TORONTO — Standard Paving Limited has been fined $17,500 by the Ontario Court of Justice at Kingston for applying a facsimile of a professional engineer’s seal to design drawings without the knowledge or consent of the professional engineer.
The Nova Scotia corporation performs general contracting and construction services.
In August 2019, the company was retained by a homeowner to assist in rebuilding their home in Clarendon Station, Ont. after it had been damaged in a fire. In preparing design drawings for the homeowner, Standard Paving Limited copied a licensed professional engineer’s seal onto the drawings, without the professional engineer having reviewed the drawings and without the professional engineer’s knowledge or consent. The company then submitted the drawings to the Township of Central Frontenac in connection with a building permit application, indicates a release from Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
On Oct. 10, Standard Paving Limited pleaded guilty to one count of breaching section 40(2)(c) and one count of breaching section 40(3)(b) of the Professional Engineers Act in connection with this conduct. Justice David Auger imposed a $17,500 fine on Standard Paving Limited.
Matthew Howe and Tabir Malik, both from the Toronto law firm Polley Faith LLP, represented PEO on the matter.
PEO reminds the public that the unauthorized use or forgery of a professional engineer’s seal on construction or design drawings is a quasi-criminal offence under the Professional Engineers Act. Such conduct may also result in criminal charges under the Criminal Code of Canada, adds the release.
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