37th Annual Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards [the jurors]

Finally, a project that delighted all the jury was the innovative structural design for the Ontario College of Art and Design's Sharp Centre addition in Toronto entered by Carruthers & Wallace structural engineers with MCW Consultants. The structural design required a very close working relationship with the architects to ensure that the building made a bold statement but still was a good fit with the local community. The structure is elevated above the existing art college campus - no simple feat from both a design and construction point of view. I invite all of you who are interested in engineering excellence to see this "table top" feature next time you are in downtown Toronto. It will definitely catch your eye. A graduate in engineering physics from the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. [Morrel P. Bachynski] went on to receive a Ph.D. in physics at McGill University. He is co-author of The Particle Kinetics of Plasmas, and the author of more than 90 publications in scientific journals. His many awards include the Prix Scientific du Québec, the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal and the Royal Society of Canada Thomas W. Eadie Medal. He has honorary degrees from the universities of McGill, Waterloo and Concordia. Mr. [William G. Crowther] is executive director of the city of Toronto's Technical Services Division, a position he took over in 2002. Altogether he has 29 years of management and technical experience in the city's public works divisions. In his current role he is responsible for engineering design and construction administration for approximately $400 million of construction activity per year and 560 staff. He also coordinates engineering services pertaining to fire, solid waste, water, wastewater and transportation issues and is responsible for managing the city's Office of Emergency Management.