A second engineer behind a troubled Langford apartment building formerly known as Danbrook One has lost their credentials to practise engineering in B.C.

Theodore Sorensen had his registration as an engineer with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia cancelled by a consent order dated Dec. 31, 2022 after admitting to the regulator he demonstrated unprofessional conduct in relation to a series of “serious” issues in the building’s structural design. He was registered as the professional responsible for the structural design of the building’s core and seismic elements.

That design was determined not to meet building code requirements, especially those around earthquake resistance. The consent order said he failed to take the time needed to properly prepare the building’s design, failed to design or consider structural seismic elements outside the building’s core, and failed to integrate the building’s core and seismic designs with the overall structure design, which was prepared by Brian McClure, the other engineer on the project to be deregistered.

Sorensen joins McClure as the second engineer involved in the building’s design to have their credentials stripped over problems with the building, which has been remediated and reopened for occupancy under the RidgeView Place name and a new civic address on Claude Road.

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