Geotechnical News • March 2015
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
Heritage Committee
Canadian Geotechnical Society
Virtual Archives
There are rich but rarely used
resources in Canada that consist of
files containing historical information
on geotechnical laboratory and field
research, geotechnical investigations,
work of committees and geotechnical
expertise. Ways to identify and use
these resources have been developed
by the Heritage Committee of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society in the
form of virtual archives on the CGS
web site, where the location and con-
tent of accessible historical geotechni-
cal material are given.
CGS members and others are invited
to submit candidate material for con-
sideration. The submission should give
the location of the material, a descrip-
tion of its nature and content, its his-
torical significance and the conditions
under which it can be accessed. Do
not submit physical archival material
as the Society has no space to store it,
however electronic copies of photo-
graphs or materials are welcome.
Your contribution to the CGS Virtual
Archives web page should be sent to
the Chair of the Heritage Committee,
J. Suzanne Powell
, P.Eng. at
History of Local Sections of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society
The Heritage Committee believes that
the history of the local sections of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society to be
valuable part of the Society and its
members. The CGS Heritage Com-
mittee would like to assemble if at
all possible, a collection of historical
summaries of all the sections. Hope-
fully every local section of the CGS
will take the time to gather their
archives and write their own history.
Please contact the Chair of the CGS
Heritage Committee,
J. Suzanne
Powell
, at
if you
have any questions.
Archives in Geotechnical
Engineering Practice
Archives are important to geotechnical
engineering undertakings, beginning
with design, construction, post-
construction performance and as-built
records. Also included may be techni-
cal literature on geology, hydrogeol-
ogy, seismicity, climate, environment,
scientific research and relevant case
histories. The data which are to be
consolidated into reports often origi-
nates with a diverse group of consul-
tants, with the information required by
the owner, designer, contractor, regu-
latory authorities, insurers, financial
organizations and review boards. So
the effective cataloguing and storage
of archival data for ready access in
usable forms is now a significant con-
cern along with the increasing reliance
on digital media for this purpose. The
merits of maintaining good archives
is discussed in a paper prepared by
M.A.B. Shelbourn
and
M.A.J. (Fred)
Matich
for the CGS 2013 Conference
in Montreal which CGS members can
view at
ments/conference2013/cgs2013/pdfs/
GeoMon2013Paper661.pdf
Submitted by Dr. Mustapha Zergon
Past Chair of CGS Heritage
Committee
BOARD OF DIRECTORS / CONSEIL D’ADMINISTRATION
Executive Committee / Comité Exécutif
President
Président
Doug VanDine, P.Eng., P.Geo.
Vice President Technical
Vice Président Technique
Angela Küpper, P.Eng.
Vice President Financial
Vice Président aux Finances
Dharma Wijewickreme, P.Eng.
Vice President Communications
Vice Président aux Communications
Catherine N. Mulligan, ing.
Technical Divisions Representative
Représentant des divisions techniques
Richard Brackman, P.Eng.
Section Representative
Représentant des sections
Seán Mac Eoin, P.Eng.
2015 Board of Directors, Committee Chairs, other Positions and Headquarters /
Membres du Conseil D’administration et du Personnel du Siège Social, Présidents
des Comités et Personnes Occupant d’autres Postes En 2015
(Additional information for the various positions shown below is located on the CGS website at
).
