Presented for the
	Northside Aerated Lagoon City of Miramichi New Brunswick February 1999
		Northside Aerated Lagoon

The Engineering Award of Merit is given to recognize the contributions of engineers in New Brunswick, and in particular, to promote excellence in any one of the categories of research and development, design, innovation, industrial problem solving, technology transfer, construction and project management.

An aerated lagoon stands in evidence on the site of an abandoned municipal dump at Strawberry Marsh, Miramichi, NB. A group of undaunted civil engineers undertook the reclamation of a piece of discarded land by converting a sanitary landfill mass into a useful structural fill, founded on a most peculiar and treacherous soil to create an earthen structure for treatment of municipal wastewater.

The structure is a first, one of a kind -- molded from 100,000 tonnes of garbage. The basic principles of earth science and mechanics, provided the formula; the engineers provided the concept, piloted, tested and proved it.

The concept provided major cost savings to the municipality and was developed within a closed and safe environment. The framework for similar projects has consequently been established and the details of the undertaking have been recorded for reference.

The Association of Professional Engineers of New Brunswick is pleased to honour the engineers who have worked on this project.

David Crandall, M.Eng, P.Eng.
Paul Hayes, P.Eng.
Csaba Kazamer, P.Eng.
Arvid Landva, PhD, P.Eng.
Donald Yeamans, P.Eng.