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Government Operations committee Expertise is not the domain solely of large firms. On the contrary, the key is getting the right project team for that particular project that's available at that particular time to serve your interests. The empirical processes we see in typical procurement are actually more effe
April 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
John Gamble
Government Operations committee If I can just clarify a couple of points, one is we did not write InfraGuide. The FCM and the National Research Council wrote InfraGuide, just to be clear on that point. We are not contractors. We are professional service providers. We are licensed under provincial statutes, lik
April 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
John Gamble
Government Operations committee If I may...?
April 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
John Gamble
Government Operations committee I think when we deal at a staff level at Public Works or at Defence Construction Canada, where they have the specific expertise, I think they are quite empathetic. Her name escapes me, but there is an employee at Defence Construction Canada who, as part of her Ph.D. thesis, act
April 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
John Gamble
Government Operations committee Thank you, Andrew. What we're advocating here today is a procurement method that ensures your ability to get the right project and the right team for the project at the time so you can have the best possible outcome. And the fees should represent the level of effort and service
April 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
John Gamble
Government Operations committee Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Thank you again for the opportunity to be here with you today. As you know, my name is John Gamble. As president of the Consulting Engineers of Ontario, I represent the largest of 12 provincial and territorial associations
April 23rd, 2009Committee meeting
John Gamble