ACEC Mission

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82st Annual General Meeting
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Notice of Meeting

• That the Annual General Meeting of the
• Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada
• will be held at the Fairmont Newfoundland Hotel
  in
• St. Johns, Newfoundland, July 1, 2006 at 800
  a.m. for
• the following purposes
• to receive and consider the reports of the Chair,
• the Treasurer, the President/Secretary, the
• Officers of the Association and the Presidents of
  
• the Member Organizations
• to elect directors
• to appoint auditors and
• to ratify the decisions of the Board.

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• John Boyd
• Vice-President

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• Jeff Daggett
• Chairman

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• Motion
• That the Minutes of the 81th Annual
• General Meeting of ACEC held in
• Jasper on June 25, 2005 be
• adopted.

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ACCEPTANCE OF ACTS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEMBERS
OF THE ACEC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Motion
• Be it resolved that all acts and proceedings of
• the Directors of the Association of Consulting
• Engineers of Canada (ACEC) as exhibited by
• the Minutes of the meetings of that body, held
• since the last meeting of the members of the
• Association and all acts and proceedings taken,
• all payments made by or to the officers, agents
• of employees of the Association of Consulting
• Engineers of Canada under authority of or
• pursuant to any By-law, resolution, motion,
• instruction or direction contained in the By-law
• and Minutes of the Board of Directors held
• subsequent to the last Annual Meeting of the
• members of the Association, be, and the same
• are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.

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Chairmans ReportNorm Huggins, P.Eng.
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State of our Industry

• Industry is doing well overall
• Firms are very busy
• 12 Billion in revenues
• 3rd largest exporter in the world
  (3rd year in a row)
• 9 growth in the number of employees (3.1 last
  year)
• Recruitment a Nation-Wide Problem

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InfraGuidea new tool for QBS

• Best Practice QBS
• Credible and impartial
• Task Force from Public Sector
• Instigated and sponsored by ACEC

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ACEC Mission

• ACEC exists to make its members more successful!

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ACEC Priorities

• Image
• Remuneration
• Business Practices
• Lobbying
• Trends

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3 Areas of Focus

• Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS)
• The Strategic Role of Consulting Engineers
• Outsourcing

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Staying Connected

• National Tour
• MO Chairs Meetings
• MO Executive Directors Meetings
• Board and Committee Meetings

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Common Issues

• QBS (especially at municipal level)
• Recruitment of Senior Staff
• Insurance

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International

• FIDIC
• ACEC US

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Identifying Trends

• ACEC Surveys
• -2nd Benchmarking Survey in 2006
• -Remuneration Survey in 2006
• -Clients Survey 2007
• -Liaison with Statistics Canada
• ACEC Chairs National Tour
• ACEC and MO Meetings (Chairs and Exec. Dir.)
• Principals Roundtables
• FIDIC /ACEC US

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Merci
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Presidents Report
Claude Paul Boivin
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Canadian Politics

• Infrastructure The Conservative government
  keeps its promises
• 16.5 billion
• Maintains infrastructure programs
• 2.4 billion for highways
  (coalition www.fixourhighways.ca)
• - 1.3 billion for transit

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Canadian Politics

• - Canadianizing Canadian Aid?
• - More Bilateral Trade Agreements
• - Accountability Act

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New Initiatives

• Target Audiences
• Decision-Makers
• Opinion-Leaders

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New Initiatives

• Target Audiences
• Federal Cabinet
• MPs and Senators

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Stats Canada

• In 2004 Engineering industry bounced back
• Due to A Renewed strength in domestic
  market
• B Diminishing economic uncertainties
• Operating revenues 12.1 billion
• Growth 10 (1.6 in 2003)
• Profit margin 11.6 (10 in 2003)

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Stats Canada

• Industry Revenues
• Private sector 50
• Public sector 33
• International 15
• Household/individuals 2

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Stats Canada

• Market Share
• Ontario 34
• Alberta 24
• Quebec 22
• British Columbia 13
• Others 7

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ACEC Benchmarking Survey 2005

• Operating profits (net Revenues)
• Staff size change
• Net revenues/total staff
• Target direct labour multiplier
• Achieved direct labour multiplier
• Net Revenues Backlog

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ACEC Benchmarking Survey 2005
2006 forecast

• 75 of firms forecast 2006 revenues greater than
  2005. (Only 7 forecast drop greater than 5.)
• Over 50 predict backlogs will continue to
  improve in 2006, with 37 forecasting greater
  than 5 improvements
• Nearly 60 forecast an increase in new proposal
  opportunities in 2006. (Only 3 predict fall
  greater than 5.)

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ACEC Benchmarking Survey 2005
Items for Concern

• Poor billing and collection techniques (weakness
  in converting work into cash)
• Target multiplier

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Consolidation of ACEC Firmsover 8 years
(1997-2005)

• Number of firms down 13
• Staff numbers - up 16
• Firms 1000 from 3 to 7 (30 of membership)
• Firms 500 999 from 11 to 14 (13 of
  membership)
• Firms 100 499 from 43 to 57 (33 of
  membership)
• Firms 50 99 from 53 to 44 (8 of membership)
• Firms less than 50 from 509 to 427 (15 of
  membership)

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ACEC Actions

• 2nd Benchmarking survey
• Brief to Commons Finance Committee
• Meetings with Minister of Infrastructure
• Survey on Executive Compensation
• Management Courses PSMJ/ACEC/CEO
• Coalition www.fixourhighways.ca
• International Promotion of QBS

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Greatest Gain

• Infrastructure
• Now Part of National Vocabulary

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• olid Finance

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ACEC Partners - Merci

• Corporate Partner ENCON
• Partners
• Legal Affairs Miller Thomson
  DeGranpré Chait
• Technology Jovaco
• Careers EIC - Brainhunter

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ACEC Awards 2006

• Ottawa
• October 26, 2006

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ACEC Staff

• Sylvie Rioux, Jean Marc Carrière,
• Carolyn Sutherland, Claude Paul Boivin,
• Susie Grynol, Adam Desrosiers

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Approval of Audited Financial Statements

• Motion
• Be it resolved that the 2005-2006
• Audited Financial Statements of the
• Association of Consulting Engineers of
• Canada be approved as presented

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APPROVAL OF AUDITORS

• MOTION
• Be it resolved that the firm of Marcil,
• Lavallée be retained as the ACECs
• auditors for the 2006-2007 reporting
• year

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ACEC Board Members

• Réjean Breton Leon Botham
• Ian MacDonald Rick Prentice
• Allan Russell Andy Robinson
• Georges Dick Michael Hogan
• Brian Gray Terry Gowing
• Charles Leonard Bob Lorimer
• Wilfrid Morin Chris Newcomb
• Walter Orr Geoff Pound
• Tim Wingrove Norm Huggins

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ACEC Executive Committee

• Réjean Breton
• Leon Botham
• Ian MacDonald
• Rick Prentice
• Andy Robinson
• Allan Russell
• Norm Huggins

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ACEC Chair, 2006-2007

• Réjean Breton, P.Eng

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CROSS-CANADA REPORTS FROM MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

• Consulting Engineers of Alberta
• Consulting Engineers of British Columbia
• Consulting Engineers of Manitoba
• Consulting Engineers of New Brunswick
• Consulting Engineers of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Consulting Engineers of the Northwest Territories
  
• Consulting Engineers of Nova Scotia
• Consulting Engineers of Ontario
• Association des ingénieurs-conseils du Québec
• Consulting Engineers of Saskatchewan
• Consulting Engineers of Yukon

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Yellowknife, Northwest Territories June 21 to
23, 2007
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ADJOURNMENT OF BUSINESS MEETING

• Motion
• That the 2006 Annual General Meeting
• of the Association of Consulting
• Engineers of Canada be adjourned