| Monday May 15, 2006 |
| 4:00 - 7:00 PM |
Registration & Ice Breaker |
| Tuesday May 16, 2006 |
| 7:30 AM |
Registration |
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Welcome & Announcements |
Bob Meyers
New Mexico DOT |
| Session 1 |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Performance of Flexible Debris Flow Barriers in Fire Burned Areas |
Eric Rorem, Geobrugg
John Kalejta, Geobrugg |
| 9:00 - 9:45 |
Innovations in Shallow Landslide Repair |
Al Ruckman
Soil Nail Launcher, Inc. |
| 9:45 - 10:15 |
BREAK - Sponsored by Kleinfelder, Inc. |
| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Triggering Mechanisms for the Garvin Landslide |
Jim Nevels
Oklahoma DOT |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
The Case of the Rotating RSS |
Liz Smith
Kleinfelder |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Prosonic Drilling Technique for the Geotechnical Industry |
Gregory Zekoff
Prosonic Corporation |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
LUNCH - Sponsored by Hilfiker Retaining Walls |
| Session 2 |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Micropiles and the Federal Highway Admin 30 Years of Implementation |
Barry Siel
FHWA - RC |
| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Lateral Cyclic Effects on Pile Foundations |
Sudip Basack
Bengal University |
| 2:00 - 2:45 |
Embankment Support with Rammed Aggregate Piers: Case Histories |
Ken Hovelkamp
Geopier Foundation Co. |
| 2:45 - 3:15 |
BREAK - Sponsored by The Reinforced Earth Company |
| 3:15 - 3:45 |
Continuous Flight Auger Piles on Highway Bridge Foundations |
Rachel Ruperto
Texas DOT |
| 3:45 - 4:30 |
High Capacity Driven Piles - Lessons Learned |
Brian Leibich
California, DOT |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
Managing Rock Excavation on New Mexico DOT Projects |
Ron Siegel, Ed Rector
New Mexico DOT |
| 5:30 PM |
Reception hosted by Rocky Mtn. Chapter of ADSC |
| Session 3 |
| 7:30 - 8:00 |
The Economics of Current LRFD Applied to Foundations |
Paul Macklin
Yeh & Associates |
| 8:00 - 8:15 |
Viable & Practical Stiffness Based In-Place QC Testing of Compacted Subgrade Material |
Melvin Main
Main Associates |
| 8:15 - 8:30 |
Cement-Amended Roadway Bases Approach Their Potential Through a New Const. Method |
Melvin Main
Main Associates |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Geophysical Investigation of Karst Geology |
Mike Rucker, AMEC
John Lommler, AMEC |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
BREAK - Sponsored by Hilfiker Retaining Walls |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
Geotechnical Partnership on the I-40 Interchange Design/Build Project |
Bob Meyers, NMDOT
Kevin Scott, Terracon |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
Installation of Drilled Shafts from the Contractor's Perspective |
Bo Walker
ATS Drilling |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
The Rio Grande Rift |
Gerald Lindsey
AMEC Engr. & Environ. |
| 12:00 - 4:00 |
Field Trip to I-40 project followed by lunch at Sandia Peak Crest |
| Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
| Session 4 |
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
MSE Wall Rehabilitation I-515 Flamingo Road Interchange |
Abbas Bafghi
Nevada DOT |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
An Overview of Oklahoma DOT Geotechnical Specifications |
Butch Reidenbach
Oklahoma DOT |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Constructing the Tangent Pile Walls on TREX, Denver, Colorado |
Mike Walden, Lonnie Terry
Anderson Drilling |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
BREAK |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Deep Soil Improvement Alternatives for a Reinforced Earth Arch Culvert |
Bob Meyers, NMDOT
Dave Hutchinson, RECO |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Test Pile Program - Rigolets Pass Bridge |
Chris Nickel
Louisiana DOT |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Pressuremeter Testing in Sand, Gravel and Cobbles |
Dean Durkee
Gannett Fleming, Inc. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Three Strategies for Small Slope Repair in Steep Mountainous Terrain |
Ron Richman
California DOT |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
LUNCH - Sponsored by Kleinfelder, Inc. |
| Session 5 |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Foundation Excavation and Treatment, Burro Creek Arch Bridge, Mohave, Arizona |
Robert Cummings
Saquaro GeoServices |
| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Bridge Approach Settlement Research Project |
Lary Lenke
Univ. of New Mexico |
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Construction of High Performance Flexible Pavement Over Soft Subgrades |
Jodi Winney, MACTEC
Orion Graham, Contech |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
BREAK |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Dilatancy in Geotechnical Engineering |
Jie Zhang
New Mexico State Univ. |
| 3:30 - 4:15 |
Storm Induced Landslide Stabilization at SR 55/91 in Orange County, California |
Mohammed Islam
California DOT |
| 4:15 - 4:45 |
CSL and Tomagraphy for Finding and Imaging Anomalies - Defect Resolution Thru Knowledge |
Hunter Yarbrough
Olsen Engineering, Inc. |
