Investigation in Alberta against an ex-engineer of the Quebec

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Norman Been, former v. p. Dessau

Matthew Payen

Monday, 26 February, 2018 20:33

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Monday, 26 February, 2018 20:33

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A survey has just been raised to the Order of engineers of Alberta (APEGA) against an ex-vp of Dessau, who acknowledged last Thursday that they participated in collusion to Longueuil in the years 2000.

Norman Had pleaded guilty last Thursday in front of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) to have been involved in a system of sharing contracts in Longueuil from 2005 to 2010, and to have obstructed the investigation of the syndic of the Order on his actions.

Mr Took, who said he’s since become “a champion of ethics,” said the OIQ to have recently lost his job at Stantec in Calgary, to have revealed that he was the subject of a disciplinary complaint to Quebec for collusion.

“Not aware “

On the other hand, he has apparently not informed the professional order of which he is a member in the past five years in Alberta.

“The APEGA was not aware of the situation of Mr. Took,” says the Journal by e-mail Katie Starratt, director of communications APEGA.

It adds that the professional corporation alberta has opened an investigation.

“When we are notified of disciplinary proceedings or criminal activity involving a member of APEGA in another jurisdiction, we refer the case to our investigation committee for investigation,” wrote Ms. Starratt.

However, the lawyer of Mr. Had, Lisane Bertrand, has assured during the hearing to the OIQ to have communicated with APEGA in order to know what Mr. Had had in Alberta if it was written off in Quebec.

“The responses of the APEGA were not clear,” said the lawyer, who has, therefore, insisted that his client not to be written off. It has not been possible to reach ms. Bertrand on Monday.

Without a job

Norman Took, 54 years old, is currently unemployed, has-t-he explained to the OIQ.

He had been sent into Alberta in 2013 by his employer of the time, the engineering firm Dessau, in the midst of explosive revelations about the corruption and collusion in the construction industry.

A survey of the OIQ has shown that Dessau and four other engineering firms have shared contracts in the public sector in Longueuil in the years 2000.

Mr. Had expressed regret at the OIQ, but has also argued that this kind of practices “were part of the normal,” at the time.

He risk a fine of 22 500 $.