The theme of the 17th Symposium was Geotechnical Engineering for Geoenvironmental Application.

17th Vancouver Geotechnical Symposium Program

Keynote Presentation: "Geotechnical Engineering for Geoenvironmental Applications"; Raymond N. Yong

"A Nitrogen-Slug Permeability Testing System"; Todd Hamilton and Franky Li

"Natural Attenuation of Contaminated Soils"; Catherine N. Mulligan and Raymond N. Yong

"Developing and Implementing an Environmental Remedial Action Plan at a Mercury-Contaminated Industrial Site"; D. M. Whiticar, B. Marks, and K. Tixier

"UVIF-CPT Characterization at Upstream Oil and Gas Facilities";  K. Biggar, D. Woeller, S. Murphy, and J. Armstrong

"Effect of Pore Fluid Chemistry on the Triaxial Behaviour of a High Plastic Clay"; A. Man, B. Garinger, M. Alfaro, J. Graham, T. B. Goh

"Impact of the Steep Rock Iron Mines Operations on Fish Presence"; Victor A. Sowa

"Field Sampling and Modeling of Creosote-Derived Contamination in a Tidally Forced Aquifer"; Christine Bishop & Roger Beckie

"Remediating the Inactive Blackfoot Landfill"; C. R. Daniel, J. Sobkowicz, D. Gorling, S. Wynton, and L. Manion

"Low Disturbance and Limited Access In-Situ Soil and Groundwater Bioremediation"; V. Agatonovic, L. Nicholes, and J. Carbery

"Seismic Stability of Impoundments"; Peter M. Byrne & Mahmood Seid-Karbasi

"Challenges and Potential Risks associated with the construction of a rockfill dyke on a Submerged tailings beach"; Edouard Masengo & Michel R. Julien