March - The Alberta Land Surveyors

association notes
New Members
#787 LAURIE, Byron D.
Byron Laurie was born in Calgary, Alberta in November 1974. He graduated from
Mount Baker Secondary High School in Cranbrook, BC in 1992, from the Forestry
Technology program at the College of the Rockies (COTR) in 1995 and from the University
of Calgary in 2005 with a B.Sc. Geomatics.
Articles were served under Alberta Land Surveyors Mark Selander and Tim Martin
from July 2005 until he received his commission on December 6, 2007. Byron is currently
employed with Midwest Surveys Inc. in Medicine Hat. He is also an engineer-intraining
with APEGGA.
Surveying experience includes a mix of oil and gas and municipal. He is currently a
member of the ALSA’s Public Relations Committee.
Other activities that Byron enjoys include skiing, camping and fly fishing. He is married
to articled student Lesley Laurie.
#787 Byron Laurie, ALS
#788 FORSYTH, Matthew
Matt Forsyth was born in December 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He graduated from
Lord Beaverbrook High School of Calgary in 2000 and from the University of Calgary
with a B.Sc. in Geomatics in 2005.
Jerry Quinlan, ALS served as Matt’s principal from June 2005 until he received his
commission on January 23, 2008. He is also an engineer-in-training with APEGGA.
Matt worked for Caltech Surveys Ltd. in Calgary during the summer of 2004 and
from May 2005 he has been employed with McElhanney Land Surveys (Alta.) Ltd. in
Grande Prairie. He presently serves on the ALSA Public Relations Committee.
Travelling, skiing and hiking are some of Matt’s leisure activities. Matt and his wife
Katherine reside in Grande Prairie.
#788 Matt Forsyth, ALS
#789 CHRISTIAN, Andrew W.
Andrew Christian was born in Edmonton, Alberta in April 1981. He graduated from
Assumption High School in Cold Lake in 1999 and from the University of Calgary with
a B.Sc. Engg. in 2004.
Articles were served under Alberta Land Surveyors Bruce Drake and Dwight Wiberg
from June 2004 until he received his commission on January 29, 2008. Andrew is also an
engineer-in-training with APEGGA.
Surveying experience is mostly in land development and Andrew is currently involved
with land use planning as well.
Andrew enjoys travel, music (guitar), sports and is learning Spanish. Andrew and Tara
Abbott reside in Edmonton where is he currently employed with a Focus Surveys Limited
Partnership.
#789 Andrew Christian, ALS
#790 HATCH, Paul J.
Paul Hatch was born in Lewin’s Cove, Newfoundland in May 1977. He graduated from
Pearce Regional High School in 1995 and went on to receive a diploma in Geomatics
Engineering Technology from COGS and a B.Sc. in Geomatics Engineering from the
University of New Brunswick in 2003.
A. James Hume, ALS served as Paul’s principal from June 2004 until he received his
commission on February 12, 2008.
Surveying experience involves mainly oilfield work in Alberta and BC as well as experience
in the municipal sector. Paul is currently employed with Millennium Geomatics
Ltd. in Calgary.
Other activities include woodworking, camping, quadding, fishing and softball.
#790 Paul Hatch, ALS
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