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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

A local section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society

1998 Proceedings

Vancouver Geotechnical Society

  • Home/
  • The Society/
    • Membership
    • Executive
    • Past Executive
    • VGS Award
    • VGS Scholarship
    • VGS Legacy Lecture Series
  • Lectures/
    • 2024-2025 Lectures
    • 2020-2024 Lectures
    • 2015-2020 Lectures
    • 2011-2015 Lectures
  • Other Events/
    • 2025 CSSM Short Course
    • 2025 Symposium
    • 2025 Geosynthetic Reinforced Walls and Slopes
    • 2024 Glacial Landforms and Sediments of British Columbia
    • 2020 CSSM Short Course
  • Proceedings/
  • History/
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The theme of the 12th Symposium was Site Characterization.

12th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium Program

Keynote Lecture: "W.A.C. Bennett Dam, The Characterization of a Crest Sinkhole"; R. A. Steward, B. D. Watts, J. Sobkowicz, A. G. Kupper, and P. Gaffran

"Post-logging Terrain Stability in Clayoquot Sound & Barkley Sound"; T. Rollerson, B. Thomson, and T. Millard

"Spin Dynamic Cone Penetration Testing Experience in the Lower Mainland"; L. Anderson, C. Mejia, B. Nakai, and D. Tara

"Interpretation of Stress History in Soft Plastic Soils: Some Case Histories from the Lower Fraser Valley"; M. Kokan

"Assessment and Remediation of Creosote Contaminated Ground Water"; R. Dickin, L. Eastcott, and E. Wexler

"Fractured Rocks to Gravelly Clays - How Stiff are these Materials"; John Hughes

"Sensitivity of Leached marine Silts and Clays at the Base of the Fraser River Delta"; H. A. Christian, J. A. Hunter, I. Weemees

"Characterization and Design for Expansive Clay Soils in the Okanagan Valley, B.C."; Norm Williams

"A CD ROM Compilation of Shear Wave Velocity data for Unconsolidated Sediments in the Fraser River Delta"; J. A. Hunter

"Site Characterization of Some Tropical Collapsing Soils from Sao Paulo State, Brazil"; H. L. Giacheti

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    • 2020-2024 Lectures
    • 2015-2020 Lectures
    • 2011-2015 Lectures
  • Other Events/
    • 2025 CSSM Short Course
    • 2025 Symposium
    • 2025 Geosynthetic Reinforced Walls and Slopes
    • 2024 Glacial Landforms and Sediments of British Columbia
    • 2020 CSSM Short Course
  • Proceedings/
  • History/
  • Links/

Vancouver Geotechnical Society

VGS is now accepting memberships for the 2025–2026 season. We look forward to welcoming you back and seeing you at our upcoming events. Please complete your membership here.

VGS will be hosting its next technical presentation on Monday, September 8, 2025. Dr. Ryley Beddoe will be presenting on the topic “Built to Last? The Geotechnical Challenges of Infrastructure on Thawing Permafrost”. More information can be found here.

VGS will organize our upcoming short course on Critical State Soil Mechanics (CSSM) for Practical Engineers, taught by Michael Jefferies, Dr. Dawn Shuttle, Dr. Marcos Arroyo, Andrea Lougheed and Dallas McGowan on 26-28 October 2025. More info here.

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