INNOVATIVE GEOTECHNICAL PROJECTS IN TRANSPORTATION (SESSION)

PROJETS GÉOTECHNIQUES INNOVATEURS DANS LE DOMAINE DES TRANSPORTS (SÉANCE)

Chair / Président : Carol MacQuarrie, Assistant Director, Design Branch, Materials and Research, New Brunswick Department of Transportation, Fredericton

VERTICAL DRAINS UNDER A HIGH EMBANKMENT ON A VERY SOFT TILL – OXFORD BROOK, MIRAMICHI, NEW BRUNSWICK – Serge Bourque, Senior Engineer, GEMTEC Limited, Moncton, NB; Arvid Landva and Shawn McManus, Junior Engineer, GEMTEC Limited, Fredericton, NB; Joe MacDonald, Bridge Design Engineer, New Brunswick Department of Transportation, Fredericton
                                                                                                                 
COXHEATH ROAD BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION – STAGED CONSTRUCTION USING INNOVATIVE GEOTECHNICAL DESIGNS – Paul Proctor, Atlantic Canada Regional Engineer, Antigonish, NS, and Peter Wu, President and CEO, Reinforced Earth Company Ltd., Mississauga, ON

THE INTEGRATED USE OF GPR AND CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS PAVEMENT CONDITION INVESTIGATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF THE QEW REHABILITATION AND WIDENING PROJECT – Christopher Phillips, Andrew Balasundaram and Zubair Ahmed, Senior Project Manager, Golder Associates Ltd., Mississauga, ON; Rob Kohlberger, Ontario Ministry of Transportation; Doug Hoffman, Morrison Hershfield Limited, Toronto

STREAMBANK STABILIZATION USING BIOENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNICAL METHODS – Roger Skirrow, Director, Geotechnical and Materials Section, Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation, Edmonton

INSTRUMENTATION AND REAL TIME MONITORING OF A LANDSLIDE ON HIGHWAY NO. 302 NEAR PRINCE ALBERT, SASKATCHEWAN – R. Allan Widger, Executive Director, Engineering Standards Branch;  and P. Jorge Antunes, Senior Materials Engineer, Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation, Regina; Allen J. Kelly, Hung Q. Vu and A. Wayne Clifton, Clifton Associates Ltd., Regina

A RISK AND DEFORMATION-BASED DESIGN APPROACH FOR MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH (MSE) WALLS ON ROCK FILL SLOPES ALONG THE SEA TO SKY HIGHWAY TEST SECTION – Brian L.J. Mylleville, Managing Associate, Golder Associates Ltd., Abbotsford, BC; Upul D. Atukorala and Trevor P. Fitzell, Associate, Golder Associates Ltd., Burnaby, BC