Ontario Government Releases Framework for Reopening the Economy
On April 27, 2020, the Government of Ontario released its framework for reopening the province after COVID-19. This framework outlines the government plan to reopen businesses, services and public spaces. Consisting of three stages, each will last for approximately two-to-four-weeks. The staggered reopening allows for close monitoring of COVID-19 related cases and provides contingency options […]
The Importance of Spring Home Maintenance
The following blog post was contributed by our partners at The Personal with the purpose of giving our members tips on how to avoid unnecessary home damage as we transition out of winter. Give your home a spring checkup It’s always a good idea at the start of a new season to check your house […]
Industry Responds to Urgent call for Surgical Masks
Life protecting masks have been delivered to Ontario Hospitals. Last week, the Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA), OGCA members and the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), in partnership with Alliance Creative Marketing, delivered 10,000 surgical masks to health care workers in Ontario. As Ontario works through these unprecedented events, the industry wanted to provide […]
Ontario Government lifts the suspension of limitation and procedural time periods under the Construction Act
OSPE and its industry partners, through the Construction & Design Alliance of Ontario (CDAO), have been in constant communication with the Premiers office, and the Ministries of Labour and Skills Development, Infrastructure and Attorney General’s Office, regarding the unintended consequences of the decision to suspend limitation and procedural time periods under the Construction Act. The […]
Adjudication under Ontario’s Construction Act
2018 was an important year for the construction industry as the Construction Lien Act was substantially amended and renamed the Construction Act. As of July 1, 2018, a large majority of the amendments in the Construction Act are now in force. The amendments will apply to any project where: The contract or subcontract for the improvement […]
Dionne Aleman, PhD, P.Eng. is using Industrial Engineering Techniques to Track COVID-19’s Spread
Daily during the Provincial and Federal government briefings we are given new measures, policies, and details on how to best “flatten the curve” to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19. As the virus spreads on an unprecedented scale, and new data comes in, we begin to understand the efficiency of policies like social distancing. As […]
An Update to Ontario’s COVID-19 Modelling and List of Essential Workplaces
Today, April 3, 2020, the COVID-19 Command Table, comprised of several experts at Ontario Health, Public Health Ontario, and researchers at Ontario universities, shared COVID-19 modelling and projection data to the general pubic. Experts modelled how the disease is spreading based on observed data and what has been shared from other countries. Based on this, […]
OSPE’s 2020 Board of Directors Candidate: Daryoush Mortazavi, PhD, P.Eng.
NAME Daryoush Mortazavi, PhD, P.Eng. EMPLOYER AND POSITION Professor, Humber College EDUCATION PhD of Engineering, Deakin University, Australia EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Senior Automation Engineer: 1997-2010 Ph.D. candidate: 2010-2015 Professor: 2015-present ACTIVITIES IN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS Founder, Iranian-Canadian Association of Scientists and Scholars (ICASS) Member at PEO, Volunteer at CESC(Central Election and Search Committee) Member at IEEE CONFERENCE […]
Autonomous Aircraft and Drone Roundtable Event Recap
On March 10th, 2020, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers hosted a panel discussion and networking event on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) in partnership with Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research. The purpose of the event was to discuss the current state of the RPAS industry in Ontario and Canada at large, while exploring the […]
Working from Home – Here’s How OSPE Staff is Adjusting
Working from home can be a drastic shift for anyone. Suddenly, routines that have been instilled in us for years—commuting, packing lunches, navigating public transport—have been uprooted. These routines tend to ground us, and are especially valuable in times of crisis, such as COVID-19. Due to the social distancing practices suggested by all levels of […]
