PEO 2018

The Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) brought disciplinary proceedings against a member for providing structural engineering services without a Certificate of Authorization and outside his area of competence.

The member provided deficient structural drawings for a residential renovation that posed grave safety risks.

The member admitted to the allegations in an Agreed Statement of Facts.

The Discipline Committee found the member guilty of professional misconduct and accepted a Joint Submission on Penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month licence suspension, a permanent restriction prohibiting him from practising structural engineering, and publication of the decision.

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.

The member, an electrical engineer, signed and sealed a letter to a municipality certifying that structural work for a solar panel installation had been completed in accordance with engineering drawings.

In fact, the member had not inspected the work, and approximately half of the required attachment plates were missing, creating a potential risk to public safety.

The member admitted to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a one-month suspension of the member's licence and his company's Certificate of Authorization, publication of the decision, and a requirement that the member pass the Professional Practice Examination.

The respondents, a professional engineer and his engineering firm, faced allegations of professional misconduct relating to the design of an industrial lifting device.

The respondents admitted to signing and sealing deficient drawings that failed to adequately account for welded connections, lacked necessary construction details, omitted a maximum capacity nameplate, improperly specified a ratchet strap, and failed to apply appropriate structural engineering standards.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and found the respondents guilty.

Based on a joint submission, the Committee ordered a reprimand, a six-week licence suspension, a restriction requiring direct supervision by another professional engineer, and publication of the decision.

The Member and his engineering firm pled guilty to professional misconduct for signing and sealing deficient mechanical, electrical, and fire safety drawings for a proposed hotel and retail building.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, which included the revocation of the Member's licence and Certificate of Authorization, suspended on the condition that the Member resign, surrender his Certificate, and never reapply.

The Committee ordered the decision to be published with names, finding that the penalty amounted to a revocation triggering mandatory publication under the Professional Engineers Act, and that publication was in the public interest.

The member and his engineering firm faced discipline for professional misconduct related to the structural design and post-construction review of a post and beam house.

The member admitted to preparing deficient structural drawings that failed to comply with the Ontario Building Code and to issuing a false review letter stating that periodic site reviews had been conducted when they had not.

The Discipline Committee accepted an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission as to Penalty, finding the member guilty of professional misconduct.

The panel ordered a reprimand, publication of the decision without names, and a requirement for the member to successfully complete the Professional Practice Examination within 14 months, failing which his licence would be suspended.