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Movers & Shakers
CEA AWARDS SHOWCASE APEGA MEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS Whether she’s designing pedestrian- friendly streets, planning future public transit routes, or maximizing on-street parking, René Rosvold, P.Eng. , is always looking for innovative ways to help communities improve their transportation networks. She’s doing a good job of it, too — more than a good job. In fact, Ms. Rosvold received the Harold L. Morrison Rising Young Professional Award at the 2016 Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA) Showcase Awards in February. A project manager and transporta- tion planning engineer with CIMA+ in Calgary, Ms. Rosvold graduated from the University of Calgary in 2005 with a civil engineering degree. Since then, she’s worked on a variety of transpor- tation planning projects, most recently creating transportation master plans for Sylvan Lake in central Alberta and North Battleford, Sask. “I have been fortunate to have great mentors and have been involved in diverse and interesting projects throughout my career,” says Ms. Rosvold on her LinkedIn summary. “I have lots of learning left to do and I am looking forward to gaining more experience in project management, public consultation, and roadway design and safety.” Also recognized at the Showcase Awards were Dick Walkers, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) , and Don Chambers, P.Eng. , who jointly received CEA’s
master’s degrees in civil engineering — Mr. Walters at the U of A and Mr. Chambers at the University of London in the U.K. Before they became business partners, Mr. Walters and Mr. Chambers were colleagues at B.W. Brooker Engineering in Edmonton, working on projects like the LRT system and the Shaw Convention Centre. Still, times were tough and projects were hard to come by. “So we thought that if we weren’t going to get paid working for somebody else, we might as well not get paid working for ourselves. And we could build something that we believed in and do it our way,” Mr. Walters says in a story in Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine. Keeping the business small — it’s never had more than 25 employees — enabled Walters Chambers & Associates to do what they loved most: hands-on engineering. As Mr. Chambers explains: “We made a point of not getting big. We stayed small, so either Dick or I would be aware of any project going on. It worked out quite nicely.” Both found time to volunteer with the Consulting Engineers of Alberta and APEGA. Mr. Walters has volun- teered with the regulator for more than 25 years, serving as an APEGA Vice- President and as a Council Member, and
René Rosvold, P.Eng. . . . . .a rising young professional
Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement. The duo founded Walters Chambers & Associates in 1984 at the height of a recession. They not only persevered but achieved great success, spending the next 30 years providing structural engineering design services for clients across Canada and the U.S., and around the globe. Both are civil engineering graduates from the University of Alberta who went on to finish
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