Dear friends, members and partners, There are two types of trends that are quickly growing in Civil Engineering today: technical growth in areas such as construction, structures, hydro-mechanical, etc., and the rapid growth in labour trends. While my colleagues will walk you through trends in their respective disciplines, I would like to bring some needed attention to the growing labour crisis. It's no secret that there has been a surge in baby boomers retiring every year with high numbers since 2011. But how many of them are civil engineers, and how is it impacting our industry? The numbers might just shock you. It's projected that from 2011 through 2020, approximately 95,000 civil engineers in Canada would have retired - leaving these positions vacant. While in that same period, approximately 102,000 new engineers would have graduated. While on the surface it seems awfully convenient to have so many round pegs to fill these holes, the reality of the situation is not so simple.
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