of engineers completed by the Standards Association in 2007 to determine a baseline of their level of knowledge and awareness of climate change on their practice of engineering. The 2007 survey generated considerable interest and provided baseline information to guide decision-making.
The data generated by this follow-up survey will be useful in many ways. It will help in the planning and execution of initiatives by your constituent associations and Engineers Canada to ensure that Canada’s professional engineers are properly equipped to deal with this significant national, regional and local issue. Professional engineers have a vital role to ensure Canada’s civil infrastructure is resilient to the effects of current and future climate.
Please participate in this important initiative by going to:
http://www3.web-research-online.com/koa_survey.html
Background
Canada's engineering community is in a unique position to provide solutions for adapting Canada’s infrastructure to a changing climate. The practice of engineering has a profound and positive impact. Numerous initiatives are underway across Canada that will help to ensure our engineers are well-equipped to provide the solutions that Canada needs. Engineers Canada has been leading a multi-year effort to assess the engineering vulnerability of Canada’s infrastructure to the impacts of current and future climate, through the development of the PIEVC Engineering Protocol. For further information visit www.pievc.ca
About Canadian Standards Association
The Canadian Standards Association is a membership association serving industry, government, consumers and other interested parties in Canada and the global marketplace. The Standards Association aims to help the enhancement of public safety, improvement of quality of life, preservation of the environment and facilitation of trade. The Canadian Standards Association is a division of CSA Group, which also consists of CSA International for product testing and certification, OnSpeX for consumer product evaluation services, and QMI for management systems registration. For more information visit www.csa.ca