Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John’s)
About the Newfoundland and Labrador Section
Formal Name: St John’s Section
Primary Centre: St John’s, NL
Approximate Catchment Area: Newfoundland and Labrador
The St. John's Geotechnical Society committee facilitates technical presentations approximately once a month on various on-shore and offshore geotechnical and civil engineering. The technical presentations cover a wide range of applications ranging from state-of-the-art research to case histories related to pipeline-soil interaction, onshore and coastal civil projects, and deep and ultra-deep offshore geotechnical engineering in various environments including Arctic. The presentations are free of charge and open to the public. The attendance at the technical presentation ranges from about 10 to 20 persons. The executive committee also maintains regular ties with the Society of Civil Engineers group in St. John's.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the St. John's Section consists of the following members:
Chair / CGS Section Director
Shawn Russell
GEMTEC Consulting Engineers and Scientists Ltd
Past Chair
Andrew Peach
Hatch Ltd
Vice Chair
Ashutosh Dhar
Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
Secretary
Jin Chen
C-Core
Executive Member
Ripon Karmaker
Stantec Consulting Ltd.