Policy Areas & Initiatives

Sustainable Cities Task Force

Where innovation and environment thrive alongside each other, sustainable cities light the path to a greener and brighter future. As engineers, we are responsible for designing cities that meet the needs of the present without compromising on the needs of future generations.

Ontario’s engineers need to be empowered with greater autonomy to provide essential management expertise and oversight of public and private infrastructure, enhancing the value, functionality, and resiliency of projects that support our communities.

Driving Sustainability Through Green Innovation

This task force considers all sides of sustainability, from ‘green’ buildings to advocating for Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) to government. Recent focuses of this task force have been in the space of green building retrofits, creating a QBS framework, the re-use of concrete aggregates and comparing Canadian infrastructure to Japan to identify possible areas for improvement.

Engineering Smart Communities Working Group

The Engineering Smart Communities Working Group is committed to leveraging diverse expertise and perspectives to contribute meaningful and actionable recommendations to address the housing crisis in Canada. Learn more.

Sustainable Cities Task Force Chair

Carl Bodimeade, P.Eng.

Carl is a Senior Vice President with Hatch Infrastructure, based in Ontario, Canada. He has over 40 years of experience in management, engineering and planning in the water and wastewater, urban infrastructure and brownfield development, and power sectors. Carl is regularly invited to moderate and participate in expert panels on subjects such as infrastructure funding, the value of water, sustainability and urban resiliency. Carl is currently the Chair of OSPE’s Sustainable Cities Task Force.