The PEGG

May, 2000

APEGGA 2000 Summit Awards Winners

Darrel Danyluk graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.Sc. in civil engineering in 1972. He joined Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd. and developed his career in Winnipeg, Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary. Currently, he is the chief operating officer of Reid Crowther, responsible for all corporate operations.

Mr. Danyluk has been a member of APEGGA since 1977. He held all branch executive positions in Red Deer, and served on APEGGA Council, the APEGGA Task Force on Brookes Law and APEGGA/AAA Joint Board. He also co-founded the annual APEGGA Golf-Eng. Tournament in Red Deer. Mr. Danyluk has assumed numerous leadership roles with APEGGA, serving as First Vice-President (1998-1999), and as President (1999-2000).

Mr. Danyluk was a board member of the Consulting Engineers of Alberta (CEA) from 1988 to1997, and served as president of the CEA in 1991. During his term as CEA president, Mr. Danyluk and then APEGGA president Noel Cleland, P.Eng., recognized a need to define the relationship and responsibilities between CEA and APEGGA. The result was a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organizations.

In 1992, Mr. Danyluk was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada (ACEC) and was named to its Executive Committee in 1993. He chaired the Business Practices Committee and the Steering Committee for the National Study on Human Resources Practices in the Canadian Consulting Industry. He was also treasurer and chair of the Communications Committee and the HR Implementation Committee until 1997.

He has helped to develop partnerships between Reid Crowther and Don Bosco Junior High School and Senator Riley Elementary School to promote engineering as a profession.