Ian MacDonald, P. Eng., CFEI*

President and General Manager

B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Queen’s University 1985
*Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator

Ian Resume 2020

Areas of Practice

• Fire Protection Engineering
  • Performance-Based Solution
  • Fire Systems Design
  • Fire Systems Commissioning
• Fire Modeling
• Building and Fire Code Consulting
• Fire Safety Planning
• Authority Relations
• Forensic Investigative Engineering
  • Origin and Cause
• Due Diligence

Professional Experience

RJ Bartlett Engineering Ltd, Fredericton, NB 1995 to present

• President (2016 – Present)
• General Manager (2000 – 2015)
• Fire Protection Consultant
• Project Coordinator

Leber/Rubes Inc., Toronto and Ottawa, ON 1988-1995
Rolf Jensen & Associates Ltd., Toronto, ON 1985-1988

• Fire Protection Systems Designer
• Code Consultant
• Commissioning Agent

Affiliations

• Registered/Licensed with Professional Engineering Associations in the following Provinces and Territories:
  • Manitoba
  • New Brunswick
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nova Scotia
  • Nunavut
  • Ontario
• Society of Fire Protection Engineers (Member)
• Consulting Engineers of New Brunswick (President, 1998 – 1999)
• Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada (Board, 2003 – 2007)

Committees

• FiRECAM Atlantic Working Group
• Society of Fire Protection Engineers
  • Member of Performance-Based Fire Protection Analysis and Design Task Group
• Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick
  • Admissions & Internship Committee 1996 – 2002
  • Consulting Practice Committee 2000 – 2001 (Chair)
• Canadian Standards Association
  • Member, Former Technical Subcommittee on Health Care Facility Commissioning
• Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada
  • Member of Fire Alarm System Standards Subcommittees on Installation (S524), Inspection and Testing (S536), Verification (S537), and Ancillary Devices (S573)
• National Building Code of Canada
  • Member of Standing Committee on Use and Egress, 2009 – Present

Papers and Presentations

The following represents a sample of the presentations/articles by Ian MacDonald.

• Alternative Solutions Process, Manitoba Building Officials Association, Winnipeg, MB, 2019.
• National Building Code, Fire and Emergency Services NL, St. John’s, NL, 2015.
• Fire Safety Plans, City of Charlottetown, PE, 2012.
• Intents and Objectives of the National Building Code, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Gatineau, QC, 2011.
• Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems, New Brunswick Building Officials Association, April 2008.
• Part 3 of the National Building Code, Daltech, 2003/Present.
• Objective-Based Codes and Performance-Based Solutions, Daltech, 2002/Present.
• Effective Application of Codes Technical Seminars, Halifax, NS, November 2000.
• Performance-Based Solutions, New Brunswick Building Officials Association, 1999.
• Part 4 of the National Fire Code, Nova Scotia Association of Fire Chiefs, 1998.
• Fire Protection for the Palladium Arena Complex (Corel Centre ), Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Ottawa, 1995.
• “Smoke Control Systems Commissioning: A Team Effort”, Canadian Consulting Engineer, July/August 1991.
• Development and Application of Fire Exposure Requirements, Ontario Building Officials Association, 1987.