Geotechnical Hazards

Features

• Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines
• Unknown Foundations

Training & Workshops

• 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing
  New Orleans, LA
  February 16-18, 2012

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State Geotechnical Workshops

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Publications

• FHWA Checklist and Guidelines for Review of Geotechnical Reports and Preliminary Plans and Specifications
• Manual for Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment

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Research

• A Quarter Century of Geotechnical Research

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Geotechnical Conferences

• 4th International Conference on Grouting and Deep Mixing
  New Orleans, LA
  February 16-18, 2012

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Software

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Memos

• GT-16 - Unknown Foundations (.pdf, 0.7 mb)

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Related Features

• National Highway Institute
• Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center

Contact:

Silas Nichols
Office of Bridge Technology
202-366-1554
silas.nichols@dot.gov

About Geotechnical Hazards

The geotechnical hazards for transportation applications covered under this technical area include method, procedural and policy guidance for seismic design and retrofit, extreme events, abandoned underground mines, and for evaluating bridges with unknown foundations.