The theme of the 29th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium was Geotechnical Engineering in Infrastructure. The Symposium program, keynote presentations, and submitted papers are provided below.

29th Vancouver Geotechnical Society Symposium Program

Geotechnical Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making in Earthquake Infrastructure Design; Keynote Presentation by Dr. Thaleia Travasarou of Fugro.

Repair of the Sumas River Dike Break: A Case History; Keynote Lecture by Brian L.J. Mylleville of Kontur Geotechnical Consultants Ltd.

Seismic Embankment-Abutment-Structure Interaction of Integral Abutment Bridges; Juan-Carlos Carvajal of Thurber Engineering Ltd.

Geotechnical Design Challenges for Temporary Excavation Support at the Arbutus Station and Double Crossover for the Broadway Subway Project in Vancouver, BC; Karim Karimzadegan, Hiro Shozen, Haroon Bux, and Robert Ng of Horizon Engineering Inc. (a RAM Company).

What We Know About High-Strain Dynamic Testing Steel Pipe Piles with Concrete Plugs; David Tara of Thurber Engineering Ltd.

Geotechnical evidence for the 11 kYa glacial Lake Fraser outburst flood between Abbotsford and Pitt Meadows; Marc Bosse of Thurber Engineering Ltd.

Top-Down Excavation System, An Integral Solution for Challenging Deep Excavation Projects with Complex Surroundings and Difficult Geotechnical Conditions; Omar Rodriguez Barragan and Alexandre Beauvilain of Soletanche Bachy Canada.

New Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plan and Foundation Approach; Aran Thurairajah of WSP Canada Inc.

Limitations in Existing Methods for Analyzing MSE Walls Reinforced with Steel Strips; Lalinda Weerasekara of WSP Canada Inc.

3D Seismic Numerical Modeling of Infrastructure on Liquefiable Soils - Soil-Structure Interaction and Soil-Cement Grid Modeling; Viet (Victor) Tran of FECON Geotechnical Ltd.