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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

A local section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society

1994 Proceedings

Vancouver Geotechnical Society

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The 8th Symposium was on the topic Deep Foundations.

8th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium Program

"Design, Installation and Testing of Nearshore Piles"; Frank Rausche

"Foundation of the Sky Bridge and No. 2 Road Bridge Crossing of the Fraser River, Vancouver, B.C."; D. Smith

"Installation of High Capacity Concrete Piles at Ballantyne Pier, Vancouver, B.C."; U. Atukorala, D. Zavoral, S. Hunt, N. McCammon, and N. Wedge

"Lateral Loading Using Pressuremeter Data"; J.M.O. Hughes

"Design of Pile Foundations in Liquefiable Ground: A Case Study in Fraser Delta, British Columbia"; D. Siu and A. Sy

"Review of Design Methods for Seismic Lateral Resistance of Piles in Sensitive Fine-Grained Soils"; J.A. Howie and W.B. Gohl

"Behaviour of Timber Piles Subject to Large Lateral Displacement: Laboratory and Field Tests"; M.K. Lee, P.M. Byrne, and J.Y. Wong

"Piling Specification and Dispute Avoidance"; Bengt H. Fellenius

"Dynamic Methods in Design and Inspection for the Rio Manati Bridge"; R. Miner and P. Jimenez

"Dynamic Monitoring of Some Unusual Piles"; D. Gillespie

"A Comparison of Statnamic and Static Load Tests on Steel Pipe Piles in the Fraser Delta"; M. Janes, A. Sy, and R.G. Campanella

"Case Histories of Pile Relaxation in Vancouver"; D.J. Inglis and E. Naesgaard

"Recent Developments in the Static and Dynamic Analysis of Pile Groups"; W.D. Liam Finn, G. Wu, and R.H. Ledbetter

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    • 2026 Symposium
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    • 2025 Symposium
    • 2025 Geosynthetic Reinforced Walls and Slopes
    • 2024 Glacial Landforms and Sediments of British Columbia
    • 2020 CSSM Short Course
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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

Membership registration for the 2025/2026 VGS season is now closed. Registration for the 2026/2027 membership season will open in September 2026. Thank you for your interest in VGS. We look forward to welcoming both new and returning members in the upcoming season.

The 7th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing, organized by the DFI and ICOG, will take place on March 17-19, 2027. Abstract submission is open, and the deadline is Monday, January 19, 2026.  Additional details here.

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