Attendees

2004 GEOTECHNICAL/GEOPHYSICAL AGENDA
Schedule of Events

Thursday – April 15
7:00 am - 3:00 pm	Registration Desk Open - Lobby Area (Foyer)
7:00 am - 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast - Exhibit Areas
Opening Ceremonies (Grand Ballroom Salon B)
Moderator – Jeff Sizemore, SCDOT
8:00 am - 8:15 am	Welcome (Combined Session)
8:15 am - 8:40 am	Digital Engineering Geology Mapping for Transportation Projects, Jeff Keaton & Steven Frambach ~ AMEC (Earth & Environmental Division) ~ Anaheim, CA, & Charlotte, NC
8:40 am - 9:05 am	The Evolution of Collaboration Rick Catlin ~ Catlin Engineers & Scientists
9:05 am - 9:30 am	Geotechnical and Environmental Site Investigations Using CPT Technologies Timothy James Cleary ~ Gregg Drilling and Testing, Inc. Summerville, South Carolina
9:30 am - 9:55 am	Value Engineering Change Proposal (VECP) Sam Attum & Wayne Johnson ~ NCDOT - Value Management Design Services Unit
9:55 am - 10:30	Break (First Drawing Area A) (Exhibit Area ) (GeoTechnical Session I) (Grand Ballroom Salon B) Moderator – John Fargher, P.E. – NCDOT
10:30 am - 10:55 am	Improving Global Stability & Controlling Settlement with Geopier Rammed Aggregate Piers, Kord J. Wissmann, PhD, PE ~ President, Geopier Foundation Co., Inc.
10:55 am - 11:20 am	CSV Soil Stabilization System, Keith Harris ~ Coastal Caisson Corp.
11:20 am - 11:45 am	The ABC’s of QA/QC for Soil Improvement, James D. Hussin, P.E.~ Hayward Baker Inc.
11:45 am - 12:10 pm	The Influence of Ground Improvement on Geotechnical Design, George K. Burke, P.E. & Allen Sehn, PhD., P.E. ~ Hayward Baker Inc.
12:10 pm - 1:15 pm	Lunch & Keynote Speaker (Carolina Ballroom West) Application of Augered Cast-In- Place Piles (ACIP) and Quality Control and Testing – New Development in Construction Procedures And the use of new equipment. Dr. Dan Brown: Gottlieb Associate Professor at Auburn University (GeoTechnical Session II) (Grand Ballroom Salon B) Moderator – Eric Williams, NCDOT
1:30 pm - 1:55 pm	Geotechnical Application for Lightweight Aggregates Jack Moore, P.E. ~ Big River Industries
1:55 pm - 2:20 pm	Exploratory Insitu Testing of a New Florida Department of Transportation Deep Foundations Research Site Dr. J. Brian Anderson ~ Department of Civil Engineering UNC Charlotte
2:20 pm - 2:45 pm	Post Grouted Drilled Shafts for the Natchez Trace Parkway Mike Muchard, P.E. ~ Applied Foundation Testing, Inc.
2:45 pm – 3:10 pm	CSL Testing Chris Kreider, P.E. ~ NCDOT – Geotechnical Engineering Unit
3:10 pm – 3:35 pm	Load Test Program Improves Design and Saves Dollars William F. (Bubba) Knight, P.E. ~ Professional Service Industries
3:35 pm – 4:00 pm	Break in Exhibition Areas (Second Drawing Area B ) (Exhibit Area) See rules of drawing (GeoTechnical Session III) (Grand Ballroom Salon B) Moderator – Michael Koutsourais, Anchor Wall
4:00 pm – 4:25 pm	Comparison of Non-Invasive Geophysical Methods for mapping near-surface voids ~ Kanaan Hanna ~ Blackhawk GeoServices, Inc
4:25 pm – 4:50 pm	Dynamic and Static Load Testing of Pressure Grouted Micro-Piles in Charleston, SC ~ Matthew Silveston, PE ~ WPC Engineering, Environmental and Construction Services Inc.
4:50 pm – 5:15 pm	Compression Top Load Reaching Shaft Bottom ~ Theory vs Tests Is Bottom Cleanliness Important? ~ Dr. David K. Crapps ~ David K. Crapps, Inc.
5:15 pm – 5:40 pm	Overview of Design, Construction & Verification for Drilled Piers ~ Dick Wells, PE ~ Trigon Engineering Consultants, Inc.
5:40 pm – 6:40 pm	Social Hour (Third Drawing ) (Foyer)
Friday – April 16

7:00 am - 8:00 am	Registration & Continental Breakfast in Exhibition Area (Exhibit Areas (GeoTechnical Session I) (Grand Ballroom Salon B) Moderator – Raja El-Awar, FES
8:15 am – 8:40 am 8:40 am - 9:05 am	The Use of Geosynthetics in Remediation of Roadway Embankment Slope Failures ~ B. Dan Marks, Ph.D., P.E.~ Schnabel Engineering South Tecco System Design and Installation on the New York State Thruway ~ Joseph Bigger ~ Geobrugg North America, LLC
9:05 am - 9:30 am	Anchor Landmark Retaining Wall System ~ Thomas Rainey, PE and Michael Koutsourais, PE ~ Anchor Retaining Wall Systems
9:30 am - 9:55 am	KeyStone Retaining Wall Scott Vollmer, P.E. ~ KeyStone Retaining Wall System
9:55 am - 10:30 am	Break in Exhibition Areas (Forth Drawing Area C )
10:30 am - 10:55 am	(GeoTechnical Session II) (Grand Ballroom Salon B) Moderator - Cheryl Youngblood, NCDOT Real-Time Monitoring Solutions for Deep Foundation Testing Scott Webster, GRL and Associates
10:55 am - 11:20 am	Geophysical MASW for Foundation Investigations ~ Edward (Ned) D. Billington, P.G. ~ Schnabel Engineering
11:20 am - 11:45 am	Investigation of Possible Sulfate Induced Heave in Chemically Stabilized Subgrades ~ William T. McConnell, LG ~ NCDOT Geotechnical Engineering Unit
11:45 am - 12:10 am	Practical Application of the Marchetti Flat Dialometer Test ~ Dr. David K. Crapps ~ David K. Crapps, Inc.
10 minutes	Announcements – Stretch Break (Combined)
12:20 pm - 12:45 pm	Conference closing remarks and feedback (Grand Ballroom Salon B)