Who Is Hal???
Who Is "HalSays"?
Who Is Hal???
Who Is "HalSays"?
HalSays is the work of: Harold J. Wilkinson, P.Eng., C.Arb., DIIFES
Biographical information on Hal:
I was born in Winnipeg, MB in 1932. At the age of only six months I travelled to India where my parents were Anglican missionaries in the Punjab (I still have friends there with whom I have kept in touch). I had an Ayah (baby sitter) to whom I always spoke in her language (Urdu), then I would speak to my parents in English - all perfectly natural (most kids growing up in India at the time did that as a matter of course). I went to boarding school at an American run school named Woodstock School in the hill station of Mussoorie (once the headquarters of the chief surveyor for the British in India named Everest - for whom the highest mountain was named). I lived in India all through the war years, returning to Canada in 1946 at the age of 14. In Canada I attended East York Collegiate for a year, and then when my parents returned to India, I was sent to boarding school again - this time to Ridley College in St.Catharines, ON. From there I went on to Queen's University to study civil engineering.
Early on in my career I became interested in dispute settlement, and my Masters Thesis for University of New Brunswick was on the subject of Construction Claims in Civil Engineering. That eventually led me into using engineering skills to investigate failures and events to help resolve claims, and when needed giving evidence in court. That work eventually became known as "forensic engineering". In January 1968, I started off on my own specializing in forensic engineering and construction disputes. Eventually forensic engineering became the main focus, and that led to my founding the company Forensic Engineering Inc. Today I am semi-retired, which means I still take on some forensic engineering cases, and the rest of the time I enjoy my two very young grandsons.
As a forensic engineer, I have been required to determine what went wrong with whatever I was sent to investigate, and then to indicate what would be necessary to correct the fault and get everything working again. I have now applied these skills to several Canadian issues, and my take on various situations is presented in the various articles on this web page.
The rest of my career is outlined in my CV which is attached.
Curriculum Vitae for updated September 2000
WILKINSON, Harold J.
WILKINSON, Harold J., P.Eng.
Wilkinson Engineering Inc. President: Wilkinson Engineering (1990) Inc.
1022 Waterdown Road Founder: Forensic Engineering Inc
Burlington, Ontario
L7T 1N3
E-mail: HalSays.com
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EDUCATION
B.Sc. Queen's University, Kingston, ON (1956 Civil Engineering)
M.Sc. University of New Brunswick (1965 Civil Engineering)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1968 - present - In private engineering practice in Burlington, Ontario - The firm was known as Harold J. Wilkinson & Associates Ltd.
from (1968 - 1989), and then changed it's name to:
- Forensic Engineering Inc. -
Hal was President from 1988 to 1996
Chairman (1992 - 1996)
Founder and Senior Associate since July 1996
A second firm owned by Hal is: Wilkinson Engineering (1990) Inc.
Of which Hal is the President
1965 - 1968 Hal was the Senior Projects Engineer with SNC-Filer Ltd., of Hamilton, Ontario
Consulting Engineers (associated with the SNC Group of Montreal)
1963 - 1965 Hal was back at university -
University of New Brunswick - graduate assistant and Laboratory instructor - see Education
Curriculum Vitae for
WILKINSON, Harold J.
1959 - 1963 Hal worked for various contractors including:
Field Engineer, for C.A. Pitts Ltd., of Toronto
Estimator, for Canadian Dredge and Dock Co. Ltd., of Toronto
1956 - 1959 - H.G. Acres & Co. Ltd., Niagara Falls, Ontario
Engineer in Hydraulic Projects Department,
carrying out power studies on rivers
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Member of Professional Engineers Ontario (P.Eng. since1957)
- Designated Consulting Engineer by P.E.O. (since inception in 1974)
- Member of the Practice & Ethics Committee of P.E.O. (1973 to 1981) Chairman 1979 to 1980
- Member of Order of Engineers of Quebec (Eng. since1960)
- Member of Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists & Geophysicists of Alberta (P.Eng. since1977)
- Board Certified Diplomate of the International Institute of Forensic Engineering Sciences (DIIFES since 1995), and currently President of that Institute.
- Engineering Institute of Canada (M.E.I.C. since 1962)
- Canadian Society of Civil Engineering (M.C.S.C.E. since inception in 1973)
- Canadian Geotechnical Society (M.C.G.S./since inception in 1973)
- Consulting Engineers of Ontario (C.E.O. since inception in 1975)
- Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada (since 1975)
- Member of the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario -
(since inception in 1986) President 1986 - 1990
- Chartered Arbitrator since 1988 with the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada (formerly Arbitrator's Institute of Canada) Member since 1976 - Director 1990 to 1991 - President 1991 to 1993
- Awarded the distinction of "Fellow" in 1994
- Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (joined 1982)
Chairman of the Engineering Sciences Section (1990 - 1991)
- Received "Founders Award" from Engineering Sciences Section in February 1993
"in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Forensic Engineering".
- Fellow of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science (joined 1981)
Chairman of Engineering Section (1982-1988), Director (1988-1994), President 1997
- Received the Doug Lucas Award in recognition for services to Forensic Science 2000
- Director of Ontario Chamber of Commerce (1979 to 1980)
- Member of Advisory Council of Canadian Federation of Independent Business (since 1983)
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