Skip to contentUnited States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway AdministrationSearch FHWAFeedback

Geotechnical Engineering

 

Geotechnical Engineering - Ground Improvement Methods

Prepared for The Office of Engineering
by The Geotechnical Group of the Bridge Division
July 1996

Bridge Technology


Demonstration Project 116 General Information

Accommodations and Facilities - Individual agencies, who host the seminars and workshops, will be responsible for designating a local coordinator to secure a suitable meeting room, supply all necessary visual aid equipment, and assist with other administrative details.

Cost - Free for Federal, State, and local government Transportation attendees. Attendance by non-Transportation agency personnel is at the discretion of the host agency.

Workshop Material - FHWA technical manuals, FHWA-SA-98-086, "Ground Improvement Technical Summaries"

For more information, contact the FHWA Division in your State or Jerry A. DiMaggio, FHWA Office of Infrastructure, Washington, DC, Call (202) 366-1569, or Fax (202) 366-3378 or via e-mail address:jerry.dimaggio@fhwa.dot.gov

The showcase of this project is the development and distribution of a comprehensive ground improvement document which contains detailed technical summaries on each of the specific methods covered within the project. Each technical summary reflects current practice in design, construction, contracting methods and quality procedures. This publication was prepared with the practicing transportation specialist in mind and has been prepared with the benefit of extensive industry review. Services provided under the scope of Demonstration Project No. 116 include the following:

Workshops/Seminars
  • 2 1/2-Day Workshop on all ground improvements covering selection, preliminary design, construction methods, contracting methods and construction monitoring and inspection.
  • Focused 1-Day Seminars on one or two ground improvement methods.
Technical Assistance
  • Site assessment, design development and review, specification development, and construction trouble shooting, inspection and monitoring.
  • Experimental evaluations of unusual and major applications.
dp 116 logoPublication No. FHWA-SA-99-037

Page 1 of Flyer

 
This page last modified on 08/14/06
 

FHWA
United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration