ABOUT

Del W. Ferguson, P. Geo., Eng.L, FGAC

President | Senior Geoscientist

Del W. Ferguson became a registered, practicing Geologist in 1980 working largely in mineral exploration until 1990, when he became involved in BC’s Forest Industry as a road construction supervisor and terrain specialist. Del holds a Diploma in Forestry Advanced Engineering from the University of British Columbia and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, holding an Honours B.Sc. Degree in Geology.

As president of Aztec, he has mentored and provided work for more than 15 geoscientists involved in terrain stability analysis for the natural resource industry, primarily forestry, but also Run-of-River hydro projects, BC Hydro transmission lines, road reactivation and deactivation projects and mineral exploration projects. Most of Aztec’s work has been on Vancouver Island and the adjacent Mainland Coast.

Mr. Ferguson is a certified ISO14001 Lead Auditor and as such conducts compliance audits periodically for the Forest Practices Board, as well as ISO 14001 and sustainable forest management (SFI) certification audits for registrars. Del is currently is the Chair for the Geoscience Advisory Committee at Vancouver Island University and is on the Geoscience Committee for APEGBC. He is an active member of CISWG (Construction Initiated Slides Working Group), part of the BCForestSafe CHAG (Coast Harvesting Advisory Group) and a past member of JPB (Joint Practices Board) for APEGBC/ABCFP.