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33rd Southwest Geotechnical Engineers Conference:
Agenda

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[Updated February 18, 2008]

MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2008
 
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm REGISTRATION & ICE BREAKER
 
TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008
 
7:00 am - 8:00 am BREAKFAST & REGISTATION
8:00 am - 8:30 am Welcome & announcements
Mark McCleland, TX DOT
SESSION 1
8:30 am - 9:00 am CALTRAN/ADSC Relationship
Jim Davis, CALTRAN
9:00 am - 9:30 am Estimating Drilled Shaft Capacities for Central Texas Projects
Rebecca Ruso, Fuggro Consultants
9:30 am - 10:00 am NDT of drilled shafts
Khamis Haramy, FHWA - CFLHD
10:00 am - 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 am - 10:45 am TxDOT's Geotechnical Branch Involvement in Bridge ScourJohn DelphiaTX DOT
10:45 am - 11:30 am Rockfall attenuator
Ty Ortiz, CDOT and Ben Arndt, Yeh and Assoc.
11:30 am - 1:00 pm LUNCH
SESSION 2
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Automated Monitoring of Continuous Flight Auger (CFA) Pile Installation
Tracy Brettmann, Berkel & Company
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Construction and testing of a lateraly loaded drilled shaft within an MSE structure
James Brennan, KS DOT
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Katy Freeway Reconstruction project in Houston
Michael Hasen, HVJ Assoc.
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Case study of the I10 Bridge over Lake Ponchartrain
Kim Garlington, LA DOT
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING OF MSE WALLS SUPPORTED ON THE RAMMED AGGREGATE PIER
Tommy Williamson, Geopier
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm Post stressing of drilled shaft tips using pressure grouting techniques
Philip King, Syncropile, Inc.
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
 
7:00 am - 8:00 am BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION
SESSION 3
8:00 am - 12:00 noon Site visit to the Port of Corpus Christi
Mark McCleland, TX DOT
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm LUNCH
SESSION 4
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm LA 1 - Embankment Design and Settlement Monitoring
Dr. Ching Tsai, LA DOT
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Landslide Investigation and Mitigation using Lightweight Fill, Ground Anchors, and Rockery
Ben Arndt, Yeh and Assoc.
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Landslide on hwy 82
Butch Reidenbach, Ok DOT
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm BREAK
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Geofoam/pile soldier wall
Ed Rector, NM DOT
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Spiral Nail System
Bill Hilfiker, Hilficker
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm MSE wall construction practices
Daniel Alzamora, FHWA RC
 
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008
 
SESSION 5
8:00 am - 8:30 am LRFD Implementation at ADOT
Norm Wetz, AZ DOT
8:30 am - 10:15 am LRFD Seminar
Naser Abu-Hajleh, FHWA
10:15 am - 10:30 am BREAK
10:30 am - 11:00 am Summary of Empirical Design Methods for Constructing Over Soft Soils with Geosynthetic Reinforcement
Steve Archer, Tensar
11:00 am - 11:30 am Fully Automated and Wireless Cone Penetration Testing
Gerald Verbeek, Verbeek Management Service
11:30 am - 12:00 noon TBD
TBD, NV DOT

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