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November, 2007 iTRANS is pleased to announce a staff member recently received LEED certification for buildings. As a milestone, this is an iTRANS first! LEED = Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. LEED Accredited Professionals (LEED APs) have demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles and familiarity with LEED requirements, resources, and processes. This is an accreditation noticed by clients in Vancouver, especially in private development. LEED is moving towards transportation planning accreditation soon, with some test sites in Whistler and Victoria. |
November 2 - 4, 2007 About the Conference: Uniting some of the brilliant and future leaders in the engineering community and society from across Ontario, the PEO Student Conference is a forum sponsored by the PEO where ideas are shared and issues affecting students are discussed. The 3rd Annual Professional Engineers of Ontario Student Conference was hosted by University of Toronto on behalf of the Engineering Student Society Council of Ontario (ESSCO) and featured prominent members of industry, renowned engineering faculty, and delegates from many schools who share the common goal of aiding in the professionalism and success of Ontario students. The theme of the conference was "How Engineers improve the quality of life", and featured keynote speakers and industry professionals explaining the significance and role of engineering in improving the quality of life. The conference was opened to public for the first time this year. Speakers: Christopher Philp, P.Eng., Vice President, iTRANS Consulting Inc. Title: Transportation: It's positive impacts on society |
October 17, 2007 Geni Bahar, Vice President of iTRANS' Transportation Safety practice, was named the Transportation Person of the Year by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC). This prestigious prize awards recognition to "a person who has contributed to the improvement or advancement of the transportation industry as a whole or any one of its modes or segments", and was presented to Geni on October 17, 2007, during the Annual Banquet at TAC's Annual Conference held in Saskatoon. This award is greatly deserved, as Geni Bahar has dedicated her 27-year career to promoting traffic and road safety engineering. She has been a leader in advancing road safety in North America; working tirelessly to conduct safety research, to advance the state-of-the-art, educate and train professionals in the science of traffic safety, and coordinate multidisciplinary teams in a wide variety of safety projects. Ten years ago, Geni applied her hands-on approach to lead the largest undertaking by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation in the development and implementation of a road safety management system. Today "The Science of Highway Safety", has significantly advanced the practice of road safety throughout the Province and across North America. She has subsequently taught The Science of Highway Safety to transportation professionals across North America, and this course has evolved into one of the more popular courses being offered to the State Departments of Transport by the US National Highway Institute. She has demonstrated her commitment to "translating" the state-of-the-art in safety practice into state-of-the-practice in traffic and road safety engineering for practitioners. This is evidenced in the number of industry-known reference manuals, guides, and software that she has played a key role to develop, which include:
Geni has provided leadership through her education of practitioners, her involvement in professional committees, and her presentations at conferences. She has presented frequently to TAC, TRB, ITE, CARSP and AASHTO, and is actively involved in TAC, TRB, and ITE. Through these activities, she seeks to educate and help practitioners gain wide spread acceptance and incorporate road safety into transportation planning, traffic engineering and road design. Geni's hard work and dedication to the practice of traffic and road safety engineering throughout her career has helped develop iTRANS into one of the strongest teams in the industry providing Transportation Safety and the integration of safety into our many other Transportation Planning, Design and Traffic Engineering practices in our company. She has provided engineers and other professionals with the tools and the knowledge to incorporate safety as an integral part of transportation planning and road design. We congratulate Geni on her award as Transportation Person of the Year by TAC, in recognition of her efforts over the decades as a leader and advocate of safety.
Please read the article on Geni's award on page 13 of the ITE Transportation Talk
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| September 2007 Human Factors & Explicit Road Safety - November 21 & 22, 2007 iTRANS Consulting Inc. and Human Factors North Inc. are pleased to announce that they will be offering a two day workshop entitled “Human Factors and Explicit Road Safety". The course will be held on November 21 & 22. For further information please e-mail hfn@hfn.ca |
| August 2007 Guidelines for the Design and Application of Speed Humps: An ITE Proposed Recommended Practice iTRANS was retained by ITE to update the 1997 Recommended Practice for the Design and Application of Speed Humps. This report is now available through ITE's website. The proposed recommended practice provides state-of-the-practice guidelines for the design and application of speed humps, one of several geometric design techniques that may be used to control vehicular traffic speeds along a roadway. The experiences of various agencies currently implementing speed humps across North America are documented along with findings from published research work. Speed humps consist of raised pavement constructed or placed in, on, across, or partly across a roadway. For the purposes of this document, speed humps are defined as a roadway geometric design feature whose primary purpose is to reduce the speed of vehicles traveling along that roadway. There might be certain secondary purposes to speed hump installations, such as traffic diversion, but that is not their primary intended purpose. |
May 31, 2007 At the CEO 2007 Annual General Meeting and Awards Reception & Banquet, iTRANS Consulting was presented with the Award of Excellence for their Transportation Master Plan for the Town of Richmond Hill. This project was awarded for excellence due to its forward thinking and innovativeness in considering sustainability and environmental factors when planning for one of Canada’s fastest growing communities. iTRANS helped the Town to implement a Master Plan that was presented to its community and received unanimous support from the citizens and Town Council. Poster for Richmond Hill TMP: Richmond Hill TMP - Project Poster.pdf For further details, see the attached document or contact us directly. CEO Award 2007 - Accolades Magazine Article.pdf
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May 14, 2007 Tyrone Gan, President of iTRANS Consulting, is delighted to announce that Michael Trickey will be joining our Richmond Hill office as a Senior Project Manager. Michael will be a great asset to our safety practice in our continuing efforts to advance safety in the United States and Canada. Michael comes from the Ministry of Transportation (Ontario), where he worked in variety of positions including the Regional Manager of Engineering in North Bay, Head of Maintenance Contracts and Analysis, and Head of Asset Management. Prior to working with MTO, Michael worked with the Ministry of Transportation (British Columbia) as a Supervising Transportation Planning Engineer, where he advanced the concept of asset management and introduced long-term corridor investment planning. Some recent projects Michael worked on include strategic finance and business planning, asset management, engineering and design, modernizing highway maintenance, and performance-based contracting. |
April 23, 2007 iTRANS Consulting is proud to be ranked by Canadian Business magazine to be among the Top 50 Best Workplaces in Canada for 2007. In fact, iTRANS is ranked in the Top Ten (#9) in the country. This and related stories appear in the April 23rd issue of Canadian Business magazine, available on newsstands and at http://www.canadianbusiness.com. This list of "Best Workplaces in Canada" is compiled for Canadian Business magazine by Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. The competition process is based on two criteria: two-thirds of the total score comes from a 57-statement survey completed by a random selection of employees, along with their open-ended comments about their organization; the remaining one-third of the score comes from an in-depth review of the organization's culture, including an evaluation of HR policies and procedures. This offers a rigorous representation of the organization from an employee perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture. Together, they provide crucial data relative to the five trust-building dimensions of a great place to work®: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie. Plaque Top 10 Best Workplaces 2007.pdf
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April 16, 2007 Tyrone Gan, President of iTRANS Consulting Inc., is delighted to announce that Keith Dustin has joined the iTRANS team as a Senior Project Manager. Keith comes to iTRANS from the Ministry of Transportation where he was a Senior Project Engineer. His project experience includes detail design, environmental assessments, value engineering, contract administration, and corridor investment plans. He also has previous consulting engineering experience with several engineering firms in the Ottawa area throughout his career. Some of the more notable projects Keith worked on include:
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April 5, 2007 Tyrone Gan, President of iTRANS Consulting Inc., is delighted to announce that Wally Beck has been appointed our Vice-President with overall responsibility for our public transit practice. Wally has attained a high level of success managing public transit projects with great success, and drawn many accolades from clients. Wally has been with iTRANS since January 2003. He is another shining example of our staff advancing to our executive team, and how our culture fosters professional development. |
January 31, 2007 iTRANS is pleased to be named among the Top 20 Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada, as announced in the Globe and Mail . The survey, now in its third year, is published annually in the Globe and Mail. iTRANS has ranked in the Top 20 in Canada every year the survey has been conducted, and is very pleased to be ranked #6 in Canada. The award is given out by the study partners Queen's School of Business, Queen's Centre for Business Venturing and Hewitt Associates. "Our staff are very proud of our accomplishment, as it reflects the hard work and dedication of each person to make iTRANS a great place to work. We work very hard to maintain our culture of teamwork, while providing opportunities for personal and professional growth for each employee, ensuring we attract and retain the best people", says Tyrone Gan, President of iTRANS. Becoming a Top Best Small and Medium Employer is a very detailed and competitive process. This national awards program recognizes top employers with between 50 and 399 employees. The program mirrors the renowned Best Employer in Canada list published in Report on Business Magazine. The rankings are primarily determined using the results from Employee Opinion Surveys. More information about the Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada is available online at http://business.queensu.ca/qcbv/sme. iTRANS recently celebrated 11 years as a Consulting Engineering firm specializing in transportation planning, transportation safety, transportation systems, transportation design, and public transit, serving clients across Canada, the United States and internationally, with offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Cambridge, Toronto, and Ottawa. Another measure of success for iTRANS is its rapid growth, having doubled in numbers in less than two years. To be recognized among the Top 20 Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada for the third year in a row reaffirms the firm's commitment to make iTRANS a great place to work.
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January 25, 2007 On Thursday January 25, 2007 the United Way of York Region recognized iTRANS for the Employee Campaign Spirit Aware for its successful campaign. This award is in recognition of top campaigns that show progressive growth in participation and high per capita giving by organizing and running successful textbook campaigns that are both fun and educational. Through the incredible leadership and support from owners Tyrone and Hilda Gan this campaign continues to thrive. Each year employees are divided into teams and participate in various campaign challenges with a theme. This year's theme was "Back to the Future". See the full article in the Impact Newsletter attached. |
January 19, 2007 This is the inaugural year of this award presented by the York Region chapter of the Human Resources Professional Association of Ontario (HRPAO). Amanda was selected as this year's recipient for small to medium size businesses. Amanda will be presented with the award at the Richmond Hill Chamber of Commerce Annual Award's Dinner on March 7, 2007. It shows that the work that Amanda does as a Human Resources Professional is valued as much by her peers as it is by us at iTRANS. Congratulations Amanda! |
