Warren Turnbull

The Member faced allegations of professional misconduct after directing an unlicensed employee to construct a concrete arch without a building permit, design drawings, or supervision.

The arch later collapsed onto a dump truck, resulting in a fatal accident.

The Member admitted to the facts and pleaded guilty to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a five-month license suspension, publication of the decision, a $5,000 fine, and $15,000 in costs.

The Member brought a motion to adjourn his professional discipline hearing after terminating his legal counsel's retainer due to a loss of confidence.

The Association took no position but emphasized the public interest in timely adjudication.

The Discipline Committee granted the adjournment, balancing the Member's right to procedural fairness with the public interest, and rescheduled the hearing to March 2024, marked peremptory to the Member.

The member faced allegations of professional misconduct for offering engineering services to the public without a valid certificate of authorization and failing to cooperate with the Association's remedial requests.

The member admitted to the facts and pled guilty to the allegations.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, publication of the decision, and $2,000 in costs.

The Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) brought professional misconduct allegations against the respondent, an electrical engineer, after he submitted an 'alternative solution' under the Fire Code for a rental property he owned.

The respondent lacked the training and experience to prepare the alternative solution and had previously been convicted of a Fire Protection and Prevention Act offence for failing to comply with a Fire Safety Inspection Order.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the respondent guilty of professional misconduct for undertaking work he was not competent to perform and for his provincial offence conviction.

The Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a $2,500 fine, successful completion of the Professional Practice Examination within 18 months, and a 10-month suspension that would be suspended pending compliance with the examination requirement.

The member and his firm faced professional discipline for signing and sealing deficient shop drawings and calculations for structural support beams, and for undertaking structural engineering work outside their competence.

The member admitted to the allegations of professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted the admission and found the member guilty.

In determining the penalty, the Committee considered the member's cooperation, out-of-pocket remediation of the errors, and changes to his practice.

The Committee ordered a reprimand, a restriction prohibiting the member from practicing structural engineering (with limited exceptions for platforms), and a limited practice review, but declined to impose a licence suspension.

The Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) brought professional misconduct allegations against a member and his engineering firm regarding inaccurate heating and cooling load calculations for a residential solarium.

The member signed and sealed revised calculations prepared by a technician without checking them, resulting in a significantly undersized cooling unit.

The member admitted to the facts and pled guilty to professional misconduct for negligence and for sealing documents not actually prepared or checked by him.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, publication without names, and successful completion of the Professional Practice Examination within 14 months, failing which a 10-month suspension would apply.