Dr. John Boyd honoured for life time achievement at the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards

November 2, 2011

OTTAWA – John Boyd, Ph.D., P.Eng. was presented the Beaubien Award yesterday evening at the 2011 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards. The Award recognizes individuals for their lifetime contributions to the advancement of the consulting engineering profession and industry.

“The recognition of your peers is the greatest honour you can receive, and being numbered amongst the Beaubien recipients is a truly humbling experience,” remarked Dr. Boyd.

The Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards are considered the highest form of recognition for the consulting engineering industry. “The awards showcase the important role of Canadian consulting engineers in every aspect of our lives,” says John Gamble, president of ACEC. “To win this award is considered an especially prestigious honour by the industry.”

Dr. Boyd is regarded as a leader and visionary in the consulting engineering business, both in Canada and internationally. He has worked with Golder Associates for 35 years, holding senior management positions including President of the Canadian operating company, VP Operations of the Golder Group, and Directorships with several Golder Group companies.

A sought after speaker, Dr. Boyd is recognized as an authoritative voice on issues pertaining to the role played by engineers in society, the engineering profession’s responsibility towards solving societal problems, and sustainable development. In respect of this expertise, he has recently committed to teach a graduate course at the University of Toronto on engineering and sustainability beginning in 2012.

Dr. Boyd has served as Chair of the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies and President of the International Association of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC).

During his tenure with FIDIC, Dr. Boyd led the FIDIC Committee on Sustainable Development. The resulting Project Sustainability Management (PSM) system is unique in providing a practical approach that maintains a traceable link to Agenda 21, the worldwide basis for sustainability adopted by over 140 countries. Today, Dr. Boyd continues his work at FIDIC as Chair of the Climate Change Task Force.

He is the recipient of the President’s Award from the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland for his contributions towards sustainability in engineering, and of the ACEC Chairman’s Award for exceptional contributions to the Canadian consulting engineering industry.

Dr. Boyd was selected for the Beaubien Award by a number of his peers in the Canadian consulting engineering industry. He joins an exclusive list of accomplished leaders in his profession.

The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies, founded in 1925, is a member-governed association of nearly 500 independent consulting engineering companies, and 12 provincial and territorial Member Organizations. Consulting engineering in Canada is a $21.4 billion a year industry that employs more than 100,000 Canadians.

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