UBC Engineers

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 A. Wallace, P.Eng. 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: J. Marc MacEwingOla StoklosaVanessa L. 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, 4th Canadian Edition, Samuels, Brian M. and Sanders, Doug R., Pearson Canada, 2022. 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

2024 WINTER TERM LECTURE

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

SEPTEMBER 5 to DECEMBER 5, 2024 - THURSDAYS 11:00 am to 12:15 pm

CHEM-FLOOR B1-ROOM B150 2036 MAIN MALL, VANCOUVER, BC V6T 1Z1

2024

Lecturer

*Chapter

Topic

Course Material

September 5

Craig A. Wallace

1

Introduction and The Common Law & The Canadian Legal System

 

September 12

Mark J. Braidwood

6 - 9

Contracts

September 19  No class – Study Break  

September 26

Craig A. Wallace

12 & 13

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

October 3

Vanessa L. Reakes

9.7

Contract Administration and Field Services

October 10

J. Marc MacEwing

10

Tendering

 

October 17

Craig A. Wallace

15 & 16

Risk, Responsibility and Dispute Avoidance, and Insurance

 

October 24

Vanessa L. Reakes

14

Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation

 

October 31

J. Marc MacEwing

18

Builders Liens

 

November 7

Matthew Wansink

5

Business Organizations

 

November 14

Mark Braidwood

17 - 19

Bonding and Delay Claims

 

November 21

Ola Stoklosa

20 & 21

Labour Law and Employment Law

 

November 28

Craig A. Wallace

 

Case Studies in Engineering and Ethical Failures

 

December 5

No Class – Study Break

 

 

* Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience: 4th Canadian Edition, Samuels, Brian M. and Sanders, Doug R., Pearson Canada, 2022 (ISBN-13 no. 978-0-13-6931171). [This TEXT AND E-BOOK are available via the UBC Bookstore.]