Building Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure: The Critical Role of Engineers in Addressing Canada's Infrastructure Challenges

Building Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure: The Critical Role of Engineers in Addressing Canada's Infrastructure Challenges BUILDING RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF ENGINEERS IN ADDRESSING CANADA’S INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION’S POSITION • Sound and reliable public and private infrastructure play a fundamental role in upholding public s. [...] Natural Resources Canada is working on the Canada Supporting the active engagement of engineers in Green Building Strategy to advance progress in the modernization of infrastructure codes, standards, achieving net-zero emissions and enhancing climate and maintenance protocols enhances public safety, resilience in the building sector.3 ensures reliability, and maximizes the value of infrastructure. [...] Engineers provide technical expertise and and climate considerations, will facilitate informed input on best practices, codes, and standards related decision-making and contribute to the development to infrastructure development, maintenance, and of thriving and resilient communities. [...] withstand the test of time, reducing the likelihood of costly repairs and minimizing the risk of catastrophic To promote the safety, reliability, and sustainability of failures. [...] The engineering profession is committed to Canada’s public infrastructure, the federal government playing a key role toward achieving such outcomes should foster and commit to ongoing collaboration through development and maintenance of sound and with the engineering profession and other reliable infrastructure, which is critical to the health stakeholders to ensure that infrastructure projects an.