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science of engineering or to the
benefit of the Institute.
• The Julian C. Smith Medal, estab-
lished in 1939 by a group of senior
members of the Institute to per-
petuate the name of a Past Presi-
dent of the Institute. The medal is
awarded for “achievement in the
development of Canada”.
• The John B. Stirling Medal was
established in 1987 through the
generosity of E.G.M. Cape and
Company Ltd. to honour a former
President of the Company who
was President of the Institute in
1952. It is awarded “in recognition
of leadership and distinguished
service at the national level within
the Institute and/or its Member
Societies”.
• The Canadian Pacific Railway
Engineering Medal was estab-
lished in 1988. The medal is pre-
sented “in recognition of leader-
ship and service over many years
at the regional, branch, section or
equivalent levels, within the Insti-
tute or its Member Societies”.
• The K.Y. Lo Medal was created in
1998 and is awarded “to a member
of the EIC who has made sig-
nificant engineering contributions
at the international level. Such
contributions may include:
à
à promotion of Canadian exper-
tise overseas;
à
à training of foreign engineers;
à
à significant service to interna-
tional engineering organiza-
tions;
à
à advancement of engineering
technology recognized interna-
tionally”.
• Fellowship of EIC (FEIC). A
member of CGS, of at least 45
years of age, can become a Fellow
of the Institute on the grounds of
excellence in engineering practice
and exceptional contributions to
the well being of the profession
and to the good of the society.
• Honorary Membership. The
Council of the EIC may elect to
award an Honorary Membership
in the Institute to non-members
who are not engineers, but who
have achieved distinction through
service to the profession of engi-
neering.
Provided by Victor Sowa, Secretary
General
Nouvelles de la société
Appels de nomination pour les
prix de l’Institut canadien des
ingénieurs (ICI)
Les membres de la Société canadienne
de géotechnique (SCG) sont invités à
soumettre des nominations aux prix et
médailles de l’ICI au Secrétariat de la
société (cgs@cgs.ca) ou à son secré-
taire général (vsowacgs@dccnet.com)
d’ici le 1er juillet 2013 au plus tard.
Les membres de la SCG sont admissi-
bles aux prix, médailles et distinctions
de l’Institut canadien des ingénieurs.
Selon les politiques de l’ICI, tous les
candidats mis en nomination par des
membres de la SCG à des prix de l’ICI
doivent être membres de la SCG.
Les personnes qui soumettent des
nominations doivent fournir les quatre
documents suivants :
1. un formulaire de l’ICI dûment
rempli, qu’il est possible d’obtenir
du site Web de l’ICI;
2. une lettre de nomination;
3. le curriculum vitæ du candidat
(abrégé, de préférence);
4. au moins deux lettres de recom-
mandation (mais pas plus de trois)
de la part de collègues, dont au
moins une d’un fellow de l’ICI.
Avant de préparer un dossier, il est
recommandé aux personnes qui font
une nomination de lire les détails et les
critères relatifs aux prix énumérés plus
loin dans le texte. Pour plus de rensei-
gnements sur la procédure, les détails
et le calendrier des prix et distinctions
de l’ICI, consultez les sections D-1,
Bank and its affiliates were original ad-
dressees thereof; provided, however,
that U. S. Bank and its affiliates shall be
deemed not to be subject to or bound by
any of the obligations of any original
addressee or owner of the Property in
any agreement related to the Report....”
In essence, this wording would require
environmental professionals to commit
risk management suicide. It gives the
Bank all the benefits of being able to
rely on the report (plus a potential es-
cape from the constraints of the eco-
nomic loss doctrine) with absolutely
none of the liabilities or responsibilities
that comprised the business context
through which the report was devel-
oped. In a best-practices scenario – the
type of scenario to which, I presume,
the Bank subscribes – the client selects
a particularly qualified consultant, dis-
cusses its needs with the consultant, and
then works with the consultant to mutu-
ally establish a scope of service for the
engagement. The consultant and client
then discuss the consideration the con-
sultant needs to fulfill the scope of ser-
vice and manage the risk associated
with potentially lifelong responsibility
for the deliverable. Such consideration
includes the fee and certain risk man-
agement provisions of the contract,
such as limitation of liability.
By requiring a consultant to prepare
and sign its form letter, the Bank is stat-
ing, in essence, “We want to be able to
rely on the report indefinitely (and even
if we do not issue the financing, by the
way) without having to accept any of
your contractual safeguards, without
having to compensate you for any of
your customary, anticipated risks, and
without having to compensate you for
your new, significantly expanded risks,
especially the new risk that arises be-
cause you designed your service for
some other party, and with no knowl-
edge of the Bank’s needs and prefer-
ences, and no knowledge of the service
scope the Bank believes is best-suited to
address those needs and preferences.”
To a very real extent, Mr. Grundhofer,
this is like requiring a physician to be li-
able for your health after you decide to
follow the course of treatment the phy-
sician prescribed for your friend whose
illness (in your opinion) was kind of
like your own.
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