Proceedings of 71st Canadian Geotechnical Conference; 13th joint with IAH-CNC (GeoEdmonton 2018)

Sessions:

• Anthropogenic Activities in Watersheds
• Approaches to Groundwater Management 
• Aquifer Hydraulics
• Cold Regions and Permafrost Geotechnics I
• Cold Regions and Permafrost Geotechnics II
• Contaminant Hydrogeology 
• General Hydrogeology
• Geoenvironmental Engineering I
• Geoenvironmental Engineering II
• Geohazards in Linear Infrastructure
• Geosynthetics I (Geo Composites)
• Geosynthetics II (Walls and Barrier Systems)
• Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems 
• Hydrogeological Characterization
• In-Situ Testing
• Landslides and Geohazards I (Translational Landslides)
• Landslides and Geohazards II (Liquefiable Soils)
• Landslides and Geohazards III
• Mining Geotechnics and Hydrogeology I
• Mining Geotechnics and Hydrogeology II
• Mining Geotechnics and Hydrogeology III
• Mining, Energy Development and Groundwater I
• Mining, Energy Development and Groundwater II
• Peats and Soft Soils
• Regional Characterization 
• Reliability Analysis for Geotechnical Design
• Risk Management in Geotechnical Projects
• Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology I
• Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology II
• Shallow Geothermal Energy Exchange
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Advanced Soil Mechanics)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Advances in Laboratory Testing I)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Advances in Laboratory Testing II)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Case Studies)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Deep Foundations I)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Deep Foundations II)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Ground Improvement)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Numerical Analysis I)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Numerical Analysis II)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Offshore Geotechnics)
• Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Seismic Analysis)
• Transportation Geotechnics I
• Transportation Geotechnics II
• Tunnelling in Urban Environments
• Posters - Geotechnical

Anthropogenic Activities in Watersheds


1. Enhancing soil drainage and groundwater recharge estimations by using coupled plant-soil-water and groundwater flow modeling
   Yefang Jiang, Judith Nyiraneza, Xiaoyuan Geng, Sheng Li
2. L’information géo-localisée au service de l’évaluation technico-spatiale du réseau d’assainissement des eaux pluviales et de la protection de l’environnement (Sud-ouest de Casablanca)
   Abdessalam Hijab, Hafida Boulekbache, Eric Henry
3. Shallow groundwater systems in sub-humid, low-relief Boreal Plain landscapes: Interactions between glacial landforms, climate, and topography
   KJ Hokanson, CA Mendoza, KJ Devito
4. Is the rate of fugitive methane gas migration around Alberta’s energy wells adequately constrained?
   Jason M Abboud, M Cathryn Ryan


Approaches to Groundwater Management 


1. Applying An Aquifer-Yield Continuum Approach to Quantify Groundwater Yield Across Alberta
   Jeanette Klassen, Jessica E Liggett, Brian D Smerdon
2. Land-Use Effects On Depression-Focussed Groundwater Recharge In The Prairies: Water Balance Approach
   Laura R Morgan, Masaki Hayashi, Amro Negm, Edwin E Cey
3. Construction Dewatering Risk Mitigation: Protecting Estuary Baseflow and Groundwater Quality in Coastal British Columbia
   Christina Trotter, Cory Nelson, Andy Mitchell, Matt Husband
4. Modelling the Groundwater Flow of the Carbonate Aquifer during Pump Tests of Two Wells in East St. Paul, Manitoba
   Dylan MJ Stafford, Hartmut M Holländer, Marolo C. Alfaro
5. Simulating river-aquifer interactions in southern Ontario – implications for water management
   Sylvain Gagné, Marie Larocque, Jana Levison, Peter Bishop
6. Field experiments and numerical modelling to investigate nitrate leaching due to different land use and slurry applications
   Hartmut M Holländer, Simratpal Singh, Luca Coppi, Mario Tenuta


Aquifer Hydraulics


1. Injection Well Field Optimization using Analytical Methods
   Sheila Duchek
2. Examples of slug tests in textbooks: given interpretation and correct interpretation
   Ana Boada, Robert P Chapuis
3. Plausible Variable-head Tests Initiated with Continuous Pumping in Monitoring Wells
   L Zhang, RP Chapuis
4. Hydrogeological factors affecting seasonal fluctuations of groundwater levels in a heterogeneous bedrock aquifer
   Polina Abdrakhimova, Laurence R Bentley, Masaki Hayashi
5. Coefficient de changement de volume m_v dans la simulation numérique de la réponse des aquifères à nappe libre aux essais de pompage
   Lydia Benmouhoub, Djaouida Chenaf, Ahmed Kettab


Cold Regions and Permafrost Geotechnics I


1. Rationalizing the Design of Adfreeze Piles with Limit States Design
   T Ed Hoeve, J Richard Trimble
2. Remediation of a Settlement and Heave Anomaly on a Pipeline in the Northern Region of Canada – an Update
   Entzu Hsieh, Blake Brodland, Alexandre Tchekhovski, Stephanie Wegrzynowski, Lyndon Lamborn
3. Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway Road Embankment Constructed on Ice-Rich Permafrost Terrain
   Ed M Grozic, Guangwen (Gordon) Zhang
4. Initial Results from Temperature Monitoring in a Culvert under Winter Conditions in Permafrost
   Samuel Kaluzny, Guy Doré, Lukas Arenson, Earl Marvin B. de Guzman , Marolo C. Alfaro
5. Impact of Ground Warming on Pile-Soil Interface Strength in Ice-Poor Frozen Soils
   AA Aldaeef, MT Rayhani
6. Execution of a Winter Geotechnical Drilling Program at Pond Inlet and Iqaluit, Baffin Island, Nunavut
   Jeffrey Gibson, Harald Kullmann, Darren Beaumont


Cold Regions and Permafrost Geotechnics II


1. Frost heave and thawing settlement of frozen soils around concrete piles: a laboratory model test
   Liyun Tang, Xiaogang Wang, Lijun Deng, Gengshe Yang, Jianbin Chen, Long Jin
2. Preliminary Experimental Investigation on the Geomechanical Behaviour of Hydrate-Bearing Fine-grained Sediments
   Boning Ma, Jocelyn Hayley, Jeffrey Priest
3. Evaluation and Comparison of Geomechanical Properties of Hydrate bearing and Frozen Sands
   Muhammad Abbas, Jeffrey A Priest, Jocelyn L Hayley
4. Modeling changes in hydrate stabilities associated with Arctic warming and its impact on slope instabilities
   Khokan Debnath, Jocelyn L Hayley, Jeffrey A Priest


Contaminant Hydrogeology 


1. Determining the thickness of LNAPL-impacted soils considering water table fluctuations
   Lamine Boumaiza
2. A Novel Case Study on Achieving Site Closure - EM31 and Pseudo-3D OhmMapper Surveys, Calibrated with Physical Analytical Soil Data, to Create Impacted Soil Volume Estimates before Remediation
   Adam Peake, David
3. Groundwater Metals Contamination and Construction Dewatering: Challenges and Effective Solutions
   Christina Trotter, Cory Nelson, Scott Brown
4. Reclamation of salt-affected land by total ponding with drainage: Numerical simulations for different soils and different drainage system configurations
   PHT Nguyen, RP Chapuis, L Millette
5. Nano zero valent iron (nZVI) remediation: A COMSOL modelling approach
   Md Abdullah Asad, Scott Briggs, Magdalena M Krol


General Hydrogeology


1. Formation Scale Mapping of Aquifers in Alberta
   Nevenka Nakevska, Jordan Brinsky
2. The role of irrigation in depression-focused groundwater recharge in the Canadian Prairies
   Alexandra Hughes, Edwin Cey, Masaki Hayashi
3. Advances In The Application Of Subsurface Temperature Profiles To Trace Groundwater Flow
   Barret L Kurylyk, Dylan J Irvine, Victor F Bense
4. Alberta Working Well Program
   Steve Wallace, Jennifer Macpherson
5. Canadian Contributions to African University Hydrogeology Programs
   Laurra Olmsted


Geoenvironmental Engineering I


1. Impact of carbonation on chemical and mineralogical properties of stabilized and solidified matrices
   Sarra El Bedoui, François Duhaime, Jean-Sébastien Dubé
2. Lessons Learned: Self-Hardening Slurries in Slurry Trenching
   Nathan Coughenour, Daniel Ruffing, Jeffrey Evans
3. Image Processing For Quantitative Analysis of Fluid Fine Tailing’s, Dosed With Anionic Polyamide Based Flocculant
   Muhammad Hissan khattak, Muhammad Asif, Paul H. Simms
4. Two New Models to Predict Rainfall-Runoff in Soil Cover Systems
   Ahlam Abdulnabi, G Ward Wilson
5. Evaluation of Temperature and Multiple FreezeThaw effects on the Strength Properties of Centrifuged Tailings
   Umme Salma Rima, Nicholas Beier
6. Estimating Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity from Compression Curves for Fluid Fine Tailings
   Yagmur Babaoglu, Paul H. Simms


Geoenvironmental Engineering II


1. Risk Assessment at a Wastewater Treatment Lagoon Managed by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)
   J.J-L. Armstrong, EM Skordaki, N Vlachopoulos
2. Machine learning algorithms for applications in geotechnical engineering
   Pouyan Pirnia, François Duhaime, Javad Manashti
3. Remediation of Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Sediments by Strong Mixing and Hydrophobic Aerogel Sorption
   Mohammad Farshidy, Catherine N Mulligan
4. Overcoming barriers to intrusive investigations created by existing infrastructure
   Carol A Kehoe
5. Numerical Experiments on Flow and Transport of Various Surfactant Solutions in the Vadose Zone
   Sebnem Boduroglu, Rashid Bashir
6. Improvement of Strength of Expansive Black Cotton Soil Using Sugarcane Bagasse Ash-Lime as Stabilizer
   S Nethravathi, HN Ramesh, BC Udayashankar, M Vittal


Geohazards in Linear Infrastructure


1. Rockfall Attenuator Systems. A new design concept for protecting linear infrastructure
   Helene Hofmann, James Glover, Duncan Wyllie, Tim Shevlin, Andi D Buechi
2. From concept to reality, combining a rockfall barrier with a retaining wall to protect railway tracks
   Andi D Buechi, Edward Wu, Darren Wiebe
3. Seismic design of CSP culverts in Eastern Canada
   Ahmed Mahgoub, Hany El Naggar
4. Railway Ground Hazard Research Program Update: Rock Slope Hazard Assessment
   David Bonneau, Richard Carter, Zac Sala, Dave Gauthier, Ryan Kromer, Megan van Veen, Emily Rowe, D. Jean Hutchinson
5. A laboratory facility for studying pullout behaviour of buried pipelines
   Parththeeban Murugathasan, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Bipul Chandra Hawlader
6. A comparison using two numerical approaches for modelling the impact of submarine landslides on suspended pipelines
   Diponkar Saha, Sujan Dutta, Ashutosh Dhar, Bipul Hawlader


Geosynthetics I (Geo Composites)


1. Effect of Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA) Content On the Shear Strength Parameters of Gravel-TDA Mixtures
   Ali Iranikhah, Hany El Naggar
2. Improvements to Pullout Failure Estimation in MSE Walls
   Lalinda Weerasekara
3. Drainage improvement under CN railways with the use of a multi-linear drainage geocomposite
   Mario Ruel, David Rodger, Stephan Fourmont
4. Evaluation of a mechanically stabilized layer for the Trans-Canada Highway in Antigonish Nova Scotia
   Mark H Wayne, Paul Hewgill, Adam Marlin, Jay Kwon
5. Geomembrane puncture protection for tire derived aggregate
   Bryce Marcotte, Ian Fleming
6. Evaluation of Tire Material as Pavement Embankment
   Leila Hashemian, Alireza Bayat


Geosynthetics II (Walls and Barrier Systems)


1. Bituminous geomembranes (BGM) for heap leach pads and dumps for solid wastes in mine construction
   Natalie Daly, Ted Aguirre, Bernard Breul, Bertrand Breul, Ben Barfett
2. Investigation of the shear behavior of EPS geofoam
   Muhammad Imran Khan, Mohamed A Meguid
3. Use of Geomembranes in Reclamation Covers for Reactive Mining Waste Disposal Sites
   Nazli Yesiller, James L Hanson, Bruno Bussière, Thomas Pabst, Michel Aubertin
4. Surficial Slope Instability and the Potential Contribution of Erosion Control Practice
   Ian Corne
5. Hydration of Deconstructed Geosynthetic Clay Liners Under Daily Thermal Cycles
   JD Garcia, RWI Brachman, R. Kerry Rowe
6. Failure analysis of buried cast iron water main using fracture mechanics
   Suborno Debnath, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar


Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems 


1. Conservation of the endangered Small White Lady’s Slipper in Manitoba, Canada – A Hydrogeological Approach
   David C Toop
2. Typology and Stewardship of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems in the Lower Athabasca Region of Alberta, Canada
   Alex Oiffer, Steve Wallace
3. Monitoring and modeling a shallow unconfined aquifer to determine long term environmental change
   Derek Clarke, Charlie Stratford, Tony Meadow, David Mercer
4. Hydrogeological Considerations for Landscape Reclamation on Soft Tailings Deposits in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region
   PA Twerdy, MC Lukenbach, CA Mendoza
5. Groundwater inflow to the Lake Papineau Hydrosystem (Outaouais, Canada)
   Simon Lavoie Lavallée, Marie Larocque, Sylvain Gagné, James Harris


Hydrogeological Characterization


1. A field and numerical study of a tracer test in a gypsum formation beneath a road
   KR Moore, HM Holländer, G Ayele, M Basri, S Gurke, M Roemer
2. Pitfalls in groundwater recharge evaluation using chloride mass balance in the Canadian Prairies
   Igor Pavlovskii, Masaki Hayashi
3. Regional Characterization of Athabasca Oil Sands Area Groundwater Using Environmental Isotopes
   Kathryn Pooley, Trevor Butterfield, Cynthia McClain
4. Evaluation of nitrate in groundwater under long-term manure application
   Emily Kyte, Edwin Cey, Leila Hrapovic
5. Construction of a capillary barrier cover for reactive mine waste management utilizing municipal biosolids
   Christopher Hey, Paul H. Simms
6. Complementary hydrogeological characterization to update the groundwater monitoring program at a remediated hydrocarbon site in an unconfined aquifer
   Richard Martel, Angus Ian Calderhead, Daniel Paradis, Jason ME Ahad, Jean-Sébastien Gosselin, Clarisse Deschênes-Rancourt, Richard Lévesque, Jean-Marc Ballard, Thomas Robert


In-Situ Testing


1. Cone penetration testing in unsaturated silt with matric suction measurements
   Jonathan MH Wong, David Elwood
2. Role of geophysics in optimizing Light Rail Transit track design for Edmonton’s Valley Line LRT
   Patrick Finlay, Cassandra Budd, Nicholas Chow
3. Evaluating CPTu in sensitive Haney clay using a modified SCE-CSSM solution
   Paul W Mayne, James Greig, Shehab Agaiby
4. Loading Efficiency and Stiffness of the Lea Park Formation at Borden Bridge
   JN Antunes, K Sattler, D Elwood, MT Hendry
5. Influence of Fines Content on Interpretation of the CPT Tip Resistance for Liquefaction Assessment in Mine Tailings
   Sartaj Gill, Edouardine-Pascale Ingabire, Vipulanantham Manmatharajan, Morris Siu, Karl Peterson, Keith Viles, Lawrence Clelland, Alex Sy, Mason Ghafghazi
6. Using CT-scanning to study internal erosion in soils
   Adrian Głowacki, Céline Bouin, Jean-Sébastien Dubé, François Duhaime, Yannic Ethier


Landslides and Geohazards I (Translational Landslides)


1. Modelling the spatial distribution of landslide susceptible terrain in the Alberta portions of the Interior Plains and Shield regions, Canada
   SM Pawley, G Hartman, DK Chao
2. Application of a cellular stress transfer model for retrogressive landslides
   Andrew Mitchell, Siobhan Whadcoat, Scott McDougall, Michael Porter, Sarah Gaib
3. Real-time Monitoring of Soil Water Content and Suction within a Slow Moving Landslide
   K Sattler, D Elwood, MT Hendry, R Macciotta, D Huntley, PT Bobrowsky, PI Meldrum
4. Grierson Hill Slide and Stabilization Strategies for Developments in the Area
   Xiaobo Wang, Robin Tweedie, Paul R Lach
5. Variations in river level and their impact on slope stability at the Borden Bridge landslide
   Jenae Nixon, David Elwood, Harpreet Panesar, Allen Kelly
6. Case Study: Remediation of a Riverbank Slope Failure in the Canadian Prairies
   Bernie Mills, Hamid Karimpour, John Richmond


Landslides and Geohazards II (Liquefiable Soils)


1. Failure mechanism of a prehistoric landslide in Champlain Sea clay at Breckenridge, Quebec
   Baolin Wang
2. Modelling debris flow entrainment: analytical model, numerical experiment and case study
   Chao Kang, Peng Cui, Dave Chan
3. Modelling of vertical piles subjected to a clay crust movement over a liquefied soil
   Ripon Karmaker, Sujan Dutta, Bipul Hawlader
4. Back-analysis of an important sand liquefaction event triggered by the 1870 Charlevoix earthquake, Quebec, Canada
   Didier Perret, Pascal Locat, André Pugin, Antony Gagné
5. The 2016 landslide at Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes
   F Tremblay-Auger, A Locat, S Leroueil, P Locat, J Therrien, D Demers, R Mompin
6. Geotechnical and electrical properties of sensitive clay in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Québec, Canada
   Sandra Veillette, Ariane Locat, Richard Fortier, Karine Bélanger, Denis Demers


Landslides and Geohazards III


1. Back Analyses Of An Ancient Landslide: A Case Study In Zagros
   Behrang Pedram
2. Optimization Techniques In Non-Circular Probabilistic Slope Stability Analysis Considering Spatial Variability
   Sina Javankhoshdel, Brigid Cami, Ramin Mafi, Thamer Yacoub, Richard J Bathurst
3. Parametric Study of Global Stability of Benched Earth Slopes
   Hossein Ghiassian, Pedram Saffari, Fathi M O Mohamed
4. Hysteresis in Soil Water Characteristic Curve of Unsaturated Soil and its Influence on Slope Stability
   T Mavara, R Bashir
5. Design and Construction of Rockfill Columns in Deep Clay Deposits for Riverbank Stabilization in St. Jean Baptiste, Manitoba
   James R Bartz, Rob Kenyon, Bruno Pierre Arpin, David Flynn, Alena James
6. Landslides In The Kitimat-Morice River Corridor, Northwest British Columbia, Canada
   A Blais-Stevens, DE Maynard, I Weiland, V Singhroy, J Li, P Behnia, M.-A. Fobert


Mining Geotechnics and Hydrogeology I


1. Test column study into VSD aided self-weight consolidation of oil sands tailings
   Moir Haug, Julian Gan
2. Coarse Tailings Sand Densification By Dozer Packing
   Scott Martens, Pavol Oblozinsky, Andrew Durham, Samuel Li, Mahmoud Elbanna, Joe Quinn
3. Impact of surcharge loading on VSD performance in dewatering oil sands tailings
   Julian Gan, Moir D Haug, Mohammad Al-Mamun
4. Analytical and experimental studies of the evolution of the excess pore water pressure during the deposition of a slurried material
   Jian Zheng, Li Li
5. Stabilization and Strengthening of Fine Oil Sand Tailings using Sodium Silicate
   Yixuan Wang, Julie Qiulin Shang, Yu Guo, Michael McDonald, Xianglian Li, Timothy Evans
6. Unloading Pore Pressure Response of the Weak Clearwater Derived Clays Under a Tailings Dyke at the Suncor Millennium Mine
   Delakshan Inparajah, Gordon W Pollock, Tanys I MacGowan


Mining Geotechnics and Hydrogeology II


1. Performance Of Mine Waste Earth Fill Dumped Into Deep Standing Water
   Scott Martens, Sajid Iqbal, Raisul Hoda, Michael Graham
2. Reduction of Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Plants by Implementing Bitumen Extraction and Tailings Disposal Processes using Lime (CaO) Additive
   S Arnipally, A Tang, JD Scott, B Ozum
3. Thermal conductivity of Meadowbank’s mine waste rocks and tailings
   Vincent Boulanger-Martel, Andrée Poirier, Jean Côté, Bruno Bussière
4. Structuration In Polymer Amended Oil Sands Fine Tailings
   Muhammad Asif Salam, Banu Örmeci, Paul H. Simms
5. Étude comparative de la performance d’abat-poussières à contrôler l’érosion éolienne sur les parcs à résidus miniers
   AS Awoh, M Mbonimpa, I Hane
6. An experimental study of tailings migration through waste rock inclusions
   Karim Essayad, Thomas Pabst, Robert P Chapuis, Michel Aubertin


Mining Geotechnics and Hydrogeology III


1. 3D numerical assessment of the permeable envelope concept for in-pit disposal of reactive mine wastes
   Moïse Rousseau, Thomas Pabst
2. Mathematical modeling and analysis of in-situ strength development in cemented paste backfill structure
   Liang Cui, Mamadou Fall
3. A Geophysical Investigation of Near Vertical Boreholes in the Roof of an Underground Tunnel in a Coal Mine
   Patrick Mah, Brian Wong, Torsten Gorka
4. Effect Of Loading Rate On Consolidation Of Hydrating Cemented Paste Backfill
   M Shahsavari, M Jafari, M Grabinsky
5. Influence de la procédure de malaxage sur les propriétés rhéologiques et mécaniques de remblais en pâte cimentés
   KR Dikonda, M Mbonimpa, T Belem


Mining, Energy Development and Groundwater I


1. Effect of climate change on the performance of a monolayer cover combined with an elevated water table to prevent acid mine drainage
   Elodie Lieber, Isabelle Demers, Thomas Pabst, Émilie Bresson
2. History and Findings of Alberta’s Athabasca Oil Sands Area Groundwater Quality Monitoring Program
   Trevor Butterfield, Ken Sommerstad, Cynthia McClain
3. Measuring Fugitive Methane Gas across Well Pads in Northeastern British Columbia, Canada
   ON Forde, KU Mayer
4. An evaluation of soil hydraulic parameter uncertainty on the hydrologic performances of oil sands reclamation covers
   Md Shahabul Alam, S Lee Barbour, Mingbin Huang
5. Characterizing Hydrogeological Change From Oil And Gas Development In The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin
   Joel Steeves, Grant Ferguson
6. Managing thermal mobilization effects in the oil sands areas of Alberta
   Steve Wallace, Susan Satterthwaite, Brent Welsh


Mining, Energy Development and Groundwater II


1. Changes in Water Use in Alberta’s Upstream Oil and Gas Sector between 2004 and 2013, and the Significance of Unconventional Oil and Gas Development
   TG Lemay
2. Investigation on the origin of shallow hydrocarbons found in the Carboniferous sub-basin of southern New Brunswick
   C Rivard, G Bordeleau, D Lavoie, F Huchet, R Lefebvre, MJ Duchesne, N Pinet, V Brake, H Crow, S Séjourné, X Malet
3. Groundwater Recharge in a Reclaimed Watershed Following Oil Sands Mining: Implications for Groundwater Flow in Reconstructed Landscapes
   MC Lukenbach, CJ Spencer, CA Mendoza, KJ Devito, SM Landhausser, SK Carey
4. Application of Hydrogeology in LRT Transportation Projects
   Sheila Duchek


Peats and Soft Soils


1. Case history of pile supported highway embankments on very soft and compressible soils
   (Uthaya) M Uthayakumar, Michael Oliver
2. Reconstruction of a high volume bus lane using cellular concrete
   Brad Dolton, Sandy McIntosh
3. The elastic response of a Champlain Sea clay deposit under test embankment loading conditions in Beauharnois, Quebec
   R Saadeldin, R Haché, F Gilbert, A El-Dana
4. Soil Mix Shear Keys at Dam Toe in Peat
   Daniel Ruffing, Pete Craig, Nathan Coughenour
5. Numerical Investigation of Impedance Variation Effect on Surface-Waves’ Propagation for Characterization of Very Soft Soils
   F Díaz-Durán, G Cascante, M Pandey
6. Characterization of muskeg soils for soil-pipe interaction analysis – Some preliminary findings
   Jennifer Liu, Dharma Wijewickreme, Bill Liu, Ilmar Weemees


Posters - Geotechnical


1. Large deformation analysis of ice keel-soil interaction in sand
   Afrouz Nematzadeh, Hodjat Shiri
2. Wellhead Fatigue Response Affected By Seabed Interaction
   Etido Gideon Akpan, Hodjat Shiri
3. A study on the efficiency of the hardening soil model for soft clay
   Saeed Kharaghani, HamidReza Bolouri Bazaz, Rivard Ali, Akhtarpour
4. Stiffness and shear strength characteristics of unsaturated glass-beads: experimental observations
   Sogol Sarlati, Emad Maleksaeedi, Mathieu Nuth, Mohamed Chekired
5. Performance of Embankments on Soft Ground at Highway 11 Underpass at Black Creek/Robins Road in Northeastern Ontario
   Keli Shi, Jason Lee, Brady Lin, Tony Sangiuliano
6. Investigating the Crushing Behavior of Weathered Phyllite Fills Under Compaction
   Feifei Liu, Xuesong Mao, Longqi Liu, Qian Wu, Yushuo Fan
7. Influence of water and rock particle contents on the mechanical behavior of soil-rock mixture
   Longqi Liu, Xuesong Mao, Feifei Liu, Ying Zhao
8. A numerical study of mechanical impact from ice loss from fractures in thawing rock
   G Gambino, S Gruber, JP Harrison
9. Major applications of MICP sand treatment at multi-scale levels: A review
   Fatima-Zahra Haouzi, Benoît Courcelles
10. Women in Calgary Geotechnique
    Amy Rentz, Sarah Verwey, Lilianne Landry-Paré, Heinrich Heinz


Regional Characterization 


1. Regional Hydrogeology of the Bakken Formation of the Williston Basin (Canada – USA)
   Daniel Skoreyko, Benjamin
2. Regional Characterization of the Beverly Channel Aquifer in the Industrial Heartland Area, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta
   João Küpper, Trevor Butterfield, Laurie Danielson
3. Variability of hydraulic conductivity in clayey glacial till aquitards in Saskatchewan, Canada
   David M Ferris, Grant Ferguson
4. Application of multivariate analysis to regional groundwater quality assessment
   Guy Bayegnak, Steve Wallace
5. Locating and quantifying direct groundwater discharge at the reach scale: MacKay River, Alberta
   Greg Bickerton, John Spoelstra, James W Roy, Greg Langston, Elizabeth Jamieson
6. Geological Property Modelling in Support of the Safe Closure of the Medicine Hat – Alderson Gas Field in Southeastern Alberta, Canada
   Amandeep Singh, Tony Lemay, Mike Berhane, Mahshid Babakhani, Kevin Parks, Ane Wiersma, Chris Filewich


Reliability Analysis for Geotechnical Design


1. Simple Reliability Analysis of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls
   Thomas Taylor, Meckkey El-Sharnouby, Derek Essery
2. Aligning the Design and Monitoring of Piles with the Load and Resistance Factor Design Methodology
   Charles Lee, Dennis Becker
3. The assessment of the overall probability of failure of hard-rock slopes using the First Order Reliability Method and the Hunting Equation Method
   Charlie Harrison
4. Review of Reliability Levels Achieved by Geotechnical Design Codes
   Gennaro Esposito, Gordon A Fenton
5. Geotechnical Resistance Factors for Seismic Design
   Farzaneh Naghibi, Gordon A Fenton
6. The application of load and resistance factors design (LRFD) in soil-structure interaction modelling to evaluate the stability of retaining structures
   Evan Ulmer, Dylan Antunes, P Jorge Antunes, Nicksiar Mohsen


Risk Management in Geotechnical Projects


1. Protecting workers exposed to ground hazards through enhanced hazard identification and management tools
   Kathleen Baker, Julie Zettl, Renato Macciotta, Michael Hendry, Lianne Lefsrud
2. Can GBR baselines be reasonably measured during construction? – Some case studies
   Scott Peaker, Laifa Cao
3. Stochastic Simulation of Tailings Consolidation Process
   Tony Zheng, Nicholas Beier
4. Value of pile tests to inform detailed design in Canada
   Andrew Sorrie, Andrew Cushing, Michael Lewis
5. Reducing the Intrusion: Instrumentation and Monitoring for Urban Excavation with Non-Contact Technologies
   LT Galisson
6. Augmented slope stability analysis approach to determine setback distance based on target factor of safety criteria
   M Rasie, M Petrov, L Bijeljanin


Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology I


1. The Use Of Distributed Fiber Optic Strain Sensing In Order To Conduct Quality Assurance And Quality Control For Ground Support
   N Vlachopoulos, B Forbes, D Cruz
2. Rock joints submitted to direct shear tests under low normal stress: evaluation of apparent cohesion values and key parameters
   Adrien Rullière, Patrice Rivard, Laurent Peyras, Pierre Breul
3. Crack closure, initiation and damage stresses of Montney shale
   Qiang Chen, Ron Wong
4. Indirect estimation of railway ballast strength by conducting point load test on rock cores and irregular-shaped particles
   Massoud Palassi, Mehdi Koohmishi
5. Burgers creep model used for describing and predicting the creep behaviour of a rock under uniaxial and triaxial compression test conditions
   Ruofan Wang, Li Li
6. Fracture Growth on Långören Island, Finland, on the Hottest Day on Record in 2014
   R Alcaino-Olivares, D Hayden, MA Perras, K Leith, S Loew


Rock Mechanics and Engineering Geology II


1. Discontinuum Analysis for Tunnelling Purposes: Procedure and Considerations for Creating 2D Models by Applying the FDEM Method
   N Vlachopoulos, I Vazaios
2. Injection-induced thermo-poro-elasticity and boundary condition analysis for wellbore stability
   Xinle Zhai, Kamelia Atefi-Monfared
3. Determining rock erodibility parameter « relative block structure » for non-perpendicular hydraulic flow
   Lamine Boumaiza, Ali Saeidi, Marco Quirion
4. Identifying Discrete Fracture Networks by Clustering with Microseismic Data
   Scott McKean, Jeffrey A Priest, David W Eaton
5. Modeling the shear behavior of rock joints under various normal conditions
   Shuilin Wang, Mingwei Guo, Guanhua Sun, Sujin Liu, Changren Ke
6. Pressure redistribution and free phase gas formation during and after undrained unloading of dissolved gas-charged sediment
   Jason M Abboud, M Cathryn Ryan, Jocelyn L Hayley, Rachel M Lauer


Shallow Geothermal Energy Exchange


1. Effects of pile length on the settlement behavior of floating energy piles subjected to thermal cycles
   Charles WW Ng, QJ Ma
2. Feasibility study of snow melting system using geothermal energy piles in Canadian Prairies
   Hongwei Liu, Pooneh Maghoul, Ako Bahari, Miroslava Kavgic
3. Numerical Modeling of Concrete Energy Piles using a Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Model
   Alitking Anongphouth, Pooneh Maghoul, Marolo C. Alfaro
4. Considering Groundwater Advection on the Design of Borehole Heat Exchanger—A Review of Analytical Solutions
   Y Guo, J Komar, WV Liu, M Sepehri, Y Pourrahimian
5. Role of Bitumen-Water Interfacial Tension in Steam Assisted Bitumen and Heavy Oil Production; Solvent versus Surfactant Coinjection with Steam Processes
   S Arnipally, A Tang, B Ozum


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Advanced Soil Mechanics)


1. Understanding the Family of Soil-Water Characteristic Curves
   DG Fredlund, H Rahardjo, MD Fredlund
2. A New Critical State-Based Constitutive Model in Multilaminate Framework
   Hamid Karimpour
3. Correlation Of Anisotropic Free Swell Behavior With Mineralogy In Clearwater Clay Shale From Fort McMurray, Alberta
   Ramin Ghassemi, Ron Wong, Zuhtu Ozden, Farsheed Bagheri
4. Determination of the Mode I Fracture Toughness and Tensile Strength of Compacted Clays
   Keda Cao, Ron Wong
5. Performance of Vertical Shafts Constructed In Swelling Shale Using Finite Element Method
   Hayder Al-Maamori, M. Hesham El Naggar
6. Soil-Structure Interaction of Reinforced Concrete Ringwalls in Granular Fill
   Gustavo Padros


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Advances in Laboratory Testing I)


1. Application of a novel oedometer setup for performing constant-rate-of-strain (CRS) test on soft soils
   Emad Maleksaeedi, Mathieu Nuth, Michael Demers Bonin, Mourad Karray
2. Liquefaction assessment from laboratory tests on undisturbed and reconstituted silty soil specimens
   Betegard Jeudy, Mahmoud N Hussien, Mohamed Chekired, Mourad Karray
3. Results of large-scale cyclic triaxial tests on the mixed material of Rudbar dam core
   Reza Imam, Mohammad Ghasemi, Hossein Akbari
4. Anisotropic behaviour of clay core, foundation, and clay blanket in existing earth fill dams
   Irene Olivia Ubay, James Blatz, Moises Alfaro III, Marolo C. Alfaro
5. Assessing internal erosion in a rigid wallpermeameter: theoretical and experimental aspects
   AM Molina-Gomez, RP Chapuis
6. Assessment of the effect of specimen size and confinement method on the results of simple shear test
   Mustapha Abdellaziz, Mahmoud N Hussien, Mohamed Chekired, Mourad Karray


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Advances in Laboratory Testing II)


1. What Happened Last Time – Lessons Without Experience, Chapter 1
   Harry Oussoren
2. Experimental study of gypsum and anhydrite dissolution due to surface flow
   Reza Imam, Amin Mahmoudi, Anvar Farsghoshooni
3. Evaluation of unit weight and strength of sand using electro-mechanical impedance
   Sung-Sik Park, Seung-Wook Woo, Zhenzhen Nong, Doan Nhat Phi
4. Measurement of Earth Pressures Near Vertical and Horizontal Boreholes during Packer Tests
   Haitao Lan, Ian Moore
5. A proposed reporting approach for Champlain Sea clays and other similar deposits
   R Haché, R Saadeldin, A El-Dana, E Girouard
6. Effect of lubricated-end-platens on the behavior of cemented paste backfill under triaxial loading
   M Jafari, M Shahsavari, M Grabinsky


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Case Studies)


1. Highway 66 Embankment on Soft Ground – Design, Construction and Long-Term Monitoring: A Case Study
   M Thibeault, JP Dittrich, T Zalucki, Tony Sangiuliano
2. Near Collapse of the St. Adolphe Bridge - An Exercise in Emergency Geotechnical Engineering
   RM Kenyon, RJ Eden, BP Arpin
3. Geotechnical Challenges in the Construction of the Niagara Wind Farm, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
   Bruce Polan
4. Design and Monitoring of a 23 Storey Condominium Using Rammed Aggregate Pier Support
   Julia Brown, Mark Tigchelaar, Neil Isenegger, Mike Pockoski
5. Challenges in the Design and Construction of MSE Walls on the Regina Bypass Project
   Matt MacIntosh, Tatiana Rrokaj


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Deep Foundations I)


1. Field load testing and integrity tests of CFA piles in sandy deposits
   Fanyu Zhu, Scott Peaker
2. Long-Distance Measurement of Pile Driving Vibrations
   J Kiss, SJ Boone, D Da Silva
3. Instrumented Static Pile Load Testing of Cast-in-place Concrete Piles in Edmonton
   Evan Sau Yue Ma, Michan Condra, Andrew Cushing, Michael Lewis
4. Driven Steel Piles in Clay Shale on Northeast Anthony Henday Drive in Edmonton
   Mahmoud Soliman, David Walter, Ben Crabtree, Ahreum Lee
5. Load Tests on Large Diameter Belled Piles for Rogers Place Arena in Edmonton
   Mahmoud Soliman, Curtis R Treen, Vincent Huang, Paul R Lach
6. Skin Friction and End Bearing Parameters of Cast-in-Place Concrete Piles Socketed into Calgary Bedrock
   Ahmed Yehia Abd Elaziz Ahmed, Anwar Majid, Fazli Raziq Shah


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Deep Foundations II)


1. Load Transfer Behavior of Full-Scale Instrumented Helical Piles
   Kristen M Tappenden, Ehsan Abazari, David C Sego
2. Geotechnical Characterization of Hard Till for Pile Driving
   Hafeez Baba, Henri Sangam
3. Predicting the Side Resistance of Piles Using a Genetic Algorithm and SPT N-Values
   Markus Jesswein, Jinyuan Liu, Minkyung Kwak
4. Evaluation of Determination Methods for Ultimate Axial Capacity of Micropiles in Ontario soils
   Alexandre Almeida, Markus Jesswein, Jinyuan Liu, Naresh Gurpersaud, Jim Bruce
5. Short Term Decrease in Undrained Shear Strength due to Helical Pile Installation
   Gustavo Padros, Richard Schmidt, Jose Antonio Padros
6. An appropriate method for constructing deep foundations that must penetrate artesian aquifers
   Jim Bruce, Naresh Gurpersaud, Zhong Han, Mark Montgomery, Hiu Lee


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Ground Improvement)


1. Steel Strip Reinforced Soil Walls at Working Stress Conditions
   Lalinda Weerasekara
2. Upgrade of a Tailings Dam using Ground Improvement
   Samuel Briet, Jordan Hunt, Jeff Scott, Hubert Guimont, Gilles Costa
3. Stabilization of sensitive clays for reuse using a chemical process
   Kevin Dumberry, Sylvain Roy, Laurent Samson, Patrick Turgeon
4. Assessment of the geotechnical and microstructural characteristics of lime stabilised expansive soil with bagasse ash
   Liet Dang, Hadi Khabbaz
5. Experimental Investigation of Cement Mixing to Improve Champlain Sea Clay: A Case Study
   Mohammad Afroz, Ali Ahmad, Kim Lesage, William Cavers, Jinyuan Liu, Tony Sangiuliano
6. Enhancing Void And Fracture Filling With An Expandable Silicate-Based Grout
   Kelly Soucy, Michael McDonald, Brett Cramer


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Numerical Analysis I)


1. Numerical study on excess pore pressure response of Champlain Sea Clay under 1-D constant rate of strain loading
   Cong Shi, Tareq Salloum
2. Numerical simulation of the de-bonding phenomenon in small diameter grouted anchors
   Mohamed Askar, Ahmed Fahmy
3. Anisotropic behaviour of a sand predicted by a modified NorSand soil model
   Vincent Castonguay, Jean-Marie Konrad
4. Numerical simulation of pore pressure changes in Champlain clays - Sainte-Marthe study case
   Amirhossein Shafaei, François Duhaime, Vahid Marefat
5. Nonlinear elastic analysis of laterally loaded piles
   Bipin Kumar Gupta, Dipanjan Basu
6. Comparison of 2D and 3D finite element models of tunnelling in granular soil under existing raft foundation
   Ahmed ElMouchi, Asmaa M Hassan, Mohamed I Amer, Sumi Siddiqua


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Numerical Analysis II)


1. Creep based viscoplastic numerical modelling of soil deformations in vacuum application and removal
   PI Kumarage, CT Gnanendran
2. Modeling the response of buried pipes subjected to axial soil movement using coupled finite-discrete element framework
   Masood Meidani, Mohamed A Meguid, Luc E Chouinard
3. Energy Performance Of Below-Grade Envelope Of Stanley-Pauley Building In Winnipeg
   Kirill Bobko, Pooneh Maghoul, Miroslava Kavgic, Maryam Saaly
4. Numerical Modelling of Oblique Pipe–Soil Interaction in Dense Sand
   MD Anan Morshed, Kshama Roy, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Bipul Hawlader
5. Numerical study of the flow field around spheroidal particles
   Mohamed Chekired, Varvara Roubtsova, Elham Kheradmand, Serge Prudhomme, Marc Laforest
6. An Analytical Model For The Prediction Of Drilled Pile Base Load-Displacement Behaviour In Cohesionless Soils
   Suthan Pooranampillai, Sherif Elfass, Gary Norris


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Offshore Geotechnics)


1. Nonlinear hysteretic seabed response to vibrations of slugging steel catenary risers
   Xiaoyu Dong, Hodjat Shiri
2. Trench impact on lateral response of pipeline buried in sand
   Mehdi Esmaeilzadeh, Hodjat Shiri
3. Centrifuge testing of lateral pipeline-soil interaction buried in very loose sand
   Morteza Kianian, Masih Allahbakhshi, Hodjat Shiri
4. Reliability of drag embedment anchors for applications in Canadian deep offshore
   Mohammad Javad Moharrami, Hodjat Shiri


Soil Mechanics and Foundations (Seismic Analysis)


1. Comprehensive Earthquake Site Amplification Assessment For Greater Vancouver
   Jamal Assaf, Sheri Molnar, M. Hesham El Naggar
2. PM4SAND and UBCSAND Constitutive Soil Models for Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of an Anchored Sheet Pile Wall System
   Viet Tran
3. Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity Variation in Post Seismic Behavior of Sand Using TxSS
   Aya Bayoumi, Mohamed Chekired, Mourad Karray
4. Effects of frequency content on dynamic slopes stability for Eastern Canada clays
   Jonathan Mole, Mahmoud N Hussien, Marie-Christine Delisle, Pascal Locat, Rémi Mompin, Catherine Ledoux, Mourad Karray
5. Screening of Bridge Sites in Ontario for Liquefaction Susceptibility
   Mathan V Manmatharajan, David Staseff, Alex Sy, Michael Snow, Mason Ghafghazi


Transportation Geotechnics I


1. Geotechnical Seismic Retrofit of Mission Bridge, British Columbia, Canada
   Thuraisamy Thavaraj, Alex Sy, Bruce Hamersley
2. Highway Embankment Failure on Weak Ground – Case History
   ZS Ozden, D Staseff
3. Effect of climate change on the stability of earthen embankments
   S Pk, R Bashir, RA Beddoe
4. Mitigating pavement shoulder cracking in northern, low volume highways by incorporating Tencate Mirafi® H2Ri wicking geotextile
   Papa-Masseck Thiam, Allan H Bradley, René Laprade, Muhammad Idrees, Stuart Drummond, Paul Murchison
5. A study on the effect of poro-visco-elasticity on the mechanical properties of pavement structure determined by Falling Weight Deflectometer Test
   Ako Bahari, Ahmed Shalaby, Neil Popplewell, Pooneh Maghoul
6. Instrumentation monitoring of clay subgrade along southern Manitoba highways
   David Kurz, Dami Adedapo, Rob Kenyon, Jeff Tallin


Transportation Geotechnics II


1. Field Observations from Saprolite Test Fills in High Rainfall Locations
   H Barriga-Gallarday, J Sanchez-Marrou, G Barquero-Guerrero
2. Axial Resistance Gain of Piles Driven into Artesian Soils: Case Studies
   Kevin J Bentley, Lisa Coyne, Murty Devata, Tony Sangiuliano
3. Earth Pressures on Closely Spaced Twin Circular Culverts Backfilled with Controlled Low Strength Material within Narrow Space
   Greg Healy, Arun J Valsangkar, Hany El Naggar
4. Modelling Time Dependent Behavior of Buried Polyethylene Pipes Using ABAQUS
   Abu Hena Muntakim, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Auchib Reza
5. A New Soil Structure Interaction Model for Moving Loads
   H Elhuni, D Basu
6. Seismic deformation analysis for a caisson wharf on liquefiable soils
   Khashayar Refahi, Nigel Denby, Kip Skabar, Michael Beaty


Tunnelling in Urban Environments


1. EBP-TBM tunneling versus Microtunneling – pros and cons to select the right technology
   Giuseppe Maria Gaspari, Tamara Kondrachova
2. A Geotechnical insight into a pipeline crossing
   Amer Awad, Dhiraj Karki, Sherif Soliman, Alastair McClymont
3. Numerical study on the influence of excavation depth to pile length ratio on a pile group adjacent to an excavation
   M Shakeel, J Wei, CWW Ng
4. Challenges with tunnelling in saturated cohesionless soils
   Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker
5. Clogging Assessment of Edmonton Clay
   Chao Kang, Yichen Wu, Alireza Bayat
6. Tunnel Database: An Information System Useful for Underground Construction in Montreal
   V Leroux, J Lavoie-C, A Campeau