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2021
2020
January 2020
- BPEQ 90th Anniversary: Celebrating RPEQs and their achievements
- Case Note: Board disciplines unregistered engineer
- Avoiding complaints triggered by poor communication
- Queensland’s greatest engineering feat
- Queensland Women in STEM Prize applications open
2019
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2019
- Great debate: Professional Engineers Bill 1092, Understanding the Code of Practice for RPEQs, Professionally managed local government assets increase public value and safety
OCTOBER 2019
- The Professional Engineers Act - Past and Present, It's time to change the world, Understanding prescriptive standards, NSW Design and Building Practitioners Bill, Mackay meet and greet
SEPTEMBER 2019
- Educating the next generation of engineers, BPEQ's growing online presence, Four Corner report must prompt change in building sector: BPEQ, Mutual Recognition of Professional Registration
AUGUST 2019
- Victorian registration: the next step toward national registration?, How the Professional Engineers Act applies to professional engineering services from interstate and overseas Former Board Chair appointed to engineering education peak body September meet and greet
JULY 2019
- New Board members announced, Understanding direct supervision, Building assessments to be done by RPEQs, Lydia Gentle: journey into leadership
JUNE 2019
- Restoring your RPEQ registration, Shergold Weir Report - Non-Conforming Building Products and the Future of Certifiers, RPEQ Election, Queensland Budget 2019/20
MAY 2019
- Understand BPEQ’s complaint and investigations process, Safer Buildings for Queensland, Welcome to newest RPEQs
APRIL 2019
- Engineering’s diversity challenge, New regulations change the regulatory landscape for amusement parks in Queensland, Safer Buildings stage 2
MARCH 2019
- RPEQ renewals 2019/20, Networking fundamentals, RPEQ ‘sign off’, ‘certification’ and the PE Act, Mount Isa CPD course
FEBRUARY 2019
- RPEQ Election 2019, External Fire Spread Risk in Tall Building Design Course, CodeMark withdraws certificates for several cladding products
JANUARY 2019
- Opal Tower another example of the need for registration for engineers, Combustible cladding assessments for building industry professionals and fire engineers: golden goose or road to ruin?, CPD pilots for regional Queensland
2018
NOVEMBER 2018
- Engineers specified in chain or responsibility legislation
OCTOBER 2018
- Mentoring key to professional and personal growth
SEPTEMBER 2018
- The future of consulting engineering services
AUGUST 2018
- Are you still registered?
JULY 2018
- The critical role of RPEQs in construction design projects
JUNE 2018
- Professional Performance Protocol
MAY 2018
- Update on unauthorised use of your name, signature and RPEQ number
APRIL 2018
- New Board appointments
MARCH 2018
- The ins and outs of CPD
FEBRUARY 2018
- BPEQ announces Regional and Remote Assistance bursary
JANUARY 2018
- Advice on unauthorised use of your name and RPEQ number
2017
NOVEMBER 2017
- Code of Practice specifics—continuing professional development
OCTOBER 2017
- Code of Practice specifics—areas of competence
SEPTEMBER 2017
- Code of Practice specifics—conflicts of interest
AUGUST 2017
- Understanding the Code of Practice for Registered Professional Engineers
JULY 2017
- Spotlight on direct supervision
JUNE 2017
- Unregistered engineer convicted for carrying out professional engineering services
MAY 2017
- Budget 2017-18
APRIL 2017
- Tools offered for meeting new steelwork standard
MARCH 2017
- Avoiding complaints triggered by poor communication
FEBRUARY 2017
- Unauthorised use of signatures on certification documents
JANUARY 2017
- Registration roadshows planned for regional Queensland
2016
October 2016
- Areas of engineering vs areas of competence
September 2016
- Spotlight on prescriptive standards
August 2016
- Spotlight on direct supervision
July 2016
- Four new members appointed to BPEQ
June 2016
- Q&A with BPEQ
May 2016
- Q&A with BPEQ
April 2016
- QCAT reprimands and fines RPEQ for practising outside area of competence
March 2016
- BPEQ hosts first CPD seminar
February 2016
- BPEQ cautions engineer over lack of specificity in wording of fill certification
January 2016
- It's Your Turn - Achieve RPEQ