ASSOCIATED - Key Persons
Aaron has 15 years of experience in the design of process heating systems, district energy systems, renewable energy systems and building HVAC and efficiency. His experience includes feasibility studies, conceptual design, financial analysis, design, design review, specification, controls sequencing, tender assessment, contract management, installation and commissioning on energy, water and HVAC projects across Canada and in Europe.
Job Titles:
- Division Manager
- General Manager
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- Manager, Technical Services Production
- Technical Services Production Manager for the Associated Engineering
Bill Moore is the Technical Services Production Manager for the Associated Engineering group of companies. For more than 20 years, he has implemented, supported and mentored staff on 3D/BIM technologies within the architecture, engineering and construction industry. Bill is an active participant/leader of international, national and local BIM organizations and committees.
Job Titles:
- Mechanical Engineer
- Fluid Dynamics Specialist
Bob is a Mechanical Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in hydraulic analysis and design. Bob specializes in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and hydraulic transient analysis for pipelines, tanks, and pumping stations. As Associated Engineering's National Practice Leader in fluid dynamics, he provides advice, advanced analysis, modelling, and technical support on a wide variety of projects across Canada. He has conducted 3-dimensional CFD analysis to optimize design layout to achieve acceptable flow conditions His analysis and design advice has helped to improve layout and design of pumping stations and tanks. Bob has helped to improve mixing and eliminate stagnation of fluids in reservoirs.
For operating facilities, Bob's analysis has helped to optimize flow conditions over a range of flow rates while minimizing modifications to structures. Bob's analysis is often used to determine what physical modelling should be undertaken, or to complement physical modelling.
Brent leads our Environmental Division, responsible for planning, business development, project delivery, and staff development. Previously, he was Manager of the Environmental Assessment team in our Vernon office.
Brent has more than 25 years of strategic advisory experience in environmental science and management. His diverse background includes aquatic and terrestrial ecology; with a focus on environmental impact assessment. Brent specializes in assessment of instream flow needs for fish and other aquatic resources potentially affected by altered flow regimes; impact mitigation planning for infrastructure projects; habitat restoration; environmental permitting processes, and regulator liaison. He has participated in and managed studies for a broad range of private and public sector clients, including all levels of government, First Nations, and clients in the mining, forestry, transportation, oil and gas, hydropower, and real estate development sectors. His projects have included roads, highways, railways, airports, urban developments, hydropower, forestry, and mine developments.
Brent has volunteered with the College of Applied Biology of BC on the Credentials Committee.
Job Titles:
- Division Manager of the Buildings Engineering Division
- Division Manager, Buildings Engineering
Carma Holmes is the Division Manager of the Buildings Engineering Division in our Edmonton office. She has over 20 years of experience primarily focused on design and project management in the municipal sector. Carma has also participated in the design and construction of facilities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and British Columbia.
Job Titles:
- Senior Civil Engineer
- Senior Vice President, Infrastructure
Chris is responsible for providing technical support and guidance to staff and clients on infrastructure projects. He also provides advice on infrastructure standards and guidelines, as well as recruitment and business development. Previously, Chris was Division Manager, Central Alberta Infrastructure, based in our Edmonton office.
Chris is a Senior Civil Engineer with more than 30 years of experience specializing in the planning, feasibility studies, design, project management, contract administration, and construction of roads, utilities, water, wastewater and stormwater services. Chris is a specialist in infrastructure renewal using trenchless technologies, such as tunnelling. In addition, he brings a breadth of experience on projects for the public and private sector, including commercial and residential land development, marinas, and recreational facilities. Chris also has extensive experience developing infrastructure for Federal facilities.
Corinna is a Senior Biologist with 18 years of experience specializing in terrestrial and landscape ecology. Her key areas of focus include environmental assessment, environmental planning, mitigation and post-construction monitoring. Corinna has led and managed projects with multi-disciplinary teams throughout Western Canada.
She has project experience in a variety of client sectors, including transportation, mining, renewable energy, civil infrastructure, and urban and rural development. With a proven track record in supporting projects through regulatory permitting processes, Corinna is familiar with permitting process as required by the BC Environmental Assessment Act, Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Navigation Protection Act, Fisheries Act, Species at Risk Act, and BC Wildlife Act and Water Act.
Job Titles:
- Business Process Manager
- Manager, Business Process
Dale is a Business Process Manager and is responsible for corporate-wide initiatives that help improve the execution of internal and external projects. He has over 35 years of experience specializing in municipal infrastructure engineering.
Dale has a strong background in project management. He oversaw the company's internal project management training program from 2000 to 2005, and continues to train, coach and mentor aspiring project managers.
Previously, Dale served as the Vice President and General Manager of our Southern Alberta operation and he was also Manager of the Municipal Infrastructure Group in our Calgary office. His experience includes assessments, design and construction of stormwater management systems, sanitary sewerage systems, water supply and transmission systems, water and wastewater treatment projects, highways, airport infrastructure, and recreational/site development projects.
Dale has volunteered with the Consulting Engineers of Alberta, serving on its Board, and is also an active volunteer in the church community.
Job Titles:
- Strategic Advisor
- Strategic Advisor, Community Resilience
- Strategic Advisor, Community Resilience & Outside Director
Dana serves as strategic advisor, specializing in Community Resilience at the Associated Engineering group of companies.
A specialist in disaster recovery, disaster risk reduction, and community resiliency planning, Dana recently served as the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's Recovery Team Leader for the Recovery Task Force, following the devastating 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfire. As Managing Director of the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, he led the province's response to the 2011 Slave Lake Wildfire, and as Deputy Minister of Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Dana led the environmental remediation approach for the 2013 Southern Alberta Flood and all wildfire operations in Alberta.
David joined Associated Engineering as Chief Financial Officer in 2016. In this position, he is responsible for the accounting and financial management for the Associated Engineering group of companies.
David has 12 years of experience in finance, tax, audit and assurance, and financial and management accounting. His experience also encompasses acquisitions, internal process development, governance, and tax planning. Along with his Chartered Professional Accountant designation, David holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Alberta.
Prior to joining Associated Engineering, David held a Corporate Controller role with K-Bro Linen Systems, and he also worked in the audit and tax practices at KPMG Canada.
Job Titles:
- National Practice Lead, Alternative & Major Projects
David is a Senior Project Manager and Bridge Engineer with 18 years of experience specializing in the delivery of transportation and bridge projects. His experience encompasses various delivery models, including design-bid-build, design build, P3, program management, and construction management. Having worked on complex projects exceeding $1 billion, David brings expertise in business case development, project scoping, project delivery evaluation, and risk management.
As National Practice Lead, David provides leadership and support for the company's pursuit of major and alternative delivery projects, collaborating with management and senior techical leaders across the company.
David originally joined Associated Engineering in 2015 as the Manager of the Bridge group in Calgary. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a Master's of Business Administration. David is an active volunteer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) and the Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA). In 2017-2018, he held the position of President of CEA.
Job Titles:
- Senior Environmental Engineer
- Vice President, Water Resource Recovery
As Vice President, Water Resource Recovery, Dean provides technical support and guidance to staff and clients on wastewater management projects. Prior to taking on this role, Dean was a Water Resource Recovery Specialist in our BC operation.
Based in Victoria, Dean is a Senior Environmental Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in wastewater management and water resource recovery and reuse. He specializes in nutrient removal, greenhouse gas management, and resource recovery projects. His experience encompasses planning, pilot testing, treatability studies, treatment system performance reviews, wastewater treatment simulation, effluent dilution-dispersion modelling, design, and climate change vulnerability assessments. Dean's experience includes municipal wastewater treatment as well as high-BOD/COD food processing and industrial wastewater treatment. Dean also brings expertise in public consultation and triple bottom line + risk evaluations.
Dean is active with the Water Environment Research Foundation and the BC Water and Waste Association. He is also currently an Adjunct Professor in Civil (Environmental) Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Dean chairs Associated Engineering's Carbon Neutral Committee.
Denis is the Quality Manager and leads or provides support in implementing and maintaining quality systems for many of Associated Engineering's major projects. He is also responsible for the support, development, implementation, monitoring, maintenance, and improvement of the company's own Quality Management Programs and other management systems and corporate standards.
Denis works to help others understand the need and challenge of integrating the practice of quality in the administration and operation of the design and construction of transportation, infrastructure, commercial, and residential projects. He is a certified Quality Management System Auditor with the International Register of Certificated Auditors and has served in key quality management roles for major infrastructure projects in Western Canada.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Water
As Senior Vice President, Water, Doug provides leadership, technical support and guidance for water supply, water treatment and water resource recovery projects across Canada. He provides advice on technical standards and guidelines for water treatment design and construction services, as well as recruitment and business development. Doug joined Associated Engineering in 1988 and with more than 30 years of experience, Doug is a recognized leader in water supply and treatment.
Doug has held a variety of roles within the company over the years including Process Designer, Project Engineer, Project Manager, Manager of the Water Group in Calgary, Corporate Water Technical Leader, Vice President, Water Engineering, and a director on the Senior Board of Directors. He has participated in and led master planning, piloting, design, construction, commissioning, and project management of some of the largest water treatment plants in Canada, including the Glenmore and Bearspaw Water Treatment Plants in Calgary and the R.C. Harris and R.L. Clark Water Treatment Plants in Toronto. He brings technical expertise in pumping systems, conventional water treatment, membrane filtration, dissolved air floatation, high rate ballasted flocculation, ultraviolet disinfection, and residuals management.
As an active volunteer, Doug has participated on technical, professional and industry organizations including the American Water Works Association, Western Canada Water, Consulting Engineers of Alberta, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Job Titles:
- Civil Engineer and Manager of Indigenous Infrastructure
Freda Leong is a Civil Engineer and Manager of Indigenous Infrastructure. She has over 30 years of experience in system planning and management, assessment and design of drainage, stormwater, and water distribution systems, condition assessment of water and stormwater assets, and water and stormwater modelling.
Job Titles:
- Senior Process Engineer
- Vice President, Water Solutions
As Vice President, Water Solutions, Garry provides technical guidance and advisory services to staff and clients on water treatment plant design and optimization.
Garry is a Senior Process Engineer with more than 30 years of experience on water and wastewater treatment projects for municipal and industrial clients. He specializes in small water systems, and is passionate about systems optimization to maximize the potential of water treatment assets. Garry's experience includes project management, feasibility studies, planning, pilot testing, design, construction, start-up, commissioning, training, process optimization, and troubleshooting. Garry has authored and presented many papers on water supply and treatment, both locally and internationally. Garry is also an instructor/trainer for water and wastewater operator certification and training programs.
He is an active volunteer with Western Canada Water and the American Water Works Association. In recognition of his technical achievements and volunteer efforts in the water industry, the AWWA presented Garry with the George Warren Fuller Award.
Job Titles:
- Senior Civil Technologist and Vice President, Risk Management for the Associated Engineering
Greg Kaupp is a Senior Civil Technologist and Vice President, Risk Management for the Associated Engineering group of companies.
He has almost 40 years of experience encompassing project management, planning, design, construction and contract administration, inspection, and rehabilitation of municipal and transportation infrastructure. He has designed and managed land development, community buildings, roads, highways, bridges, airports, and water and sewer projects throughout Western Canada, Bermuda, and Ethiopia. He has also been involved in heavy civil and industrial projects.
Job Titles:
- Vice President & General Manager, Alberta North
- Vice President and General Manager of Our Northern Alberta
Helder is the Vice President and General Manager of our Northern Alberta operation. In his role, Helder is responsible for managing the operation, including business development, project delivery, and staff development. Previously, he was Manager of the Industrial, Structural and Building Services Groups in our Edmonton office.
Helder has more than 30 years of experience in design, construction, and project management of civil, industrial, commercial, residential, and municipal projects. Specializing in structural engineering, Helder has participated in buildings, bridges, transportation, solid waste management, water supply and treatment, and wastewater treatment projects across Alberta, as well as in BC and the Northwest Territories. Helder's experience includes design of small commercial and recreational buildings, as well as large industrial facilities and bridges. He has worked on projects from conceptual and preliminary design to detailed design, tendering, construction, and commissioning.
Helder is an active volunteer with the Consulting Engineers of Alberta, serving on its Board of Directors. Furthermore, Helder is one of two Alberta representatives serving on the Board of Directors for the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies Canada.
Job Titles:
- Manager of Our Strategic Advisory Services
- Manager, Strategic Advisory Services
Helen Chan is the Manager of our Strategic Advisory Services group in British Columbia. Helen is passionate about helping organizations tackle challenges that arise from our changing climate, regulations, and economy. Helen and her team translate corporate goals into practical and implementable solutions by engaging stakeholders at every level (from executive leadership to operations). Integrated business solutions are tailored to accommodate the organization's systems, processes, and culture.
Helen has 25 years of experience working in the consulting and municipal sectors. Helen's advice is drawn from her diverse and extensive experience including providing technical engineering expertise, policy and strategic planning, and project management and the delivery of a multitude of infrastructure capital projects.
Ian serves as an outside director on Associated Engineering's Senior Board of Directors. He previously served as President of Finning (Canada) for 11 years, retiring in 2008 after 30 years with the firm. He helped the company become one of the largest and most successful Caterpillar equipment distributors in the world. Ian serves on a number of boards, including the Canadian Western Bank Group and Fountain Tire. Ian was also a member of the Provincial Audit Committee for the Province of Alberta. Ian holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.
Job Titles:
- National Practice Leader, Trenchless Technologies
A Civil Engineer, Jason has more than 20 years of experience in the consulting, construction, education, and research sectors. Jason specializes in trenchless engineering and construction, including horizontal directional drilling, tunnelling, micro-tunnelling cured-in-place-pipe relining, pipe bursting, auger boring, and pipe ramming. As National Practice Leader, Trenchless Technologies, Jason provides advice on feasibility studies, designs, risk management, constructability, tendering, and construction.
Prior to rejoining Associated Engineering in 2012, he served 3½ years as an Assistant Professor and Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at Arizona State University, where he taught soil mechanics and researched trenchless methods.
An active volunteer, Jason served on the Board of Directors for the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT); and is an instructor for their Lateral Sewer Rehabilitation, Horizontal Directional Drilling, and Pipe Bursting Best Practices Courses. Jason co-authored the NASTT Good Practices Manual for trenchless rehabilitation of lateral sewers. In 2010, Jason received NASTT's Trent Ralston Award for Early Career Achievement in the field of Trenchless Technology.
Jim has over 30 years of experience delivering highway infrastructure projects in Alberta. He has effectively managed large teams of engineering and technical professionals on complex multi-year transportation projects. Jim has been a key project team member on many large-scale infrastructure and transportation projects in the capital value range of 20 million up to 550 million. Recently, he has played a key role on major projects in southern Alberta, including the West Calgary Ring Road, Deerfoot Trail Improvements, the Flanders Avenue Interchange, Crowchild Trail Short-Term Improvements, and ongoing service to the City of Airdrie, including the QEII/40th Avenue Interchange.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Water Resources
John provides technical support and guidance to staff and clients on water resource management, stormwater management, and river engineering projects. Previously, John was Manager of the Water Resources Group in our BC operation.
John is a Senior Civil Engineer with over 30 years of experience specializing in hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater management, watershed management, flood control, dyking, drainage, and river engineering. His experience includes planning, modelling, analysis, design, construction, and commissioning. He has a strong interest in best management practices for stormwater management and climate change adaptation and mitigation. He is a recognized specialist in flood control and use of geographical information systems to enhance project deliverables. He was a co-author of the Dike Design and Construction Guide, Best Management Practices for BC.
John is a Provincial Director of the Canadian Water Resources Association and sits on the National Executive Board.
Job Titles:
- National Technical Specialist, Water Resource Recovery
José is a Senior Wastewater Process / Environmental Engineer with over 25 years of national and international experience in academic, municipal, and consulting roles. His project experience extends across Portugal, the United States, and Canada and includes many aspects of wastewater management, such as system planning, facility design and operations, technology demonstration, effluent receiving environment assessments, biosolids management and resource recovery.
Job Titles:
- Project Manager
- Discipline Lead, Data Management and ITS
Judy is a Project Manager and ITS Engineer with over 20 years of experience focused on public transport (light rail, commuter rail, bus, paratransit and bus rapid transit). Her expertise includes transit management systems, such as real time customer information, computer aided dispatch, automatic vehicle location, data management systems and asset management (levels of service, risk based decision making).
Juliana Tang is a Geo-Environmental Engineer with 18 years of experience in environmental engineering consulting. Juliana is a key team member in various environmental projects, including municipal and industrial containment systems, such as landfills, sewage lagoons, industrial waste ponds, and brine ponds. Her experience includes design, construction, regulatory compliance and application, environmental construction and operations planning. She has conducted solid waste and wastewater studies to assist municipalities in long-term planning and operations. She has extensive experience in the design and installation of geosynthetics in containment systems and in erosion and sedimentation control.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President, Transportation
Kent provides leadership support and guidance to staff and clients on transit systems, transportation planning, traffic engineering, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), and roadways and highways design projects. Previously, Kent was our Vice President, Transportation, and managed our Transportation Division in our Edmonton office.
Kent has over 30 years of experience specializing in client and project management, planning, public consultation, stakeholder engagement, design, and construction of new, rehabilitation, and maintenance projects ranging up to $1 billion in construction value. Since joining our Edmonton office in 2014, he has helped to grow our Transportation Division, overseeing the delivery of key projects including Edmonton's Capital Line LRT Extension, St. Albert Transportation Master Plan, St. Albert Transit Centre and Park & Ride, and Alberta Transportation's Highway 43 Functional Planning and Design.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Civil Engineer
Kerry is a Civil Engineer with over 40 years of experience specializing in municipal and transportation engineering. Kerry joined Associated Engineering 37 years ago as a design and project engineer, and has taken on roles of increasing responsibility, including Group Manager and General Manager, before becoming President & CEO.
Kerry encourages continuing professional development and corporate social responsibility. He supports our young professionals and women in science and engineering. Throughout his career, Kerry has given back to our profession and the community, volunteering with ACEC-BC, ACEC-Canada, and EGBC. He has contributed to organizations such as BCIT Transystems, the Project Management Institute, Public Works Inspectors Society, and the Science Alberta Foundation. He was president of ACEC-BC in 1999, playing a key role in strengthening the association, raising its profile, and improving operations.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Operating Officer for the Associated Engineering
Lance is Chief Operating Officer for the Associated Engineering group of companies, responsible for operations, including service delivery, production, human resources, and information systems and technology.
A Chartered Professional Accountant, Lance has over 30 years of experience, including accounting, auditing, and financial analysis. He has been with Associated Engineering since 1993, holding roles of increasing responsibility. Prior to taking on his current role, Lance held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance.
Job Titles:
- General Manager
- Vice President & General Manager, BC / Yukon / Northwest Territories
As General Manager, Leslie is responsible for planning, business development, project delivery, and staff development for our BC, Yukon and Northwest Territories operation. Previously, he was Manager of our Transportation Division in Vancouver.
Leslie has 30 years of experience specializing in design, construction, and project management of transportation projects on projects across Canada, South Africa, and in the Caribbean. His diverse experience includes highway, pedestrian, and railway bridges; bridge rehabilitation and widening projects; buildings; drainage structures; structures for port facilities; mine structures; material handling structures; and shiploaders. Having worked extensively in Canada's Northern territories, Leslie has expertise in the design and construction of infrastructure and transportation projects in Cold Regions.
Leslie's experience includes traditional design-bid-build as well as alternative delivery projects. On Public Private Partnership projects, Leslie has acted as Independent Certifier, Owner's Engineer, and Design Manager on numerous projects.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Engineer
- Vice President, Business Development
As Vice President, Business Development, Lianna is responsible for business development, marketing, and communications for the Associated Engineering group of companies. Prior to taking on her current role, she was Manager, Engineering Development for the company's BC operation.
Lianna is an Environmental Engineer with more than 30 years of strategic advisory experience. As a design engineer and project manager, Lianna specialized in the planning, assessment, design and construction of water and wastewater treatment and civil infrastructure projects. Her experience includes projects across Canada and in the Caribbean.
Lianna is an active volunteer with Engineers and Geoscientists BC (EGBC), and has served as a Councillor and President. She has participated on a number of initiatives for Engineers Canada, as well as committees for the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies British Columbia (ACEC-BC) and the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science and Technology. In recognition of her work with these organizations, Lianna received EGBC's Professional Service Award and the designation of Fellow from Engineers Canada. In 2016, Engineers Canada presented Lianna with the Award for the Support of Women in the Engineering Profession.
Marta has 20 years of experience on water supply projects, including designing wells, completing pumping tests, assessing sustainable yield, and completing water balance studies. Marta is a regional director with the BC Groundwater Association, and is a valuable member of the BC Water and Waste Association (BCWWA) Drinking Water Committee and the Okanagan Water Stewardship Council.
Marta has over 20 years of environmental consulting experience in Western and Northern Canada, managing simple to complex water related technical studies, leading clients through regulatory processes, and securing environmental approvals. Her project experience encompasses groundwater-use water licence applications, groundwater availability and quality studies for local government and Health Authority approval, well drilling and testing for agricultural and industrial water supply, Source Protection Plans and pathogen testing for drinking water suppliers, Environmental Impact Assessments for the agricultural and development sectors, water quality studies for wastewater projects, and Water Supply and Demand, and Hydraulic Connection studies for watershed-scale projects.
Marta understands client goals and manages multi-disciplinary teams to meet client and regulator expectations. She has been instrumental in shaping many provincial and regional water related guidelines and policies through her involvement as a Regional Director with the BC Groundwater Association, Drinking Water Committee member of the BC Water and Waste Association, and Okanagan Basin Water Board Water Stewardship Council member. Marta is a registered Professional Geoscientist in BC.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Civil Engineer
- President
As President & CEO, Martin plans and directs the operations of the Associated Engineering group of companies. Prior to taking on this role, Martin held roles of increasing responsibility including Project Manager, Manager of the Resource Infrastructure Group in BC, and, most recently, Vice President & General Manager of our BC/Northern operation.
Martin is a Civil Engineer with more than 30 years of strategic advisory experience, specializing in project management, inspection, design, rehabilitation, and construction of bridges for the municipal and industrial sectors. He has participated on the design and construction of bridges across Canada and overseas, including projects in Central America, Cuba, Indonesia, and Russia. Martin has participated in traditional and alternative delivery projects, and has a particular interest in design-build projects.
Martin has volunteered on technical, professional and industry organizations, including the ACEC-BC, Master Municipal Construction Documents BC, and the BCIT Civil Technology Program Advisory Committee.
Matthew has 25 years of consulting, engineering, and project management experience in a wide range of sectors, including municipal infrastructure, water, wastewater, institutional, buildings and transit. His experience includes projects in Canada and the United Kingdom. Matt has expertise in capital planning, asset management and integration, and project delivery.
Matthew is a Chartered Civil Engineer in the United Kingdom, where he held senior positions with Southern Water before moving to Canada in 2011.
Melanie has worked throughout Western Canada as a terrestrial ecologist for the past 16 years. Her experience includes project management, vegetation and wildlife inventories, ecological land classification, rangeland management, sustainable agriculture, environmental impact assessments, reclamation planning and monitoring, and waste management. Melanie is a Terrestrial Ecologist as well as Restoration and Reclamation Lead at Associated. Recently, Melanie has managed, and contributed to, complex environmental projects. She has over 9 years of experience managing large, multi-disciplinary projects. She has provided technical expertise to vegetation survey design, inventory methods, and data analysis. Melanie has developed environmental management and mitigation plans for biophysical projects in the transportation, transmission, land development, agricultural, and oil and gas sectors. She has a keen understanding of ecological function in relation to landscape resources use and of techniques for restoring affected ecological function.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Transportation Structures
A graduate of the University of Alberta, Mike's career has taken him to Denmark and New Zealand, before settling back home in Edmonton. Mike joined Associated in 2005 for three years, and then returned to the company in 2010 as a Structural/Bridge Engineer. Over the years, he has taken on roles of increasing responsibility, most recently, Division Manager, Transportation in Alberta North. His 20 years of experience includes the analysis, design, management, and assessment of a wide variety of transportation structures, including pedestrian, roadway, heavy rail, and LRT bridges.
Michael has over 25 years of experience in graphic design and strategic communications, comprising Creative Director roles for a boutique international design firm and, more recently, for Associated. Michael provides visual communication design consultation for clients, including identity (logo) development and management, website development and maintenance, photography, videography and motion graphics, technical illustration, and campaign development. Michael excels at interpreting and translating technical language into visual communications that engage the audience and are easily understood. Michael is a Certified Design Professional with DesCan.
Job Titles:
- Vice President & General Manager of Our Alberta South
- Vice President & General Manager, Alberta South
Nadeer is the Vice President & General Manager of our Alberta South operation. In this role, Nadeer is responsible for managing the operation, including business development, project delivery, and staff development. Previously, he was Manager of the Municipal Infrastructure Group in our Calgary office.
Nadeer has almost 20 years of experience in infrastructure and water resources engineering and project management. He has successfully managed and delivered projects from the planning level through design and construction for both the public and private sector. Nadeer's technical experience includes modelling, design and construction support of water, wastewater and stormwater management infrastructure as well as river engineering.
He has led major municipal water resources and linear infrastructure projects, including the Consulting Engineers of Alberta award-winning City of Calgary Northwest Inner-City Drainage Study project, and the 37 th Street SW Storm Trunk Relocation project in Calgary.
Having worked as a client prior to working for clients, Nadeer believes in providing exceptional, responsive, client service through communication on project risks, schedules, and budgets. He thrives in finding optimal solutions for multiple stakeholders through collaboration. Nadeer does this by applying his career experience as well as his academic learnings through his Engineering and Masters in Business Administration degrees.
Nicole is an Environmental Scientist with ten years of experience in water quality assessments and project management. Her areas of expertise include source water protection planning, water quality investigations and statistics, and environmental studies for waste discharge authorizations.
Owen has over 20 years of experience in asset management of public infrastructure for clients across Canada and the UK. He has helped many clients to develop corporate standards, policy and frameworks related to asset management. His asset management approach considers risks, level of service, and whole-life costing. Owen brings an owner's perspective to his projects gained from previous roles as a manager within a water utility responsible for strategy development, capital program management, engineering standards, and other operational roles.
Owen's experience includes a Climate Change Risk Assessment for Anglian Water's 6000+ water and wastewater facilities, as well as asset management planning across 12 business units for The City of Calgary. The Canadian Network of Asset Managers (CNAM) awarded The City of Calgary and Associated Engineering with the Tereo Award for developing the City's asset management plans and instituting business improvement in asset planning across Calgary.
Owen was involved in developing ISO 55000 - the international standard on asset management systems released in January 2014.
Paul is a Professional Forester with more than 30 years of experience managing multi-disciplinary teams for environmental services and forest land management in Canada and New Zealand. His background encompasses environmental monitoring and permitting, planning, impact assessments for land development, and developing effective mitigation and restoration strategies. Paul also specializes in operational, tactical, and strategic forest land-use planning, forest stand modifications to accommodate various resource values, visual impact analysis, and wildfire interface management.
Job Titles:
- Vice President & General Manager, Saskatchewan & Manitoba
Paul is the Vice President & General Manager of our Saskatchewan and Manitoba operations. Paul is responsible for business development, project delivery, and staff development. Previously, he was Manager of the Transportation Group in our Saskatoon office.
Paul is a Senior Transportation Engineer with 30 years of experience specializing in highway and road projects. His experience includes conceptual design, functional planning, detailed design, design management, project management, contract administration, construction administration and construction management. He has participated in the design and construction of highways across Saskatchewan.
An active volunteer, Paul is involved with the Saskatchewan Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association, Transportation Association of Canada, and the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Saskatchewan.
A Senior Environmental Scientist, Rebekka has almost 25 years of experience as an environmental professional across BC, Northern Canada, and Washington State. Rebekka leads the delivery of customized software and GIS solutions for managing and reporting environmental information. She also leads the Environmental Management Group, which provides contaminated sites and sediment and erosion control services. Rebekka's broad experience with collection and analysis of data, development of field protocols, assessment of environmental impacts, investigations of contaminated sites, and reporting lends to seamless and effective management of these multi-disciplinary groups. Rebekka has managed several large-scale, multi-year projects, and coordinated multi-disciplinary project teams. Her approach is to work closely with clients to determine project objectives, and collaborate with the project team to deliver on client expectations.
Rob has over 25 years of experience in consulting, encompassing environmental earth science, hydrology, and natural resource management. As National Practice Leader, Contaminated Sites, Rob plays a leadership role in business development and strategic planning on company-wide growth of the contaminated sites practice. He has managed or led more than 400 contaminated sites investigations in Northern Canada, BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Rob has directed the remediation of a wide range of industrial and commercial properties. He has completed several senior reviews and performed technical advisory roles for several Phase I and II ESA projects across Western Canada.
Job Titles:
- Manager of the Northern Alberta Environmental Sciences Division
- Member of the College of Applied Biology Credentials Committee
Sandra is a Biologist and Senior Environmental Scientist with over 17 years of experience in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem assessment, wildlife inventory, environmental impact assessment, impact mitigation planning, and environmental monitoring. She has significant experience collaborating with provincial and federal agencies, as well as with developers, private property owners and local governments.
Sandra has managed and completed several environmental impact assessments for development on First Nation reserves throughout Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. She works closely with property stakeholders, including First Nations and local governments to ensure compliance with regulations and permitting requirements for development in and around environmentally significant areas.
As Manager of the Northern Alberta Environmental Sciences Division, Sandra is responsible for maintaining and developing client relationships, communicating on all aspects of project needs, and ensuring quality control of project deliverables and proposals. She is an effective project manager and has considerable experience working with and coordinating multi-disciplinary teams.
Sandra is a member of the College of Applied Biology Credentials Committee in British Columbia, and has recently joined the environmental committee of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta.
Job Titles:
- Member of Our Strategic Advisory Leadership Team
- National Practice Lead, Strategic Advisory Services
Shane is a member of our Strategic Advisory Leadership Team. He is focused on helping build our Strategic Advisory Services Practic e that supports a growing demand for optimized infrastructure and asset consulting services across various sectors. Shane embraces the nexus between climate, resilience, assets, data, and business outcomes. He has worked in a wide range of industries and advised clients in developing and implementing valuable strategies that integrate sustainability and resilience while balancing risk, level of service, and value.
Shane's well-rounded credentials, combined with over 20 years of experience as both a consultant and asset owner, provide a unique perspective into the complex challenges faced by organizations today and in the future. He aims to build strong relationships and guide clients in navigating the ever-changing environment and help maximize value for organizations, assets, and communities.
Job Titles:
- Environmental Scientist
- Specialist
Steve is a groundwater specialist with 15 years of environmental consulting experience predominantly working on hydrogeology projects in the UK and Ireland and more recently in BC. His specialised area of expertise is groundwater-surface water interactions and water supply studies. He's managed a range of simple to complex projects for private and public sector clients including government, water companies, quarrying industry, infrastructure schemes, and private individuals.
Sutha is a Process Design Engineer with over 30 years of extensive experience in modelling, design optimization of biological and physical-chemical processes for treatment of water and wastewater for both municipal and industrial uses. His high level of technical knowledge allows him to quickly identify problem areas in the treatment process and focus on optimum, innovative, cost-effective solution.
Job Titles:
- Process Engineer
- Manager, Building Services & Energy
Thomas is a Process Engineer with 20 years of experience and is the Manager of the Building Services & Energy Group in our Toronto office. He is a Certified Energy Manager with the Association of Energy Engineers, and a Certified Yatesmeter Operator for testing pump, blower, and turbine efficiency.
Job Titles:
- Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer
Tonderai provides leadership and direction to the Central Infrastructure Group, serving clients in the Greater Edmonton Area, while securing, managing and delivering infrastructure projects. He provides operational management, encompassing all aspects of market development, project delivery, staffing, and administrative support to achieve strategic goals and performance objectives.
Tonderai is a Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer (UK), certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and MBA graduate, with experience in engineering consultancy in Canada, the UK, and Africa. He has led diverse project teams and delivered various multi-disciplinary projects in water/wastewater, roads, rail, and surface water drainage projects and brine ponds.
Expertise
Active Transportation
Airports
Asset Management
Bridges
Pedestrian Bridges
Bridge Rehabilitation & Retrofit
Seismic Evaluation & Retrofitting
Remote & Resource Bridges
Bridge Assessments & Analysis
Building Mechanical
Building Structures
Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation
Climate Science
Weather Monitoring, Observational Data Products and Services
Climate Scenarios and Analysis
Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis
Community Engagement
Container and Intermodal Facilities
Containment Systems
Contaminated Sites Management
Community Resilience
Downtown and Main Street Revitalization
Economic Development
Electrical Instrumentation & Controls
Energy
District Energy
Renewable Energy
Hydropower
Energy Efficiency
De-centralized Energy
Environmental Assessment
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Planning
Fish, Wildlife & Ecosystems
Highways
Hydrogeology
Hydrotechnical
Ice Engineering
Information Systems and GIS
Infrastructure
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Land Development
Land Use & Community Planning
Landscape Architecture
Parks & Recreation
Pipelines
Trenchless Technologies
Pump Stations
Real Estate Development
Regulatory Authorizations
Remediation and Reclamation
Roads
Streetscaping
Structures
Sustainable Design
Sustainable Management
Traffic Engineering
Transit
Transit-Oriented Development
Transportation Planning
Urban and Rural Planning
Urban Design
Urban Drainage
Wastewater Collection & Storage
Wastewater Treatment / Water Resource Recovery
Water and Earth Sciences
Water Resources
Water Supply, Storage & Distribution
Water Treatment
Bioengineering
Irrigation
Quality Management