About CGS-SOS
About CGS-SOS
About CGS-SOS
About CGS-SOS
The Canadian Geotechnical Society
Southern Ontario Section
La Société Canadienne de Géotechnique
La Section du Sud de l’Ontario
The Trillium Grandiflorum is
the provincial emblem of Ontario
CGS-SOS May Dinner Lecture - DFI Tour: Innovative Geotechnical Solutions
Wed, May 06
|Pearson Convention Centre
DFI Travelling Lecturer Rick Deschamps will present the G.A. Leonards Memorial Lecture on Innovative Geotechnical Solutions with Deep Foundation
Time & Location
May 06, 2026, 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Pearson Convention Centre, 2638 Steeles Ave E, Brampton, ON L6T 4L7, Canada
About the event
Event Summary
The opportunity to implement innovative solutions generally requires a motivated owner, an unusual problem, reliable geotechnical information, appropriate analytical tools and willingness to try something new. The presentation provides an overview of four projects where innovative solutions were successfully implemented. 1) Construction of a 48 ft cantilever grade change wall to avoid encroachment on neighboring property in Arlington, VA. 2) Use of widely spaced deep shear walls to stabilize a slope failure that threatened a key highway in Crookston, MN. 3) Use of a 240 feet diameter diaphragm wall shaft for below grade combined sewer storage, and 4) Use of Micropiles to remediate Prairie du Sac Dam that was supported on deteriorating timber piles in Prairie du Sac, WI.
About the Speaker
Rick Deschamps earned both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of South Florida. He then obtained his Ph.D. from Purdue University…