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About the Heritage Committee
The purpose of the Heritage Committee is to preserve the history of geotechnique in Canada.

The Committee’s activities include maintaining the Canadian Geotechnical Virtual Archives on the CGS Web Site, contributing regularly with articles and stories for Canadian Geotechnique/Géotechnique canadienne (CG/Gc), working with Local Organizing Committees to organize heritage components of the CGS annual conferences and interacting with other history and heritage groups of professional associations like the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

CGS members and other interested parties are encouraged to identify, collect and submit digital materials that may be of archival interest. Geotechnical ‘stories’ that can be shared with CGS members are also welcome. Please note that the committee works only with ‘virtual’ materials and it does not have the ability to retain physical documents.
Executive Committee
The executive members of the Heritage Committee include:
Chair
Heinrich K. Heinz
Geotechnical Practitioner
Past Chair
Dave Cruden
University of Alberta
Vice Chair
Jacques Locat
Université Laval
Secretary
Steven Harms
RRC Polytech, Winnipeg
Member
Emma Åström
Canary Systems, Montréal
Member
Lijun Deng
University of Alberta, Edmonton
Member
Rajib Dey
WSP, Toronto
Member
Valérie Fréchette
Hydro Québec, Montréal
Member
Jørn Landva
WSP, Dartmouth
Member
Suzanne Lacasse
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Oslo
Member
Andrea Lougheed
BGC Engineering, Vancouver
Member
Fred Matich
MAJM Corporation, Toronto
Member
Doug VanDine
VanDine Geological Engineering, Victoria
Member
Mustapha Zergoun
Geotechnical Consultant, Vancouver
Member
Rocky Cho
Clifton
Member
Chris Elvidge
Grounded Engineering
Member
Rashed Chowdhury
Clifton


(*) The “friends” category was created in recognition that there are times when not all members can contribute to the committee, for professional and personal reasons.

Activities  - Upcoming/Ongoing/Planned

The Heritage Committee plans to continue activities such as updating the “Lives Lived” section of the Heritage Archives, documenting the history of the various regional chapters, and documenting important case histories. New initiatives include organizing a list of Terzaghi, Peck and Casagrande’s contributions to Canadian Geotechnique, and working with the CGS in the reorganization of the Heritage Archives.

 

Notable Achievements

The history of some of the Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary Sections has been compiled and published in CGS News. At the GeoVancover Conference in October of 2016, Committee Member Dr. Jacques Locat gave a keynote presentation on historic rock slides at Petit Champlain St. in Quebec City. The paper is available in the GeoVancouver proceedings.

 

National, US, and International Affiliations

EIC Heritage Site:

www.eic-ici.ca/history/

 

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Reports / Documents
Legget Memorial Monument – Le Monument Commémoratif Legget (sample contribution, published in CG/Gc June 2020)
Upcoming Events

Year:

SEP
21-24
2025
78th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference - GeoManitoba
Location:
Winnipeg, MB
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Please contact the Heritage Committe at info@cgs.ca, if you have any comments or suggestions.

For more information, visit the CGS Heritage Archives.
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