Proceedings of 69th Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoVancouver 2016)

Sessions:

• R.M. Hardy Keynote Address
• FUNDAMENTALS-I Risk & Reliability
• FUNDAMENTALS - II Engineering Geology & Geomorphology
• CASE HISTORIES - I Tailings Dam Site Characterization & Design
• INFRASTRUCTURE - 1 Highways & Bridges
• PROBLEMATIC SOILS - I Soft, Collapsible, Residual Soils
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - I Geotechnical Laboratory Testing
• FOUNDATION DESIGN - I Retaining Walls & Spread Footings
• FUNDAMENTALS - III Soil & Rock Mechanics
• Engineering Geology and Professional Practice Specialty Session - I
• CASE HISTORIES - II Seismic Design Aspects
• INFRASTRUCTURE - II Highways & Bridges
• PROBLEMATIC SOILS - II Soft, Collapsible, Residual Soils
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - II Geotechnical Laboratory Testing
• FOUNDATION DESIGN - II Driven Piles
• FUNDAMENTALS - IV Soil & Rock Mechanics
• GEOHAZARDS - I Climate Change Floods & Landslides
• CASE HISTORIES - III Miscellaneous
• INFRASTRUCTURE - III Pipelines & Tunnels
• PROBLEMATIC SOILS - III Loose and Liquefiable Soils
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - III Geotechnical Laboratory Testing
• FOUNDATION DESIGN - III Driven Piles
• CGS Colloquium by Jasmin Raymond
• CGS Graduate Student Paper
• FUNDAMENTALS - V Soil & Rock Mechanics
• GEOHAZARDS - II Floods & Landslides
• CASE HISTORIES - IV Miscellaneous
• INFRASTRUCTURE - IV Pipelines & Tunnels
• GROUND IMPROVEMENT - I
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - IV In-Situ Geotechnical Testing
• FOUNDATION DESIGN - IV Helical Piles
• FUNDAMENTALS - VI Soil & Rock Mechanics
• GEOHAZARDS - III Climate Change Floods & Landslides
• GEOHAZARDS - IV Earthquakes and Tsunamis
• INFRASTRUCTURE - IV Pipelines & Tunnels
• GROUND IMPROVEMENT - II
• FOUNDATION DESIGN - IV Soil-Structure Interaction
• FUNDAMENTALS - VII Soil & Rock Mechanics
• GEOHAZARDS - IV Climate Change Floods & Landslides
• COLD REGIONS ENGINEERING
• INFRASTRUCTURE - VI Pipelines & Tunnels
• GROUND IMPROVEMENT - III
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - VI In-Situ Geotechnical Testing
• FOUNDATION DESIGN - VI Soil-Structure Interaction
• FUNDAMENTALS - VIII Physical & Numerical Modelling
• GEOHAZARDS - V Climate ChangeFloods & Landslides
• PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SPECIALTY SESSION
• INFRASTRUCTURE - VII Embankment Dams
• GEOSYNTHETICS
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - VII Instrumentation & Monitoring
• ENERGY RESOURCES - I Mining and Tailings
• FUNDAMENTALS - IX Physical & Numerical Modelling
• GEOHAZARDS - VI Climate Change Floods & Landslides
• EDUCATION & PRACTICE - I
• GROUNDWATER AND HYDROGEOLOGY - I Groundwater Hydraulics
• GEOENVIRONMENTAL - I Landfills , Contaminated Soils & Groundwater
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - VIII GIS & Remote Sensing
• ENERGY RESOURCES - II Mining and Tailings
• CGS Heritage Luncheon
• FUNDAMENTALS - X Physical & Numerical Modelling
• FUNDAMENTALS - XI Physical & Numerical Modelling
• GROUNDWATER AND HYDROGEOLOGY - II Physical & Numerical Modelling
• GEOENVIRONMENTAL - II Remediation
• SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - IX Geophysical Methods
• ENERGY RESOURCES - III Mining and Tailings

GEOHAZARDS - IV Earthquakes and Tsunamis


1. A development of pore water pressure model for multi-directional cyclic shearing of different clays
   Tran Thanh Nhan, Hiroshi Matsuda
2. Pseudostatic Seismic Slope Stability Analyses using a Large Deformation Finite Element Modeling Technique
   Naveel Islam, Bipul Hawlader
3. Surficial geology and landslide inventory in Douglas Channel fjord, northwest BC
   A Blais-Stevens, D Maynard, I Weiland, M Geertsema, P Behnia
4. Investigating The Relationship Between Dilatancy, Cyclic Mobility And Average Particle Shape
   Sebnem Boduroglu, Ozer Cinicioglu


CASE HISTORIES - I Tailings Dam Site Characterization & Design


1. Reliability Based Analysis of the Mt. Polley Tailings Dam
   Jeffrey Lam
2. A Case Study of Numerical Prediction of Rainfall Runoff for Soil Cover Systems
   Ahlam Abdulnabi, Sarah Jubinville, G Ward Wilson
3. Characterization of a pre-sheared Glaciolacustrine Deposit beneath a proposed tailings dam in South Central British-Columbia
   Simon JE Dickinson, Chris McKane, Matt Dugie, Wayne Savigny, Clint Logue
4. Development of a geological model and interpretation of soil engineering properties at the site of a proposed tailings impoundment in Northwestern British Columbia
   Annabel Ruksys, Simon JE Dickinson, Clint Logue, Daryl Dufault, Wayne Savigny
5. Liquefaction susceptibility assessment of tailings for upstream dam raising
   M Etezad, S Kam, P Addis, M Shelbourn
6. LaboratoryTesting to Optimize Filter Design for Dispersive Clay
   Rick Friedel, Jim Casey


CASE HISTORIES - II Seismic Design Aspects


1. Equivalent-Linear and Nonlinear Effective-Stress Analyses for Watermain Seismic Design
   Deyab Gamal El-Dean, Lalinda Weerasekara, Ali Azizian, Ryan Mills, Goran Oljaca
2. A Review of Liquefaction Case Histories in Gravelly Soils Using SPT-Based Triggering Curves
   Mason Ghafghazi, Jason T DeJong
3. Geotechnical Seismic Risk Zonation Of The City Of Saguenay And Risk Assessment For The Public Buildings
   Thomas FOULON, Ali SAEIDI, Romain CHESNAUX, Alain ROULEAU, Miroslav NASTEV
4. Neural Estimation Of Seismic Resilience Of Transportation Networks
   Juan M Mayoral, Silvia García, Azucena Román, Adriana Badillo
5. Mitigation of Liquefaction Hazard using Biotechnologies
   Shifan WU, Jian CHU, Jia HE
6. Bidirectional monotonic and cyclic shear testing of soils: state of knowledge
   Ming Yang, Mahdi Taiebat, Yogi Vaid


CASE HISTORIES - III Miscellaneous


1. Case History of Vertical and Lateral Movement Resulting from Pile Driving
   Brian Hall, Lalinda Weerasekara, Antone Dabeet
2. Results of Tests on Pile-Supported LPG Tanks
   HM Nguyen, BH Fellenius, AJ Puppala, OC Nguyen, T V Bheemasetti
3. Case Histories Utilizing Thermal Integrity Profiling for Foundation Quality Assurance
   Marty Bixler, Daniel Belardo, George Piscsalko
4. Case History Of A Highway Embankment Failure During Construction
   Zuhtu S Ozden, David Staseff
5. Analysis of Large Displacements of an Aggregate Stockpile
   Mrinmoy Kanungo, Storer J Boone, James D Rodger, Brent Gusba
6. Numerical Modeling, Design, Construction and Monitoring of a Buried Soil-Metal Arch Bridge in Discontinuous Permafrost – Tulita, Northwest Territories – A Case History
   Calvin VanBuskirk, Ali Amini, Ernest Naesgaard, Masoud Yazdi, Phil Carroll, Meckkey El Sharnouby, Kevin Williams


CASE HISTORIES - IV Miscellaneous


1. Behaviour of a Slope Excavation in Clean Sand with High Groundwater at Tretheway Creek Hydroelectric Project
   Charlie Harrison, Rich Humphries, Jamie Horner, Sandy Dent
2. Passive Groundwater Depressurization System for Improving Road Embankment Stability, Case Study: Powerview Creek, Manitoba
   BP Arpin, RM Kenyon, J Mann, K Rahman, R Eden, J Umadat
3. Highway 63:11 Pinch Point East Wall North of Athabasca River Bridge in Fort McMurray, Alberta
   Tarek Abdelaziz, Donald Proudfoot, Roger Skirrow, Dan Morin
4. The Downdrag Response of a Driven Pile Bridge Foundation in Minnesota
   Aaron S Budge, Derrick D Dasenbrock
5. Geotechnical Challenges in Willingdon Avenue Interchange on the Port Mann Highway 1 Improvement Project 
   PJ Wilson
6. Evergreen Line Rapid Transit Project: Subsurface Conditions and Geotechnical Challenges
   Jason Pellett, Brian Hall, Naomi Mason


CGS Colloquium by Jasmin Raymond


1. CGS Colloquium by Jasmin Raymond
   J Raymond


CGS Graduate Student Paper


1. CGS Graduate Student Paper
   M Irfan


CGS Heritage Luncheon


1. The September 19th 1889 rock slide along Champlain Street in Québec City, a catastrophe foretold by Charles Baillargé
   Jacques Locat


COLD REGIONS ENGINEERING


1. Evaluation and application of a constitutive model frozen and unfrozen soil
   Manuel Aukenthaler, Ronald BJ Brinkgreve, Adrien Haxaire
2. Analysis of Freezing Induced Soil Shrinkage with Implications Regarding Structural Change
   Daryl F Dagesse
3. A practical approach to obtain the Soil Freezing Characteristic Curve and the freezing/melting point of a soil-water system
   Manuel Aukenthaler, Ronald BJ Brinkgreve, Adrien Haxaire
4. Measurement of permeability coefficient of frozen soils
   Tetsuya Tokoro, Kouta Kimura, Tatsuya Ishikawa, Satoshi Akagawa
5. Evolution of Adfreeze Strength of Pile Foundations in Warming Permafrost
   AA Aldaeef, MT Rayhani
6. Convection Pipe Cooling (CPC)
   Christian Nesrallah, Peter Bullock, Calvin Van Buskirk, Mamadou Fall


EDUCATION & PRACTICE - I


1. Is a Bachelor Degree Enough for Geotechnical Engineering? Accreditation, Licensing, and Specialization
   Jim Graham, David Kurz, Pooneh Maghoul, Marolo C. Alfaro
2. The new permitting process for construction water taking in Ontario
   Simon Gautrey
3. Redesigning Field School: Blended learning strategies for enhanced student metacognition in a sustainable field exercise design.
   EM Skordaki, N Vlachopoulos


ENERGY RESOURCES - I Mining and Tailings


1. Evaluation of the earth pressures in inclined backfilled stopes based on the Coulomb active state coefficient
   A Jahanbakhshzadeh, L Li, Michel Aubertin
2. Modelling blast-induced liquefaction of tailings backfill at early ages
   Gongda Lu, Mamadou Fall
3. A parametric study of the efficiency of cover systems as oxygen barriers
   Thomas Pabst, Bruno Bussière, John Molson, Michel Aubertin
4. Calage d’un modèle numérique de prédiction de l’évolution de la température pendant le transport du remblai en pâte cimenté
   K Kalonji, M Mbonimpa, T Belem, M Benzaazoua, F K Beya, S Ouellet
5. Consolidation Characteristics and Volume Change Behaviour of Fine-grained Thickened Tailings in Consolidated Drained Triaxial Testing
   Reza Moghaddam, Maryam Jamali, Murray Grabinsky
6. Triaxial behavior of thickened gold mine tailings samples prepared by hydraulic deposition
   Olivier Bilodeau, Mathieu Nuth, Jérôme Lapierre


ENERGY RESOURCES - II Mining and Tailings


1. A laboratory study of tailings consolidation under positive and negative pore water pressures
   Karim Essayad, Michael James, Michel Aubertin
2. Strength Behaviour Of Compacted Lean Oilsand Fill
   K Biggar, J Seto, G Claypool, S Martens, R Hoda
3. Pitwall Design and Performance at Suncor North Steepbank Extension Mine
   H Joanna Chen, Rob Charron, Dan Hepp, Jeffrey MacLean, Jason Chen, Stuart MacNeil
4. Combined Evaporation and Freeze-Thaw effects in Polymer Amended Mature Fine Tailings
   Manuel Sanchez-Sardon, Mohammad Rayhani, Paul H. Simms
5. Role of desiccation on tailings stability
   Siva Sivathayalan, Farzad Daliri, Paul H. Simms
6. A coupled large strain consolidation-unsaturated flow model for tailings deposition analysis
   Qi Shunchao, Sai Vanapalli, Daliri Farzad, Paul H. Simms


ENERGY RESOURCES - III Mining and Tailings


1. Role of Pore Pressure in Upper Slope and Crest Area Stability of a Large Open Pit
   Shane O’Neill
2. Modélisations physique et numérique du transfert de chaleur 1D et 3D dans le remblai en pâte cimenté curé dans un environnement proche du pergélisol
   Fabrice Kazambua Beya, Mamert Mbonimpa, Tikou Belem, Mostafa Benzaazoua, Ugo Marceau, Kayumba Kalonji, Li Li, Serge Ouellet


Engineering Geology and Professional Practice Specialty Session - I


1. Engineering Geology and Professional Practice Specialty Session - I
   S Lacasse
2. Engineering Geology and Professional Practice Specialty Session - I
   M Lato
3. Engineering Geology and Professional Practice Specialty Session - I
   D Van Dine
4. Engineering Geology and Professional Practice Specialty Session - I
   P Quinn
5. Engineering Geology and Professional Practice Specialty Session - I
   M Jakob


FOUNDATION DESIGN - I Retaining Walls & Spread Footings


1. Estimating The Ultimate Load Carrying Capacity Of Reinforced Earth Structures
   Lalinda Weerasekara, Brian Hall, Dharma Wijewickreme
2. Geosynthetics Reinforced Two-Staged Crash Wall Design and Construction on the 96th Ave NE Extension across CP Rail Project
   Hardwin Zhanhong Zhen
3. A Case Study of Embankment Retaining Wall in Ontario
   Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker, Shaheen Ahmad
4. Bearing capacity of a foundation on layered soils near a slope - numerical analysis assessing punching shear failure and slope stability
   Rajib Dey, Sterling Parsons, Leanne Stein
5. Design Methodologies for MSE Walls
   Peter Wu, Bill Brockbank
6. Highway 407 East Extension Footings on Granular Pads
   James Ng, Jean Authier, Louis D’Amours


FOUNDATION DESIGN - II Driven Piles


1. Case History Of Static And High Strain Dynamic Testing Of Driven Steel Pipe Piles Performed At An Industrial Site Near Edmonton, Alberta
   Robin Tweedie, Renato Clementino
2. Incorporating Pile Set-Up Capacity in Design of Driven Steel Pipe Piles at Fort Hills
   Changyoung Kim
3. Modelling of Negative Skin Friction on Driven Piles
   Osama Drbe, Abouzar Sadrekarimi, M. Hesham El Naggar , Tony Sangiuliano
4. Time-Dependent Capacity of Driven Piles and Case Studies
   Fanyu Zhu, Scott Peaker, Shabbir Bandukwala
5. Static Load Tests on Two 16-Pile Groups in Mekong Delta
   V H L Bach, M H Nguyen, A J Puppala, C M Nguyen
6. Interpretation Of Reaction Pile Influence On 45 Mn Static Pile Loading Test And Implications For Design
   David Tara


FOUNDATION DESIGN - III Driven Piles


1. Design for Adfreeze for Deep Foundations as Stipulated in the Canadian Codes
   Hafeez Baba, Henri Sangam, Jim Oswell
2. Reliability-Based Calibration of Geotechnical Resistance Factors for Driven Steel Pipe Piles at a Large Industrial Project
   Peter Thomson, Dennis Becker, Gennaro Esposito, Jim Wright
3. Development Of A Screening Tool For Impact Hammer Selection For Installation, Testing And Damage Mitigation Of Steel Pipe And H-Piles
   David Tara, Gerald Verbeek
4. Evaluation of a Screening Tool for Impact Hammer Selection for Installation, Testing and Damage Mitigation of Steel Pipe and H-Piles
   Gerald Verbeek, David Tara, Les Chernauskas
5. Cyclic Uplift Response Of Hollow Bar Micropiles In Sand
   Maged Abdlrahem, M. Hesham El Naggar
6. Some Comments On Pile Fixity
   Shahrooz Rashidi, John P Sully, Ender Parra


FOUNDATION DESIGN - IV Helical Piles


1. Field Investigation of the Behavior of Tapered Screw Piles
   Zhengyang Guo, Lijun Deng
2. Lateral resistance of helical and driven piles
   Mohammed Sakr
3. Axial Compressive Capacity of Helical Piles with Floating Stabilizer in Winnipeg Clay
   Eli Koulack, Robert McLeod, Craig Griffin, Earl Marvin B. de Guzman , Marolo C. Alfaro
4. A Case Study on the Installation of 4800 Helical Piles on a Remote Site in Northern Manitoba
   Kent Bannister, Karen Dawson
5. A Method for Predicting the Ultimate Axial Resistance of Helical Piles in Cohesive Soils
   Christopher N Weech
6. Helical piles in a railways setting
   David Rodger, Mario Ruel, Benjamin Hekimi, Melissa Ruel


FOUNDATION DESIGN - IV Soil-Structure Interaction


1. Bearing Capacity and Settlement for Routine Shallow Foundation Design
   Prapote Boonsinsuk, George Chow, Siva Nadarajah
2. Comparing Non-Displacement and Displacement Piles using In-sit Load Tests
   Fazli R Shah, Lijun Deng
3. Grouted Helical Piles: New Approach
   Mohamed A Mansour, Jared Harnish, Robert Mara, M. Hesham El Naggar


FOUNDATION DESIGN - VI Soil-Structure Interaction


1. Finite Element Modelling Techniques for the Assessment of Stress Distributions of Laterally Loaded Piles
   Evan Sau Yue Ma, Mei Cheong, Andrew Richmond
2. The influence of pile diameter on the relationship between the unit shaft friction of bored piles in sand and the CPT end resistance
   Le Doan, Barry M Lehane
3. Pile Model for 2D FLAC Analysis
   Gordon Fung, Ender Parra, John P Sully
4. Influence of fins on lateral capacity and deflection of pile foundations for bollards
   George .M. Adom, Abass Braimah, Mohammad T Rayhani
5. Effect of Pile Nonlinearity on Its Cyclic Lateral Response
   Mehdi Heidari, M Hesham El Naggar
6. Soil-pile separation and sliding in 3D simulation of pile groups under lateral loading
   M Sajjad Fayyazi, Mahdi Taiebat, James Ji


FUNDAMENTALS - II Engineering Geology & Geomorphology


1. Application of Optical Fibre Sensing Real-Time Monitoring Technology at the Ripley Landslide, British Columbia, Canada
   David Huntley, Peter Bobrowsky, Zhang Qing, Zhang Xiaofei, Lv Zhonghu, Michael Hendry, Renato Macciotta, Matthew Schafer, Gael Le Meil, Jeff Journault, Kristen Tappenden
2. Sampling Technique Biases and their Effect on Discrete Fracture Networks Generation for Underground Works using LiDAR Scanning
   I Vazaios, N Vlachopoulos, MS Diederichs
3. Liquefaction resistance evaluation of soils using SPT, CPT and shear wave velocity data
   Md Zillur Rahman, Sumi Siddiqua
4. Terrain Stability and Geohazards along Proposed All-Season Road Corridor to Prairie Creek Mine, Northwest Territories
   Shirley McCuaig, Vladislav Roujanski, Rita Kors-Olthof
5. Attenuator’s for controlling rockfall: first results of a state-of-the-art full-scale testing program.
   Duncan Wyllie, Tim Shevlin, James Glover, Andi Buechi
6. Geology and geotechnics of some till deposits in east Calgary, Alberta
   H K Heinz, T Kujawa, S K Bryant, G D Osborn


FUNDAMENTALS - III Soil & Rock Mechanics


1. Empirical Relationships for Parameters of Mogi’s Polyaxial Criterion Based on Triaxial Strength Parameters
   Aditya Singh, K Seshagiri Rao, Ramanathan Ayothiraman
2. Leeb Hardness Test for UCS estimation of Sandstone
   Yassir Asiri, Andrew Corkum, Hany El Naggar
3. Anchorage of power line tower foundation on rock; Classification of rock and design rules
   Tore Valstad, Einar John Lande, Elin Katrine Morgan, John-Petter Sivertsen
4. Study on shear-weakening behavior of rock joints
   Shuilin Wang, Mingwei Guo, Yingfa Lu
5. Impact of Vertical Confinement on the Poroelastic Response of ?Geological Reservoir to Fluid Injection
   Kamelia Atefi Monfared, Leo Rothenburg


FUNDAMENTALS - IV Soil & Rock Mechanics


1. Modelling the resilient modulus of Ontario subgrade soils considering the environmental influences
   Zhong Han, Junping Ren, Faria Ahmed, Sai K Vanapalli
2. Investigation of the Time-Dependent Behavior of Clearwater Clay Shale Using Triaxial Stress Relaxation Tests
   Ramin Ghassemi, Ron CK Wong
3. Measurement of earth pressures and effect of compaction in granular material
   Haitao Lan, Mark Talesnick, Richard Brachman, Ian Moore
4. Relation of Particle Breakage, Energy Input and Time Effects in Granular Materials
   Hamid Karimpour, Poul Lade
5. The strength and stiffness of tetrahydrofuran hydrate veins
   Jiechun Wu, Jeffrey A Priest, Jocelyn L H Grozic
6. Small strain stiffness and stiffness degradation curve of sensitive Champlain clay
   Mahmoud N Hussien, Mohamed Chekired, Mourad Karray , Yannic Ethier


FUNDAMENTALS - IX Physical & Numerical Modelling


1. Calibration procedure for modeling HDPE geomembrane using discrete element method
   Masood Meidani, Mohamed A Meguid, Luc E Chouinard
2. Discrete element modelling of frac sand crushing under one-dimensional compression using PFC2D
   Wenbo Zheng, Dwayne D Tannant, Melanie Grob
3. Deformation properties of rock particle assemblages in oedometric compression (1D) and in centrifuge modelling (2D)
   Ibrahim Soud, Jean-Marie Konrad, Ryan Phillips
4. On Load Induced Anisotropy: Evolution Of Fabric Of Granular Materials
   M Oboudi, S Pietruszczak
5. Prediction of the Fraser River sand response to œdometric loading using the NorSand soil model
   Vincent Castonguay, Jean-Marie Konrad
6. A modified oedometer apparatus for experimentally obtaining the soil-water retention curve
   Emad Maleksaeedi, Mathieu Nuth, Mohamed Chekired


FUNDAMENTALS - V Soil & Rock Mechanics


1. Determination of Grout-Soil Interaction Parameters for Ground Support Elements
   SW Holt, N Vlachopoulos, B Forbes
2. Elasto-plastic finite element analysis of stresses in the pillar zone of deep interacting tunnels – A comparative study
   IA Khan, RK Srivastava, K Venkatesh
3. Measurement of dissolved and occluded gas pressures during loading and unloading of loose gassy sands
   Aditi Khurana, Jocelyn LH Grozic, M Cathryn Ryan, Bethany Ladd
4. Testing for internal erosion and evaluating quantitatively the observable facts
   Robert P Chapuis
5. Induced Permeability and Stress Drop Mechanisms in Hydraulic Fracturing
   Scott McKean, Dr Jeffrey Priest
6. Numerical Study on the Effect of Particle Grading on the Triaxial Shear Response of an Idealized Granular Assemblage from Micro to Macro
   Amirpour Harehdasht Samaneh, Mahmoud N Hussien, Mohamed Chekirad, Varvara Roubtsova, Mourad Karray


FUNDAMENTALS - VI Soil & Rock Mechanics


1. Time-independent and time-dependent shear strength components of clayey soils observed in direct shear tests
   C K Wong, R G Wan, MR Dann, R Wong
2. Comparison Between Hydraulic And Hydro-Mechanical Analyses For Estimating Flow Rate In Rock Masses Case Study: Upper Gotvand Dam Foundation - Iran
   K Farahmand, B Ferdosi, R Nateghi, J Abbasi, M Sharifzadeh


FUNDAMENTALS - VII Soil & Rock Mechanics


1. Critical hydraulic gradients for internally unstable cohensionless soils
   Maoxin Li, R Jonathan Fannin
2. DEM Simulations on the Volume Change of Sand during Heating-Cooling Cycle
   SH Wang, C Zhou, CWW Ng
3. A Study Of The Geometrical And The Mechanical Scale-Dependency Of Fractured Rockmasses Using A Micro/Meso-Mechanical Approach
   I Vazaios, K Farahmand, N Vlachopoulos, MS Diederichs
4. Multiscale numerical modelling of internal erosion
   Pouyan Pirnia, François Duhaime, Jean-Sébastien Dubé, Yannic Ethier
5. Effect of the pre-peak loading condition on the post-peak behavior of the Brittle rocks
   Arash Khosravi, Richard Simon
6. Applicability of Viscoplasticity models in simulation of sand behavior under high strain rate conditions
   M Jafari, P Kanopolous, K Xia, M Grabinsky


FUNDAMENTALS - VIII Physical & Numerical Modelling


1. Comparison of soil pressure measurements around square box culverts using different techniques
   Osama Abuhajar, Tim Newson, M. Hesham El Naggar
2. Estimation of Unsaturated Soil Property Functions for Geotechnical Engineering Applications
   Murray E Fredlund, Sam Jian, Michael Courtin
3. Comparison of 3-D Limit Equilibrium Methods
   Krishna B Chaudhary, HaiHua Lu, Murray D Fredlund
4. A numerical elastic-thermoviscoplastic model for clay behaviour
   David Kurz, Pooneh Maghoul, Jim Graham, Jitendra Sharma, Marolo C. Alfaro
5. Physical models to verify a new geotechnical centrifuge
   John Kingswood, Stephen LaPorte, Greg A. Siemens


FUNDAMENTALS - X Physical & Numerical Modelling


1. Numerical simulation of triaxial testing of rockfill for the Romaine-2 rockfill dam and dikes
   Alain Plaisant, Michael James
2. Stability assessment of Niobec mine stopes using a tridimensional numerical approach
   Lalancette Sandra, Saeidi Ali, Rouleau Alain, Alauzet-Brouard Gabrielle
3. Equivalent-Linear Seismic Response of Bridge Approach Embankments
   Juan-Carlos Carvajal, WD Liam Finn, Carlos E Ventura
4. DEM study on soil arching effect between anti-slide piles
   Cong Xu, Xinli Hu, Dwayne D Tannant, Fulin Tan, Yuming Zhang
5. Effect of desiccation cracks on the hydraulic response of unsaturated soil slope to infiltration
   Penghai Yin, Shunchao Qi, Sai K Vanapalli


FUNDAMENTALS - XI Physical & Numerical Modelling


1. Numerical modelling of a shallow foundation on geogrid reinforced sandy sloped fill under cyclic loading
   Md Jahid Iftekhar Alam, C T Gnanendran, S R Lo
2. Influence of saturation on the damage and yielding behaviour of the Cobourg limestone
   E Jaczkowski, E Ghazvinian, M Diederichs
3. Numerical Simulation of the effect of particle breakage in rockfill dams
   B Kolev, M Taiebat, A Lizcano, A Pak
4. Numerical Modeling Of Natural Soft Soil Embankments Using A Robust Rotational Hardening Law
   Mohammad Rezania, Hossein Zanganeh, Mahdi Taiebat


FUNDAMENTALS-I Risk & Reliability


1. Target Geotechnical Reliability for Redundant Foundation Systems
   Farzaneh Naghibi, Gordon A Fenton
2. Effect of spatial variability of soil property on the responses of braced excavations
   Zhe Luo, Yixiang Li, Sedat Sert, Quanmei Gong, Junhua Xiao
3. Probabilistic analysis of cohesive and c-phi soil slopes by considering 1D and 2D spatial variability of soil strength parameters using RLEM and RFEM approaches
   Sina Javankhoshdel, Richard J Bathurst, Ning Luo
4. Probabilistic bearing capacity analysis of reinforced strip footings by finite element method
   Ning Luo, Richard J Bathurst
5. Nuisance Flow as Failure Mechanism of Conveyance Structures and the Contribution of Geosynthetic Design Practice
   Ian Corne
6. Soil statistical characteristics using numerically generated random fields for reliability assessment in geotechnical engineering
   Yan Yu, Ning Luo, Richard J Bathurst


GEOENVIRONMENTAL - I Landfills , Contaminated Soils & Groundwater


1. Thermal properties of an engineered barrier in the presence of saline pore fluid
   Bardia Tabiatnejad, Stephen Renner, Sumi Siddiqua , Greg A. Siemens
2. Field performance of a leachfield: evaluation problems
   Robert P Chapuis, Vahid Marefat, Noura El-Harrak, Samuel Barbeau
3. Compression and creep of Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA) under applied load
   Doyin Adesokan, Ian Fleming, Derek Stevens
4. Semipermeable Membrane Behavior in Bentonite-Based Barriers-Past, Present, and Future
   Charles D Shackelford, Joseph Scalia IV


GEOENVIRONMENTAL - II Remediation


1. Simulation of Climate Data for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Design Problems
   Muhammad Sahi, Rashid Bashir, Jitendra Sharma
2. Immobilization of arsenic by Starch-Stabilized Fe/Cu Nanoparticles in a Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Contaminated Soil
   Yassaman Babaee, Catherine N Mulligan, Md Saifur Rahaman
3. Effect of reduced surface tension of pore fluid on liquid and plastic limits of fine-grained soils
   C Zeeshan Ahmed, Jitendra Sharma, Rashid Bashir
4. Green Controlled Low-Strength Material Geotechnical Fill
   A Mneina, A Ahmed, M H El-Naggar, A M Soliman


GEOHAZARDS - I Climate Change Floods & Landslides


1. A Case Study of a Landslide on Highway 6 South of Southey, SK
   Harpreet Panesar, Hung Vu, Laurie Stang, Jody Schafer, Hamid Soleymani
2. Identification, Prioritization, and Risk Reduction: Steep Creek Fans Crossed by Highways in Alberta
   Kris Holm, Matthias Jakob, Elisa Scordo, Alex Strouth, Rocky Wang, Rishi Adhikari
3. Probabilistic Rock Fall Assessment: Accounting for the Effects of Engineered Mitigation
   Matthew Lato, Peter Quinn, Scott McDougall, Alex Strouth, Mark Pritchard, Dominique Sirois
4. Kettle Falls Railway Ground Hazard Relative Risk Assessment
   M Sturzenegger, T Keegan, T Simoes
5. Local intensity of an earthquake that triggered Quyon valley landslide 1020 cal BP
   Baolin Wang
6. Landslide Hazards along the Provincial Highways in Saskatchewan
   Hung Vu, Harpreet Panesar, Hamid Soleymani, Laurie Stang, Jody Schafer


GEOHAZARDS - II Floods & Landslides


1. Regional debris flow and debris flood frequency - magnitude curves
   Kris Holm, Matthias Jakob, Elisa Scordo, Alex Strouth, Rocky Wang, Rishi Adhikari
2. Time to failure – Practical improvements of an analytical tool
   RH Guthrie, M Nicksiar
3. Impact of Climate Variability on Landslide Frequency in the Thompson River Valley near Ashcroft, B.C.
   Kristen M Tappenden
4. Identification and Risk-Based Prioritization of Flood Hazards on Highways in Alberta
   Martin Zaleski, Laurent Roberge, Elisa Scordo, Rebecca Lee, Rocky Wang, Rishi Adhikari
5. Reconstruction of debris-flood volume using LiDARchange detection on Three Sisters Creek, Canmore, Alberta ?
   S Bale, J Sorensen, M Jakob, M Lato
6. Classification of Rockfall Patterns using Remote Sensing Data for Hazard Assessment in Canadian Rail Corridors
   Megan van Veen, Dave Gauthier, Matthew Lato, Tom Edwards, D. Jean Hutchinson


GEOHAZARDS - III Climate Change Floods & Landslides


1. Effectiveness of Wet Weather Shutdown Guidelines in Landslide-Prone Terrain during Construction of a Hydroelectric Facility near Squamish, BC
   Jennifer Clarke, Ryan Gustafson, Bob Patrick
2. The Canadian Avalanche Association’s New Guidelines for Managing Avalanche Risk
   Cam Campbell, Bruce Jamieson
3. Mass Movement in the Midwest: Developing a Geologic Assessment in Minnesota
   RS Adams, CE Jennings
4. Monitoring Landslides in Pipeline Corridors Using a Combined Satellite-Based InSAR - Geomechanical Modelling Approach
   Jayanti Sharma, Jennifer Busler, Mirko Francioni, Doug Stead, Davide Donati, Emre Onsel, John Clague, Marc-André Brideau


GEOHAZARDS - IV Climate Change Floods & Landslides


1. Mechanics of rainfall infiltration through residual soil slope with different soil profile
   Mohamed Elfadil
2. Analysis of structural controls on rockfalls in White Canyon using LiDAR change detection
   Emily Rowe, Ryan Kromer, Megan van Veen, Tom Edwards, D. Jean Hutchinson
3. New Pendulum Impact Facility to Study Performance of Cushioning Layers for Natural Terrain Hazards
   AY Su, CWW Ng, CE Choi, R Chen, JSH Kwan, RCH Koo, C Lam
4. Summary of the Report: Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Landslides Occurrence in Canada
   Catherine Cloutier, Jacques Locat, Marten Geertsema, Mathias Jakob, Markus Schnorbus
5. BC-wide Geohazard Monitoring with InSAR
   Murray Down, Adrian McCardle, Jonathan Leighton
6. Effect of chemical grouting on the shear behaviour of rock joints
   Massoud Palassi, S M Reza Imam, Majid Mohaqqeqi


GEOHAZARDS - V Climate ChangeFloods & Landslides


1. A predictive model for channel scour on alluvial fans using morphometric analysis
   Carie-Ann Lau, Brent Ward, Thomas Millard, Matthias Jakob
2. Re-examination of the Dynamics of the 2012 Johnsons Landing Debris Avalanche
   Jordan Aaron, Oldrich Hungr, Scott McDougall
3. Preliminary investigation of the 2014 Vulcan Creek landslide dam, Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon
   Marc-André Brideau, Dan H Shugar, Carmen Wong
4. Peculiar debris-flow event of June 2013 in Livingstone mountain range (Alberta, Canada)
   M Franz, B Rudaz, F Humair, M Jaboyedoff


GEOHAZARDS - VI Climate Change Floods & Landslides


1. Fast assessment of landslide-generated tsunami risks by coupling SLBL with shallow water model
   Martin Franz, Benjamin Rudaz, Michel Jaboyedoff, Yury Podladchikov, Jacques Locat
2. Line of energy and distribution of landslides travel distances
   Michel Jaboyedoff, Marc-Henri Derron, Andrea Pedrazzini
3. Influence of soil-atmospheric boundary conditions on slope stability analyses
   Shubhra Pk, Ryley Beddoe
4. Challenges In The Rockfall Hazard Rating System: An Atlantic Canada Case Study
   John Nichols, Paul Deering, Maureen Matthew
5. Towards InSAR guidelines for landslide monitoring
   Jean Pascal Iannacone, Giacomo Falorni
6. Finite Element Simulation of the 2010 Saint-Jude Landslide in Quebec
   Chen Wang, Didier Perret, Bipul Hawlader


GEOSYNTHETICS


1. Walls and Slopes: A Nilex review of innovative applications
   Dan MacDonald, German Cajigas
2. Pullout Resistance of Geotextiles With and Without Wicking Function
   Samuel Kaluzny, Earl Marvin B. de Guzman , Marolo C. Alfaro
3. Construction and Instrumentation of Geogrid-Reinforced Unpaved Road Test Sections
   Abdalla El Tawati, M. Hesham El Naggar
4. Tensile resistance of geomembranes for high temperature applications
   David Beaumier, Andrew Mills, Patricia Dolez, Eric Blond


GROUND IMPROVEMENT - I


1. Performance of an embankment improved with DCM column walls beneath the slope considering variability of mechanical properties
   Manasi Wijerathna, DS Liyanapathirana, Jinsong Huang, Chin Leo
2. An analytical solution for consolidation of deep cement mixed column improved ground
   Manasi Wijerathna, DS Liyanapathirana, Chin Leo
3. The Eglinton Crosstown Project - Jet Grouting Challenges and Achievements
   Lucie Clatworthy, Gary Kramer, Yves St-Amour, Iqbal Hassan
4. Ground Improvements for Annacis Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion
   Andrew Port, Chris Johnson, Dominique Jullienne
5. Shear wave velocity estimation from piezocone test data for Eastern Canada sands
   Didier Perret, Emmanuel Charrois, Maxime Bolduc


GROUND IMPROVEMENT - II


1. Application of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag to the Sand Compaction Pile Method with Low Sand Replacement Ratio
   Hiroshi Matsuda, Shoya Nakamura, Tran Thanh Nhan, Hiroyuki Hara, Masahiro Wada, Ryohei Ishikura
2. Experimental investigation of engineering behaviour of cement-mixed marine clay
   Shuihan Li, Andries Kirstein, Naresh Gurpersaud, Jinyuan Liu
3. A Performance Study On The D-Bolt
   B Forbes, N Vlachopoulos
4. Soil reinforcement using natural fibers. The case of sisal in Haiti
   Kelly Guerrier, Karl Henry Victor, Ramiro Daniel Verastegui-Flores, Gustave Mukoko Kalenda


GROUND IMPROVEMENT - III


1. Load Tests On Rammed Aggregate Piers For Ground Improvement In Problematic Soils
   John Carter, Matt Kokan, Roberto Avendano, Miriam Smith
2. Mechanical behaviour of cemented clays subject to freeze-thaw cycles
   Adriana Luis, Lijun Deng
3. The Use of Geopier Ground Improvement for Two Approach Embankments Constructed Along Highway 15 Over Soft Clays Adjacent to an Existing Creek in Eastern Ontario.
   Jason Brown, Mark Tigchelaar, Tony Sangiuliano
4. Expansive Soil Stabilization Using Lime-Bagasse Ash
   Hayder Hasan, Hadi Khabbaz, Behzad Fatahi


GROUNDWATER AND HYDROGEOLOGY - I Groundwater Hydraulics


1. Realization and interpretation of field permeability tests in low-permeability materials
   François Duhaime, Simon Weber, Robert P Chapuis
2. Estimation of Champlain clay hydraulic conductivity from pressure data obtained during piezometer grouting
   Vahid Marefat, Robert P Chapuis, François Duhaime
3. Comprehensive environmental management plan in support of a Permit to Take Water (PTTW) on a large trunk sewer tunnelling project in York Region
   Tamara Kondrachova, Grant Robinson
4. Performance Evaluation of Ground Coupled Heat Pump System Using Heat Injection Test Analysis
   Nehed Jaziri, Jasmin Raymond, Maxime Boisclair
5. Temps de transfert dans les aquifères à nappe libre anisotropes et hétérogènes avec recharge de surface
   Sarah Boukemidja, Djaouida Chenaf, Ahmed Kettab


GROUNDWATER AND HYDROGEOLOGY - II Physical & Numerical Modelling


1. Analysis of flow through jointed rock using a multi-scale permeability hybrid finite element approach
   Anna Pekinasova, Brandon Karchewski, Sarah Dickson
2. Interpreting in situ variable-head permeability tests: an automated Excel spreadsheet program
   Simon Weber, François Duhaime, Robert P Chapuis
3. Simulation of heat and fluid transfer of an EGS well system for electricity production at Williston Basin
   Niloofar Firoozy, Hartmut M Holländer
4. L’essai du choc hydraulique dans les dépôts perméables stratifiés
   Djamel Lemradji, Djaouida Chenaf, Michel Tétreault


INFRASTRUCTURE - 1 Highways & Bridges


1. Multi-geohazard Risk Assessment Along Railway Corridors
   Matt Lato, Pete Quinn, Mark Pritchard, Dominique Sirois
2. Design of Bridge Foundations over Abandoned Underground Coal Mine Workings in Edmonton
   Mahmoud Soliman, David J Walter
3. Numerical analysis of freezing and thawing influence on soil nail wall
   Milad Babaei, Jinyuan Liu, David Staseff
4. 3-D FEM of laterally loaded short shafts in soil
   Jasinthan Arulanantham, Jinyuan Liu, Kaustubh Shekhar, Ben Powell
5. A Framework for Pedestrian Bridge Rock Foundation Risk Assessment and Management
   David A Field, Dejan Jovanovic, Carl Miller, Karen Esarte
6. New Infrastructure: Climate Change and Responsive Design
   Jessica Abrahamse, Daniel Calatrava, Albane Hagnere


INFRASTRUCTURE - II Highways & Bridges


1. Optimum configuration of CSP culverts
   Ahmed Mahgoub, Sadman Soumik, Shanice Hay, Hany El Naggar
2. Impact of the Employed Soil Model on the Predicted Behaviour of Integral Abutment Bridges
   Ahmed Mahgoub, François Duguay, Arun J Valsangkar, Hany El Naggar
3. A Method to Measure the Effects of Climate on the Initial Construction Strength of Flexible Pavements
   Fabrizio Di Camillo, Luis Amador-Jiménez
4. Evaluation of the effect of nanosilica in the frost resistance of concrete through ultrasound
   MJ Rodríguez-Roblero, G Cascante, MD Pandey, S Tighe, M González
5. Understanding landslide movement and kinematics with airborne lidar
   Matt Lato, Mike Porter, Gabe Hensold, Scott McDougall, Ryan Kromer, Sarah Gaib
6. Properties of Metro Vancouver’s Glacial Deposits and their use for Earthworks and Pavement Subgrade Support
   James Scott, Paul Wilson, Lee Parry


INFRASTRUCTURE - III Pipelines & Tunnels


1. Studying the impact of the construction of an underground pedway on existing LRT tunnels
   Mehdi Qoreishi, Andy Smith, Faris Alobaidy, Alma Ornes
2. The Interaction between Tunnelling and Slopes: A Parametric Study.
   N Vlachopoulos, I Vazaios
3. Multistage Triaxial Compression Tests On Niagara Queenston Shale
   Hayder Mohammed Salim Al-Maamori, Silvana Micic, K Y Lo, M. Hesham El Naggar
4. Consolidation around offshore pipe embedment using coupled analysis
   M Senthilkumar, J Kodikara, P Rajeev, D J Robert
5. 3D Modeling of Lateral Behavior of Surface Laid Pipelines
   John Barrett, Ryan Phillips, Gerry Piercey, Bipul Hawlader
6. Effect of buried depth of pipeline on its stress distribution characteristics under longwall mining
   G-M Cheng, H-Q Wang, G-J Wang


INFRASTRUCTURE - IV Pipelines & Tunnels


1. Estimation of deformations in soil-pipeline systems nearby unsupported trenches excavated in unsaturated soils
   Mohammed Al-Khazaali, Won Taek Oh, Sai K Vanapalli
2. Surface Settlements of the Edmonton NLRT Twin Tunnel Construction
   David Elwood, Derek Martin
3. Effect of shallow tunneling on neighboring structures
   Anna Maria Zakhem, Hany El Naggar
4. Horizontal Directional Drilling In Southern Ontario – A Case Study of Feasibility Through To Construction
   Khashayar Refahi, John J Brisbois, Ron Howieson
5. Billy Bishop Airport Passenger Tunnel, Toronto- Geotechnical Aspect of Design
   Silvana Micic, Stan Gonsalves, Kwan Yee Lo, Thomas Lardner
6. Comparison of the Implicit and Explicit Finite Element Methods in Abaqus based on Penetration of Cylindrical Objects into Seabed
   Sujan Dutta, Bipul Hawlader


INFRASTRUCTURE - IV Pipelines & Tunnels


1. Case Studies of Tunnelling-induced Ground Deformation Monitored using Satellite InSAR
   Jean-Simon Michaud, Bruce Macdonald, Giacomo Falorni, Jean Pascal Iannacone
2. Application of scout-hole surveys for rockburst prediction for deep tunneling operations
   N Blacklock, MS Diederichs
3. Upheaval buckling behavior of offshore oil pipeline
   Bipul Chandra Mondal, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar


INFRASTRUCTURE - VI Pipelines & Tunnels


1. Performance of the largest flexible buried structure during construction- Full-scale test
   M Meckkey El-Sharnouby, John Newhook, Hany El Naggar
2. Monitoring of urban excavations and underground construction: good practice and recent innovations
   Loic GALISSON
3. Numerical modeling of tunneling by EPB TBMs
   Massoud Palassi, Amin Bahmani Yeganeh
4. Numerical Modelling of Pipeline Uplift Resistance in Frozen Soil
   Mark Nixon, Masoumeh Saiyar, Dennis Becker, Shmulik Pinkert


INFRASTRUCTURE - VII Embankment Dams


1. A guide to the assessment of suffusion and suffosion hazards in embankment dams.
   Paul Slangen, Jonathan Fannin
2. Jet Grouting for the Ruskin Dam Right Abutment Upgrade
   Nathan Sweeney, Li Yan
3. Hydraulic conductivity of a compacted till with low clay-size particle content
   Manuel Malenfant-Corriveau, Jean Côté, Jean-Marie Konrad
4. Multiple parameter analysis in geostatistical modeling of hydraulic conductivity within a compacted dam core
   Étienne Hébert, Jean Côté, Marc Smith
5. Concrete-Enchanced Synthetic Turf – An Innovative Revetment Technology For Armoring Earthen Structures
   Bradford H Cooley, Christopher Thornton
6. Post-construction settlement of earth core rockfill dams - a new empirical approach
   Mohammad Kermani, Jean-Marie Konrad, Marc Smith


PROBLEMATIC SOILS - I Soft, Collapsible, Residual Soils


1. Construction of an oil sand drilling pad on top of peat in Northern Alberta
   Mehdi Qoreishi, Faris Alobaidy, Paul Valtr
2. Optimization of Deep Soil Mixing Zone for Land Reclamation Using Excavated Soft Soils
   Sylvia Dooley, Arun Valsangkar, Hany El Naggar
3. Consolidation by Vertical Drains beneath Circular Embankments, Application of Ring Wall Theory in Practice
   Mojtaba E Kan, Buddhima Indraratna, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn, Geoffrey McIntosh, Philippe Vincent
4. Application of lightweight cellular concrete to reconstruction of settlement prone roadways in Victoria
   Brad Dolton, Matt Witchard, David Luzzi, Tim J Smith
5. Validation Of An Injection Protocol For Micp And Preliminary Results Of Undrained Triaxial Tests
   Benoit St-onge, Benoit Courcelles, Najib Bouaanani


PROBLEMATIC SOILS - II Soft, Collapsible, Residual Soils


1. Assessment and analysis of factors influencing the collapse
   A Bigdeli, Sumi Siddiqua
2. Sophistication of Triaxial Testing Procedure for Residual Soil
   Y Tanaka, L M Lee
3. Soil-Structure Interaction of House Foundations and Problematic Soils
   Maurine Magnaye, Dimos Polyzois, Marolo C. Alfaro
4. The Beauharnois Diversion Canal: An ambitious project for the 1920’s 
   Daniel Verret, Serge Leroueil, Sébastien Lopez, Eric Péloquin
5. Contaminant Mobility and Compressibility of Dredged Sediment using Seepage Induced Consolidation Tests
   Shane Taylor, Christopher DP Baxter, Paul LaRosa, Mark Mahoney


PROBLEMATIC SOILS - III Loose and Liquefiable Soils


1. Riverbed Liquefaction Mitigation in Gatineau River – Application of Stone Columns
   Jordan Hunt, Jean-François Morel, Adrien Viateau, Samuel Briet
2. Effective stress analysis of liquefaction potential using a novel approach based on the energy concept - case study
   Mahmoud Hussein, Mohamed Chekired, Simon Grenier, Mourad Karray
3. Correction for CPT-based fine content in improved ground
   Hesham Dief, Douglas Wallis
4. Numerical Study of Oscillating Particle in Viscous Fluid
   Mohamed Chekired, Varvara Roubtsova
5. Evaluation Of Strength Of Single Railway Ballast Particles By Considering Various Statistical Distributions
   Mehdi Koohmishi, Massoud Palassi
6. Conception et construction d'un mur de soutènement permanent dans un talus instable en zone de haute sismicité, par l'installation de clous de sol de type Dywidag.
   André Rancourt, Etienne Bouchard-Claisse, Simon Didone-Arseneau, Dany Brault, Simon Gourdeau


PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SPECIALTY SESSION


1. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SPECIALTY SESSION
   N Abbott


R.M. Hardy Keynote Address


1. History of Tailings Dam Design, Innovation, and Practice Changes Required in the Wake of the Mount Polley Mine Tailings Breach
   Harvey N McLeod


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - I Geotechnical Laboratory Testing


1. Accuracy Of Determining Pre-Consolidation Pressure From Laboratory Tests
   Muhammad Umar, Abouzar Sadrekarimi
2. Geotechnical Characteristics of Algonquin Clays in Southern and Central Ontario
   A Drevininkas, M Manzari, D Staseff, Tony Sangiuliano
3. Laboratory Characterization of Internal Stability of Granular Filters under Static and Cyclic Loading
   Jahanzaib Israr, Buddhima Indraratna, Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn
4. Some Observations on the Effect of Cyclic Shear Loading Polarity on Reconstituted Silts with Initial Static Shear Stress
   Priyesh Verma, Dharma Wijewickreme
5. Importance of the coherence between geophysical and geotechnical data in estimating the dynamic response of soils
   Mahmoud N Hussien, Mohamed Chekired, Mourad Karray , Yannic Ethier
6. Geophysical methods for assessing the geotechnical properties of sensitive clays
   Shane Gribben, Shane Donohue, Vinayagamoothy Sivakumar, Sara Bazin, Toralv Berre, Jean Sébastien L'Heureux


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - II Geotechnical Laboratory Testing


1. Experimental and numerical investigation on the effects of dynamic compaction of cohesionless soil on overconsolidation
   Yasir Alharthi, Mahmoud Khalifa, Fabrizio Di Camillo, Adel Hanna
2. Using Impact Resonance Testing of Soil Cement Materials To Observe Hydraulic Conductivity Damage After Freeze/Thaw Cycles
   Mohammed Al-Mala Yousif, Reza Jolous Jamshidi, Craig Lake
3. Characterizing Particle Size Distribution of Waste Rock
   David Barsi, Colleen Atherton, Jordan Zak, Nicholas Beier, David C Sego, Richard Amos, Leslie Smith, David Blowes
4. Direct simple shear (DSS) testing of a very stiff glaciolacustrine clay
   Gael Le Meil, Michael Hendry, Derek Martin
5. Shear wave velocity of soft sensitive clay using novel piezoelectric technique P-RAT
   MN Hussien, D Elbeggo, M Karray, Yannic Ethier
6. Experience Using Measurements Made on Borehole Drill Cuttings to Construct and Apply Rock Mechanical Profiles of Heterogeneous Rock Masses
   Ken Glover


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - III Geotechnical Laboratory Testing


1. Measuring the small-strain elastic anisotropy of a carbonate clay till with the resonant column apparatus.
   Jesús González-Hurtado, Tim Newson
2. Measurement of shear wave velocity in Leda clay using resonant column, bender element, and SCPT tests
   Hassan Ali, Sarah Bouchard, Giovanni Cascante, Denis LeBoeuf, Serge Leroueil
3. Advanced laboratory testing program for the characterization of the stress history, compressibility and shear strength of a glaciolacustrine deposit in Northern Alberta
   Simon JE Dickinson, Tony Urquhart, Jade Chung
4. Indentation testing on a sensitive clay
   Mireille Sandrine Ewane, Vincenzo Silvestri, Michael James
5. Ring Actuators: A New Robust Device for Measuring Compression and Shear Wave Velocities of Soil
   Deyab R Gamal-El-Dean
6. Versatility of the P-RAT for shear wave velocity measurement
   A Mhenni, MN Hussien, M Karray, Yannic Ethier


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - IV In-Situ Geotechnical Testing


1. Determination of the permeability of overconsolidated clay from pressuremeter pressure hold test
   Lang Liu
2. Review of clay chamber tests using miniature cone and piezocone penetrometers
   Zhongkun Ouyang, Paul W Mayne, Jamie Sharp
3. Evaluation of undrained shear strength in intact clays using seismic piezocone
   Shehab S Agaiby, Paul W Mayne, David Woeller
4. Characterization of Gravelly Soil in Vancouver Using the Instrumented Becker Penetration Test
   Alex Sturm, Kevin Kuei, Anthony Rossiter, Jason DeJong, Aravinthan Thurairajah, Robterto Olivera
5. Finite Element Simulation of Pressuremeter Test in Glacial Tills
   Kanagaratnam Balachandran, Jinyuan Liu, Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker
6. Simulation of Cone Penetration in Anisotropic Clay
   Diane M Moug, Ross W Boulanger, Jason T DeJong, Robert A Jaeger
7. Full-scale tests on axial bearing capacity and load transfer characteristics of waveform micropile
   Young-Eun Jang, Jin-Tae Han
8. Static Load Tests of CFA piles in Edmonton Area and Challenges
   Xiteng Liu, Shelly Bratke, Tony Ruban
9. Geotechnical Characterization of Clearwater Shales for Design
   M Pinheiro, J Sobkowicz, J Boswell, D Abraha, M Woytiuk


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - IX Geophysical Methods


1. Geophysical investigation of the Boischâtel caves near Québec City, Québec, Canada
   Richard Fortier, Majid El Baroudi, Pierrick Lamontagne-Hallé, J Christian Dupuis
2. Anomaly detection under roads by the multi modal analysis of Rayleigh waves (MMASW)
   Mahmoud N Hussien, Bruno Paquet-Bouchard, Mourad Karray , Yannic Ethier
3. Long term monitoring and numerical modelling of self-potential for seepage surveillance at the Mactaquac dam, New Brunswick, Canada
   Andrew Ringeri, Karl E Butler, D Bruce McLean
4. Multi-method Geophysical Investigation at the Highwood River Diversion
   Drew Fossen, Jane Dawson, Robert Perrin


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - VI In-Situ Geotechnical Testing


1. On undrained shear strength of low plasticity glacial clays from in-situ vane, CPT, DMT and SPT tests
   Dan Dimitriu, Narendra S Verma, Ashley Verge
2. Comparisons of falling-head and rising-head permeability tests in monitoring wells
   Lu Zhang, Robert P Chapuis, Vahid Marefat
3. The Norwegian Geo-Test Sites project – some preliminary results
   JS L'Heureux, R Caroll, S Lacasse, T Lunne, SO Strandvik, Samson Degago, Arne Instanes, Steinar Nordal, Anatoly Sinitsyn
4. Minimizing Risk in Karst Environments using Geophysics
   Robert Perrin, Jane Dawson
5. The effect of in situ stresses on the results of plate load
   Mohammad Ali Kaseb, Massoud Palassi
6. Use Of Softcopy Technology For Soil And Terrain Characterization
   Anne Sommerville, Dennis O’Leary, Mark Nixon, Alex Kumah


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - VII Instrumentation & Monitoring


1. Measured Lateral Earth Pressure Changes During Deep Excavation Construction
   Geoffrey Creer, Andrew Drevininkas, Dmitry Olshansky
2. Monitoring of Pre-stressing Anchors in Geotechnical Applications using Contact Free Sensors
   Shahid Islam, Roger Frenn
3. In situ Characterization and Deep Borehole Instrumentation to Identify Permafrost Zones at the Raglan Mine, Nunavik, QC, Canada
   Eliane Cabot, Simon Gautrey, Adam Coulson, Frederic Choquet, Michael Anderson, Tomasz Drob, Richard Caumartin, Stephane-Éric Thivierge, Jean-Marie Bréhé
4. Estimating earth pressure exerted by the backfill on the vertical pillars in underground mine stopes
   Y Lévesque, A Saeidi, A Rouleau
5. The use of UAVs for Investigating Slope Instabilities in Northern Locations
   Andrea Mitchell, Ryley Beddoe
6. Experience and observations from 35 years of seismic cone penetration testing (SCPTu)
   Mark Anthony Styler, Ilmar Weemees, Paul Mayne


SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION - VIII GIS & Remote Sensing


1. The effect of topography and satellite attitude parameters on early detection of regional landslides based on InSAR
   G-J Wang, G-M Cheng, J-Y Zhu, T-C Qin, X Gong
2. Tracking the slow deformation of historic landslides in the Thompson River Valley using InSAR
   Jeffrey Journault, Renato Macciotta, Michael Hendry, François Charbonneau, Peter Bobrowsky, David Huntley, Chris Bunce, Tom Edwards
3. Geohazard Risk Assessment using GIS for the Qu’Appelle Valley Area
   Jody Schafer, Harpreet Panesar
4. Application of Laser Scanning Monitoring Methods to Jane Basin, Britannia Creek, BC
   Christian Sampaleanu, Doug Stead, Ryan Preston, John Richmond