Effective from September 1st, our Red Deer office has a new address.
204, 7803 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta T4P 1M8
Our phone number remains unchanged.
New address for Red Deer office
Month: August 2024
Canadian Consulting Engineer names Rahim Ahmad as Top 10 Under 40 Award winner
We’re delighted to share the news that Rahim Ahmad (Manager, Construction Services) in our Saskatoon office has been named as one of Canadian Consulting Engineer‘s Top 10 Under 40 Award winners! The awards program now in its third year, recognizes young professional engineers working in Canada as consultants in the construction field and who demonstrate diligence through hard work, mentorship, achievements, and education.
All of the award winners are recognized as up-and-coming professionals in the Canadian engineering industry and are selected by the Canadian Consulting Engineer’s editorial advisory board.
This award is Rahim’s latest individual recognition, following his previous FIDIC Future Leaders Award, ACEC-Canada Allen D. William Scholarship Award, and ACEC-SK Young Professional Award. Congratulations, Rahim!
Introducing our new company shareholders
Associated Engineering has a proud history of employee ownership and this is integral to the sustainability of our business. Our organization’s legacy has forged who we are today – a uniquely Canadian, employee owned, multi-discipline firm trusted by our clients to provide quality, value-added solutions in the building of better communities. Please join us in welcoming our newest incoming shareholders for 2024!
Back Row (L-R): Keenan Rudichuk, Greg Cooper, Jacob Froh, Peter Grant, David Forde, Chris Schmelzle, Alex Jancker, Michael Walker
Front Row (L-R): Sarah Bruce, Kerri Walker, Heather Taylor, Lillian Siu, Christine Lee, Sara Debaji, Esther Vennard, Twyla Kowalczyk
New directors appointed on Associated Engineering Group and Ashco Boards
Associated Engineering is pleased to announce the following new directors on the Boards of Associated Engineering Group Ltd. and our parent company, Ashco Shareholders Inc.
Associated Engineering Group Board:
Judy Yu, P.Eng., PMP, Innovation & Emerging Services Lead, Alberta South
Judy has 25 years of experience, including 11 years in the public sector with the City of Calgary and Calgary Transit before she joined Associated. Judy specializes in data and information management and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), focusing on the application of advanced technologies and innovative approaches to solve complex mobility challenges. She provides strategic advisory services to clients to support decision making and long-term planning. Judy also serves on the Board of ITS Canada.
Ashco Shareholders Board:
Leslie Mihalik, M.S., MBA, P.E., P.Eng., Vice President & General Manager, BC/North
Leslie has 35 years of experience, including 23 years with Associated. His experience encompasses project management, design, and construction of transportation projects across Canada, South Africa, and the Caribbean. Leslie’s experience includes both traditional design-bid-build as well as alternative delivery projects, on which he has acted as Independent Certifier, Owner’s Engineer, and Design Manager.
Nadeer Lalji, MBA, P.Eng., Vice President & General Manager, Alberta South
Nadeer has 21 years of experience, the last 18 years with Associated. Nadeer’s experience includes a focus on people leadership as well as the project management, planning, design, and construction of infrastructure projects. Having worked for Strathcona County and Alberta Environment before joining Associated, Nadeer brings public sector perspectives to his role on the Board. Nadeer also serves on the Board of Directors of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA).
We thank Carma Holmes, Helder Afonso, and Ian Reid (Independent Director) for their service as they step down from their respective director roles on the Associated Engineering Group and Ashco Boards!
Rahim Ahmad selected for a FIDIC Future Leaders Award
Associated Engineering is proud to announce that the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has selected Rahim Ahmad of our Saskatoon office, as a recipient of a 2024 FIDIC Future Leaders Award, recognizing his significant contributions to the consulting engineering industry, consulting engineering associations, technical achievements, leadership achievements, and social and community contributions.
Rahim shares, “I’m incredibly humbled to be shortlisted for the FIDIC Future Leaders Award and honoured to represent Associated Engineering and our talented future leaders on the international stage.”
At the FIDIC Global Infrastructure Awards Gala Dinner in Geneva next month, Rahim will be presented with either a Highly Commended Award or a Winner’s Award.
Congratulations, Rahim!
Learn more about Rahim’s past achievements and recognitions from ACEC-Canada and ACEC-Saskatchewan.
Join us at the 2024 IWA World Water Congress!
Next week in Toronto, thousands of leading water organizations and professionals are gathering at the Internation Water Association World Water Congress to share and learn from each other about shaping and delivering solutions across the full water cycle. Associated Engineering is pleased to be a gold sponsor of the Canadian Pavilion, as well as supporting the Young World Water Camp featuring 30 future leaders representing 14 countries!
In the technical program on Monday, in Session 2.35 at 1:30pm is our presentation titled “Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Wastewater: A Review of Occurrence, Regulatory Framework and Removal Methods”, authored by Shahab Minaei, Soubhagya Pattanayak, and Dean Shiskowski.
Pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) have become an emerging public concern because of their prevalence and persistent nature. These compounds are engineered to exhibit significant activity even at minimal concentrations, which raises alarms about their potential adverse effects on exposed organisms over extended periods. With the advancement of analytical techniques, a growing body of literature is addressing the presence of PhACs in various environments and their associated toxicological effects. Nonetheless, there is a gap in thorough understanding of regulatory landscape to establish the discharge limits as well as the effectiveness of the existing wastewater treatment technologies in reducing PhAC concentrations to non-toxic levels. In this context, this review will provide an overview of PhAC occurrence, current regulatory frameworks, and removal methods.
Also in the same program session (2.2), a pair of our posters will be featured:
Enlarged Anaerobic Zone – Evolution of EBPR Design in MBR | Soubhagya Pattanayak, Dean Shiskowski, Daniel du Toit
Undersizing anaerobic zones has led to poor performance of enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) in many wastewater treatment plants. In a greenfield 70 MLD membrane bioreactor (MBR) project in central Alberta, an important objective was to meet stringent P limits. Simulations to evaluate the impact of different anaerobic zone mass fractions on EBPR were conducted and a large anaerobic zone (mass fraction ~ 15%; volume fraction ~ 23%) was chosen for final design.
Effect of Extended Solids Retention Time (SRT) on Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) Kinetics in a Membrane Bioreactor Process | Rony Das, Soubhagya Pattanayak
There is an ever-increasing demand from Water Resource Recovery Facilities to optimize solids production and subsequent processing. The enhanced biological phosphorus removal process (EBPR) operated at extended solids retention time (SRT) could be an attractive and sustainable in-situ treatment solution to achieve low sludge yield. We investigated the performance of a membraneassisted EBPR process for a set of SRTs (25, 40, 60, and 80 days) in a dual-train parallel system fed with municipal wastewater. The objectives of the study were to (1) determine sludge yield at different SRTs, (2) characterize P-removal performance at extended SRTs, and (3) determine if distinctive microbial populations are associated with “normal” and “extended” SRT systems.
Jeff Fetter named as Senior Vice President, Civil Infrastructure
Associated Engineering is pleased to announce Jeff Fetter, P.Eng., as our new Senior Vice President, Civil Infrastructure, effective immediately. Jeff succeeds Chris Skowronski, who is transitioning into retirement after 35 years of service with the company and will remain in a Strategic Advisor role to support the continued growth of our infrastructure practice.
Jeff has almost 30 years of experience in the consulting and construction industries and brings a proven track record in delivering complex infrastructure and water projects for large municipalities and rural communities, including the City of Edmonton, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Town of Slave Lake, and many more. His project experience includes feasibility studies, site and land developments, facility evaluations and rehabilitations, water distribution, sewage collection and primary treatment, stormwater management. Most recently, Jeff served as Division Manager, Water in the Edmonton office and was responsible for managing the water and power & automation groups.
Associated Engineering congratulates Jeff on his new role and expresses appreciation to Chris for his efforts in expanding our civil infrastructure capabilities, overseeing projects of critical importance, and fostering a culture of excellence and innovation.
Announcing new Vice President, Integrated Water Solutions
Associated Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of Elia Edwards, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. as Vice President, Integrated Water Solutions.
Most recently, Elia was the Division Manager, Water in the Toronto office and has been with the company for over 27 years. He has been involved on many multi-disciplinary water projects in Ontario and across Canada, serving in roles ranging from process engineer through to corporate sponsor.
Elia is also a Director on Associated’s Group Board and is our Strategic Advisory Services Leader in the Ontario marketplace. His diverse areas of expertise include master planning and feasibility studies, process analysis, optimization, regulatory review, sustainable design, and implementation. Elia provides strategic insights and technical guidance in developing solutions with our staff and clients, for a full range of water planning and implementation projects.