Proceedings of 72nd Canadian Geotechnical Conference (GeoSt. John's 2019)

Sessions:

• Cold Regions Geotechnology
• Dams and Embankments
• Dynamic Properties of Soil
• Foundations
• Geoenvironmental
• Geohazard Monitoring Tools
• Geohazards Assessment
• Geosynthetics
• Geotechnical Characterization
• Laboratory Testing
• Landslide/Ground Movement Impact on Infrastructures
• Lateral Earth Pressure
• Liquefaction and Seismic Slope Stability
• Mining
• Numerical Modeling
• Numerical Modeling of Landslides
• Offshore and Nearshore
• Pile Foundations
• Pipelines
• Posters
• Professional Practice/Case Studies
• Reliability/Probabilistic Approaches
• Rock Mechanics
• Soft and sensitive clays
• Sustainable Geotechnics
• Transportation Geotechnics
• Unsaturated soil

Cold Regions Geotechnology


1. Modelling embankment temperatures in Arctic highways using thermal modifiers and surface energy balance boundary conditions
   Samuel W Kaluzny, Lukas U Arenson, Guy Doré, Earl Marvin B. de Guzman , Marolo C. Alfaro
2. Frost susceptibility of subgrade soil beneath railway tracks: Case Study
   M Roustaei, MT Hendry, A Roghani
3. Analyses of climatic data to determine the frost penetration depth based on statistical analyses and matching to measured ground temperature profiles
   Charlie Harrison, Mark Bancroft
4. Making Ice Stronger: From the Design of an Aircraft Carrier in WWII to Applications in a Changing Climate
   Lawrence Charlebois, Robert Frederking, Thomas Browne
5. Parameter Variation Analyses of Thermal Properties Used in Ground Temperature Simulations
   J McCaw, Greg A. Siemens
6. An approach for finite element modeling of one-dimensional thaw consolidation
   RS Dayarathne, BC Hawlader, DJ Robert


Dams and Embankments


1. Evaluation of Inclinometer Errors and Their Impacts on Data Accuracy (Case Study: Karkheh Dam & Galabar Dam)
   Hussein Ghasemi, Ali A Mirghasemi
2. Internal Erosion of Zoned Earthfill Dams and Their Foundations: Commentary on the State-of-Practice
   Jonathan Fannin, Maoxin Li
3. Suction effects on the compressibility and creep of crushable sands
   Rodrigo Osses, Carlos Ovalle, Jubert Pineda, Sandra Linero, Stephen Fityus
4. Preliminary deformation detection of high-fill sections along the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway using UAV photogrammetry
   Dylan MJ Stafford, Samuel W Kaluzny, Lukas U Arenson, Guy Doré, Earl Marvin B. de Guzman , Marolo C. Alfaro
5. Closure and the Long-term Behaviour of Tailings Dams: Using Industry Experience to Fill in the Gaps
   Haley L Schafer, Nicholas A Beier, Renato Macciotta
6. Preliminary Design For Seepage Remediation at a Small, Remote Dam – Case Study of Lac La Ronge Dam in Northern Saskatchewan
   Ryan Kozun, Allen Kelly, Imteaz Bhuiyan, Jasyn Henry
7. 3D Geological Modelling as a Tool for Evaluating Foundations – A Case Study for Lower Baker Dam, Washington State, USA
   Cam Bartsch, Tony Gilman
8. Assessment of rapid drawdown of a cofferdam and main dam using a coupled transient seepage-stability model that considers the reservoir level increase, steady-state level duration, and drawdown using actual hydrographic data for a given river
   Charlie Harrison, Jaime Villaamil, Keith Ainsley, Rick Berg
9. Specialty grouting techniques: Technical considerations and applications in Canada
   Naresh Gurpersaud, Daniel Lees, Zhong Han
10. Soil Profiling of Pleistocene Deposits in the Athabasca Oil Sands using SCPTu
    Mahmoud Elbanna, Margot Lederman, Joseph Quinn, Scott Martens, Christopher Klassen, Paul Cavanagh, Jason Polak
11. Construction of the A21 Dike at the Diavik Diamond Mine
    Angela Küpper, Joan Roca, Greg Wenger, Gord Stephenson


Dynamic Properties of Soil


1. Influence of Fines Content on Cyclic Resistance through the Critical State Framework
   Edouardine-Pascale Ingabire, Lawrence Clelland, Alex Sy, Mason Ghafghazi
2. Effect of Imperfect Direct Simple Shear Test Boundary Conditions on Calibration of Constitutive Models
   Daniel Wai, Mathan V Manmatharajan, Thamer Yacoub, Mason Ghafghazi
3. Observations on the effect of strain rate and loading rate on monotonic and cyclic direct simple shear response of reconstituted Fraser River silts
   Achala Soysa, Dharma Wijewickreme
4. Dynamic behaviour of dry sand in simple shear loading at a wide range of normal stresses
   Mahmud Al Tarhouni, Anup Fouzder, Ashutosh Dhar, Bipul Hawlader
5. Evaluation of liquefaction resistance of a silty soil using DSS and TxSS tests
   Betegard Jeudy, Chekired Mohamed, Mourad Karray
6. Determination of the formation properties from Rotary Percussion Drilling data
   Zijian Li, Igor Kyzym, Hongyuan Qiu, Stephen Butt


Foundations


1. Update on Rock Fill Settlement in a Highway Embankment in Northern Ontario: A Case Study
   A Bom, JP Dittrich, A Varshoi, AK De Souza, K Ahmad, Tony Sangiuliano
2. Numerical investigation of concrete energy pile behavior in Winnipeg using coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical finite element analyses
   Alitking Anongphouth, Pooneh Maghoul, Marolo C. Alfaro
3. Load testing of large diameter single drilled shaft foundations for the REM project in Montreal
   R Diab, L D\’Amours, D Zirmi, J Habib
4. A Novel Approach for Performance-Based Design of Piles and Shafts under Liquefaction using Coupled Nonlinear Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis
   Mohammad (Sasan) Iranpour
5. A coupled numerical approach for assessing the bearing capacity of an eccentrically loaded foundation on layered cohesionless soil near a slope
   Rajib Dey, Muhammad Abdur Rahman, Naveel Islam
6. Post-seismic settlement mitigation for a building in Richmond, B.C.
   Mustapha Zergoun, Ivan River Cruz


Geoenvironmental


1. Effect of Temperature on Cadmium Sorption in Sand and Clay
   Yassaman Babaee, Farhana Chowdhury, Magdalena Krol
2. Optimization of sewage lagoon systems operations: An investigation into the removal of metals from wastewater
   MK Addai, EM Skordaki, N Vlachopoulos
3. Characterization and Environmental Risk Assessment Associated with a Sewage Lagoon Managed by the Canadian Armed Force
   J.J-L. Armstrong, EM Skordaki, N Vlachopoulos
4. Near-Field Thermo-Mechanical Coupled Processes in Host Rocks of High-Level Waste Deep Geological Repositories
   Othman Nasir, Gregory Brennan, Won Taek Oh
5. Influence of pipeline transport on sedimentation and consolidation of flocculated Fluid Fine Tailings (fFFT)
   AA Aldaeef, Paul H. Simms
6. Discovery of indigenous biosurfactant-producing oil-degrading species from oily tailings ponds waste and its biodegradation ability
   N Saborimanesh, M Rahimi, CN Mulligan


Geohazard Monitoring Tools


1. Additional Tools for the Study of Variable Water Content Effects on a Slow-Moving Landslide 
   K Sattler, D Elwood, MT Hendry, D Huntley
2. Large Scale Flood, Steep Creek, and Landslide-Dam Flood Risk Prioritization in British Columbia, Canada
   Kris Holm, Elisa Scordo, Carie-Ann Lau, Rebecca Lee, Mark Zellman, Dave Gauthier, Matthieu Sturzenegger, Marc Olivier Trottier, Matthias Jakob, Cooper Rennie, Alistair Beck, Matthew Buchanan, Brent Beitel
3. Benefits and challenges of applying GB-InSAR for use in civil projects in Canada, and ways forward
   Adam Woods, Michael T Hendry, Renato Macciotta, Tom Stewart, Julia Marsh
4. The use and limitations of modern technologies for slow, vegetated landslide monitoring – Chin Coulee Landslide 
   Evan Deane, Renato Macciotta, Michael Hendry, Chris Gräpel, Roger Skirrow
5. A useful tool to evaluate the seismic stability of clayey slopes: the spectral pseudo-static approach
   Jonathan Mole, Marie-Christine Delisle, Pascal Locat, Rémi Mompin, Catherine Ledoux, Mourad Karray
6. Assessing landslide deformation using trees in terrestrial lidar data
   Megan van Veen, Michael Porter, Matt Lato, Andrew Mitchell, Siobhan Whadcoat, Wim Van Gassen


Geohazards Assessment


1. Prioritization of Slope Stabilization Work on Québec's Road Network
   Marie-Christine Delisle, Catherine Ledoux, Bruno Paquet-Bouchard
2. The estimated economic impacts of prairie landslides in western Canada
   Michael Porter, Joel Van Hove, Pete Barlow, Corey Froese, Chris Bunce, Roger Skirrow, Don Lewycky, Peter Bobrowsky
3. Landslide Susceptibility Mapping for Large Landslides in Saskatchewan
   Casey Dowling, Pete Quinn, Matthew Lloyd, Matthew Dipple, Rob McPherson
4. Engineering Geological Characterization of the 2014 Jure Nepal Landslide: The Future of Interactive Mixed Reality Field Sites, Hazard Identification and Mitigation Through Game Engines
   J Mysiorek, IE Onsel, D Stead, N Rosser
5. Railway geohazard risk management: some practical experiences with geohazard warning thresholds
   Pete Quinn, Dave Gauthier, Matt Lato, Dominique Sirois
6. Historical landslides in Canada resulting in fatalities (1771-2018)
   Andrée Blais-Stevens


Geosynthetics


1. Use of Lightweight Fill Materials for MSE Wall
   Daniel Huang, David Fuerth, Abe Choi
2. Ageing of a Geocomposite Drain used in landfills applications – an initial study
   Zoe Zimmerman, Juliana Reinert, R. Kerry Rowe
3. A geosynthetic reinforced earth retaining structure to eliminate lateral earth pressure on concrete grade beam walls – a case study
   Laxmi Kant Kachhwal, Matthew Dean
4. Numerical Modeling and Laboratory Validation of Geosynthetic Stabilized Structures
   Lois G Schwarz, Mark H Wayne


Geotechnical Characterization


1. Measurement of Stress in Sand
   Carola Vogt-Breyer, Gabriel Sedran, Dieter Stolle, Peijun Guo
2. Full Scale Foundation Testing of Rammed Aggregate Pier® Supported Foundations in the Toronto Waterfront
   A Drevininkas, G Creer, D Olshansky, J Brown, M Tigchelaar, B Metcalfe
3. Evaluation of liquefaction potential for a dam using combination of traditional and performance based seismic design methods
   Hassan Ali, Ali Nasseri-Moghaddam
4. Geotechnical characterization of igneous saprolite using the Seismic Cone Penetration Test (SCPTu) from a jungle site in South America
   Jose Sanchez-Marrou, Hector Barriga-Gallarday, Ingrid Berru-García
5. Comparative analysis of Hydro-Station liquefaction potential: A case study
   Claudine Nackers, Noureddine Ghlamallah, Mahmoud N Hussien, Chekired Mohamed, Mourad Karray
6. Geotechnical Characterization of a Glacio-Lacustrine Clay Deposit of the Abitibi Region – Case Study
   Michaël Demers Bonin, Marielle Limoges Shaigetz, Nicolas Pépin, Dennis E Becker, Mourad Karray
7. Measurements of ground-borne vibrations at two operational wind turbine facilities
   J Kiss, SJ Boone, J González-Hurtado, TA Newson
8. Image Analysis Method for Estimating Porosity Distribution of Soilcrete
   Adriana Luis, Lijun Deng
9. The Piezo-electric Ring Actuator technique (P-RAT) – 16 years of progress
   Guy Lefebvre, Kamal Khayat, Mahmoud N Hussien, Ahmed Mhenni, Mohamed Ben Romdhane, Siwar Naji, Nancy Soliman, Deyab Gamal El-Dean, Ibrahim Lashin, Michael Ghali, Julien Anglade, Jerome Lapierre, Harlette Tchabacha, Walid Challouf, Yannic Éthier, Dania Elbeggo, Quentin Lecuru, Guillaume Dion, Mourad Karray
10. State Parameter Estimation by CPTu Interpretation for Liquefaction Susceptibility – A Comparison of Methods
    Matthew Schafer, Matt Dugie, Rosa An, Adrian Wightman
11. Effect of aggressive solution and soaking on shear strength of marl clay stabilized by co-polymer of vinyl acetate and acrylic esters
    Mohammad Reza Golhashem, Sandra Ghavamshirazi
12. Dynamic properties of silty-sand varying saturation in a cyclic triaxial test
    Kunjari Mog, P Anbazhagan


Laboratory Testing


1. Prediction of Compressibility Characteristics of In-situ Cohesive Soil using Reconstituted Sample
   Md Kausar Alam, Naveel Islam, Md Zoynul Abedin, Rajib Dey, Mohammad Shariful Islam
2. Effect of Fiber Content on the Mechanical Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Clay
   A Palat, M Roustaei, MT Hendry
3. Comparison of sedimentary environment and geotechnical properties of Lake Agassiz and Ariake clays for application of Deep Mixing Method
   Toshiyuki Himeno, Takenori Hino, Marolo C. Alfaro
4. Fundamental mechanism of cement in stabilizing Champlain Sea clay
   Moulay Youssef Monsif, Jinyuan Liu, Naresh Gurpersaud
5. Toward the post-seismic settlement assessment in the laboratory
   Aya Bayoumi, Chekired Mohamed, Mourad Karray
6. Post VSD aided test column characterization of consolidation properties of oil sands tailings
   Moir D Haug, Julian Gan, Mohammad Al-Mamun
7. Laboratory Method for Determining Thermal Resistivity of a Coarse Aggregate Mixture
   Caren Ackley, Bruce Polan, Ali Nasseri-Moghaddam, Charbel Abi-Nahed, Michael Braverman
8. A laboratory-based study correlating the large-strain static constrained modulus to the small-strain shear modulus for clean sands
   Ibrahim Lashin, Michael Ghali, Mohamed Chekired, Mourad Karray
9. Time-dependent isotache behaviour observed in physical soil-pipe interaction model tests – its practical implications on pipeline performance evaluation
   CK Wong, RG Wan, RCK Wong
10. Comparison of the Shear Strength Parameters of TDA
    Khaled Zahran, Hany El Naggar
11. Dynamic Properties of Tire-Derived Aggregates
    Ahmed Moussa, Hany El Naggar
12. Shear strength assessment of a well-graded clean sand
    Riju Chandra Saha, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Bipul Chandra Hawlader


Landslide/Ground Movement Impact on Infrastructures


1. Controlling Risk to Critical Infrastructure during Construction: Seine Riverbank Stabilization at the Branch 1 Aqueduct, Winnipeg, Manitoba
   Kyle Hamilton, David Flynn, Bruno Pierre Arpin, Rob Kenyon, Linda McCusker, Jessica McCombe
2. Numerical modelling of a clay core earth fill dam with and without creep deformation
   Irene Olivia Ubay, Marolo C. Alfaro
3. Reconstruction of a roadway over an active landslide using lightweight cellular concrete
   Allen Veenland, Shane Duval, Brad Dolton, Roger Skirrow
4. Geotechnical instrumentation of a tangent cast-in-place pile wall in Peace River, Alberta
   Luis A Martinez, Mauricio Pinheiro, Lilianne Landry-Paré, W Chris Workman
5. A more accurate way to measure spatial correlation length from CPT data – ARMA models
   Brigid Cami, Sina Javankhoshdel, Thamer Yacoub
6. Landslide Stabilization Using Wick Drain Dewatering of Artesian Groundwater Pressures – Highway 40:30 North of Hinton, Alberta
   Ken Froese, Don Proudfoot, Roger Skirrow


Lateral Earth Pressure


1. Cylindrical shear resistance of helical piles subjected to seismic loads
   Gustavo Padros, Richard Schmidt
2. Calgary Cancer Centre – Design and Construction Challenges for a Deep Excavation and Building Foundations within Lacustrine Clay 
   David A Field, Mathew Stenhouse
3. Subsurface rock interface imaging with the application of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR)
   Zijian Li, Yingjian Xiao, Rick Pigrim, Justin Royce, Stephen Butt
4. Calibration of P-Y Curves Using Lateral Load Test Results in Cohesive and Cohesionless Soils for Large Diameter Drilled Shaft
   R Diab, L D\’Amours, D Zirmi, J Habib
5. Alternative to Soldier Pile Walls – Using Anchored HighTensile Steel Mesh for Temporary Excavation Support in an Urban Environment
   Tony Gilman, Andi Buechi, Zana Fares Choueiri, Nick Wilson
6. Pathology of a research error: Coefficient of earth pressure at-rest for cohesionless soils
   M Talesnick, S Frydman


Liquefaction and Seismic Slope Stability


1. Prediction of Static Liquefaction Landslides
   Abouzar Sadrekarimi
2. Recent Advanced Constitutive Models for Liquefaction and Cyclic Softening Analysis
   Mohammad Zarrabi, Samuel Yniesta
3. Ground nonlinear dynamic response by considering multi-dimensional seismic site effects
   Dana Amini, Behrouz Gatmiri, Pooneh Maghoul
4. Evaluation of existing constitutive models in nonlinear 1D effective stress ground response analysis
   Caroline Bessette, Samuel Yniesta
5. Challenges in Assessing a Hydraulic Fill Dam Built in the 1920s for Liquefaction and Piping Potential
   Thuraisamy Thavaraj, Jonathan Foote, Shihong Wu
6. Induced Seismicity in Fox Creek, AB: Amplification Function and Foundation Factors
   Gennaro Esposito


Mining


1. Shaking table testing of liquefaction potential of cemented paste backfill: Effects of backfill temperature
   Imad Alainachi, Mamadou Fall
2. Temperature dependence of interface shear behavior of cemented paste backfill-rock
   Kun Fang, Mamadou Fall
3. Combining shallow hydrogeological characterization with borehole data for determining hydrofacies in the Valin River paleodelta
   Lamine Boumaiza, Alain Rouleau, Pierre A Cousineau
4. Reviewing the potential anthropogenic sources of groundwater contamination – Case study of the expanding urban area of Taleza in Algeria
   Lamine Boumaiza, Nabil Chabour, Tarek Drias
5. Hydro-TISAR and Hydro-SEEp – Innovative geophysical techniques for geotechnical and hydrogeological investigations
   D Campos Halas, JL Arsenault, B McClement
6. Use of a reduced scale physical model of a mine stope for assessing waste rock barricades potential instabilities due to early age pastefill pressure
   M Nujaim, T Belem, C Auvray
7. Development of a waste rock simulation model to mitigate environmental impacts of acid rock drainage
   Rebecca R Hurtubise, Nicholas A Beier
8. Saturated-unsaturated numerical modelling of a vertically heterogeneous monolayer cover with an elevated water table: the Manitou site case study
   Yves-Dady Botula, Bruno Bussière, Marie Guittonny, Abdelkabir Maqsoud
9. On the seismic response of tailings dikes constructed with the upstream and center-line methods
   A Jahanbakhshzadeh, S Yniesta, A Zafarani, Michel Aubertin
10. Influence of pore water pressures on the stress state in inclined backfilled stopes
    A Jahanbakhshzadeh, L Li, Michel Aubertin
11. Low temperature geothermal resources in the Canadian Shield: The feasibility of using water from flooded mines as an energy source in Northern Quebec
    Andrea Morgan, Félix-Antoine Comeau, Jasmin Raymond
12. The effect of flyash addition on the consolidation properties and shear strength of oil sands fluid fine tailings
    Louis K Kabwe, G Ward Wilson, Nicholas A Beier, J Don Scott
13. Physical modelling of tailings consolidation near a waste rock inclusion
    Faustin Saleh-Mbemba, Michel Aubertin
14. An assessment of hydrogeological properties of waste rock using infiltration tests and numerical simulations
    Vincent Martin, Geneviève Lessard, Michel Aubertin
15. Runoff and infiltration estimates based on pore pressure changes in shallow aquitards
    Amirhossein Shafaei, François Duhaime, Michel Baraër, Vahid Marefat
16. Évaluation du potentiel de séquestration des métaux lourds contenus dans des pulpes de résidus miniers par les polymères superabsorbants (PSA)
    Nor el-hoda Addi, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Tikou Belem, Mamert Mbonimpa, Khadija El Mahboub, Lotiyé Élisée Poudama, Cyrille Ngandu Kabamba
17. Volumetric change measurement for Cemented Paste Backfill under high isotropic compression: laboratory challenges and tips
    Mohammadamin Jafari, Mohammad Shahsavari, Murray Grabinsky
18. Lime stabilization of soil-sludge mixtures for a potential use in oxygen barrier for mine site rehabilitation
    Ousseynou Kanteye, Mamert Mbonimpa, Lansana Diane, Tikou Belem, Abdelkabir Maqsoud
19. Groundwater Occurrence at, and Advanced Dewatering of, a Geologically Complex Orebody at the Iron Ore Company of Canada Open Pit Mine in Subarctic Labrador Canada
    Patrick Moran
20. Optimization of superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) dosage for dewatering mine tailings slurry
    CN Kabamba, T Belem, M Mbonimpa, A Maqsoud, Khadija El Mahboub, Lotiyé Élisée Poudama, Nor el-hoda Addi, JF Lemay
21. Assessment of the influence of aqueous solutions chemistry on the water absorbency of recycled superabsorbent polymers
    Lotiyé Elisée Poudama, Shyaka Auguste Rwamurinda, Mamert Mbonimpa, Tikou Belem, Abdelkabir Maqsoud, Khadija El Mahboub, Cyrille Ngandu Kabamba, Nor el-hoda Addi, Jean-François Lemay
22. Hydrogeological properties of geosynthetic clay liners (GCL) permeated with synthetic acid mine drainage
    N Cheve, B Bussière
23. Structuration in natural clays, dredged sediments, and oil sands tailings
    Narges Gheisari, Muhammad Salam, Shunchao Qi, Paul H. Simms
24. Creep and structuration in centrifuge cake oil sands tailings
    D Igbinedion, M Salam, Paul H. Simms


Numerical Modeling


1. A deviatoric softening law for predicting the deformation of soft clays subject to anisotropic consolidation
   Cong Shi, Jinyuan Liu, Tareq Salloum, Laifa Cao
2. Use of Particulate Mechanics Concept in Characterizing Soil and Crop Residue Interaction in Tillage
   Joash Bryan Adajar, Ying Chen, Marolo C. Alfaro
3. 3D Simulation of Packing of Heterogeneous Ellipsoidal Particles using Discrete Element Method
   Elham Kheradmand, Serge Prudhomme, Marc Laforest, Mohamed Chekired, Varvara Roubtsova
4. Numerical Modeling of High Embankment Built on Soft Soil
   Alaeddine Saab, Hany El Naggar
5. A Numerical Study of the Effects of Contact Friction on CPT Results
   Mohammad Mozaffari, Mason Ghafghazi
6. Modifying the NorSand soil model to improve static simple shear behaviour predictions
   Vincent Castonguay, Jean-Marie Konrad


Numerical Modeling of Landslides


1. Numerical modelling of downward progressive failure in sensitive clays: the case of the 1976 landslide at Saint-Fabien, Québec
   F Tremblay-Auger, Ariane Locat, S Leroueil, D Demers
2. Modeling the Impact of Earthquake-Induced Sensitive Clay Landslide on an Exposed Pipeline Using a Large Deformation Finite Element Method
   Naveel Islam, Kshama Roy, Bipul Hawlader
3. Modeling of seepage using a Eulerian-based finite element method
   Jin Chen, Chen Wang, Kshama Roy, Kenton Pike, Bipul Hawlader
4. Influence of surficial crusts on the development of spreads and flows in Eastern Canadian sensitive clays
   Didier Perret, Julie Therrien, Pascal Locat, Denis Demers
5. The energy reduction factor for flowslides: a new parameter to assess the energy used for landslide-tsunami initiation
   Dominique Turmel, Ariane Locat, Jacques Locat
6. Application of Random Set Finite Difference Method into a deep urban excavation
   Seyedmehdi Poor moosavian, Won Taek Oh, Othman Nasir


Offshore and Nearshore


1. Designing of Deep Foundation Systems for Offshore and Onshore Facilities – Similarities and Dissimilarities
   Hafeez Baba, Henri Sangam
2. The Influence of Slug Characteristics on Oscillation of Steel Catenary Risers in the Non-Linear Hysteretic Seabed
   Xiaoyu Dong, Hodjat Shiri
3. Analytical Modeling of Well-Conductor Seabed Interaction in Complex Layered Soil in Newfoundland Offshore
   Etido Gideon Akpan, Xiaoyu Dong, Mohammad Javad Moharrami, Hodjat Shiri
4. Analytical assessment of the drilling risers stability in the Newfoundland deep offshore
   Etido Gideon Akpan, Xiaoyu Dong, Mohammad Javad Moharrami, Hodjat Shiri
5. Formulation of 3D Soil Springs for Pipe Stress Analyses
   John Barrett, Ryan Phillips
6. Some Geotechnical Aspects of Land-to-Sea Transition Zones
   MAJ (Fred) Matich, Jim Scott


Pile Foundations


1. Behavior of Circular and Square Monopile Structures Installed in Normally Consolidated Clays
   Behrang Pedram
2. Use of micropiles in Southern Ontario
   Laifa Cao, Scott Peaker
3. Pile Driving Effects on a Steel Truss Railway Bridge During Rehabilitation
   Jon Osback
4. Comparative study of several methods of axial design of piles located in a thick clay deposit: Pierre-de-Saurel wind farm case
   Merouane Menaa, Noureddine Ghlamallah
5. Correlation between the PDA-Derived Pile Side Resistance and Undrained Shear Strength of Clays in Alberta
   Markus Jesswein, Jinyuan Liu, Hamid Batenipour
6. Capacity of driven precast prestressed concrete hexagonal piles: a Winnipeg region geotechnical study
   Ryan Belbas, Ken Skaftfeld, James Blatz
7. Integrity testing of concrete deep foundation with focus on thermal methods
   Simon Gudina
8. A modern approach to the design of driven precastprestressed concrete piles in Winnipeg
   James R Bartz, James A Blatz
9. 1g model tests of vertically loaded GFRP piles
   Ahmed Almallah, Pedram Sadeghian, Hany El Naggar
10. Finite element modeling of jacked piles in clay and loose sand
    Ripon Karmaker, Chen Wang, Bipul Hawlader
11. Seismic Performance Of Hollow Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Piles in Cohesionless Soils
    MA Hosseini, MT Rayhani
12. Considerations for Resistance Factor Calibration in the National Building Code of Canada
    Farzaneh Naghibi, Gordon A Fenton


Pipelines


1. A study on the effects of slope grade on the soil-pipeline interaction loading
   Mohammad Katebi, Pooneh Maghoul, James Blatz, Dharma Wijewickreme, Kshama Roy
2. Pulling rate effects on the pullout force of buried small diameter MDPE pipe in loose sand
   Auchib Reza, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar, Mujib Rahman, Lalinda Weerasekara
3. Framework for Assessing Integrity of Natural Gas Distribution Pipes in Landslide Areas
   Lalinda Weerasekara, Mujib Rahman
4. Assessment of Stress Intensity Factor for buried cast iron pipeline using finite element analysis
   Suborno Debnath, Ashutosh Sutra Dhar
5. A Suggested Soil And/Or Rock To Pipeline Landslide Interaction Classification System
   Doug Dewar
6. Some aspects of offshore pipeline design against upheaval buckling
   Rabindra Subedi, Ashutosh Dhar, Bipul Hawlader


Posters


1. Reliability-based design cost optimization of laterally loaded drilled shafts considering spatial variability of clays
   Zhe Luo, Zhongyang Wu
2. Equations to Correct SPT-N Values Obtained from Using Non-Standard Hammer Weight – Part II
   KR Khater, GE Abdelrahman, M Abdel-Baset
3. Case Study: Installation of a Soil-Cement-Bentonite Groundwater Cutoff Wall in Argentia, NL
   Nathan Coughenour, Daniel Ruffing
4. Case study: Design-build of a cement-bentonite groundwater cutoff wall in Fort-McMurray
   Nathan Coughenour, Daniel Ruffing, Steve Artman
5. Correlations between Low and High Strain Stiffnesses of few Natural and Artificial Cohesive Soils
   Saeed Ahmad, Aly Ahmed, Deyab Gamal El-Dean, M. Hesham El Naggar
6. Conventional method to estimate settlement of plate subjected to bi-axial loading – Part I
   KR Khater, GE Abdelrahman, M Abouzied
7. Distorted Bounding Surface of Clay with Consideration of the Effect of Temperature on Shearing Response
   Sang Inn Woo, Chan-Young Yune
8. Field Axial Testing of Screw Micropiles in Sand and SPT-based Estimation Method
   Mujtaba Khidri, Lijun Deng
9. Geomechanics Study of Ore and Host Rocks for Narrow Vein Mining
   Yingjian Xiao, Stephen Butt
10. An analytical parametric study of lateral pipeline-soil interaction in partially embedded pipelines
    Heidi Coish, Nicole Chan, Hodjat Shiri
11. An analytical parametric study of uplifting resistance in buried pipelines
    William Allen, Sam Leawood, Hodjat Shiri
12. An analytical parametric study of pipeline embedment into the seabed
    Quinn Snook, Ryan Gregory, Hodjat Shiri


Professional Practice/Case Studies


1. Evaluation of the costs and benefits of natural and grey infrastructures for the protection of the Lake Erie shoreline
   Zhe Luo, Deborah Beck, Scudder D Mackey
2. Application of LiDAR technology for the assessment of mechanical scaling conditions in underground mines and tunnels
   Jonathan D Aubertin, Mark S Diederichs, D. Jean Hutchinson
3. Use of routine geotechnical investigation reports
   Prapote Boonsinsuk
4. Hogg’s Hollow Highway 401 Bridge Widening, Toronto, Canada
   Zuhtu Ozden, Minkyung Kwak
5. York Region mining project’s geotechnical and hydrogeological challenges overcome through the project design
   Tamara Kondrachova, Susan Hansler
6. A comparison between free-field shear strain profiles using natural and synthetic earthquake motions in a case study
   Naemeh Naghavi, Reza Moghaddam, Dave Walters, Geoffrey Creer
7. Cofferdam Failure - Geotechnical Lesson Learned 
   Silvana Micic, Stan Gonsalves, TaeChul Kim
8. Physical Models for Experiential Learning in Geotechnical Engineering
   Federico Fernández
9. Using a limit states approach for ice road design
   Samuel A Proskin, Al Fitzgerald
10. Settlement Analysis on Glacio-Lacustrine Clays using Observational Method for a New Interchange in Winnipeg, Manitoba
    David Kurz, Prokopi Papadimitropoulos, Jeffrey Barrett
11. Innovative Tunneling in the Norris Cut Channel
    Bernard Theron, Bernard Catalano, Eloy Ramos
12. When the Layer-Cake Bites Back: Tunnelling Challenges in Sedimentary Rock
    Mark S Diederichs


Reliability/Probabilistic Approaches


1. Statistical Correlations between effective angle of internal friction (?’) and SPT- N value for cohesive glacial tills
   Kanagaratnam Balachandran, Laifa Cao
2. Reliability-Based Design for the Serviceability Limit State of Axially-Loaded Driven Piles in Ontario Soils
   Markus Jesswein, Jinyuan Liu, Minkyung Kwak
3. General probabilistic analysis of simple reinforced slopes using RLEM approach
   Pouya Dastpak, Sobhan Mousavi, Reza Jamshidi Chenari, Brigid Cami, Sina Javankhoshdel
4. Some mathematical musings about extreme events for geotechnical risk, without (much of) the math
   Pete Quinn
5. A simple approach for probabilistic internal stability analysis and design of reinforced soil walls
   Richard J Bathurst, Nezam Bozorgzadeh


Rock Mechanics


1. The Influence of Asperities, Joint Topology and Stress on Fracture Geomechanical Properties
   TR Packulak, MT Ahmed Labeid, DA Bonneau, Mark S Diederichs, D. Jean Hutchinson , Jennifer Day
2. Determining the most representative parameter for quantifying the rock block size used for evaluating the hydraulic erodibility of rock
   Lamine Boumaiza, Ali Saeidi, Marco Quirion
3. The impact of a salt deposit’s origin on its exploitation: three case-studies from underground mining operations
   Jonathan D Aubertin, Stefan Hoentzsch, Mark S Diederichs, D. Jean Hutchinson
4. An Analytical Solution for Deformation of Underground Openings Excavated in Fractured Rocks
   Amir R Khoshboresh
5. Rock slope stability and snow disposal capacity optimization, St-Michel Quarry, City of Montréal
   André J Rancourt, Ghislain Dionne, Pierre Marcoux, Benjamin Pugi, Alberto Cardenas
6. The axial response of fully grouted rock bolts using a distributed fiber optic sensor technique
   Tyler O’Connor, Bradley Forbes, Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Mark S Diederichs
7. Ageing of cement grouted joint by water and acidic flows for assessing dam foundation quality
   Nicolas Néron, Patrice Rivard
8. Longitudinal Displacement Profiles for Convergence-Confinement Analysis of Excavations: Applicability to Tunnelling, Limitations and Current Advancement
   Nicholas Vlachopoulos, Ya Su
9. Statistical Analysis of the Q-system in Different Tunnelling Conditions
   RA Ziebarth, AG Corkum
10. On the evaluation of JRC effect on the shear strength of rock joints: reverse modelling of rock joints using a geostatistical semivariogram model and 3D printing
    Ghasem Shams, Patrice Rivard
11. Impact of sample selection on unconfined compressive laboratory test results in hydrothermally veined rocks
    Matthew D Clark, Jennifer Day
12. Hazard identification, stability assessment and risk mitigation overview of near-surface openings and pillars at the former Mine Principale, in Chibougamau, Quebec
    Eliane Cabot, Adam Coulson, James Tod, Scott McNicoll, Simon Delattre, Henrik Rasmussen, Carl Gauthier
13. Investigation of Drilling Performance in Core Bit Drilling using passive-Vibration Assisted Rotary Drilling (p-VARD) Technology
    Md Shaheen Shah, Yingjian Xiao, Stephen Butt
14. Empirical Procedure Investigation for Sandstone Anisotropy Evaluation: Part I
    Abdelsalam Abugharara, Stephen Butt, John Molgaard, Charles Hurich
15. Empirical Procedure Investigation for Sandstone Anisotropy Evaluation: Part II
    Abdelsalam Abugharara, Stephen Butt, John Molgaard, Charles Hurich
16. Investigation of Hole Widening Drilling Using Cutting Analysis
    Daiyan Ahmed, Yingjian Xiao, Jeronimo de Moura Jr., Stephen Butt
17. Accounting for intrablock structures at rockmass and laboratory specimen scales
    Jennifer J Day, Matthew D Clark
18. Development and testing of the CMIN-BCM for monitoring borehole closure in underground environments
    Steven Gaines, Ken Judge, Denis Labrie


Soft and sensitive clays


1. Geotechnical, Geophysical and Hydrogeological Characterization of Soft Sensitive Leda Clay in Ottawa and Associated Challenges in Foundation Seismic Design
   Farbod Saadat, Shane Dunstan
2. Experimental observation of a soft clay consolidation behavior using constant-rate-of-strain (CRS) test
   Emad Maleksaeedi, Mathieu Nuth, Mourad Karray
3. Evaluating the feasibility of using guanidinium salts as a means of in-situ soil strengthening
   Adam Leik, Ian Fleming, Chi Pu
4. Unconfined compression strength as consistency index for compacted clay in construction – a statistical approach
   CK Wong, RG Wan, RCK Wong
5. Interpretation and analysis of a test embankment on soft clay
   M Etezad, B Riddell, K Bocking, D Becker, A Hamdani, P Buchanan, F DaSilva


Sustainable Geotechnics


1. Improving ground heat exchangers for geothermal heat pump systems with a groundwater-filled borehole and a thermally enhanced double U-pipe
   Jasmin Raymond, Jean-Marc Ballard, Claude Hugo Koubikana Pambou, Patrice Kwemo, Jean-François Lavoie
2. Energy-Based Design of Sustainable Earthworks Compaction
   Federico Fernández, Brent MacDonald
3. Thermo-mechanical performance of a geothermal pile system for re-harvesting the energy loss through the basement of a building in cold regions
   Maryam Saaly, Pooneh Maghoul, Hartmut M Holländer
4. The application of horizontal geothermal systems in Gillam (Manitoba): a case study
   Marziyeh Fathalkhani, Hartmut Holländer, Pooneh Maghoul, Rob Sinclair
5. Performance of ground-source heat pump systems in cold regions: a case study
   Ali Fatolahzadeh, Hartmut Holländer, Pooneh Maghoul, Rob Sinclair
6. Foamed Glass Aggregate Lightweight Fill Over Compressible Soils
   Theresa Andrejack Loux, Archie Filshill, Zepeng Zhang


Transportation Geotechnics


1. William R. Bennett bridge – Ten years of performance monitoring  
   (Uthaya) M Uthayakumar, Susan Balogh
2. Highway 27:10 – Replacement of Red Deer River Bridge East of Morrin, Alberta: Abutment Stability Pile Wall  
   Stephen Coulter, Donald Proudfoot, Malika Ali, Yingyi Li
3. Construction and Post-Construction Deformations of an MSE Wall using Terrestrial Laser Scanning
   Devon Adamson, James Blatz, Marolo C. Alfaro
4. Use of an Innovative Technology for Measuring Surface Roughness of Pavement
   Prajwol Tamrakar, Mark H Wayne, Kris Broadhead
5. Stabilization of Rail Track Bed Mile 9.0 – 9.1, CN, Dundas Subdivision
   Colin Alston, Mario Ruel
6. Remediation of Slope Failure in the Application of Lightweight Fill and Timber Piles on Highway 17 in Ontario
   Tae C Kim, Silvana Micic, Stan Gonsalves, Ken Ahmad
7. Consolidation Behaviour of Colluvium Derived from Overconsolidated Glaciolacustrine Deposits Under Highway Embankment Fills
   DM Devonald, AD Mitchell, JL Stirling, SD McDougall, H Evensen
8. Dynamic Poroelasticity Based Method for Falling Weight Deflectometer Test Analysis
   Hongwei Liu, Pooneh Maghoul, Ahmed Shalaby
9. A poromechanics approach to assess the effect of frost heave on double-barrel culverts in cold regions
   Hongwei Liu, Pooneh Maghoul, Ahmed Shalaby, Amir Khatibi
10. Extraction of depth to bedrock from airborne electromagnetic data using artificial neural networks
    AA Pfaffhuber, AO Lysdahl, C Christensen, M Vöge, H Kjennbakken, J Mykland
11. Construction of a Multi-Use Pathway on Soft Compressible Deposits– Case Study
    Vasantha Wijeyakulasuriya, Ron Trewin, Ramon Miranda, Oliha Franklin
12. Construction of Road Embankment over Priddis Slough Using Wick Drains and Preloading  
    Martin Lun, Charles Kwok, Dat Tran, George Vayali


Unsaturated soil


1. A case study analysis of a landslide considering the residual shear strength of unsaturated soil
   Xiuhan Yang, Sai K Vanapalli
2. Effect of climate change on soil embankment stability
   Leila Baninajarian, Ali Ghassemi, Andrew DeSira, Rashid Bashir, Tony Sangiuliano
3. Modelling the dependency of the soil-water retention behavior on the initial void ratio in unsaturated soils
   Emad Maleksaeedi, Sogol Sarlati, Mathieu Nuth, Chekired Mohamed
4. Influence of tension cracks on the stability of unsupported vertical trenches in vadose zone
   Geeshpati Yanamandra, Won Taek Oh
5. Assessment of the Effects of Climate Change on Slope Stability Using Local Factor of Safety
   Farsheed Bagheri, Ali Ghassemi, Rashid Bashir
6. A Low-Cost Automated SWCC Device and Data Analysis Procedure For Unsaturated Soils Exhibiting Volume Change
   Chelsey Yesnik, Bryce Marcotte, Kelvin Sattler, Ian Fleming