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19 Feb Board v E2
The engineer (E) had more than 15 years’ experience as a civil engineer; E had previously been registered with the Board as a RPEQ but had allowed their registration to lapse....
Author: BPEQ master
06 Feb Avoiding complaints triggered by poor communication
[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]Project clients regularly make assumptions about the role of the RPEQ within a broad and integrated project. They often do not know what the RPEQ is supposed to do, or critically, what they are not responsible for and...
23 Dec Regulator Performance Framework
[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] INTRODUCTION Regulators are required to prepare an annual performance report in implementing the new Queensland Government’s Regulator Performance Framework for portfolio responsibilities. The Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland (BPEQ) has endorsed model practices as shown in the first column of...
06 Dec Professionally managed local government assets increase public value and safety
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text] By employing trained and competent staff, something that the RPEQ systems ensures, local government assets will be professionally managed which in turn increases their value to the community, writes Board Chairperson and regional representative Dawson Wilkie. Over the...
06 Dec Understanding the Code of Practice for Registered Professional Engineers
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text] BPEQ’s Code of Practice provides guidance to RPEQs about appropriate professional standards, conduct and practice. A comprehensive understanding of BPEQ’s Code of Practice for Registered Professional Engineers is essential for all RPEQs, to help ensure they are practising...
06 Dec Great Debate: Professional Engineers Bill 1929
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text] The old saying goes that history has habit of repeating itself. Those following the progress of Victoria’s Professional Engineers Registration Act – which largely follows Queensland’s Professional Engineers Act – will have heard all the pros and...
06 Dec Understanding Prescriptive Standards
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text]An engineering service is not a professional engineering service, and therefore does not need to be carried out by or under the direct supervision of a RPEQ, if it is carried out only in accordance with a...
05 Dec It’s time to change the world
[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][/vc_row][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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Engineers interact with members of our community everyday – these conversations can have a profound effect, writes elected RPEQ representative Suzanne Burow. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]National Water Week has concluded for 2019 with a...
06 Nov The Professional Engineers Act – Past and Present
[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] As we mark 90 years since the introduction of the original legislation in 1929, BPEQ has delved into the history books to look at the past versions of the legislation and the various amendments made during its 90-year...
09 Oct 1-minute guide to the RPEQ system
[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] Momentum is building across Australia to register and recognise professional engineers. As the only Australian State or Territory with a comprehensive and mandatory system of registration for engineers Queensland leads the way for the rest of the country. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row...