PEO 2026

The respondents, a professional engineer and his engineering firm, faced disciplinary proceedings following the partial collapse of a five-storey condominium building under construction.

The respondents admitted to professional misconduct, including negligence, failing to safeguard life and property, and failing to comply with applicable building codes.

Specifically, they provided incorrect instructions to a steel fabricator, failed to correct deficient shop drawings, and issued inaccurate field reports indicating the structure was stable when it was not.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering a reprimand, a three-month suspension of the member's licence and the firm's certificate of authorization, and a restriction requiring the member to practice under direct supervision until passing an advanced structural design exam.

The Discipline Committee found that a former member and his company engaged in professional misconduct by plagiarizing a stormwater management report prepared by another engineering firm.

The respondents submitted the copied report for a single-family residential property, despite the original report being designed for a 70-unit townhouse development in a different municipality.

The respondents also failed to sign and seal the report and misrepresented an individual as an engineer in training.

The respondents did not attend the hearing.

The Committee revoked the member's licence and the company's Certificate of Authorization, and ordered $10,000 in costs.

The member, a professional engineer and president of two construction companies, engaged in a false invoicing scheme that illegitimately removed over $33 million from the companies.

The member personally benefited by over $5 million.

Following judicial findings of fraudulent intent by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court of Canada, the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario brought disciplinary proceedings.

The member admitted to professional misconduct.

The Discipline Committee accepted a joint submission on penalty, ordering the revocation of the member's license and publication of the decision with names, finding the conduct fundamentally incompatible with the profession.