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Our engagement with the next generation of engineers

UBC Engineers

Our lawyers are honoured to have served as adjunct professors of UBC’s civil engineering program (CIVL 402) for over 40 years, and our engagement with the next generation of engineers has become an important aspect of our firm’s tradition.

The involvement of our lawyers in teaching and publishing gives the firm credibility with a broad cross-section of the construction and commercial communities.

 



About the Course

Craig Wallace is an adjunct professor at UBC, and has been teaching the fourth year class of Legal Aspects of Engineering Practice for many years. Other lawyers who share in teaching the course are: Marc MacEwing, Seema Lal, Vanessa Reakes, Mark J. Braidwood and Matthew Wansink. The course CIVL 402 is now titled “Professionalism and Law in Civil Engineering,” and our reference to it relates to the legal aspects of the course (CIVL 402B).

This is a lectures-only course, which reviews the legal aspects of Civil Engineering practice. Please refer to the Course Material and Lecture Schedule for a breakdown of topics. We use the textbook, Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience, 3rd Canadian Edition, Samuels, Brian M. and Sanders, Doug R., Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2015. The lectures are split among certain lawyers within our firm, based on their areas of expertise. The course culminates with an examination to which all of the lecturing lawyers contribute questions based on the content of their lectures.

 


 

Lecture Schedule & Course Material

2022 WINTER TERM LECTURE

UBC CIVL 402 – PROFESSIONALISM AND LAW IN CIVIL ENGINEERING LECTURE SCHEDULE FOR PART B (LAW)

SEPTEMBER 8 to DECEMBER 6, 2022 - THURSDAYS 11:00 am to 12:20 pm

LEONARD S. KLINCK (LSK) - 200 6356 AGRICULTURAL ROAD, VANCOUVER, BC V6T 1Z2

2022

Lecturer

*Chapter

Topic

Course Material

September 8

Craig A. Wallace

1

The Common Law & The Canadian Legal System

September 15

Craig A. Wallace

12 & 13

Torts and Professional Liability & Expert Evidence, and Common Issues in Contract and Tort

September 22

Seema Lal

6 - 9

Contracts

September 29

J. Marc MacEwing

18

Builders Liens

October 6

Mark J. Braidwood

10

Tendering

October 13

Craig A. Wallace

15 & 16

Risk, Responsibility and Dispute Avoidance, and Insurance

October 20

Seema Lal

17, 18 & 19

Bonding and Delay Claims

October 27

Seema Lal

20 & 21

Labour Law and Employment Law

November 3

Vanessa L. Reakes

9.7

Contract Administration and Field Services

November 10

                                    No Lecture – Mid-Term Break

November 17

Matthew Wansink

5

Business Organizations

November 24

Vanessa L. Reakes

14

Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation

December 1

Craig A. Wallace

 

Case Studies in Engineering and Ethical Failures

December 6

                                   No Lecture

 

* Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience: 3rd Canadian Edition, Samuels, Brian M. and Sanders, Doug R., Pearson Canada, 2015 (ISBN-13 no. 978-0-13-3575231). [This TEXT AND E-BOOK are available via the UBC Bookstore.]