About

Bernard McGovern, the founder and president, formed Certified Irrigation Design Consultants (CIDC) on April 22, 2008. He has over 25 years in the landscape irrigation industry as an employee and as a company owner working as a contractor, designer and installer of commercial, residential, municipal and athletic purposed irrigation systems.

Bernard is known, nationally, for his ability to develop  creative irrigation system designs set to very difficult specifications. He is highly respected for his troubleshooting and problem solving skills in the field and at the drafting table.

Prior to opening CIDC, Bernard conducted onsite/offsite training for a variety of companies in the industry, developed irrigation design and installation specifications for municipal and provincial use and spent close to three years as a sales representative for an international irrigation equipment distributor.

To each design, Bernard brings  the integrity, honesty and ability to enable each client to realize their landscape irrigation vision.
 
Awards

Accreditations 

  • Certified Irrigation Designer (CID) - Irrigation Association
  • Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA) - Irrigation Association
  • Certified Irrigation Contractor (CIC) - Irrigation Association
  • Computer Information Technology Program - Honours - Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology
  • Unix Program - Honours - Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology
  • Computer Engineering Technology Program - Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology
Affiliations

  • Member  - Irrigation Association - Alberta Chapter
  • Past Board of Directors Member in Charge of Education - Irrigation Association - Alberta Chapter
  • Member - Sports Turf Association
  • Member - Canade Green Building Council
  • Member - American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
  • Associate Member - Irrigation Industry Association of British Columbia 
  • Affiliate Member - Alberta Association of Landscape Architects
  • Partner - WaterSense Program