A civil engineer who prepared a flood hazard assessment report for the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure admitted to unprofessional conduct.

In an Aug. 11 Engineers and Geoscientists B.C. (EGBC) consent order, Patrick Michael Sails is suspended for three months, beginning Aug. 21, and must pay $5,000 toward legal and investigative costs. Additionally, Sails must complete several educational courses and undergo peer review of his work at his own expense.

Sails admitted he did not have necessary qualifications, training and experience to prepare a flood hazard assessment for the ministry to reduce existing covenant setbacks at a property in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District.

EGBC had cited Sails on Jan. 30, but the consent order with the discipline resolution panel mea

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