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Geotechnical News • June 2013
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
Bruch who held the position for two
full terms (6 years). I wish to thank
all of these individuals for agreeing
to donate their time and experience
to these important positions. CGS
members are also reminded that mem-
bership in section groups is strongly
encouraged and most committees are
open to all CGS members.
The CGS Cross Canada Lecture Tour
brings one national and one inter-
national expert to selected sections
across the country each year.
Mike
Jefferies
was our fall 2012 speaker
and offered our members the choice
of three different talks; The State
Parameter – it is Older Than You
Think and Widely Applicable, Flaws
in the NCEER Liquefaction Assess-
ment Method and How to Fix Them,
and Looking Towards Beaufort Sea
Development – Experience of Design,
Regulation and Reality with the
Molikpaq 1984-9.
Robert (Bob) Cameron
from
Syncrude Canada Limited was our
spring 2013 speaker and gave talks
on either Case Studies in Soil Param-
eter Selections for Clay Foundations
or Compaction and Design Tips for
Constructing Fills at Rates up to 25
million m
3
/year.
The fall 2013 CCLT speaker will be
Dr. Ed Kavazajian
from Arizona
State University. He will be offering a
slate of six possible talks from which
to choose. Contact your local section
to see if he has been scheduled to
speak to your group.
Several CGS members were honoured
by the Engineering Institute of Canada
(EIC) at its annual banquet in May in
Montreal: Peter K. Kaiser received
the Julian C. Smith Medal and Ian D.
Moore received the John B. Stirling
Medal. Iain G. Bruce, Denis LeBoeuf
and Robert J. Fannin were all made
Fellows of the EIC. Congratulations to
them all.
Preparation for the upcoming
66th
Annual CGS Conference,
to be
held in Montreal on September 29 to
October 3, is well underway. Accepted
papers are now being processed by the
conference organizers.
Immediately following this confer-
ence will be the
4th Canadian Young
Geotechnical Engineers and Geosci-
entists Conference
(cYGEGC). This
is a triennial CGS event that creates
a relaxed environment where young
(less than 35 years of age) members
of the geoengineering and geosci-
ence communities can share technical
knowledge, network and exchange
career experiences. The venue for the
conference is Mount Tremblant and
the dates are October 3 to 6. The chair
of this conference is
Ariane Locat
who, with her committee of talented
young people, has done a truly out-
standing job getting this conference
launched. The conference has been
assisted by sponsorships from industry
and guidance from the CGS Education
Committee. The Cold Engineering and
Rock Mechanics Divisions are jointly
sponsoring one student to attend the
cYGEGC.
Finally, the Education Committee of
the CGS and the Canadian Founda-
tion for Geotechnique have jointly
established an award to give two CGS
members under the age of 35, the
opportunity to attend the
5th Interna-
tional Young Geotechnical Engi-
neers Conference
in Paris, France
in the fall of 2013. Many outstand-
ing nominations were received and
ultimately
Nicholas Beier
(University
of Alberta) and
Vincent Goreham
(Dalhousie University) were selected
as the award winners.
I hope to see you all at
GeoMontreal
2013
.
Provided by Richard Bathurst –
President
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