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The Municipal Engineer: Newsletter of the Municipal Engineers Division of the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC
The National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure is a resource geared to promoting success in developing and maintaining municipal infrastructure. It is a series of documents; a continuous exchange of information, diligently prepared and reviewed by experts in the field with experience from both the public and private sector. The main thrust of ‘The Guide’ is to make state of the art expertise available to
municipalities in the form of Best Practices to assist in decision-making, investment planning and choosing the best technical solutions.
At the helm is a Project Steering Committee comprised of 22 members from various vocations, including: academics, consulting engineers, different associations, local politicians and contractors; with some input also coming from the general public. Reporting to the Steering Committee are five Technical Committees, which deal with the subjects of Municipal Roads, Potable Water, Storm and Wastewater, Decision Making/ Investment Planning and Environmental Protocols. Best Practice topics and priorities are identified by Technical Committees through extensive stakeholder discussions followed by consultant work, which includes national scans (surveys) to identify current practices. Nation-wide working groups with expertise in the subject areas develop each specific Best Practice document under the Technical Committee’s direction.
This compendium known as The Guide began in October of 2000 and was created through the funding of what is now known as Infrastructure Canada. The Federation Of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) in cooperation with the National Research Council carry out and the program’s objectives. Currently, more than thirty Best Practices are at various stages of completion, awaiting publication. Normand Levac, Technical Manager for the Guide comments: ‘Municipalities now have a valuable tool to assist them in their infrastructure work. Having worked for a medium sized municipality for a long time, I would have benefited from these practices had they been in existence’.
It requires the concerted efforts of many to achieve a label of ‘ tried and true’, and the team behind ‘The Guide’ wants to ensure that all relevant advice is included in its compendium. Recently, the municipalities of Regina and Whitehorse have adopted the use of The Guide’s Best Practices at their city councils to aid in the decision-making process before undertaking any improvements or changes to infrastructure. The goal of The National Guide to Sustainable Municipal Infrastructure is to see its Best Practices put to use by those municipalities who might not otherwise have the resources to make well-informed decisions that could save them both dollars and effort. For access to the Best Practices already available on-line and more detailed information on ‘The Guide’ go to www.Infraguide.ca or contact the Guide staff toll free at 1-866-330-3350 to share your ideas or find out about how you can be part of this exciting initiative.
