CGS E-News would like to highlight the CGS 2018 Awardees. In this issue Michael Porter, of BGC Engineering, is featured for his 2018 A.G. Stermac Award for outstanding service to the CGS by a member at the local, national, or international level.
With his broad background and experience in engineering geology and geotechnical engineering, Michael Porter was ideally suited to chair the 2018 Geohazards 7 conference. Held in Canmore Alberta, the event was the largest CGS specialty geohazards conference held to date. With over 200 attendees, the meeting featured over 60 oral and poster presentations, and for the first time added a site-specific field trip to compliment the wide-ranging conference sessions.
Prior to his role leading the 2018 conference, Mike chaired the CGS Landslides Committee from 2013-15 and was the driving force in rebranding that committee now known as the Geohazards Committee.
Outside of his CGS volunteer work, Michael is a Vice President at Vancouver-based BGC Engineering and is an integral member of the firm’s Core Management team. There he focuses on geohazard risk management in oil and gas, hydropower, transportation and mining industries, and can now add a 2018 A.G. Stermac award to his list of awards and honours.