Hugh Krentz appointed Standards Council Chair

2001-08-03

Hugh A. Krentz has been appointed chair of the Standards Council of Canada. Mr. Krentz, chairman and CEO of the Canadian Steel Construction Council and the Executive Director of the Steel Structures Education Foundation, becomes the organization's eighth chair.

OTTAWA - The Standards Council of Canada announced today that Hugh A. Krentz has been appointed chair. Mr. Krentz, chairman and CEO of the Canadian Steel Construction Council and the Executive Director of the Steel Structures Education Foundation, becomes the Standards Council's eighth chair and succeeds Ms. Linda Lusby whose term ended in April 2001.

Mr. Krentz most recently served as the Standards Council's vice-chair and has served on the Standards Council of Canada since 1977. Mr. Krentz has been actively involved in many of the Standards Council's committees including its former Executive Committee from 1980 to 1995. He has worked with the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) and on various committees of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Past President of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) in Toronto, he is currently consulting for the CISC and is also a member of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering in 1984.

Mr. Krentz has received numerous awards recognizing his contributions to structural engineering and standards development. In 1981 he was awarded the A.B. Sanderson Award for his contributions to structural engineering in Canada as a code writer, research director and author. He also received from CSA the 1990 John Jenkins Award for his outstanding contribution and conspicuous leadership in the development and advancement of national and international standards in the field of structural steel design.

The chair of the Standards Council of Canada is appointed by the Minister of Industry and oversees a 15 person volunteer Council, which governs the organization. The chair works closely with the Council and the executive director to make strategic decisions that will benefit the National Standards System.

"Hugh Krentz's dedication to the Standards Council of Canada spans more than two decades and has been and continues to be invaluable", said Peter Clark, executive director of the Standards Council of Canada. "I am pleased to be in the position to learn even more from his vast experience in standardization."

"I am honoured to have been asked by the Minister of Industry to assume this position", noted Mr. Krentz. "The Standards Council of Canada has offered me many opportunities to contribute to very worthwhile endeavours. I will continue to do my best to advance the interests of standardization in Canada and internationally in this new role."

The Standards Council of Canada is the federal Crown corporation that oversees Canada's National Standards System. The Standards Council coordinates the contributions of Canadians to domestic and international voluntary standards development and conformity assessment activities.

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