Recognizing excellence
Sponsored by Rockfon, the annual awards luncheon was emceed by Blair Bennett, CTR, one of the co-chairs of the Vancouver Chapter conference-organizing committee. The event gave CSC a chance to celebrate its best and brightest members and associates.
CSC Life Award
The CSC Life Award is the highest accolade the association bestows on individuals in recognition of their service. This year, two were honoured.
David Egan, FCSC, RSW
A member for more than 40 years, David Egan is active in both the Edmonton and Ottawa Chapters. In the late 1970s and early ’80s, he was very involved with CSC’s National Technical Committee, for which he received a National Award of Merit in 1979. Working in collaboration with CSI, this committee published major revisions to MasterFormat, SectionFormat, and PageFormat. During Egan’s tenure as association president in 1982/83, the Technical Committee was also responsible for the publication of Divisions 0 and 1, and three units of the Manual of Practice.
These resources represented a seismic shift in how project documentation was produced; they collectively laid the groundwork of standardization from which the Canadian construction industry still benefits. They also created a major funding source for CSC, stabilizing its finances. Further, the enhanced relationship with CSI provided the foundation for the ongoing liaison between the two associations.
Egan headed up the review committee that led to a new registration board for managing the Registered Specifications Writer (RSW) designation program in 1985. He was one of its early graduates, acquiring his RSW designation and becoming a well-respected specification writer in the industry. Egan was also instrumental in promoting the idea of networking and communication between industry professionals as being one of the strengths of CSC membership.
He continues to remain very involved, serving among a core group of teachers in all courses put on by the Ottawa Chapter for many years, while also working as an instructor at Algonquin College.
Phil Evans, FCSC
Phil Evans joined the Regina Chapter of CSC in 1982, and became part of its Chapter Executive soon after. In 1987, he began a three-year stint as chair; he took on the role of chapter director in 1992 and was elected to the association’s Executive Council as 4th vice-president three years later. He became the association’s president in 1999.
In addition to being committee chair for the Regina Conference in 2002, Evans was a CSC representative to the International Construction Information Society (ICIS) and the Overall Construction Classification System (OCCS) for a number of years. Becoming a Fellow in 2001, he has stayed active in the College, currently serving as its chancellor. He is also a member of the editorial advisory board of Construction Canada.
Evans has continued to be involved at the chapter level, regularly attending meetings and mentoring the next generation of CSC members. He has been a booster and active recruiter, signing up almost his entire staff as members before retiring from active practice last year.
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 The President’s Chapter Awards of Merit encourage and recognize active, forward-looking chapters in categories ranging from membership growth and education programs to financial contributions and meeting attendance. This year’s qualifiers were Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Toronto, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. When it came time to decide the best of the best and hand over the Lloyd Boddy Chapter of the Year Award, Toronto was the winner, excelling in areas such as professional development opportunities, spirit, and participation in local industry and CSC committees. The chapters themselves also presented Awards of Merit
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