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
  GeoTechnical Session II
Moderator –
Khamis Haramy
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