[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]A proposed national scheme for automatic mutual recognition (AMR) of occupational registrations was agreed to by federal and state and territory governments in August 2020. The agreement was endorsed at the National Cabinet in December 2020 with all...
The purpose of this practice note is to offer guidance for engineers working in academia or at universities with regard to their obligations under the Prefessional Engineers Act....
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]BPEQ has developed a revised Continuing Registration Requirements (CRR) Policy for engineers applying for renewal or restoration of their registration. CRR are requirements that, if satisfied, demonstrate that an applicant for renewal or restoration of registration has maintained competency...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]BPEQ will start a new round of local government engagement in 2021 and has developed a region by region plan to meet with council engineers. The engagement plan follows the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) finding that professional...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_10827" align="alignright" width="640"] Burdekin Dam, Queensland, Australia. Image source: N Storey.[/caption] The Australian Infrastructure sector responded well to the challenges of Covid-19 but several trends will impact on future infrastructure delivery and demand, according to a report from...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_10354" align="alignright" width="350"] Pictured: Grant Maher (RPEQ 23998, Structural and Management)[/caption] In 2020, BPEQ turns 90. To celebrate this milestone BPEQ is acknowledging the achievements, projects, innovations, discoveries and stories of RPEQs past and present. In this issue, and...
This was a disciplinary proceeding brought by the Board against a RPEQ (de-identified as D)....
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] [caption id="attachment_10345" align="alignright" width="450"] Dawson Wilkie presenting at IWEAQ Annual Conference 2020[/caption] At midnight on 12 March 1928 the St Francis Dam in California failed. Several hundred people lost their lives and many more their homes and livelihoods in...
This was an internal disciplinary proceeding brought by the Board against a RPEQ (de-identified as N)....
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to the Board, RPEQs and the public on how the Board will make a Prosecution Decision and how it will exercise its discretion in doing so....
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