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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
for detailed information. This infor-
mation includes a list of past Award
Medal members and also Past FEIC
members. The past FEIC members are
listed both chronologically and also
for convenience, alphabetically.
The CGS Executive Committee
reviews all nominations submitted
by members, as well as other pos-
sible candidates. The nominations are
forwarded to the Honours and Awards
Committee of EIC for consideration.
All constituent societies of EIC par-
ticipate in this program.
Members of CGS are eligible for the
following EIC honours and awards:
• The
Sir John Kennedy Medal
is the most senior award of the
Institute. This medal is awarded in
recognition of outstanding merit
in the engineering profession, or
of noteworthy contributions to the
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
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
secrétaire général (vsowacgs@dccnet.
com)
d’ici le 15 juillet 2014 au plus
tard
. Les membres de la SCG sont
admissibles aux prix, médailles et
distinctions
de l’Institut canadien
des ingénieurs.
Selon les politiques de
l’ICI, tous les candidats mis en nomi-
nation 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
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 f the obligations of any original
addresse or owner of the Property in
any agreement related to the Report....”
In ssence, t is wording woul require
environmental professionals to commit
risk management suicide. I gives the
Bank all the be efits of being able to
rely on the report (plus a potential es-
cap from th constraints of the eco-
n mic loss doctrine) with absolutely
n ne of h liabilities or re ponsibilities
that comprised th business context
hrough w ich 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 r quiring a consultant t prepare
and sign its form letter, the Bank is stat-
ing, in essence, “W want to be able to
rely o 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 h ving 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, a d 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 treat ent the phy-
sician prescribed for your friend whose
illness (in your opinion) was ki d of
like your own.
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