Engineers on OSPE’s Infrastructure Task Force have submitted a response to the federal government’s National Infrastructure Assessment. OSPE Infrastructure Task Force Chair, Oliver Xiao, P.Eng., believes the assessment lays a…
The following is a response OSPE received from the Assistant Deputy Minister of Transportation in response to OSPE's blog titled “OSPE calls on the Ontario Government to cancel its plan…
UPDATE: The Ontario Ministry of Transportation has responded to our concerns laid out in this blog. Click here to read their response in full. The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers is…
The Greater Toronto Hamilton Area (GTHA) is home to half of the province’s economic activity. For years, engineers have outlined that transit projects face enormous challenges due to the confusing…
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers is calling on the Ontario Government to cancel its plan to build Highway 413, which would run through Ontario’s Greenbelt. The GTA-West Transportation (GTAW)…
The Ontario government has issued a list of construction projects and activities that are considered essential under expanded emergency orders. The measures are “targeted at stopping the rapid growth in…
On March 18, the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) released a report highlighting The Cost of Subsidizing Green Energy Contracts for Industrial and Large Commercial Ratepayers In the 2020…
OSPE Member Michael Loken, P.Eng., Manager of Wastewater Treatment in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, believes in looking for the right solutions in the wrong places. While provinces worked to understand the…
As the engineering advocacy body, OSPE believes that the Government of Ontario should adopt Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) for procurement of engineering services as a post-COVID-19 economic recovery tool. Given Ontario’s…
It has been roughly 10 months since our first COVID-19 lockdown in Ontario, and case numbers are worse than ever. Social distancing, restrictions on businesses and more lockdown orders have…
