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PEB forms alliance with U.S. engineers
The Professional Engineers Board (PEB) should achieve a new level of exposure through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a prominent engineering agency in the United States.
The North Carolina board of the National Council of Examiners for Engineers and Surveying (NCEES) struck an agreement with the local engineering board, providing another avenue for Bahamians in the profession to gain more experience on the global level. Chairman of the PEB Michael Moss said the new MoU will enable engineers in the country to further their expertise in a more convenient way.
"The North Carolina board recently amended its statute to allow applicants with foreign experience to be considered for licensure," Moss said. "This allowed the North Carolina board to consider the request from the Bahamas board. As a consequence, Bahamian engineers, through application to PEB, will be allowed to sit the NCEES licensure examination administered by the North Carolina board.
"This is the first time the North Carolina board has entered into this type of relationship and as such truly makes it an historical accomplishment."
The NCEES Professional Engineers exam is considered the international engineering yardstick for licensure and administers over 100,000 exams annually in all 50 states, four territories and six foreign countries. While The Bahamas initially didn't qualify based on the criteria, further inquiries led to an agreement being reached.
Chairman of the North Carolina division of the NCEES David Pond said establishing this MoU will greatly benefit Bahamian engineers in the short and long term.
"The North Carolina board is both privileged and proud to enter into this historic relationship with the Bahamas board," Pond said. "Engineering has become a global profession and this MoU is an indicator of that. The State of North Carolina looks forward to this newly-formed partnership and is excited about working with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas for many years to come."
This is another milestone in the local engineering sector, as the industry is constantly trying to increase its footprint in the country. In 2010, the Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) held its first conference that brought exposure to the sector as a whole. President of the BSE Robert Reiss is a strong advocate for more involvement of local engineers in projects in the country. The BSE has held a number of informative seminars over the past several years.
Bahamian Engineers losing millions to foreign counterparts
Bahamian engineers are losing tens of millions of dollars to their foreign counterparts, said the head of the Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE), who will this summer try to reclaim for locals the 90 percent of projects going elsewhere.
Reiss: Engineers must get up to speed with legislation
The country's licensing body for engineers will have its work cut out in terms of creating awareness about the nation's engineering laws, according to the President of The Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) Robert Reiss.
Reiss told Guardian Business that the Professional Engineers Board (PEB), established via the Professional Engineers Act 2004 to regulate and control the practice of engineering in The Bahamas, will have to manage the task of notifying local and foreign engineers of the changes in the act, noting that some individuals in the field may not be fully aware of the current legislation.
"It is now illegal to practice engineering in The Bahamas without a Bahamian license ...
Professional Engineers Board meets with Minister of Works
The board of Professional Engineers met with Public Works and Transport Minister the Hon. Neko C. Grant on Thursday, July 8. During the meeting the board registered engineers and presented Minister Grant with a listing of those engineers as of June 30, 2010. In accordance with Section 3 of the Professional Engineers Act 2004 a new board must now be appointed and a registrar must be appointed under Section 6 of the Act
Engineers board meets with DPM
The Professional Engineers Board (PEB) met with Philip Brave Davis, the deputy prime minister and minister of works and urban Development, and Renward Wells, the parliamentary secretary in the ministry, on March 1st to update them on the work of the board and to discuss...
Engineers 'more optimistic' about employment
By ALISON LOWE
Business Reporter
alowe@tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIAN engineers are welcoming a boost in their employment levels thanks to a "more optimistic environment" being attributed to the enforcement of the Professional Engineers Act and progress on Baha Mar and major infrastructural work in New Providence.
Current Director and former President of the Bahamas Society of Engineers, Cyprian Gibson, said many engineering firms are "starting to become busier" in recent months.
And while the activity is primarily revolving around major infrastructural works such as the "gateway" highway project now getting underway and Baha Mar, Mr Gibson said he is hopeful the increas ...
The Bahamas 'desperately needs' coastal engineers
By NOELLE NICOLLS
Tribune Staff Reporter
nnicolls@tribunemedia.net
WITH no coastal engineers on staff at the Ministry of Works, and the skill in high demand on the private market, Carlos Palacious, was recently graduated into a profession filled with opportunity.
He completed a Master's degree in Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering at the University of Florida this past August. He also has a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
As an intern with a Miami based consulting firm, he worked with the design team that laid out "The World" in Dubai, which consists of 300 man-made islands in the shape of the world map.
"As one of the first coastal engineers in the Bahamas, it i ...
Resort projects: Local engineers 'can easily do 75-plus work'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
Bahamian engineers could "easily do 75 per cent plus" of the work on standard land development/resort projects in this nation, the Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president told Tribune Business yesterday, but warned that it would take time to eradicate the "ad-hoc outsourcing" of engineering services to foreign professionals.
Speaking ahead of the December 3, 2010, Engineering, Design and Construction Conference, which is being organised by the BSE in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, Bahamian Contractors Association, arbitrators and architects, Robert Reiss, who is also a principal in Islands by Design/Reiss, said the Baha ...
Engineers blastGov't over BahaMar tender deal
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
BAHAMIAN engineers are demanding that the Government explain why it failed to follow "historic practice" and ensure there was a "competitive, transparent bidding process" for a key Baha Mar-related tender, arguing that their Society president had failed to stand up for the profession's wider interests.
Responding to a January 19, 2012, letter sent to them by attorney Wayne Munroe on behalf of his client, Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE) president Robert Reiss, the Bahamian engineer group said "the crux" of their complaint against him was that he had placed his personal, financial interests ahead of the Society and wider profes ...
ENGINEERS ENJOY 'BUSINESS UPTICK'
By NEIL HARTNELL
Tribune Business Editor
BAHAMIAN engineers have seen "an uptick in employment" compared to two years ago, their society's president told Tribune Business yesterday, although much remains to be done to ensure they are not used as mere "rubber stamps" by developers.
Robert Reiss, head of the Bahamas Society of Engineers (BSE), said member requests for help in finding work had dropped in "volume and quantity" compared to 2009, although more developer education was required to ensure Bahamians were "truly involved" on all projects as 'the engineer of record'.
"There's been an uptick in employment of our members," Mr Reiss ...
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