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Biennial Update of the Activities of the CSCE National History Committee
This short submission highlights the activities of the CSCE National History Committee (NHC) since the previous update in 2020. New National and International Historic Sites have been created, specifically the Kinsol Trestle and David Thompson’s Surveying and Mapping of the Northwest of North America, respectively. Existing Historic Sites are now being regularly monitored. A major initiative has been rewriting the online descriptions of the Historic Sites using a standard template: The new descriptions together comprise roughly 55,000 words, 450 images, and 240 links to online information. Based on these new descriptions, weekly “Today in Canadian Civil Engineering History”, blurbs have appeared in the CSCE eBulletin since October 2020. The NHC is also participating in the Engineering Institute of Canada’s “Oral History Interviews to Preserve Canadian Engineering Achievements” initiative: in the summer of 2021, ten male and six female engineers were interviewed. The NHC has organized: tripartite webinars with the ASCE History and Heritage Committee and the ICE Panel on Historic Engineering Works; a special session commemorating the 80th anniversary of the construction of the Alaska Highway for the 2022 Whistler Conference; and a session on historic bridges for the 2022 Short and Medium Span Bridge Conference. Individuals interested in contributing to or participating with the CSCE National History Committee are warmly encouraged to contact the author.
Biennial Update of the Activities of the CSCE National History Committee
This short submission highlights the activities of the CSCE National History Committee (NHC) since the previous update in 2020. New National and International Historic Sites have been created, specifically the Kinsol Trestle and David Thompson’s Surveying and Mapping of the Northwest of North America, respectively. Existing Historic Sites are now being regularly monitored. A major initiative has been rewriting the online descriptions of the Historic Sites using a standard template: The new descriptions together comprise roughly 55,000 words, 450 images, and 240 links to online information. Based on these new descriptions, weekly “Today in Canadian Civil Engineering History”, blurbs have appeared in the CSCE eBulletin since October 2020. The NHC is also participating in the Engineering Institute of Canada’s “Oral History Interviews to Preserve Canadian Engineering Achievements” initiative: in the summer of 2021, ten male and six female engineers were interviewed. The NHC has organized: tripartite webinars with the ASCE History and Heritage Committee and the ICE Panel on Historic Engineering Works; a special session commemorating the 80th anniversary of the construction of the Alaska Highway for the 2022 Whistler Conference; and a session on historic bridges for the 2022 Short and Medium Span Bridge Conference. Individuals interested in contributing to or participating with the CSCE National History Committee are warmly encouraged to contact the author.
Biennial Update of the Activities of the CSCE National History Committee
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Gupta, Rishi (editor) / Sun, Min (editor) / Brzev, Svetlana (editor) / Alam, M. Shahria (editor) / Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai (editor) / Li, Jianbing (editor) / El Damatty, Ashraf (editor) / Lim, Clark (editor) / Bartlett, F. Michael (author)
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference ; 2022 ; Whistler, BC, BC, Canada
Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2022 ; Chapter: 52 ; 851-865
2023-08-17
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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