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Vancouver Geotechnical Society

A local section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society

2002 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/
  • Links/

The theme of the 16th Symposium was Foundation Engineering.

16th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium Program

Keynote Presentation: "Well Known Aspects of Soil Behaviour so Often Neglected"; S. Leroueil

Keynote Presentation: "The Millennium Line - What You Don't See"; J. Eastman

"International Terminal Building Chevron Expansion, Vancouver International Airport, BC"; M. Zergoun & A. Metten

"Foundations for the Cruise Ship Terminal Expansion Project at Canada Place, Vancouver, BC"; D. Smith

"Geotechnical Construction Issues on Leeder Landfill, Cape Horn Industrial Park, Coquitlam, BC"; M. Eivemark

"Use of Pressuremeter in Weak Rocks of the Lower Nanaimo Series"; J. Hughes

"The Lions' Gate Bridge - Seismic Retrofit of North Approach Viaduct Foundations"; Li Yan & A. Sy

"Seismic Safety Retrofit of the Port Mann Bridge North Approach"; E. Naesgaard and M. Uthayakumar

"Instrumentation and Performance of Shotcrete Shoring in Sand Adjacent to a Hospital Structure"; C. Domitric & M. Janes

"Limestone Rock Sockets for Suncor's Athabasca River Bridge"; E. McRoberts

  • Home/
  • The Society/
    • Membership
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    • VGS Award
    • VGS Scholarship
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  • 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/
  • 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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