The theme of the 10th Symposium was Earth Retention Systems.

10th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium Program

Keynote Lecture: "Designing Retaining Structures Against the Effects of Earthquakes"; R. V. Whitman

"Seismic Design and Performance of Geosynthetic Reinforced Segmental Retaining Walls"; R. J. Bathurst, Z. Cai, and M. Pelletier

"Tieback Anchors for Bulkhead Rehabilitation at Port Facility"; T. M. Gurtowski, S. Puri, and D. Swanson

"Cast-in-Place Tied-back Pile Wall Installed to Resist Coastal Erosion and Earthquake Forces, Cordova Bay Road, Victoria, B.C."; G. F. Buck & S. M. Bean

"Seismic Soil Pressures Against Vertical Rigid Walls"; Guoxi Wu

"Basement Wall with Seismic Earth Pressures and Novel Expanded Polystyrene Foam Buffer Layer"; D. Inglis, G. Macleod, E. Naesgaard, and M. Zergoun

"Building a Complex Shoring and a Double Trenchless Channel with the Help of Jet-Grouting"; F. Oboni

"Earth Retention Using Vegetation"; R. Bowden

"Reticulated Micropiles Structures for Earth Retention, A Case Study"; G. Ueblacker

"Case History of Library Square Excavation in Downtown Vancouver"; R. Hillaby

"Case Histories of Temporary and Permanent Retaining Structures in the Lower Mainland"; R. Williams & J. Howie

"Soil Nailing for Public Estates in Hong Kong"; Y. Ho & H. Chan

"A No-Pressure Tire Wall - A Case History"; G. Mann

"Design Charts for Stability Analysis of Slopes with Extensible Reinforcement"; P. E. Quinn