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First International Conference on Scour of Foundations ICSF-1

First International Conference on
Scour of Foundations
ICSF-1

November 17-20, 2002

College Station Hilton Hotel and Conference Center
801 University Drive East
College Station, Texas 77840
USA

Sponsors

Main Sponsors

International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
Texas Transportation Institute

Gold Level Sponsors

Federal Highway Administration
National Science Foundation

Silver Level Sponsors

ADSC, The International Association of Foundation Drilling
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
The Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE
The Environmental & Water Resources Institute of ASCE
The Geo-Institute of ASCE
The Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE
Texas A&M University Department of Civil Engineering
Transportation Research Board (TRB)

Conference Objectives

The objectives of the First International Conference on Scour of Foundations (ICSF-1) are:

  1. To promote the involvement of geotechnical engineers and the cooperation between all disciplines related to scour of foundations
  2. To present and collect the latest international information on scour of foundations
  3. To promote international discussion on research and practice of scour of foundations
  4. To organize a prediction event to evaluate the precision of scour prediction methods

Topics

Scour of foundations, erosion of soils, scour at bridges, dams, offshore platforms, underwater pipelines, prediction of scour depth including pier scour, abutment scour, contraction scour, general degradation and aggradation, meander migration, countermeasures selection and design, monitoring, scour in gravel, sand, silt, clay and rock, laboratory measurements of erosion properties, field studies, case histories, failures and successes, international guidelines and practices, numerical modeling, model tests, field inspection, data bases.

Participant Registration

Online registration is no longer available for this conference, however, registration will be available on-site at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Center prior to the conference.

The registration fee will be $475.00 until October 4, 2002. After October 4 the registration fee will be assessed a $100 late fee. You may pay your registration fee by check, money order, or credit card.

If you are unable to attend the entire conference, day tickets can be purchased for $250 per day. After October 4, the day tickets will be assessed a $50 late fee. The day ticket includes participation in all events for the day selected.

Student registration is $100, with no late fee with proof of full-time student status.

Payment must be postmarked by October 4 in order to avoid the late fee. OCMS cannot invoice; therefore, payment of the conference registration fee must be received prior to admission to the conference.

For payment processing purposes, the vendor identification number for TTI-OCMS is 37277277275000. The federal identification number is 74-2270624.

Please make checks or money orders (U.S. currency drawn on a U.S. bank) payable to TTI-SCOUR and mail your payment to the Office of Conference Management Services (OCMS). OCMS also accepts Visa, MasterCard and Discover credit cards.

The single conference registration fee covers admission to all sessions, three continental breakfasts, three luncheons, six breaks, the evening receptions, and one copy of the proceedings.

Guest tickets are also available at $200 per person. The tickets include participation in all of the food functions. If you desire to attend the meetings, please register as a participant at the $475 rate.

Conference registration will be available on-site immediately prior to the conference. The $100 late fee will be in effect during that time.

Exhibitor Registration

If you would like more information about exhibiting at this conference, please visit the exhibitor web page.

Registration/Information Desk

The registration/information desk will be open during the following times:

Sunday, November 17, 2002
1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.

Monday, November 18 & Tuesday, November 19
7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 20
7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Cancellations

Only cancellations received in writing by OCMS by 5:00 p.m. November 1, 2002, will be refunded, less a $75 handling fee. No refunds will be made after November 1.

Exhibit Area

Several vendors will be exhibiting throughout the conference. The exhibit area will be open during the following times:

Sunday, November 17, 2002 – 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.; Exhibitor Set-up
Sunday, November 17, 2002 – 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.; Exhibitor Reception
Monday, November 18 2002 – 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 19, 2002 – 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 – 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

Hotel Reservations

The College Station Hilton and Conference Center is holding a block of rooms for conference participants at the nightly rate of $75 for single and double occupancy. We encourage everyone needing a room to call immediately since we anticipate the rooms will be booked quickly. Reservations should be made by October 28, 2002. To receive this rate, please call the College Station Hilton at 979-693-7500 or 800-445-8667. Remember to ask for reservations under "Scour" to receive special rates on rooms. All reservations must be guaranteed for the first night’s arrival by credit card, cash, check or purchase order with approved credit. The hotel will not hold any reservation unless secured by one of these methods. Please confirm your room rate when you make your reservation and confirm this rate upon your arrival at the hotel.

Please assist us in keeping conference costs down by meeting our room block requirements at this hotel. All reservations for this event must be received by Monday, October 28, 2002. Reservations for this event received after this date will be accepted on a space available and rate available basis.

For more details and directions to the hotel, please visit their website.

Date of room block: November 17-20, 2002

To avoid cancellation fees, reservations must be canceled before 4:00 pm the day before the date of arrival. Check-in time is 4:00 p.m. Checkout time is 12:00 noon.

Please note: Any attendee not identifying his/her affiliation with the group and not requesting the conference rate prior to check-in cannot be extended the conference rate at a later date or during or after the meeting.

Transportation

The College Station Hilton and Conference Center provides complimentary shuttle service to and from the College Station Easterwood Airport. A courtesy phone is provided at the airport from which you can contact the hotel and request the shuttle service.

Parking

The Hotel has self-parking available free of charge.

Driving Directions

Aggie Football Game

On Saturday, November 16, 2002 the Texas A&M Aggies will be hosting the Missouri Tigers at Kyle Field. To order tickets for this event, please visit the Aggie Athletics website. Note: Participation in this event is not included in the conference registration fees. Any questions about this event should be directed to the Aggie Athletics office.

City Information

For more information about College Station, please visit http://www.cstx.gov/home/index.asp.

Committees

International Advisory Committee

Laila Abed (Egypt), Marco Falcon Ascanion (Venezuela), A. (Tony) Bracegirdle(UK), Jean-Louis Briaud (USA), YeeMeng Chiew (Singapore), Guoren Dou (China), Michael Heibaum (Germany), Jellew Jellev (Bulgaria), Sangseom Jeong (Korea), Hellgi Johannesson (Iceland), Sterling Jones (USA), Soo-Sam Kim (Korea), Boleslaw A. Klosinski (Poland), Raul A. Lopardo (Argentina), Bruce W. Melville (New Zealand), Zlatko Mihalinec (Croatia), Yahia E-A Mohamedzein (Sudan), Gaston Laporte Molina (Costa Rica), A. V. S. R. Murty (India), L. Rakoczi (Hungary), Alfonso Rico Rodriguez (Mexico) A. M. M. Safiullah (Bangladesh), Makoto Shimamura (Japan), Tetsuro Tsujimoto (Japan), Peter Turcek (Slovak Republic), Dirceu de Alencar Velloso (Brazil), and Narimantas Zdankus (Lithuania).

National Advisory Committee

George Annandale, Larry Arneson, Jean-Louis Briaud, H.-C. Chen, Tom Dahl, Stan Davis, Jerry DiMaggio, Al DiMillio, Dave Froehlich, Daryl Greer, Larry Harrison, Robert Henthorne, Carlton Ho, Rollin Hotchkiss, Beatrice Hunt, G.P. Jayaprakash, Peggy Johnson, Sterling Jones, Ed Kent, Peter Lagasse, Melinda Luna, Shawn McClemore, William Moore, Jorge Pagan-Ortiz, Dave Parker, Art Parola, Richard Phillips, Everett Richardson, Max Sheppard, Peter Smith, Steve Smith, David Stolpa, Phil Thompson, and Mehmet Tumay.

Organizing Committee

Jean-Louis Briaud (Chair), H.-C. Chen (Vice-Chair), Billy Edge, Harlow Landphair, Ya Li, Jun Wang, Prahoro Nurtjhayo, Kathy Montemayor, Jamie Blakeney, and Susan Robertson.

Prediction Event Committee

Jean-Louis Briaud, H.-C. Chen, Kuan-An Chang, Jerry DiMaggio, Al DiMillio, Sterling Jones, Ya Li, Dave Mueller, Jorge Pagan, Wei Wang, and Jun Wang.

Technical Program Committee

Jean-Louis Briaud, H.C. Chen, Michael Heibaum, Bruce Melville, Jorge Pagan, Art Parola, Everett Richardson, Tetsuro Tsujimoto, and Stephen Wright.

Schedule

Conference papers

October 31, 2001: Abstracts due
November 30, 2001: Notification of acceptance
March 31, 2002: Manuscripts due
June 30, 2002: Review comments back to authors
July 31, 2002: Final Manuscripts due
November 17, 2002: Proceedings ready for the conference

Prediction papers

January 31, 2002: Send prediction package
August 1, 2002: Prediction papers due
July-August-Sept. 2002: Texas A&M Univ. runs all flume tests
November 17, 2002: Prediction Volume ready for the Conference

For More Information

Program Contents
Professor Jean-Louis Briaud
Department of Civil Engineering
Texas A&M University
3136 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3136
U.S.A.
fax (979)845-6554
briaud@tamu.edu
Registration & Exhibits
Office of Conference Management Services
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
U.S.A.
ph. (979) 862-1219 · fax (979) 862-1225
ocms@tamu.edu

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