THE DISCIPLINE FILE
Date: September 20, 2018
Case No.: 17-011-FH
REGARDING THE CONDUCT OF AYORINDE SOLADEMI, P.ENG.
3. On or about September 26, 2016, Mr. Solademi presented a WER to APEGA in connection with his application for registration as a professional engineer in which he made false and/or inaccurate statements about his work experience during the period of May 18, 2015-October 6, 2016, the particulars of which include one or more of the following: a. That he performed work on behalf of [Company A]; b. That he worked on a project for [Permit Holder C]; and c. That his supervisor at [Company A] was [Professional Engineer D], a member of APEGA. 4. Mr. Solademi provided false or incorrect information about his work experience in order to establish that he met the requirement to have at least 12 months of Canadian work experience, when in fact he did not have sufficient Canadian work experience to be eligible for registration. Section 44 of the Act. An applicant for registration as a professional member of APEGA must have at least 48 months of acceptable engineering science or geoscience work experience. Of these 48 months, at least 12 months must be Canadian work experience. The Investigative Committee and Mr. Solademi proceeded by way of an agreed statement of facts and an admission of unprofessional conduct. The agreed facts showed that on three occasions Mr. Solademi provided WERs which represented that the work described in each WER was performed in Canada. However, Mr. Solademi did not have any Canadian work experience and therefore did not meet the registration requirements. Further, when Mr. Solademi updated WER #3, he changed his supervisor to [Professional Engineer D], a professional member of APEGA. However, [Professional Engineer D] was not Mr. Solademi’s supervisor for the work outlined It was alleged that the above-referenced conduct constituted unprofessional conduct as set out in
Under the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act, RSA 2000, c E-11 (“the Act”), a hearing into this matter was held by a Hearing Panel of the Discipline Committee on April 26, 2018. The hearing addressed the conduct of Ayorinde Solademi, P.Eng. (“Mr. Solademi”). Mr. Solademi was aware of the hearing date but did not attend the hearing and consented to the hearing proceeding in his absence. The hearing dealt with the following charges: 1. On or about May 14, 2015, Mr. Solademi submitted a work experience record (WER) to APEGA in connection with his application for registration as a professional engineer in which he made false and/or inaccurate statements about his work experience during the period of January 2, 2012-May 14, 2015, the particulars of which include one or more of the following: a. That he was employed by [Company A], although it was not incorporated until November 17, 2014; b. That he performed work on behalf of [Company A] in Canada; and c. That he was employed by [Company A] and [Company B] (contracted), thereby suggesting that [Company B] had a contractual relationship with [Company A] during the time in question, when that was not the case. 2. On or about September 16, 2016, Mr. Solademi submitted a WER to APEGA in connection with his application for registration as a professional engineer in which he made false and/or inaccurate statements about his work experience during the period of May 18, 2015-September 16, 2016, the particulars of which include one or more of the following: a. That he performed work on behalf of [Company A] in Canada; and b. That he worked on a project for [Permit Holder C].
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