Philip Carson, Ph.D. delivers effective and efficient solutions concerning litigation in construction, builders’ liens, professional negligence, and real estate disputes. He focuses on disputes related to buildings and land.

Philip’s key areas of experience as a litigator include:

Construction and engineering: Philip has a strong practical understanding of construction and engineering which he uses to defend negligence claims against architects and engineers and to deal with disputes over construction contracts, construction delays, and changes. Philip also has a depth of knowledge of builders’ lien claims. He advises on drafting and administering construction contracts to help his clients avoid the kinds of disputes he sees in his litigation practice.

Real estate and commercial leasing: Philip frequently acts for landlords and tenants in commercial lease disputes and for purchasers and vendors in disputed real estate transactions. He also defends negligence claims against real estate appraisers and mortgage brokers.

Commercial litigation: Philip frequently represents creditors in debt claims and shareholders in corporate disputes. His has experience in disputes among shareholders of private companies, oppression actions, and proceedings related to the conduct of shareholder meetings.

Franchise litigation: Philip has acted for franchisors and franchisees in disputes over breaches of franchise agreements and compliance with disclosure obligations

Philip’s strategic thinking and advocacy skills complement his specific legal and business knowledge to make him an effective advocate. He has experience at all levels of Alberta courts and with arbitrations under the ADR Institute of Canada, International Chamber of Commerce, American Arbitration Association, and CCDC.

Philip takes the time to develop an in-depth understanding of his clients’ businesses and firmly believes that every client deserves his prompt and thorough attention.

Philip’s clients benefit from his strong academic background and his diverse business experience in technical and management positions in the petrochemical, waste management, and oil and gas industries.

A Ph.D. in chemistry led to Philip’s previous career in technical services in the petrochemical and oil and gas industries, followed by positions in upstream oil and gas environmental and safety management, and operations positions in oil and gas and industrial waste management.

Philip served as a clerk to the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench and Alberta Court of Appeal. Before being admitted to the Law Society of Alberta, Philip completed his articles with Miller Thomson.

Clayton Bond joined WSP|MMM Group in 2012 and provides design, construction and operations support for sustainable buildings and energy efficient buildings. Clayton has more than 11 years of engineering experience in the design, construction, and commissioning of mechanical systems for buildings and industrial process equipment. His background in building construction allows a practical approach to identifying, understanding and resolving issues. He works on projects across Alberta and leads the Edmonton team in building energy performance, sustainability and commissioning.

His professional experience includes sustainability work with some significant projects in the Alberta including the Edmonton International Airport Expansion, the New Edmonton Remand Centre, the Edmonton Federal Building, and five Net-Zero Homes in Calgary. In addition Clayton has contributed to minimizing the environmental impact in several emergency services buildings, healthcare facilities, commercial buildings, residential projects, and more than twenty schools.

Mike Edwards has experience implementing and managing the commissioning and retro-commissioning process on a variety of new commercial, institutional, health care, educational, and residential construction projects. This has included the provision of technical guidance and direction through design reviews, shop drawing reviews, controls reviews, site reviews and functional controls testing to optimize energy performance and ensure owner’s requirements are met. Michael is also experienced in a wide variety of responsibilities related to sustainable building design, construction, LEED® green building certification, Building Automation System (BAS) retrofits and upgrades, and municipal sustainability master planning projects.

As the Service Area Manager, Alberta Building Performance, Mike is responsible for building business and WSP’s reputation in the new building commissioning, existing building commissioning, and sustainable building services markets here in Alberta.

Mike is a professional Mechanical Engineer and LEED AP with 8 years of experience in sustainable building services. Prior to his time with WSP Group, Mike worked as a project manager and commissioning specialist for Enermodal Engineering and MMM Group Ltd.

Sunny Ghataurah is one of Western Canada’s leading electrical engineers and has 6 years of experience as an electrician and more than 20 years of experience in the electrical design and construction administration of a wide range of electrical systems. He is skilled in designing high voltage installations, power systems, lighting, fire alarm systems, generators, fire pumps and control & communication systems. Sunny has become a leader in the implementation of ASHRAE & NECB on all types of projects. In addition, his portfolio includes more than 100 LEED projects, 3 Living Buildings and several regenerative projects.

Oscar Flechas is an Architect with a wide range of experience in various sectors and on different scale projects. His firm, Flechas Architecture, is a progressive, small and young studio that uses simple and creative design solutions to produce innovative, environmentally and socially responsible results. He’s an early adopter of the Passive House standard, and his firm now strive to design buildings that meet or use the principles required by the standard in each of the projects. Passionate about low-energy and low carbon buildings for the future generations, Oscar is one of the few architects certified as Passive House Designer and embraces most tools that encourage better building standards to help achieve greener buildings in Canada.

Michael Nemeth is a mechanical engineer and Passive House designer in Saskatoon. When he’s not consulting he works to promote building energy efficiency standards and community renewable energy development. Michael was named as one of Canada’s top sustainability leaders under 30 by Corporate Knights magazine.

Samantha Proulx is a leading Accessibility and Building Code consultant in Canada with over five years of experience assisting architects, engineers, interior designers and space planners with the provision of barrier-free design. Ms. Proulx is proficient in the application of barrier-free accessibility principles and requirements for the assessment of design performance and compliance. She has an array of experience working with various Municipal, Provincial, and National Codes and Standards. Her diverse range of experience includes general accessibility consulting, accessibility compliance assessments and building audits, establishing accessibility policies for companies and new building projects, alternative solutions and variances, as well as conducting educational seminars.

Samantha was recognized as an expert in her field at the Building Show and IIDEX (North America’s Largest Exposition), and had the opportunity of educating well over 300 attendee’s this past year on barrier-free design. Ms. Proulx has conducted analyses of fire protection, life safety and barrier-free performance for various new and existing public, private and government buildings of all occupancy types. As an Accessibility Consultant, some of her projects included: The Regina Revitalization Initiative Stadium, Providence Care Hospital, South West Detention Centre, and various Transit Stations.

Specializing in new and existing commercial buildings, Ben’s experience encompasses over 30 LEED projects, including LEED v4. He is part of WSP’s CaGBC project review team and is an internal expert in building energy benchmarking programs such as Energy Star. Inspired by each opportunity to impact a building’s journey to higher performance, he enjoys bridging the gap between the rigor of engineering and the practicalities of everyday operations.

Along with confident problem solving skills afforded by an extensive background in mathematics, Ben’s diverse interests extend to economics and the physical and life sciences. Combined with experience studying and volunteering internationally, this allows Ben to approach problems in sustainability from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Joseph Der is a member of WSP Canada’s Sustainability and Energy team in Edmonton and provides design, construction and operations support for sustainable buildings. His diverse experience includes sustainability consulting on a variety of building types such as commercial, recreational and institutional buildings to achieve LEED and other certifications. Joseph also has previous professional experience working as a project engineer in the oil & gas and construction industry.

Joseph holds a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alberta, where he studied energy efficiency of integrated heating systems for residential applications. Joseph has published articles featured in Energy and Buildings and has also presented his work on heating systems internationally.

Albert brings innovation and creativity to a project; he also conveys his ideas with passion and clarity. Albert champions the use of sustainable solutions in all his projects and has extensive expertise in Sustainable Master Planning (SMP), High Performance and Net-Zero Buildings including district/renewable energy analysis, passive building design, modeling building energy usage, thermal comfort and indoor air quality conditions. He has a wide range of experience in Canada, USA, and Asia including the SMP for several university campuses, and consulting services for mixed-used developments in North America and Asia. Albert brings not only technical expertise but recognizes the importance of business case and value analysis.

As a LEED® Accredited Professional, Albert has performed reviews for the USGBC and CaGBC on projects applying for LEED certification. He previously sat on the City of Vancouver Urban Design Panel – only the second mechanical engineer to serve in this capacity. In addition, Albert has been invited to deliver over 200 presentations and has been a keynote speaker on sustainable building design, SMP and the “Net-Zero” approach in Canada, the US, and Asia and has volunteered to educate elementary school children on climate change. He was one of the first people who presented on Net-Zero Building design at the Greenbuild Conference in 2006 and Net-Zero Campuses at the SCUP Conference in 2009. Albert was named as one of Building, Design and Construction’s 2007 ‘Top 40 Under 40’.

Graham Finch is a Principal and Building Science Research Specialist with RDH Building Science Inc. He has a passion for technology and for dedication to making better and more energy efficient buildings. He leads RDH’s building science research group and is actively involved in a wide range of projects from building research studies to forensic investigations, building monitoring, hygrothermal modeling, and new construction design across North America and overseas. Graham has been involved with the design and construction of several passive house projects including houses and larger multi-family and mixed use buildings and has been involved with a number of research and policy studies on the topic. Graham has co-authored several publications and practical industry guideline documents related to high-performance building enclosures and is regularly invited by industry organizations and clients across Canada and the US to speak to the practical and technical issues of various building science topics. In addition to RDH, Graham is a part-time instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology where he teaches building science courses to students at the Diploma and Masters levels.

Greg Dekker is VP Sales and Strategy Effectiveness, for the Teknion Corporation. He is a professional facilitator who speaks, advises, and creates immersive experiences on change planning, innovation, understanding generational differences, and workplace effectiveness, and has served many of the most dynamic corporations around the globe.

Greg is the author of seminars for discovery – including Shatter!, The Jetsons, and Power Tools for Change. He leads PODIUM, a program for advanced customer collaboration. His use of tools and engaging style make learning memorable and effective.

Kevin’s diverse background includes ten years in the downstream petroleum industry where he led improvement projects in a variety of back office and customer facing areas. He received his MBA in Organizational Leadership at Royal Roads University and has taken a range of training in Six Sigma and Business Process Improvement including GO Productivity’s Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program.

As Director, Alberta South, Kevin supports the delivery of GO Productivity’s suite of programs to its client organizations. This includes project implementation, workshop facilitation, and various speaking engagements. Kevin has facilitated improvement projects in many sectors, including construction, manufacturing, non-for-profit, and healthcare. He knows from experience that you can expect to see large degrees of improvement in your organization, regardless of your industry or the context of your organization.

Jaret graduated from the Architectural Technologies Program at NAIT in 1993. He began his career designing home plans before eventually beginning work with Scorpio Masonry as an Estimator in 1999. Jaret progressed through to the Senior Estimator role and onto his current role as Project Manager.

Some of the projects he’s managed include Folly Memorial at the Devonian Gardens, the Edmonton Federal Building and Plaza project, Nait CAT Building, and the Royal Alberta Museum.

Mike began his career in construction at NAIT, where he completed his journeyman certification. Mike began working with Ledcor in 1998 as a Junior Superintendent and is now General Superintendent. Some of the projects that he has been involved with included The River Cree Casino and the Epcor Tower here in Edmonton, the Bow tower in Calgary, and of course the Royal Alberta Museum.

As CFO, John is responsible for leading the finance function and IT infrastructure functions. He is responsible for overseeing relationships with financial partners, Board Governance and financial reporting within Superior Cabinets.

John believes that service is about listening to the unique needs of customers and providing them with solutions that they will be delighted with. He looks forward to Superior being widely recognized as the kitchen and home design company that changed the customer experience from simply supplying and installing high quality cabinetry to delivering a memorable customer experience that surpasses expectations.

John has coached his children in many sports where the focus has been on the power of team play and positive feedback. He finds it gratifying to watch team dynamics form and see the successes that result from teamwork, positive attitudes and good sportsmanship-both on the sports field, and at work.

In 2015 John successfully completed his Lean Green Belt Certification.

Payam Esmaili is an Energy Engineer (CEM, MASc, EIT) with more than 5 years of diverse experience delivering building energy audits, energy modeling, retro-commissioning, new building commissioning, renewable energy design and feasibility studies, energy conservation and management, and sustainability.

Payam has published several cited articles in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and The Journal of Energy and Buildings.

Currently a project manager with WSP’s Sustainable Buildings group in Calgary, Julien has eight years’ experience of providing energy assessments, retro-commissioning, renewable energy consultation, and energy management services. His understanding of building and industrial systems, energy modeling, and sustainable design helps provide his clients with solutions and guidance to improve their triple bottom line. Julien has worked with property managers and institutional clients, to identify and tailor opportunities for energy conservation through operational and capital methods, and implement long term strategies to continue to reduce energy consumption. He works with these clients to provide a better understanding of their energy and water costs, and articulate the business case for green design and retrofits.

Chris Goodchild joined the SES team in 2012 with a desire to build a career that he could be proud of. Chris provides creative design solutions to transform existing buildings into high performance systems. He specializes in whole building waste heat recovery design solutions that virtually eliminate the load on existing boiler plants. Chris and Scott Sinclair are proud recipients of APEGBC’s 2016 Sustainability Award for the Vancity Heat Recovery Project. This project set a precedent for what could be accomplished with existing buildings. A key part to the success of this project was applying controls optimization strategies to the design — a skill that Chris excels at.

When he’s not saving energy, he enjoys sailing, surfing, snowboarding and playing music.

Len Horvath has over 45 years of experience in the commercial and industrial building industry. Prior to founding Quantum Lighting Inc. 22 years ago, Len had a 25-year career with BC Telecom (now Telus Corporation) and was responsible for their building and real estate group. His broad knowledge of building design and construction as well as operations and maintenance provide him a unique insight in identifying and resolving facility management issues beyond his lighting specialty.

Len and his firm have been leaders in the application of LED lighting and advanced lighting controls in hundreds of projects in a wide variety of industries.

Len and his firm also carry out market and lighting performance research for both provincial and federal governments to assist in developing energy efficiency regulations and codes such as the National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB) and the ASHRAE 90.1 Lighting Guidelines.

Len is a Life Member of BOMA BC, chairs the BOMA BC Education Committee, is the founding President and a Director of the BC Advanced Conservation and Efficiency Association, is a member of BC Hydro’s Energy Conservation and Efficiency Advisory Committee, the CAGBC Alberta Council, the Educational Facilities Managers Association and the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Association.

As an experienced Architect with Group2, Darlene’s passion lies with designing educational facilities. Within Darlene’s portfolio are dozens of secondary and post-secondary schools – modernized and new – and as a result she is very competent at quickly and accurately resolving complex design issues.

Darlene’s interest in sustainable design has also contributed to her design excellence. Her recent educational projects have pursued sustainable design qualifications in the LEED® program and is currently working on the delivery of 2 schools through Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). Cutting-edge educational research in curriculum innovation is also manifested in her recent projects, both in terms of sustainable education and broader curricular focus.

Born and raised in St. Albert, Mark attended the University of Alberta and achieved a Bachelor of Music degree in cello performance, followed by a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree. Shortly after, Mark began working as a project manager for Chandos Construction. Through his project work with Chandos across western Canada, Mark became passionate about reducing waste and increasing value for his clients. Mark has managed four Integrated Project Delivery projects over the last four years realizing how to integrate new technologies and lean principles into a construction site. Within these project, Mark and Chandos have developed a Building Information Modeling framework to ensure the new technology is implemented correctly and used to its highest potential. Mark would like to change today’s construction sites into production sites.