It’s been a while since my last update so I’ll try to bring you guys up to speed!

I’m now working at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans – Small Craft Harbours. What we basically do is manage the many harbours in BC with construction, upgrades, and repairs. There’s a surprisingly large amount of engineering involved with just some floating pieces of wood for small boats to dock on!

Everything like the mooring piles, float timber, anchoring, and gangways require inspections too determine their remaining life. Most of these harbours are managed by a “Harbour Authority” which consists of a number of local volunteers in the area.

So what I get to do is basically help out the other senior engineers with projects at various harbours. This may include making drawings on AutoCAD, writing tenders to get vendor quotations, communicating with Harbour Authority, and making site inspections. The work gets pretty intense but I’m learning a lot everyday.

Until next time, goodbye and good luck!