E.L. Smith Water Treatment Plant Upgrade project receives
the Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence

Receiving the Award of Excellence (L-R) Ian Wright, Hans Wolf, Austin Suriam,and Rod Karius.

Associated Engineering received an Award of Excellence at the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards held in Ottawa in November for our design of the E.L. Smith WaterTreatment Plant Upgrade in Edmonton, Alberta

Held annually, the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards recognize Canadian excellence and innovation in engineering, and are the highest recognition for Canadian consulting engineering firms.

The E.L. Smith plant is one of two water treatment plants in Edmonton owned and operated by EPCOR Water Services. The plants provide treated water to over one million people in the City of Edmonton and surrounding communities. The E.L. Smith plant upgrade incorporated a number of significant innovations that minimized impacts on the environment including an environmentally friendly disinfection process, a unique river water intake with fish return system, and the reuse of existing infrastructure.

The major components of the plant upgrade included a new river water intake, new raw water pump house and transmission main, hydraulic improvements, treatment process upgrades to the clarification, filtration, and chemical feed systems, new water disinfection systems, site upgrades, and a new potable water transmission main with a river crossing below the North Saskatchewan River bed.

By reusing existing infrastructure, the design achieved a 150% increase in capacity with only a 20% increase in plant footprint.

Congratulations to Project Manager Hans Wolf and all Associated Engineering staff who worked on the project!

David Harvey receives APEGBC’s highest honour recognizing a career dedicated to innovation in bridge design and construction

APEGBC President Margaret Li (R), presents David Harvey (L) with the R.A. McLachan Memorial Award.

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC) presented Senior Bridge Engineer David Harvey with their highest honour for a professional engineer, the R.A. McLachlan Memorial Award. The award recognizes David’s technical achievements and professional service over his career.

David Harvey has had a long and prestigious career in structural engineering, spanning 40 years in Canada and the United Kingdom. As a Senior Bridge Specialist with Associated Engineering, he has participated in the design of thousands of bridges, from resource industry structures to major transportation bridges. Known for his ability to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions, his bridge designs have helped to advance the local bridge engineering industry. His designs have won a number of awards, most notably the 2005 Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence for the Sea to Sky Highway Test Section. His pioneering spirit, knowledge, and experience helped to revolutionize the design and construction of forestry bridges in BC. His tireless volunteer work with APEGBC, the Institution of Structural Engineers, and other professional organizations has helped to advance the profession of engineering, and establish the visibility of BC consulting engineers internationally.

Congratulations, David, on this very deserving award.