Walter L Bigg Prize in Surveying

The Walter L Bigg Prize in Surveying is awarded annually to a student with superior academic achievement in CIV E 250 (Plane Surveying) and CIV E 251 (Survey School) at the University of Alberta in the Department of Civil Engineering. The prize recognizes outstanding performance in surveying courses. The recipient will be selected on the basis of academic standing in the combination of Plane Surveying (CIV E 250) and Survey School (CIV E 251). The recipient must otherwise achieve satisfactory overall academic standing. This endowed prize was established to honor the memory of Walter L Bigg, soldier, surveyor, constructor, and teacher, who served as a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering where he taught surveying, astronomy, photogrammetry and geodesy during the period 1957 to 1970. The fund was endowed by friends, industry and university colleagues in recognition of his outstanding contribution in the field of surveying education.