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Carma Holmes appointed as National Leader, Buildings

Associated Engineering is pleased to announce that Carma Holmes, MBA, P. Eng., LEED AP, has accepted the role of National Leader for our Buildings Practice, effective March 1, 2025.

In her role, Carma will guide the continued growth and development of our Buildings Practice, including structural, mechanical, electrical, and energy staff across the company. Over the past decade, our Buildings Practice has expanded to include Divisions in three of our main offices, extending our reach from BC to Ontario. The practice is also supported by dedicated teams in several other offices across the country.

Carma’s experience over the years has focussed on design and retrofit of municipal and Indigenous community buildings and infrastructure. She has also participated in the design of industrial, institutional, and commercial facilities. Carma is passionate about designing sustainable and resilient facilities. She brings innovative, value-based solutions to our projects and clients, drawing on her collaborative and responsive approach to project delivery.

Carma has been with Associated nearly 25 years, initially joining the Regina office as a Structural Engineer-in-Training in 2000. As her expertise grew, she transitioned into project engineering, project management, and management. In 2016, she moved to the Edmonton office, where she first held the role of Structural Specialist, progressing to Group Manager and then Division Manager for the newly formed Buildings Engineering Division in 2018.

Carma has served as a Director on Associated’s Saskatchewan and Group Boards. She is active with our Discipline Interest Groups, Communities of Practice, and Mentoring Program, and is currently a member of the Technical Development Council. Outside of Associated, she is a past Director of Construction Specifications Canada and a member of the Canadian Green Building Council (CAGBC).

BC bridge practice honoured by the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit

At the 2025 BC Transportation Consulting Engineers Awards presented by the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit and hosted by the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of British Columbia, our transportation structures team involved on a province-wide structural emergency response assignment received an Award of Excellence in the Specialized Engineering and Project Services Innovation category!

The BC Transportation Consulting Engineers Awards recognizes technical excellence in consulting engineer services provided to improve the province’s transportation infrastructure. Awards are presented across six categories, including: Design and Contract Preparation – Structures; Alternate Transportation; Design and Contract Preparation – Roads; Construction Management and Supervision Services; Specialized Engineering and Project Services; and Transportation Planning Studies.

Congratulations, everyone!

Proudly supporting transportation infrastructure in Alberta

Next month in Edmonton, the Consulting Engineers of Alberta will be hosting their annual Transportation Connects Alberta Conference that will bring together a wide range of stakeholders and professionals involved in the growth of the province’s transportation infrastructure. Associated Engineering is also once again pleased to be involved in this year’s gathering, as a gold-level sponsor of the two-day event and sharing our experience and expertise through several sessions in the technical program on March 3rd and 4th.

We invite all attendees to hear from our subject matter experts and their work on important projects improving transit, infrastructure containment systems, transportation structures, and traffic efficiency and safety.

Monday, March 3rd

11:00 am – 11:30 pm | Salon 9/10

Navigating Challenges, Building Success: The Capital Line LRT Extension Journey in Edmonton

Kent Eklund

11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Salon 11

Kennedale Integrated Snow Services Site

Li Wang, Tonderai Chakanyuka

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm | Salon 8

Rainbow Road Bridge Replacement in Chestermere

Carter Lautner, Ryan MacPhee

Tuesday, March 4th

10:10 am – 10:40 am | Salon 8

Above It All: Engineering, Fabrication and Construction of Overhead Signs

Tyler Nisbet, Jeremy Drover

Episode 11 – Strategic Advisory Services

Craig MacDonald, a Climate Data & Application Advisor with the Strategic Advisory Services team based in our Calgary office, joins the podcast to discuss his experiences. Craig has worked on emerging clean transportation technologies and has experience with both Federal and Municipal governments, supporting climate and infrastructure planning and policy, in addition to transportation, water, and wastewater planning. Recently, Craig has also been part of a team that put together the Closing the Infrastructure Gap by 2030 Report for the Assembly of First Nations and Indigenous Services Canada.

Supporting families in need in the Waterloo Region

Last week, an energetic group of Young Professionals representing our Kitchener and Vancouver offices teamed together to participate in a friendly competition at the ninth annual Great Food Sort Challenge, hosted by The Foodbank of Waterloo Region.

Putting their organizing skills to the test in a 50-minute race, our eight-person team excitedly unpacked many pallets of donated food and sorted items into various categories, such as pasta, cereal, and soup cans, etc. We’re proud of their efforts at their first ever participation in the event, as they completed sorting over 1,600 pounds of food, equating to over 1,457 meals that can be served or distributed in the community!

In addition, our team raised over $200 in donations to support the operations of the foodbank. The competition included over 300 people from 25 local businesses that sorted a total of 67,704 pounds of non-perishable food and raised $56,067.

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