news + events: 2008

RVA participates in Canstruction® 2008
On November 10th, 2008, RVA’s team gathered at the Toronto Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto - along with 25 other consulting firms - to build the firm’s entry for the 10th annual Canstruction® Toronto design-build competition.

RVA’s entry - “A Can to Give, A Hand to Live” - depicts a hand in action contributing a food can to help end hunger. The structure is approximately 10’ x 10’ wide and 7’ tall, and took six hours and 4050 cans to build.

Canstruction® is a Design and Construction Industry competition currently held in cities throughout North America.  Teams of architects and engineers use their creativity and skill to design and build giant structures made from canned and packaged food. 

The Toronto competition entries were on display at the Toronto Dominion Centre from November 11th - 15th, and all food goes to benefit the Daily Bread Food Bank in Toronto.

RVA team members who participated in the November 10th build:

• John Slade
• Rina Kurian
• Tyler Lahti
• Vireak Hinh
• Ursula Nazar
• Kirsten Warren
• Mauro Russo
• Zeina Elali

• Mark Bruder
• Melissa Weber
• Loulwa Elali
• Kim Mowat

For images of RVA’s structure and of the RVA “Canstruction®” team hard at work, please visit: RVA at Canstruction® 2008

For more information on Canstruction®, and to see the 2008 Toronto competition entries, please visit: http://www.canstructiontoronto.com/

David Crowder, CET, Appointed Chair of Board of Directors for the Center for the Advancement of Trenchless Technologies
Toronto, ON (October 2008) – David Crowder, CET, Manager of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited’s field inspection and survey staff, was appointed as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Center for the Advancement of Trenchless Technologies (CATT) on October 30, 2008. >>more

Touchie Engineering selected to work on Tower Road Dam
Moncton, NB(July 21, 2008) – Touchie Engineering, a division of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited, Awarded Major Water Supply Infrastructure Contract in Moncton, New Brunswick. >>more

RVA announces new corporate appointments
Toronto, ON (June 5, 2008) – Kenneth A. Morrison, P.Eng., president of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom Richardson as a Director of the firm.

Burloak Water Purification Plant Intake Recipient of the 2008 Award for Engineering Project of the Year in the Innovative Category
Toronto, Ontario (March, 2008 ) - The Burloak Water Purification Plant Intake Tunnel has been recognized as one of three projects to receive the 2008 Award for Engineering Project of the Year in the Innovative Category. >>more

RVA announces new corporate appointments
Toronto, ON (January 2008) – The directors of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited take pleasure in announcing the following appointments to the position of Associate:

Peter S.Y. Cho, Lawrence H.L. Lee, Jim R. Cormier (Moncton), Raghvir S. Mudhar, Zeina Elali, Adrian Munteanu (Ottawa), Chris J. George (Sudbury), Sharon Ng-Chung, Tyler N. Lahti, Varathan Shanmuganathan, Nick W. Larson

Associates appointed as shareholders include:

Ryan G. Dutrisac (Sudbury), Piyush H. Patel, Saeed A. Khan, Lili B. Roman Thut, Marina Leonov, Rayna L. Romansky, Trevor M. MacKenzie, John A. Slade, Kim J. Mowat, Melissa J. Weber

Associates appointed to the senior associate group include:

Dave Crowder, Amuthan Krishnathas, John Gallant (Moncton), Marc Therrien (Sudbury), Val Saknenko, and Grant Weightman.