| AGENDA FOR GEOTECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS | |
| Schedule of Events | |
| Thursday – April 20 | |
| 7:30 am – 8:15 am | Breakfast |
| 8:15 am - 8:30 am |
Introduction GeoTechnical Session I Moderator – Shane Clark |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am |
"Recently Completed Augered Cast-in-Place Pile (ACIP) Project in North Carolina" William J. Burger, Jr., P.E. ~ L.G. Barcus & Sons, Inc. |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am |
"Advances in Augercast Pile Design, Installation and Assessment" James W. Niehoff, P.E. ~ Professional Service Industries |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am |
"Automated Inspection Control of Augercast Piles" George Piscsalko ~ Pile Dynamics |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am | Break |
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GeoTechnical Session II Moderator –Khamis Haramy |
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| 10:30 am – 11:00 am |
"Implementation of NCDOT requirements in gINT" Johnny Martel ~ gINT Software |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
"Ground Penetrating Radar Inspection to Evaluate Stability of Sound Wall Pillars" Kanaan Hanna, Zapata Engineering |
| 11:30 am – 12:00 pm |
"Cold Weather Subgrade Stabilization" John L. Daniels, Ph.D., P.E. ~ UNC Charlotte |
| 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch GeoTechnical Session III Moderator – Jamey Batts |
| 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm |
"Case Study; Innovative Embankment Construction over Soft Ground" K.J. Kim, Ph.D., P.E. ~ NCDOT |
| 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm |
"Case Study; Gorgas Power Plant Soil Nail Wall" Simon Young ~ Nicholson Construction Company |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
"Estimate and Measurement of Earth Pressure in Piedmont Residual Soil" Brian Anderson, Ph.D., P.E. ~ UNC Charlotte |
| 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm |
Break GeoTechnical Session IV Moderator – Darrin Holt |
| 3:30pm – 4:00 pm |
"Micropiles, Rock Anchors and Anchor Piles – The Liberty Bridge" Daryl Wurster, P.E. ~ Wurster Engineering and Construction, Inc. |
| 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm |
"Bridge 91 Monitoring Instrumentation" Miguel Truzman and David J. Corley. P.E. ~ WPC, Inc. |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
"Design and Construction of the Foundation Retrofit for Bridge 91 over the Yadkin River" John Fargher, P.E., Tim Sherrill, P.E., Dean Hardister, P.E. ~ NCDOT Kevin Burns, P.E., ~ RE Burns & Sons, and Scott Dodds, P.E., ~ Brayman |
| 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm |
Social Hour |
| Friday – April 21 | |
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am |
Breakfast GeoTechnical Session I Moderator – Raja El-Awar |
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am |
"Characterization of Jetting-Induced Disturbance Zones" Mohammed Gabr, Ph.D., P.E. ~ NC State University |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am |
"Dynamic Load Testing of Drilled Piles and Shafts" Scott Webster, P.E. ~ GRL Engineers |
| 9:30am – 10:00 am |
"Low Cost Load Testing of a Shallow Foundation" Brian Anderson, Ph.D., P.E. ~ UNC Charlotte |
| 10:00 am – 10:30 am |
Break GeoTechnical Session II Moderator –Michael Valiquette |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am |
"Neural Network Model for Ultimate Load Capacity of Piles" Jong Koo Jeon ~ NC State University and Mohammed Mulla, P.E., NCDOT |
| 11:00 am – 11:30 am |
"A Point of Fixity Model for Pile and Shaft Bridges" Brent Robinson, PE ~ NC State University |
| 11:30am – 12:00pm |
"Saving the NCDOT Bridge Maintenance Unit Money by Considering all Foundation Options" Michael Babalola ~ NCDOT and Brian Anderson, Ph.D., P.E. ~ UNC Charlotte |
| 12:00pm – 12:30pm |
"ESCS Lightweight Aggregate Geotechnical Fill Properties and Applications" Jody R. Wall, P.E. ~ Carolina Stalite Company |