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Brought to you by Saskatchewan’s Professional Engineers and Geoscientists

Most of us don’t pay too much attention to the details of the world around us. Lights turn on. Tap water flows. Buildings stay standing. Roads lead us to where we want to go. All of these things and many others just seem to happen on their own so that we can go on with our day-to-day lives in comfort and safety.

But there is one group of professionals who pay attention to all of these details. Saskatchewan’s professional engineers and geoscientists see more. They are trained to apply that insight to protect public safety and ensure our province’s prosperity.

Where you see a light bulb, an engineer sees the power generation and distribution system needed to supply electricity to homes and businesses throughout the province.

Where you see an open field, a geoscientist might see the potential for a new potash mine or oil field.

Where you see a building, an engineer sees the building codes developed to ensure that the building is as safe as possible even in the face of storms, fires and earthquakes.

Engineers and geoscientists also look to the future. By turning their minds to research and development, they see cleaner alternative forms of energy; new, less environmentally stressful ways of extracting minerals; and a host of inventions to make life better, safer and more productive for farmers, businesses and regular people.

Engineers and geoscientists belong to self-governing professions. They are overseen by their governing body, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (APEGS) and the engineering business association, the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies of Saskatchewan (ACEC-SK). These associations use their foresight to develop and enforce one of the strictest codes of ethics of any profession in Canada.

From the big picture to the smallest detail: Professional engineers and geoscientists see more.