Last week, an energetic group of Young Professionals representing our Kitchener and Vancouver offices teamed together to participate in a friendly competition at the ninth annual Great Food Sort Challenge, hosted by The Foodbank of Waterloo Region.

Putting their organizing skills to the test in a 50-minute race, our eight-person team excitedly unpacked many pallets of donated food and sorted items into various categories, such as pasta, cereal, and soup cans, etc. We’re proud of their efforts at their first ever participation in the event, as they completed sorting over 1,600 pounds of food, equating to over 1,457 meals that can be served or distributed in the community!

In addition, our team raised over $200 in donations to support the operations of the foodbank. The competition included over 300 people from 25 local businesses that sorted a total of 67,704 pounds of non-perishable food and raised $56,067.

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As we flip the calendar to the final month of 2022, we’re proud to look back on another great example of our staff’s ability to support a great cause and the communities we live in. 

Led by the tremendous generosity and enthusiasm of over 163 Movember participants and passionate volunteers, many of our offices planned and hosted a variety of events including mini-golf tournaments, virtual bingo, bake sales, raffles, Speakeasy Workshops, and World Cup Soccer events, to collectively raise over $46,000 (and counting)! On top of this, a corporate donation of $12,225 ($75 per participant) added to our grand total, helping Associated place first in Canadian Engineering Firm Challenge for the second year in a row!

Special honours go to our Edmonton-based team for the highest (pre-corporate donation) fundraising amount ($7,585) among all of our regional teams, despite having one of the smaller number of participants. This year, our top individual fundraiser, Andrew Stewart, achieved the title for the second year in a row, by raising over $3,600!
 
Thank you to everyone who donated to the Movember cause so generously!

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Emilee Kaupp, C.E.T., an Engineering Technologist based in our Lethbridge office, specializes in the design and construction of municipal infrastructure and land development projects. 

Her day-to-day work includes project management support, design, drafting, survey, construction management, construction inspection, and contract administration services. She is also the Lethbridge office’s representative for Associated’s Young Professionals Group. In this role, Emilee helps promote technical knowledge and business development skills to colleagues with less than ten years of experience.  

A hard worker with a passion to give back to her profession and her community, as well as a natural proficiency to lead, Emilee actively volunteers on committees with several organizations in Lethbridge. Emilee is currently the First Vice President for The Association of Science & Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET), and helps to raise awareness about the important role and value that technologists bring to our communities. 

“I bring a young female perspective to the ASET Council and assist with diversity and inclusion initiatives, as it relates to gender and the younger generation.”

Emilee is also active on the Lethbridge CANstruction Board, which hosts an annual event called CANstruction. The event showcases the design and construction talent of engineers and technologists, with the added benefit of collecting and donating food items to local food banks, supporting families in need living in southern Alberta.

In addition, Emilee is a member of the Lethbridge College School of Engineering Technologists Joint Advisory Committee, where she conducts program review, curriculum updates, and business discussions as an alumni and member of the industry. 

Through her work and her volunteer efforts, Emilee Kaupp is shaping our shared future! 

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At the age of sixteen, Rahim Ahmad, a Civil Engineer in our Saskatoon office, moved from Surrey, BC to Warman, SK, which at the time was Canada’s fastest-growing municipality. In Warman, Rahim’s passion for engineering and construction blossomed. Watching the community develop had a significant impact on Rahim. 

Since completing his engineering degree and joining the company in 2013, Rahim has worked on a diverse portfolio of municipal and industrial projects, including subdivision developments, raw water intakes, lift stations, water treatment plants, lagoons, and landfills. He takes pride in cultivating relationships with clients and colleagues, and believes that nurturing these relationships is critical to successful project delivery. It was this people-first attitude that also helped Rahim successfully fulfill his role as the Acting Manager of our Fort McMurray office, a role he undertook from August 2020 to March 2021. 

Rahim is also passionate about serving the community. Since returning to Saskatoon earlier this year, Rahim has volunteered with the Saskatoon Open Door Society, an organization that helps newcomers to Saskatoon connect, integrate, and build strong reciprocal relationships within the community. Rahim was recently elected to their Board of Directors and is serving a two-year term from June 2021 to June 2023. 

This summer, Rahim joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association for a blood donation drive and helped distribute water and snacks to the vulnerable during a July heatwave in Saskatoon.

When not working or volunteering, Rahim spends time with his wife, Alia, and daughter, Shaista. Together, they enjoy evenings and weekends exploring different walking trails in and around Saskatoon. 

Thank you, Rahim, for helping to shape our shared future!

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