Transportation Geotechnique Committee
Transportation Geotechnique Committee
Mid-Year Report – July 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014
Prepared by Roger Skirrow, Chair
Introduction
The Transportation Geotechnique Committee (TGC) was given status as a specialty committee under the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division in September 2005. The TGC’s mandate covers the broad areas of transportation-related geotechnique, including:
· Geotechnical design, construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructures
· Earthworks for transportation facilities
· Geomaterials and recycled materials
· Geotechnics for pavements, rail track and airfield
· Geosynthetics and applications
· Sustainability, performance evaluation, and rehabilitation
· Risk management and environmental issues
Executive Committee
The 2013-2014 Executive Committee of the TGC consists of the following members:
Chair: Roger Skirrrow
Vice-Chair: Mario Ruel
Secretary: Don Lewycky
Past-Chair: Tim Keegan
Members: Roger Skirrow, Heidi Evensen, Tim Keegan, Chris Bunce, Baolin Wang, Marolo Alfaro, Tony Ng, Guy Doré, Anne Poschmann, Neil Kjelland, Priscilla Desgagnes, Tae Kim, Kim Johnston, Jorge Antunes, Serge Bourque, Mario Ruel, Mark Pritchard, Carol McQuarrie, Mustaopha Zergoun, Tom Edwards, Pete Quinn, Rod Ramage, Wim van Gassen, Keith Kosar, Dave Cruden, Jean Hutchinson, Paul Lach, Don Lewycky, Simon Cullum-Kenyon, Victor Cui, Jacque Locat, Sean Mac Eoin, Don Proudfoot, Dan Colwell, Melissa Ruel
Affiliations with Other Organizations
Representatives on the TGC include regional representatives, geotechnical practitioners, government representatives and University researchers across the transportation community.
Members of the TGC are active within the Railway Ground Hazard Research and Development Program (RGHRP) Committee. Members of TGC are involved with drafting chapters of a RGHRP document entitled Guidelinesfor Geohazard Risk Assessment along Canadian Railways, and the TGC Chair is the Managing Editor of this document. TGC members are active on the CGS Landslide Committee, Professional Practice Committee and Soil Mechanics and Foundation Divisions. Several TGC members are also members of the Transportation Association of Canada, Soils and Materials Standing Committee. These members are pushing to have awareness and appreciations of geotechnique issues elevated within the broader transportation community. Members are also represented on the Technical Board of the Integrated Road Research Facility (IRRF) in Edmonton. The has constructed an instrumented road using tire derived aggregate.
List of Activities
GeoHazards VI, Kingston – One technical session has been allocated for Transportation Geotechnique. Several case histories will be presented at this conference.
CGS 2014 Conference, Regina – There is one technical session for Transportation Geotechnique.
The Railway Ground Hazard Program Technical Committee, chaired by Tom Edwards, continues to offer full support in the form of abstracts and collaborative initiatives. Technical guidelines dealing with geohazard management along rail corridors are being developed.
The future activities and initiatives of the committee will be discussed in September at the CGS Conference.
Financial Status
The committee has no operating budget of its own.
Additional Information
None.
Roger Skirrow, M.Sc., P.Eng., Chair, Transportation Geotechnical Committee, CGS
Dated: April 9, 2014