CWMM - Key Persons
David MacKinnon has been involved in the design and co-ordination of building structures for over 35 years since obtaining his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the University of British Columbia. During this time he has worked in Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, Alabama, Arizona and Venezuela. David is currently one of the Principals in CWMM and has over 23 years with the company. He has been responsible for the design of educational, institutional, sports and industrial/warehouse projects, as well as high and low rise commercial and residential projects. He has also co-ordinated the engineering disciplines on many major projects.
David Witty is currently Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Vancouver Island University (VIU). VIU has over 8,000 full time students across nine Faculties. From 2001-2009, he was Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Manitoba. The Faculty is the largest design and planning English-speaking Faculty in Canada with approximately 600 students and 37 fulltime and 25 part-time faculty. The Faculty has an award winning unique Partners Program that links faculty, students, the design professions and industry to explore innovation and opportunities for collaboration. The Faculty also houses the only architecture research facility in North America: The Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology that opened in October 2002. Upon his reappointment as Dean in 2006, David indicated that it was his intent to step down as Dean in July 2009.
While Dean, he continued teaching and led three innovative interdisciplinary Graduate Cross-Cultural Studios, partnering with northern Manitoba First Nations to explore First Nation planning and design issues. During his tenure as Dean, he taught undergraduate design studios and the first year Introductory to Environmental Design course to 250 students per term. It was his belief that undergraduate students should receive strong teaching input. His focus upon Aboriginal content, networking and consultation was recognised by the Southeast Tribal Council upon his stepping down as Dean. He also reached out to the external community and worked with the Province of Manitoba, City of Winnipeg and Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce to explore emerging urban planning and design concepts. Those interactions included design charrettes and public engagement processes. Those initiatives were covered by the local media and raised over $35,000 in an endowed scholarship for the Faculty.
During his tenure as Dean, the Faculty's Scholarship grants and awards increased significantly and nearly tripled its endowment funds for scholarships and bursaries to over $6 million. Within the Faculty, David worked with colleagues to develop a new Ph.D. in Design (first in Canada) and a Ph.D. in Planning; approved by the Board of Governors and offered in 2008. He helped spearhead the approval of a major reform of the undergraduate Environmental Design Degree. David lead the development of a new Aboriginal Design and Planning Option (approved by Senate in 2009); the first of its kind in North America. During his appointment, the Faculty has received permission to fill 20 academic positions. In all cases, the preferred candidate accepted the Faculty's offer of employment, indicating the high regard the design community has for the Faculty. He helped the University to investigate the development of a new pan-university Experimental Media program. As Dean of the Faculty, David built on the recognised interdisciplinary strengths of the Faculty and the individual Departments (Architecture, City Planning, Environmental Design, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture). During his tenure as Dean, each of the professional programmes, received exemplary accreditation reports, with each report commending the Dean for his strong advocacy for the disciplines.
Throughout his career, David has written a large number of planning articles, op. ed articles, and delivered papers at numerous national and international conferences. He is the recipient of several awards, including Canadian Society of Landscape Architects National Honour and Regional Merit Awards (as part of Hilderman Witty).
David Witty advocates for quality education through linkage of students, faculty and industry, promotion of excellence in teaching, scholarship and service, and creation of a respectful and a supportive learning and work environment. He is also an advocate for quality urban design through writings, lectures, invited presentations and community service and selected consulting projects.
Donald David Bergman has over 31 years of structural engineering experience and is currently one of the Principals and Senior Structural Engineers in CWMM. Donald has over 23 years working with the company, encompassing a broad background in the analysis, design, field supervision, and investigation of a wide variety of building projects, large and small, as well as many bridges and other structures.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate of Our Vancouver
- Education
Holly is also an Associate of our Vancouver office and Director of our Nanjing office involving in the marketing and project management of projects.
Mladen Pervan has over 20 years of experience in structural design, assessment and mitigation of building and industrial structures. Design experience extends to residential, school, university and office buildings, sports and recreational facilities, correctional centers and churches using different construction materials including reinforced concrete, precast/prestressed concrete, structural steel, light wood and steel framing, heavy timber and masonry. He is familiar and well experienced with the computer application for seismic and wind design of building structures.
Patrick Lam is the Principal and Chief Structural Engineer of CWMM Consulting Engineers Ltd. since 1994. He has over 39 years of experience in structural design, assessment and mitigation of building and bridge structures.Patrick has worked in Vancouver, B.C. for the last 34 years since 1983, and has been the Project Manager/Design Engineer in Charge of the design of numerous building projects in the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island that vary in structural complexity and range from small scale to large multi-million dollar projects.