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Kate Patterson, P.Eng., M.Eng., PE has been appointed to the board of the North American Chapter of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS-NA). Kate is a Water Resource Engineer and Associate based in KCB’s Vancouver office. She has over 10 years … Read More

KCB remains one of 72 exceptional architecture and engineering firms from the U.S. and Canada that made it onto PSMJ’s exclusive list. The Circle of Excellence represents the top 20% of participants in PSMJ’s annual A/E Financial Performance Benchmark Survey, … Read More

Klohn Crippen Berger is proud to release our 2018-2019 Sustainability Report, where we report on the economic, social and environmental impacts of our business over the past year. The theme for our seventh report is Strong Foundations. We report on … Read More

Congratulations to Len Murray, P.Eng., KCB’s President & CEO on successfully completing the prestigious Directors Education Program (DEP), jointly developed by the Institute of Corporate Directors and the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. For more information about the … Read More

On behalf of Len Murray, President & CEO, and our senior management team, we are pleased to announce the following new Associates for 2019. Ron Braam, P.Eng. Ron is a senior mechanical engineer with 27 years of experience in hydroelectric … Read More

“The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” (Bill Gates) The Fourth … Read More

KCB is now part of Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia’s Accredited Employer Member-in-Training (MIT) Program. About the MIT Program: The Accredited Employer Member-in-Training (MIT) program helps employers attract and retain high-calibre talent, and streamlines the processing and evaluation of applicants … Read More

A tailings dam failure is a breach of the dam followed by the uncontrolled release of stored materials that could include supernatant water, fluid and/or tailings solids. The gravity-induced runout of materials is a very dynamic process, and the runout … Read More

Ali Ghandeharioon, Ph.D., P.Eng., a Geotechnical Engineer at KCB will be presenting a poster at Geo-Congress 2019: 8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, in Philadelphia, PA on March 24-27, 2019. The poster is based on the paper titled … Read More

Klohn Crippen Berger is involved in a cone penetration test (CPT) calibration tailings research project with the University of Western Australia. As part of that research, we were asked to participate along with about 20 other commercial and university laboratories … Read More