Volunteering

Below are organizations that Justin has volunteered for since starting JCB Engineering.

Institute of Transportation Engineers

Justin volunteered as a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Review Panel for the fifth edition of the Parking Generation Manual. He provided input into the data being updated for this new edition of the manual, sharing his experience in conducting parking studies and surveys. After completing this work on the Review Panel, Justin was asked to take on the responsibility as vice-chair of the ITE Parking Standing Committee. In this role, Justin has recruited and organized colleagues to research upcoming trends in parking, focusing on parking minimums for developments and improving curbside management. Justin led a webinar on parking minimums where he brought together experts from the City of Edmonton, the University of Buffalo, and New Zealand to discuss what the impact was on the transportation network when the requirements to provide a minimum value of on site parking for developments was removed. Following is a link to the QuickBite document summarizing the information from that webinar: https://www.ite.org/pub/?id=55F67585-FB28-EB50-5339-DAC8ACA90C17

After 3 years as vice-chair, Justin stepped down from this role but continued on as a member of the Parking Standing Committee to support the new leadership and projects.

Similar to his role on the Review Panel for the Parking Generation Manual, Justin also participated in reviewing the eleventh edition of the Trip Generation Manual. Justin provided his experiences with the limitations of the trip generation data when conducting transportation studies, and provided input and feedback on ideas to improve the manual and how the data would be presented to users.

Justin has also reviewed articles for the ITE Journal by providing input and feedback for articles being proposed for publishing.

www.apega.org

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta

Justin has volunteered his time with his professional association by assisting young engineers on their journey from university into the working environment. This has included participating in the Iron Ring Workshops to teach ethics and professional responsibility to recent graduates from the University of Calgary and Mount Royal University engineering programs. Justin has become involved in the Mentorship program, providing advice to proteges on the development of soft skills to improve their careers.

http://www.beakerhead.org/

A smash up of arts, science and engineering in Calgary!

At the first Beakerhead event in 2013, a concept initially conceived by Jay Ingram and Mary Anne Moser, Justin was involved in the opening ceremony at Stampede Park, events on Stephen Avenue and the East Village in downtown Calgary, and a catapult competition held out at Fort Calgary. His volunteer responsibilities included:

  • General volunteer duties (set up and clean up)

  • Field safety lead for the catapult competition (organized 15 other volunteers to keep the field clear during the event to protect spectators at the competition, and the general public walking around Fort Calgary)

Justin continues to volunteer each year at Beakerhead, primarily helping to set up, attend, and then clean up at various events around the City of Calgary. Due to greater work commitments his efforts have decreased from his first year with Beakerhead, but Justin makes time to help out with a couple of events every year.

www.haysboro.org

Haysboro Community Association

From 2015 to 2017, Justin was a member of the Haysboro Community Association (HCA) Board. Justin used his experience and knowledge as a transportation engineer to assist with several community traffic issues, primarily focused on traffic calming, and improving pedestrian and bicyclist safety. He was a founding member of the planning committee for the HCA, this group worked with the University of Calgary Faculty of Environmental Design, the Federation of Calgary Communities, and the City of Calgary to develop a Community Plan for Haysboro, which does not have an Area Structure / Redevelopment Plan. Justin submitted a successful application to obtain a grant from the Alberta Traffic Safety Fund to pay for public engagement events to obtain feedback from Haysboro residents for the community plan, and to demonstrate some of the proposed improvements for new pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure from the plan.

Justin was also involved in modernizing the HCA bylaws, which had only be updated piecemeal since they were written in the late 1950's. He rewrote the bylaws to be compatible with the Alberta Societies Act and to reflect how the board operated in 2017 as compared to how it operated in the 1950's; this involved researching recent best practices for similar societies. Justin engaged not only with the board, but with the membership of the HCA to educate people on the need to update the bylaws, and what changes were being made and why.

West Springs Cougar Ridge Community Association

Justin moved to West Springs in late 2021 and joined the WSCR Community Association as a member of their planning board, providing input into proposed development projects and traffic calming initiatives. He is also involved in organizing the 2022 Stampede Breakfast that raises money for the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation.

Andre Chabot Re-Election Campaign

In the Summer and Fall of 2021, Justin joined Andre Chabot's re-election campaign for Councillor of Ward 10 in the City of Calgary. Justin assisted by joining Andre at a number of community events, photographing Andre's interactions with the public and taking notes on the issues that Ward 10 residents had. He also used his experience with Google Ads to advertise his own company for Andre's campaign, helping to drive online traffic to Andre's website.

Andre Chabot was successful in his re-election campaign, despite being greatly underfunded when compared to some of the other candidates running against him. He is now the most experienced of the City Council members, starting his fifth term.