Associated Engineering staff raise over $18,000 for cancer research

Saskatoon Relay for Life Team

Associated Engineering employees from across the country rallied behind our Relay for Life teams in Saskatoon and Edmonton, raising $18,132 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Staff organized a number of events to raise funds, including a silent auction, raffles, a corporate challenge with other consulting firms, spring cleaning and yard work, lunches and dinners, and “denim” days. The highlight of the month-long initiative was an offer by Saskatchewan Vice President and General Manager, Bert Munro, P.Eng., to shave his head and wear a skirt if staff raised more than $15,000.

Standing proud in his red tartan skirt, Bert states, “I am very pleased to have been a part of this effort and intensely proud of the Associated Engineering Team. We are making a difference.”

Thank you to all staff who supported this worthy cause!

The Relay for Life team members were:

Associated Engineering bids Happy Retirement to fine Scotsman, George McGeachie

George McGeachie retires after a long and distinguished career in engineering, the last six years of which have been in Associated Engineering’s Calgary office.

George (middle) and his sons

George started his career with the City Engineering Department in Glasgow, Scotland in the early 1960s. At the same time, George was completing his degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. As an apprentice Civil Engineer, George worked for three major municipal/city governments in the fields of highway, drainage, bridge, and wastewater treatment engineering. With an interest in wastewater treatment, George obtained a Master’s degree in Public Health Engineering, also from Strathclyde.

In September 1973, the Proctor and Redfern Group, an Ontario consulting engineering firm, recruited George to join their Toronto office. George, his wife, Ann, and 2 year old son George Murray, moved to Canada.

A second son, Colin Alexander, followed, born in Toronto in 1975.

After a few moves, George joined Associated Engineering in 1999. He tells us, “I was glad to be again with a multi-discipline, employee-owned, 100% Canadian company. The fact that the company’s CEO [Alistair Black] was a fine Scot and a graduate of my own Alma Mater [University of Strathclyde], convinced me that, perhaps, destiny was at work.”

George made his mark as a wastewater specialist and project manager on wastewater treatment plant and pump station projects. His career includes world-class projects across Canada and overseas.

In reflection, George says, “Now, some 44 years into my engineering career, having worked for eight professional and respected employers, in nine countries, on three different continents, I can, with some authority, honestly say that I am retiring from a very fine company. The company’s future is bright. I could not have wished to conclude my full time career with a better engineering company.”

George, many thanks to you for your dedication, your energy and enthusiasm, and the guidance you’ve shown to our younger staff. We wish you and Ann many happy travels, and interesting building projects with your new table saw and dust buster!