Kenneth Morgan Adam - Revision history

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	# Personal contributions by Dave Ennis, PEng. July 25, 2023		# Personal contributions by Dave Ennis, PEng. July 25, 2023

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	Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC		Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC

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Gcook at 15:37, 16 October 2026

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	#'''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering October 11, 2023.		#'''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering October 11, 2023.
	# Obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 15, 2023 at https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-317670/ADAM_KENNETH		# Obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 15, 2023 at https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-317670/ADAM_KENNETH
	# Personal contributions by Dave Ennis, PEng. July 23, 2023		# Personal contributions by Dave Ennis, PEng. July 25, 2023

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	His signature project was the design and onsite administration of an airport runway and support facilities for the British Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed. The project was completed in 1990 by Pelly Construction Ltd. out of Whitehorse, YT.		His signature project was the design and onsite administration of an airport runway and support facilities for the British Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed. The project was completed in 1990 by Pelly Construction Ltd. out of Whitehorse, YT.
			Check out the Heritage Article on the Rothera Station at https://enggeomb-heritage.a2hosted.com/index.php/Rothera_Station
	==References==		==References==
	#'''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering October 11, 2023.		#'''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering October 11, 2023.

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	Kenneth Morgan Adam (1940-2023).		==Kenneth Morgan Adam (1940-2023), PEng, PhD==

	Born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Fleming, Saskatchewan.		Born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Fleming, Saskatchewan.
	[[File:Ken Adam obituary photo from the free press 2023 07 15.jpg\|thumb\|Kenneth Morgan Adam, Obituary Photo published 2023 07 15]]		[[File:Ken Adam obituary photo from the free press 2023 07 15.jpg\|thumb\|Kenneth Morgan Adam, Obituary Photo published 2023 07 15]]
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	His signature project was the design and onsite administration of an airport runway and support facilities for the British Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed. The project was completed in 1990 by Pelly Construction Ltd. out of Whitehorse, YT.		His signature project was the design and onsite administration of an airport runway and support facilities for the British Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed. The project was completed in 1990 by Pelly Construction Ltd. out of Whitehorse, YT.

	==~~Reference~~==		==References==
	A '''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering ~~prepared under the direction of Jim Kells (jim.kells@usask.ca) and Peter Wright (peter.wright@utoronto.ca) with the assistance of Mike Bartlett and Dave Ennis~~. ~~This posting was supplemented with information from his obituary~~ posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 15, 2023 at https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-317670/ADAM_KENNETH		#'''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering October 11, 2023.
			# Obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 15, 2023 at https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-317670/ADAM_KENNETH
			# Personal contributions by Dave Ennis, PEng. July 23, 2023

	==Posted==		==Posted==

	Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC		Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC

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Consulting Career

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	==Education==		==Education==
	Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family.		Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family.
			==Academic Career==
			Doc Adam as Ken was known as by his students from the popular TV show at the time ''Gunsmoke'', taught Civil Engineering for 10 years with the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Engineering in the Civil Department before he left to embark on a 42-year career in consulting engineering.

	==Consulting Career==		==Consulting Career==
	~~After 10 years with~~ the ~~University of Manitoba's Department of Civil Engineering as a professor, he embarked~~ on ~~a 42-year career in consulting engineering. He travelled the world, working in~~ all seven continents ~~including the Antarctic~~ and ~~our North. He specialized in winter~~ roads and ice which led to him being sought out by the British Antarctic Survey to design and oversee the construction of the runway at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed.		Ken worked at five Canadian based firms as the lead on projects that took him to all seven continents on environmental engineering and his specialty, cold regions engineering on roads and pipeline work pads made from snow and/or ice.

			His signature project was the design and onsite administration of an airport runway and support facilities for the British Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed. The project was completed in 1990 by Pelly Construction Ltd. out of Whitehorse, YT.

	==Reference==		==Reference==

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	Kenneth Morgan Adam (1940-2023).		Kenneth Morgan Adam (1940-2023).
	Born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Fleming, Saskatchewan.		Born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Fleming, Saskatchewan.
			[[File:Ken Adam obituary photo from the free press 2023 07 15.jpg\|thumb\|Kenneth Morgan Adam, Obituary Photo published 2023 07 15]]
	==Education==		==Education==
	Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family.		Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family.

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	==Education==		==Education==
	Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba.		Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family.
	==Consulting Career==		==Consulting Career==
	After 10 years with the University of Manitoba's Department of Civil Engineering, he embarked on a 42-year career in consulting engineering. ~~Ken~~		After 10 years with the University of Manitoba's Department of Civil Engineering as a professor, he embarked on a 42-year career in consulting engineering. He travelled the world, working in all seven continents including the Antarctic and our North. He specialized in winter roads and ice which led to him being sought out by the British Antarctic Survey to design and oversee the construction of the runway at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed.
	~~specialized~~ in the ~~construction of roads~~ and ~~pipelines~~ in ~~cold regions. His signature project was the airport runway~~ and ~~support facilities for~~ the British
	Antarctic Survey ~~for its research station~~ at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica.

	==Reference==		==Reference==
	~~This~~ '''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering prepared under the direction of Jim Kells (jim.kells@usask.ca) and Peter Wright (peter.wright@utoronto.ca) with the assistance of Mike Bartlett and Dave Ennis.		A '''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering prepared under the direction of Jim Kells (jim.kells@usask.ca) and Peter Wright (peter.wright@utoronto.ca) with the assistance of Mike Bartlett and Dave Ennis. This posting was supplemented with information from his obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 15, 2023 at https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-317670/ADAM_KENNETH

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Kenneth Morgan Adam (1940-2023).
Born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Fleming, Saskatchewan.

==Education==
Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba.
==Consulting Career==
After 10 years with the University of Manitoba's Department of Civil Engineering, he embarked on a 42-year career in consulting engineering. Ken
specialized in the construction of roads and pipelines in cold regions. His signature project was the airport runway and support facilities for the British
Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica.

==Reference==
This '''In Memoriam''' was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering prepared under the direction of Jim Kells (jim.kells@usask.ca) and Peter Wright (peter.wright@utoronto.ca) with the assistance of Mike Bartlett and Dave Ennis.

==Posted==

Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC

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