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Geotechnical News • March 2012
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
f. I was NGI Director #3; recently
married NGI Director #2 on the
birthday of NGI Director #1.
g. I attended the Masters Golf Tourna-
ment in Augusta, GA.
h. I like skiing, both snow and water.
i. I train for and race Ironman Triath-
lons.
j. I coached four different minor sports
between 1996 and 2010.
k. I won a Canadian national pool
team tournament.
l. I recently took up the sport of
archery.
m. I quoted Lord Byron in a recent
technical manuscript.
n. I have read most all of Henning
Mankell’s novels.
o. I’m shy.
And remember, after having so much
fun with this quiz, in order to fulfill its
mission the Foundation relies on dona-
tions individuals and corporations, and
donations and interest-free loans from
the local sections and technical divi-
sions of the CGS. To learn more about
the Foundation and its activities (but
not necessarily more personal tid-bits
of its Trustees) visit
.
Important additions to the CGS
Heritage Archives
The history and archives of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society are
valuable to the Society and we believe
they are important to you. So, the
CGS Heritage Committee is pleased
to announce that it has amassed a
treasure-trove of interesting and useful
“new” archives. You can find these
on the Heritage Archives of the CGS
website at:
-
archive.php?lang=en. Alternatively,
you can use the drop-down boxes on
the CGS homepage until you reach:
About the CGS - Heritage Archives
.
The ‘Documents and Lectures’ section
now includes:
• The Bilingual Glossary of Land-
slide Terms
, produced by the CGS
Landslides Committee; and,
• Principles and Practice of Road-
Making as Applicable to Canada
,
written by Thomas Roy and
published in Toronto in 1841. This
is one of the earliest engineering
publications in Canada.
The ‘Photographic Collections’ section
now includes:
• Collapse of the Bridge over the
Peace River at Taylor, British
Columbia, in 1957
; and,
• Failure and Righting of the Trans-
cona Grain Elevator in 1913
.
The ‘Information and Location
for Archival Records’ section now
includes:
• Comments and Correspondence on
the background of Thomas Roy;
• Documents and papers by and
about Dr. Geoffrey Meyerhof,
which are stored at the Archives of
the Dalhousie University Library
in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and,
• Documents and Papers by Dr. R.F.
Legget,
which have been sent to
the University Of Ontario Institute
Of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa,
Ontario, for safe storage.
The ‘Recommended Reading’ section
now includes:
• Additional lists of reference pub-
lications
, which are considered
worth reading on the selected
topics.
The ‘Online Member Resources’ sec-
tion (you have to be an active CGS
member and log-in to access this
material) now includes:
• The audio-video record of the
Hardy Lecture from the 2010
Annual CGS Conference; and,
• The proceedings of each annual
Canadian Geotechnical Confer-
ence from 1947(first) to 2010.
Our colleagues at the University of
Alberta, especially Sally Petaske, and
the Geotechnical Society of Edmon-
ton, deserve an accolade for their
important contribution in recover-
ing and scanning all the previously
printed proceedings of the CGS annual
conferences, which contain a wealth of
valuable case studies.
“New” material from on-going proj-
ects currently being undertaken by
the members of the Heritage Com-
mittee will be uploaded to the CGS
website as soon as these projects are
completed. Meanwhile, please contact
the new Chair of the CGS Heritage
Committee, Dr. Mustapha Zergoun, at:
mustapha.zergoun@metrovancouver.
org if you know of any opportunities
to acquire material that is at risk of
being lost or if you have any sug-
gestions for material that should be
considered as welcome addition to our
heritage archives on the CGS web site.
Answers for the Canadian
Foundation for Geotechnique Quiz
1-E, 2-J, 3-D, 4-O, 5-M, 6-I, 7-L, 8-F,
9-G, 10-K, 11-C, 12-A, 13-N, 14-B,
15-H.
Editor
Phil Bruch, P.Eng.
Principal, Senior Geotechnical
Engineer
Golder Associates Ltd.
1721 – 8th Street East
Saskatoon, SK S7H 0T4
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