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CEN 800 Question and answers 100% correct 2024/2025 CEN 800 - Quizlet 9 - Ethics in Engineering Practice
When did the need for Engineering Liscensure grow?
During the later half of the industrial revolution with a concern for public safety.
Describe the engineering disaster that occurred ...
CEN 800 - Quizlet 9 - Ethics in
Engineering Practice
When did the need for Engineering Liscensure grow?
During the later half of the industrial revolution with a concern for public
safety.
Describe the engineering disaster that occurred in 1864.
- A grand trunk train with 458 passengers was unable to stop for an open
swing bridge over the Richelieu River.
- The train plunged into the gap and the coaches piled on top of one another.
- Over 100 deaths.
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Describe the engineering disaster that occurred in 1907.
- Quebec Bridge Disaster
- 79 deaths
Describe the Elliot Lake Disaster.
- Date: 2012
- Algo mall in Elliot Lake Ontario - roof parking lot collapses into the mall
- 2 deaths
,What were the two critical errors that caused the Elliot Lake Disaster?
1. John Kadlec of Beta Engineering specified hollow concrete slabs which are
38% higher than maximum load
2. Parking lot located on roof without adequate waterproofing
What were the consequences and criminal charges for the Elliot Lake
Disaster?
- Kedelec lost PEng in 1990s
- Robert Wood lost PEng and 2 counts of criminal negligence causing death
and 1 count for causing harm
- Used 'Graduate Engineer' on business card and PEO started proceedings
against the use of this title
List four changes that were instated by the PEO after the Elliot Lake Disaster?
1. Required maximum hours of yearly training/education of all PEng's (PEAK)
program
2. PEO developed new standard for structural inspection
3. Inspection of buildings be prepared and sealed by professional engineers
certified as a structural engineer
4. PEO release additional information about practitioners disciplined for
professional misconduct
Explain the past history of the engineering profession.
, - Art of engineering was taught from master to apprentice
- Before the industrial revolution, most engineers were employed as Military
Engineers by the state/King/Emperor etc. to devise machines of war (ex.
Leonardo da Vinci - famous military engineer)
- Civil engineers named because they worked on civilian projects
What sprung the building of Canada's early engineering projects?
Industrial Revolution increased the demand for Canada's resources at a
dramatic rate. The need to build infrastructure to harvest these resources?
List some of Canada's mega projects.
1. Rideau Canal
2. Canadian Pacific Railway
3. de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver
4. Quebec Bridge Collapse
Describe the Rideau Canal project.
Date: 1832
- To connect Ottawa to Kingston and Lake Ontario
- Use dams, locks, man made and natural rivers, the canal extends for 202
KM
- Built by Colonel By (Bytown in Ottawa is named after) in 5 years using
manual labour
- 2007 named UNESCO World Heritage Site
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