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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

Presentations

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2011

Alternate Technical Concept: Foundations for the New Mississippi River Bridge, St. Louis – Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E – DFI 36th Annual Conference, Boston, MA, October 20, 2011.

ADSC SE Chapter – Lawrenceville Site Presentation – Atlanta ASCE Geotechnical Group, Atlanta, GA – Nov 15, 2011

2010

Tip Grouted Drilled Shafts for the Audubon Bridge – Steve Dapp, Ph.D., P.E. – Geo-Florida 2010 – February 24, 2010

Construction Considerations in the Selection and Design of Drilled Shaft Foundations for Bridges – Paul Axtell, P.E. – 11th University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Structural Engineering Conference, April 8, 2010.

Drilled Shaft Foundations for Two Mississippi River Bridges – Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E. – DFI Super Pile Conference, June 11, 2010.

A Foundation Engineering Trip Down the Mississippi River – Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E. – STGEC 2010, Charleston, West Virginia, October 5, 2010.

Pile Load Tests for New Orleans Storm Protection Projects – Robert Thompson, P.E. – STGEC 2010, Charleston, West Virginia, October 5, 2010.

2009

Design of Drilled Shafts for Extreme Events – Dan A. Brown, Ph.D., P.E. – San Antonio Section ASCE Meeting – January 9, 2009

Drilled Shaft Performance in Cemented Calcareous Formations in the Southeast US – W. Robert Thompson, III, P.E. – IFCEE09, Orlando, Florida – March 18, 2009.

Case History: Value Engineering of Driven H-Piles for Slope Stability on the Missouri River – W. Robert Thompson, III, P.E. – IFCEE09, Orlando, Florida – March 16, 2009.

LRFD in Practice – A Case Study for Foundation Designers – W. Robert Thompson, III, P.E. and Liz Smith, P.E. (Terracon, Inc.). – 41st STGEC Conference, Wilmington, North Carolina – November 4, 2009.

2008

Improved Design of Drilled Shafts in Rock – Dan A. Brown, Ph.D., P.E. – STGEC 2008, Pigeon Forge, TN October 2008

2007

US 90 Biloxi Bay Bridge Test Pile Program – W. Robert Thompson, III, P.E. – 2007 AL Section ASCE Summer Meeting, Orange Beach, AL – July 26, 2007

2006

A Comparison of Static Axial Capacity Between Drilled and Driven Piles – Dr. Steven Dapp, P.E. – PDCA 10th Annual Meeting – San Antonio, TX – March 2-4, 2006

High Performance Concrete and Drilled Shaft Construction – Dr. Dan Brown, P.E. – STGEC 2006, Florence, AL – October 30 – November 3, 2006

Tip Grouted Drilled Shafts for the Audubon Bridge – Dr. Steven Dapp, P.E. – STGEC 2006, Florence, AL – October 30 – November 3, 2006

US 90 Biloxi Bay Bridge Test Pile Program – W. Robert Thompson, III, P.E. – STGEC 2006, Florence, AL – October 30 – November 3, 2006

2005

Case History: Utilizing Load Test Data to Value Engineer Drilled Shaft Foundations – Robert Thompson, P.E. w/ Lance Kitchens,P.E. of Russo Corp. – ADSC GEO3 – Dallas, TX – Nov. 6-9, 2005.

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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