Accomplishments

He is a Registered Professional Engineer with 25 years experience in the design, construction, maintenance, and operations of healthcare facilities. Among his accomplishments are:

Winner of the 2009 President’s Award from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
The first Canadian to hold the designation of Certified Healthcare Constructor
Achieved the Fellow designation from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering
National President of the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society from 2003-2005.
Vice Chair of the CSA Technical Committee for Health Care Facility Engineering and Physical Plant.
Chair of the CSA Technical Sub-Committee for Infection Control during Construction or Renovations of Health Care Facilities
Vice Chair of the CSA Technical Sub-Committee for Design and Construction of Canadian Health Care Facilities
An active member on a number of other CSA committees including those for special requirements for construction, design and maintenance of health care facilities.
A member of the Standing Committee for Building and Plumbing Systems for the National Building Code of Canada.
A member of the NFPA Technical Correlating Committee and two Technical Committees for the standard NFPA 99 – Health Care Facilities
A senior member of the CSA Education and Training faculty providing codes and standards training to healthcare facilities managers and engineers.
A founding member of the CHES Healthcare Construction Certificate Program faculty providing construction training throughout Canada
A member of the ASHE Healthcare Construction Certificate Program faculty providing construction training throughout the United States of America
A member of the ASHE Infection Control – Managing Risk faculty providing construction, operation and maintenance training throughout the United States of America
Served on CHES’s and ASHE’s leadership teams and committees since 2002
A member of the National Fire Protection Association’s Health Care Section
A Council Member of the International Federation for Hospital Engineers 2003-2005
A member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering