Haycock (BASc '68, MASc '73) co-founded Conestoga Rovers and Associates (CRA) in 1976. Over the years, the Waterloo-based firm has become known for its skill in handling environmental site investigation and remediation. The consulting firm has worked on 30,000 projects around the world, including the Love Canal site in Niagara Falls, New York in the late 1970s.
Haycock has always remained loyal to the University of Waterloo, hiring some 15 to 25 students each co-op term and hiring many graduates every year. Currently, there are more than 140 Waterloo grads with the firm. He has also served as an adjunct professor and a member of the University of Waterloo Building and Properties Committee. He has personally been a generous donor to the school for many years. In 1994, Haycock was awarded the Faculty of Engineering Alumni Achievement Medal. The following year, he received the prestigious Rotary International Paul Harris Fellowship for his charitable work.
Haycock has also made generous contributions to the community, including the Grand River Hospital and the Canadian Red Cross. CRA has been involved in hundreds of charity and community events through the years. Most recently, Haycock has been involved with the Exuma Foundation, an organization that works to improve the quality of life and educational opportunities for Bahamians.
His colleague and nominator Glenn Turchan says: "Mr. Haycock is an excellent example of an entrepreneurial graduate . . . taking the engineering principles he learned at the undergraduate and graduate levels and making a strong and positive professional and business impact both locally and internationally."
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