An Associate in the Vancouver Structural Engineering group, Josif received numerous nominations for the 2020 Rick Banman Mentorship Award in recognition of his passion, commitment and willingness to always provide guidance and mentorship to those around him.

Josif is valued by his colleagues for his technical expertise, approachability, positive attitude, patience, and genuine interest in sharing his knowledge. He fosters an environment of continued personal growth and development, making those he works with feel at ease and encouraged to learn.

A few more words about Josif from his nominators:

“Josif's strong and well respected technical background is a clear stamp, that his design has integrity like no other.”

“His ability to simplify complicated things is something that all engineers should strive to achieve.”

“…he embodies RJC’s principle of creative thinking and practical results by simplifying complex technical problems down to basic engineering principles to develop practical and constructible structural designs especially for the design of lateral force resisting systems in high seismic zones in Canada and the United States.”

Congratulations Josif!