CSCE OFFICIAL LECTURE

Mr. GLENN W. HEWUS, President of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers

Until November 2016, Mr. Hewus held the position of Senior Vice President of Engineering and Construction for the Federal Bridge Corporation Limited, a federal Crown corporation. Mr. Hewus oversaw all aspects of the Corporation’s engineering and construction functions while incorporating innovation, new technology and sustainability programs into maintenance and capital projects at each of FBCL’s four international bridge crossings. He has served as an international board member for the St. Mary’s Bridge Authority and Seaway International Bridge Corporation, Honorary Treasurer,SVP and board member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, and was part of the CSA’s - Regulatory Authority Committee for the Canadian Highway and Bridge Design Code. Mr. Hewus joined FBCL after managing a wide variety of major construction projects in both the private and public sectors with organizations like Alcan, Nortel, PWGSC, Canada Post and the Canada Museum’s Corporation and has worked closely with First Nations in Ontario and Nunavut. Mr. Hewus obtained his bachelor of engineering degree from the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie University) and Master in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario. Mr. Hewus enjoys golfing, skiing and travelling with his wife Louise.

Mr. Hewus after being semi-retired for a year has returned to the work force with The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) as Director of Facilities. His duties will revolve around asset management, sustainability and strategic planning, while overseeing a staff of 156 people and accountable for a budget of $30M and physical assets, including over 4million square feet of space spread over 3 campuses.

Canadian Infrastructure Report Card

The second Canadian Infrastructure Report Card (CIRC) was released in January 2016. The initiative was sponsored by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), the Canadian Construction Association (CCA), the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and the Canadian Public Works Association (CPWA). The 2016 CIRC reports on potable water, storm and wastewater systems, roads and bridges, building, sport and recreational facilities, and public transit.
The CIRC provides comprehensive, scientifically based, and standardized information on the inventory, condition and asset management practices of Canada’s core public infrastructure. It is intended to inform infrastructure planning, design and management activities completed by the various stakeholders of Canada’s infrastructure systems, including policy-makers and asset owners.
The CIRC indicates that one-third of our municipal infrastructure is in fair, poor or very poor condition, increasing the risk of service disruption. The CIRC also indicates that reinvestment rates are not sufficient to stop the decline in the state of our infrastructure systems.
The first part of the presentation provides a detailed overview of the CIRC process and results. The second part provides some ideas generated through a collaborative effort of CSCE’s members to leverage planned infrastructure investments to make our infrastructure systems more sustainable.