Current PEng/PE Licensing Status
My current licensing as a professional engineer includes Canadian provinces of B.C., Alberta, Ontario and American states of California, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvannia, and New York.
News
Ongoing P.E. Licensing Efforts
My application to become a P.E. in Pennsylvania was just approved! Currently working through the application process for additional P.E. licenses in New York and Illinois. Updates pending.
Current professional licensing/registration as a professional engineer (PEng/PE)
Canadian provinces of Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia and the America states of California, Oregon, Nevada, Texas, and Florida
The Future of Acoustical Provisions in the NBCC
A feature article that I’d authored is now published in the November-December 2021 edition of Canadian Consulting Engineer.
https://www.canadianconsultingengineer.com/digital-archives/november-december-2021/
Acoustics Week in Canada 2021, October
I’ll be presenting a 2-page paper entitled, “Evolution of the Acoustical Provisions within the Model National Building Code of Canada.” It is available within the Proceedings of the conference and also on Academia: Letters.
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
As of September 3, 2021, my Alberta PEng has been activated again. Back on track to expand the business into Western Canada!
US Federal Transit Administration: Transit Noise and Vibration Assessment Manual, 2018.
The publication, “A Reduced Scale Railway Noise Barrier’s Insertion Loss and Absorption Coefficients: Comparison of Field Measurements and Predictions” by Todd A. Busch, Ramon E. Nugent in the Journal of Sound & Vibration October 2003 has been recognized by the US Federal Transit Administration within their 2018 noise and vibration guideline. The reference substantiates assumptions regarding the performance of railway noise barriers along the right of way.
New Magazine Article
Please see the June-July 2020 edition of Canadian Consulting Engineer for my latest article on environmental noise and vibration entitled “Acoustical Consulting: Controlling Noise and Vibrations”.
National Building Code of Canada 2025
Todd Busch is serving as a member of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) working on task groups considering possible changes to the National Building Code of Canada on subjects related to sound transmission, impact insulation, and low-frequency equipment noise within residential occupancies. This is a 5-year appointment which would culminate with the future release of the updated Code in 2025.
Paperwork
Just started the process of getting my California Professional Engineer (P.E.) registration and NCEES record transferred to a variety of American states: Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Georgia, New York and Massachusetts. Despite the utility of the NCEES record transfer, which cuts down on the need to supply redundant application information to each state, there is still a lot of paperwork to do!