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[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] Engineering is the foundation of all built environment over history and the built environment is reliant on strong and stable foundations. It is therefore important that when design of a structure begins, significant consideration needs to be paid...

[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] We should expect an engineering sector-wide transformation, with ESG impact assessment becoming a mainstream requirement for infrastructure investment and delivery, writes BPEQ’s community representative, Christopher Edwards.   ESG IS WHAT? According to the McKinsey Quarterly[1] environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria are...

[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]Maintaining adequate records needs to be a critical element of every individual’s and company’s overall governance framework. The primary and critical reason for the requirement to retain records is for those retained records to be called upon, and...

[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_11941" align="alignright" width="499"] A member of the NTSB’s Go Team that is investigating Thursday’s collapse of a bridge on the FIU campus, examines debris while Investigator in Charge Robert Accetta briefs NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt on the...

Version 1 (June 2021) Associated Policy Prevention and Management of Corrupt Conduct and Public Interest Disclosure Policy Procedure Corrupt Conduct Definition of Corrupt Conduct For a detailed definition of corrupt conduct, refer to section 15 of the Crime and Corruption Act 2001. Making a Complaint The Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland is...

[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_11758" align="alignright" width="450"] BPEQ Chair and regional representative, Andrew Seccombe.[/caption] Andrew Seccombe joins the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland as Chair and regional representative. A RPEQ since 2016 registered in the area of Geotechnical (Mining), Andrew has a...

[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]During BPEQ’s seminars and meetings with local government several questions have been asked about the relevance of the Professional Engineers Act 2002 (PE Act) for organisations. The PE Act requires that individuals who carry out professional engineering services must...

[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="2/3"][vc_column_text] Elected RPEQ representative on the Board of Professional Engineers of Queensland, Suzanne Burow, has been appointed the president of Engineers Australia Queensland Division Committee for 2021. Suzanne is an experience civil engineer who has led the water resources...

[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]The reforms to the PE Act were passed as part of the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020 and come into effect on 1 March 2021. Broadly these reforms will:[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left"...