Southeastern Transportation Geotechnical Engineering Conference 2003 Agenda

• Monday - October 20, 2003
  
  
  • Registration
  • Exhibition Set-Up
  • Ice Breaker Reception. Sponsored by Soil & Material Engineers (S&ME)
  
  
• Tuesday - October 21, 2003
  
  
  • Opening Session - Moderator: Milledge (Mickey) Wilson, SCDOT
    • Robert W. Harrell, Sr. First District Commissioner - SCDOT Robert I. Pratt, P.E., Director of Preconstruction - SCDOT
  • Technical Session I - Moderator: Milledge (Mickey) Wilson, SCDOT
    • AASHTO's Subcommittee on Bridges and Other Structures "Specifications Status and the Role of State/FHWA Geotechnical Specialists" Jerry A. DiMaggio, P.E., FHWA
    • Break and Exhibition. Sponsored by Tierra Inc.
    • PDA and CSL Testing: A Sampling of Interesting Case Histories Gregory J. Canivan, P.E., S&ME, Inc
    • Evaluation Soil and Rock Properties - Geotechnical Engineering Circular No. 5 Robert C. Bachus, GeoSyntec Consultants
  • Technical Session II - Moderator: Jonathan Annable, P.E., ASHTD
    • Pressure Grouting Drilled Shaft Base Gray Mullins, Ph.D., P.E., Univ. of South Florida
    • Post Grouted Drilled Shafts for the PGA Boulevard Bridge - Case History Michael K. Muchard, P.E. & Bud Khouri, P.E., Applied Foundation Testing, Inc. - Trevi Icos Corp.
    • Natchez Trace Parkway Michael Montgomery, P.E., Wilbur Smith Associates
    • Florida's Verification Program For Design-Build Pile Foundations Larry Jones, FDOT
    • Break and Exhibition. Sponsored by Professional Services, Inc (PSI)
  • Technical Session III - Moderator: Thomas Scruggs, P.E., GADOT
    • The Greenville Bridge, Drilled Shaft Load Test Project, Part 2 James A. Williams, III, MDOT
    • MS Dept. of Transportation Unknown Foundation Project Overview Michael Straud, MDOT
    • Case History: Ringling Bridge, A design Build Project William F "Bubba" Knight, P.E., PSI
  
  
• Wednesday - October 22, 2003
  
  
  • Technical Session IV - Moderator: Larry Jones, FDOT
    • Geotechnical Instrumentation of the I-20 Bridge Over the Mississippi River Jeff Tucker, P.E., R.P.G., Burns Cooley Dennis, Inc. / Louisiana DOT
    • Improvement to Exchange Place Station W. Randall Sullivan, Golder Associates
    • Innovative Technology for Accelerated Construction of Bridge and Embankment Foundations Randy R. Cannon, P.E., Site-Blauvelt Engineers
    • Ramsey Mountain Slide Jonathan Annable, P.E., ASHTD
    • Break and Exhibition. Sponsored by Ralph Whitehead Associates and HDR Engineering.
  • Technical Session V - Moderator: James A. Williams, III, MSDOT
    • The Fifty Mile Scenic Detour, or ... Adventures in Sinkhole Repair Thomas Scruggs, P.E., GADOT
    • Construction of a Pile Supported Foamed Concrete Embankment Chris Kreider, P.E., NCDOT
  • Technical Session VI - Moderator: Chris Kreider, P.E., NCDOT
    • Transitioning to routine use of applied Geophysics for site investigations Barry Berkovitz, P.E., FHWA
    • Ground Modification Techniques at Route 52 and Ashley Phosphate Road Overpasses in Charleston, SC Jeffery J. Bean, P.E., Layne Geoconstruction
    • P-Y Curves for Liquefied Sand Based on Lateral Load Tests for the Cooper River Bridge Kyle M. Rollins, Brigham Young University
    • Break and Exhibition. Co-sponsored by QORE Property Sciences
  • Technical Session VII - Moderator: Jeff Sizemore, P.E., SCDOT
    • Cooper River Bridge Charles Dwyer, P.E., SCDOT
    • Crosshole Sonic Logging Integrity Testing for the New Cooper River Bridge Edward Hajduk, WPC
    • Building a Castle on the Moon Nigel Osborn and Andy Buck, Case Atlantic Company
    • STGEC Steering Committee Meeting
  
  
• Thursday - October 23, 2003
  
  
  • Technical Session VIII - Moderator: Charles Dwyer, P.E., SCDOT
    • Cooper River Boat Tour Sponsored by Wright, Padgett, Christopher Eng (WPC).
    • Social Hour (Open Bar). Sponsored by Foundation & Material Engineers (F&ME)
    • Banquet (Cash bar)
  
  
• Friday - October 24, 2003
  
  
  • Technical Session IX - Moderator: Kim Martindale,P.E., LADOTD
    • Effect of Aging of Sediments on Paleoliquefaction Evaluation in the South Carolina Coastal Plain Lila Leon, Florence & Hutcheson, Inc
    • Ground Modification: How Much Improvement Scott M. Mackiewicz, Ph.D, P.E., S&ME, Inc".
    • Geotechnical Applications for Lightweight Aggregates Jack Moore, Big River Industries
    • Case Histories for Tieback and Soil Nail Walls for Roadways Kevin Cargill. P.E., Schnabel Foundation Company
    • Break and Exhibition
  • Technical Session X - Moderator: Christopher Slone, KYTC
    • Geosynthetic Reinforced Piled Embankment Steve Lothspeich, P.E., Huesker Inc.
    • Closure: Milledge (Mickey) Wilson, SCDOT

Contact:

Ben Rivers
Resource Center (Atlanta)
404-562-3926
benjamin.rivers@fhwa.dot.gov