Jade West Engineering Co. Ltd. - Professional Mechanical Engineering Services in South Surrey, BC
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Personnel

Our Design Team
John Makepeace, PEng, LEEDTM AP
President and General Manager

After graduating from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, John worked as a Project Manager and Design Engineer for a large, national mechanical engineering firm. For many years prior to that, he had been a miner and mine manager for the world's largest jade mining operation. In 1991, he founded Jade West Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • Member, Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC)
  • Member, Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA)
  • LEED Accredited Professional
  • Member, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE)
  • Member, Residential Hot Water Heating Association of BC (RHWHA)
  • Governor, 1988-1989, ASHRAE Vancouver Island Chapter
  • UBC, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), 1985
Leila Vaive, PEng
Project Manager

Upon graduation from Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, Leila worked as an Assistant Engineer and then as a Supervisor in the Mechanical Manufacturing Industry. She emigrated to Canada and started working as a Designer in the Consulting Industry in Vancouver in 1993. She received her Professional Designation in 2003 and joined Jade West in August of 2004.
  • Member, APEGBC
  • Member, APEGBC Division for the Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience (DAWEG)
  • Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University, China
Technical Staff

David Iwabu, PEng, Project Manager

  • Member, APEGBC
  • 2006 Ventilation Certificate, TECA
  • BASc, UBC, 1997
Laurel Mahony, Drafting Technician
Administrative Staff
Dee Makepeace, BA, Administrator
Kathy Larson, BA, Secretary
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