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Dan’s Speaking Schedule

March 16, 2012 - "Advanced" Design and Construction Issues with Drilled Shaft Foundations; Case Histories - ADSC Equipment EXPO and Technical Conference - San Antonio, Texas

March 26-28, 2012 - State of the Art and Practice for Drilled Foundations - GeoCongress 2012 - ASCE/Geo-Institute - San Francisco, California

Other DBA Team Speaking Appearences

Tim Siegel (January 22, 2012): Innovative Techniques for Characterizing Karst Terrain, Workshop on Geo-innovation in Subsurface Exploration, TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.

John Turner and Robert Thompson (February 21-23, 2012): NHI Drilled Shaft Course - Kansas DOT, Topeka, Kansas

Robert Thompson (February 24, 2012): Conservatism in Drilled Shaft Design When Utilizing Rock Sockets, Alabama Transportation Conference, Montgomery, Alabama

Tim Siegel (March 15, 2012): Micropile Design Installation and Performance for the Foothills Parkway, ADSC Equipment EXPO and Technical Conference, San Antonio, Texas

Robert Thompson (March 15, 2012): Full-Scale Load Tests on Drilled Shafts in Tennessee and Georgia, ADSC Equipment EXPO and Technical Conference, San Antonio, Texas

Erik Loehr (March 15, 2012): Slope Stabilization Using Micropiles, ADSC Equipment EXPO and Technical Conference, San Antonio, Texas

TBA (April 10-12, 2012): NHI Drilled Shaft Course - South Carolina DOT, Columbia, South Carolina

Conferences, Meetings, Seminars, Workshops

Biloxi Bay Bridge Test Pile Program – DFI Journal Volume 3, May 2009

Robert’s paper with Lloyd Held (retired from Eustis Engineering) and Steve Saye of Kiewit Engineering Company on the Biloxi Bay Bridge test pile program has been published in the latest issue of the DFI Journal, published by the Deep Foundations Institute.  A total of 22 indicator piles were installed on the project using the pile driving analyzer to monitor the pile behavior. Five load tests were performed: two axial Statnamic, two lateral Statnamic, and one static axial. The results of the test pile program established driving criteria for production piles that included end of drive blow counts and pile tip elevations with an appropriate allowance for setup.

 

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Test Pile Program to Determine Axial Capacity and Pile Setup for the Biloxi Bay Bridge_ThompsonHeldSaye - DFI Journal Vol3-May09

 

The bridge was recently featured on the cover of Civil Engineering Magazine along with a feature article by Pat Cassity, P.E., S.E. of Parsons Transportation Group.  Source: ASCE

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ADSC SE Drilled Shaft Research Project, Lawrenceville, GA Test SiteDBA Honors and Awards
JJA Pictures from Chris Ursery (FIGG)Hastings Bridge Construction
Ownesboro Hospital Ground ImprovementArtistic Construction - Vol 1
JJA Construction 2010LPV-145 Test Piles 2009-2010
DFI 2009JJA Construction - Shaft 3W South Load Test - October 2009
Huey P. Long Bridge Drilled Shafts - October 2009JJA Construction - Pier 2W - September 2009 Photos
Univ Kansas Research - Lateral Load Test on Drilled ShaftsHuey P. Long Bridge, New Orleans - Test Shaft Construction - July 16-19, 2009
GIWW West Closure Complex Test Piles June and July 2009Garden State Parkway Mullica River Bridge - Test Shaft Construction - June 2009