| Monday May 17, 2004 |
| 4:00 - 7:00 PM |
Registration & Ice Breaker |
| Tuesday May 18, 2004 |
| 7:30 AM |
Registration |
| 8:00 - 8:30 |
Welcome & Announcements |
Brian Liebich
CalTrans |
| Session 1A - Grouting |
Moderator: Sarah Skeen |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Jet Grouting Case History How Not to Do a Po-Dunk Jet Grouting Job |
Jim Brennan
Kansas DOT |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Jet Grouting Creates a Soilcrete Bottom Seal Facilitates Construction of Railway Underpass |
Ken Ivanetich
Hayward Baker |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Break |
| Session 1B - Foundations |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
State of Practice for NDT of Drilled Shafts |
Mark Tufenkjian
California State Univ. |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Unknown Foundations |
Larry Olson
Olson Engineering |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Comparison of Static & Dynamic Load Tests on APGD Piles |
Camilo Alverez
GRL Engineers |
| 11:30 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Deep Foundation Construction Challenges at the New Benicia-Martinez Bridge |
Bogdan Komorniczak
CalTrans |
| Session 2 - Stability |
Moderator: Barry Siel |
| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Seismic Design of CIDH Pile Foundations Subject to Liquefaction and Downdrag |
Endi Zhai
Group Delta Consultants |
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
Rock Remediation - The Visual Impact |
Daniel Journeaux
Janod |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Slope Stabilization and Erosion Mitigation in Loose Sand |
William Kane
KANE GeoTech |
| 3:30 - 4:00 |
Slope Stabilization Using Ground Anchors |
Scott Anderson
FHWA - CFLHD |
| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Design Build - An Owner's and Geotechnical Engineer's Perspective |
Ronald Siegel
New Mexico DOT |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
Design Build - Group Discussion Improving the Process From All Perspectives |
Ronald Siegel
New Mexico DOT |
| Wednesday May 19, 2004 |
| Session 3A - Retaining Walls |
Moderator: Parviz Noori |
| 8:00 - 8:45 |
Repair of Failing MSE Railroad Bridge Abutment |
Tom Armour
DBM Contractors |
| 8:45- 9:30 |
Beautification of Provo Canyon, Utah Retaining Wall Aesthetics |
Tom Armour
DBM Contractors |
| 9:30 - 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
NMDOT's First Soil Nail Wall Project A Case History |
Susan Gallaher
New Mexico DOT |
| Session 3B - Soil Properties |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Soil Shrinkage - Soil Moisture Deficit |
James Nevels
Oklahoma DOT |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Application of Soil Suction in Geotechnical Engineering - Soil Suction Testing |
James Nevels
Oklahoma DOT |
| 11:30 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| Session 4A - Geophysics |
Moderator: |
| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Improving Subsurface Velocity Imaging Via Combined Source & Receiver Arrays |
William Owen
CalTrans |
| 1:30 - 2:00 |
Detection of Subsurface Features Affecting Roadway Design in Vasicular Basalt |
Kanaan Hanna
Blackhawk GeoServices |
| 2:00 - 2:30 |
FHWA Geophysics Manual |
Charlie Martinez
FHWA - CFLHD |
| 2:30 - 3:00 |
Break |
| 3:30 - 4:00 |
Shear-Wave Velocity Measurements Using the Refraction Microtremor (ReMi) Method |
Satish Pullammanappallil
Optim |
| Session 4B - Geotechniques |
| 3:00 - 3:30 |
The 2003 San Simeon Earthquake A Brief Overview |
Ron Richman
CalTrans |
| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Abandon Mines Working Group |
Sarah Skeen FHWA
CA Division |
| 4:30 - 5:00 |
Specifications for Supply and Installation of Vertical Prefabricated Wick Drains |
Robert Gioacchino
Nilex Construction |
| Thursday, May 20, 2004 |
| 8:00 - 4:00 |
Field Trip - San Francisco Bay by Boat |
