Vancouver Section (Vancouver Geotechnical Society)

The Vancouver Geotechnical Society executive committee meets approximately once a month to organize technical presentations and social events, and to review issues relevant to the society membership. Generally, the executive meetings take place immediately before the monthly technical presentations. The attendance at the technical presentation ranges from about 60 to 100 persons. The executive also maintains regular ties with other geotechnical groups in British Columbia and Washington State. Notices of upcoming events held by other similar local organizations are distributed to all VGS members in addition to notices of VGS events.

For further information, please see the VGS web site: http://www.v-g-s.ca

Executive Committee
The Vancouver Geotechnical Society Executive Committee for the year 2012-2013 is as follows:

Position Name Company Phone
Chair Andrea Lougheed Thurber 604-684-4384
Past-Chair Jason Pellett EBA 604-685-0275
Program Director Ali Amini Naesgaard Geotechnical Ltd. 604-984-0759
Treasurer (Kumar) S. Sriskandakumar BGC 604-684-5900
Secretary Ryan Mills Levelton 604-278-1411
Registrar Chris Longley Stantec 604-436-3014
Web Manager Marc Bossé exp. 604-874-1245
CGS Director (Vancouver) (Uthaya) M. Uthayakumar exp. 604-709-4639
Member At Large Robyn Barnett EBA 604-685-0275
  Carl Kelman Levelton 604-278-1411

Please contact the Vancouver Geotechnical Society at Vancouver@cgs.ca if you have any comments or suggestions.

Upcoming British Columbia Events

Year:

Date Region Location Event Contact
Jan 22, 2013British ColumbiaHoward Johnson Hotel, 4670 Elk Lake Dr., Victoria, BC Vancouver Island Section Technical Luncheon - Case Histories Session
Ryan Bouma, P.Eng., will be making a presentation entitled: “Lesson’s Learned From Drilling Over Abandoned Coal Mines”. Bruce Dagg, P.Eng., will make a presentation titled: “A Tale of Three Geotechnical Consultants, Two City Departments, and a Cost-Conscious Client”. 		Contact jmcintyre@thurber.ca
Feb 19, 2013British ColumbiaHoward Johnson Hotel, 4670 Elk Lake Dr, Victoria, BCVancouver Island Section Technical Luncheon - 12:00 noon - 1:45 pm
Dave Polster, M.Sc., R.P. Bio., will show how natural processes can be applied to the restoration of sites that humans have disturbed. This talk will look at common constraints/barriers to ecological recovery - erosion, competition, compaction, low nutrients, etc. - and how natural systems solve these problems. Soil bioengineering techniques for the treatment of landslides, steep, unstable and/or eroding sites will be presented as a means of integrating steep and/or unstable slopes into these natural processes.		Contact jmcintyre@thurber.ca
Mar 19, 2013British ColumbiaHoward Johnson Inn & Suites - 4670 Elk Lake Drive, VictoriaVancouver Island Geotechnical Group Technical Luncheon
Herb Hawson, P.Eng. will present "A Geotechnical Perspective of Damage from the 2010/2011 Earthquakes at Christchurch, New Zealand" 		Contact jmcintyre@thurber.ca

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