I have added a feed to the Geoprac.net blog site. I have also added a link to the latest issues of the Geoengineer.org newsletter. Both of these are on the right sidebar of the site.
We finally got a picture of Steve for the “About Us” page of the site, for those of you that may have been wondering if he really existed or not. CHECK IT OUT!
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Here is an updated list of upcoming speaking events for September and October.
September 20, 2007
James E. Roberts / Prof. Ben C. Gerwick, Jr. Memorial Bridge Conference
Sacramento, CA
September 21, 2007
Current Trends in Foundations of Major Bridges
Sacramento, CA
Dan will speak on drilled shaft foundations for large bridges
September 27-29, 2007
8th International Workshop on Micropiles
International Society for Micropiles
Toronto, ON, Canada
Erik will speak on using micropiles for slope stabilization.
October 9-10, 2007
39th Southeastern Transportation Geotechnical Engineering Conference
STGEC
Bowling Green, KY
Dan will speak on drilled shaft foundations for large bridges. Dan and Robert will speak about slope stabilization using deep foundation elements.
October 12, 2007
32nd Annual Conference on Deep Foundations
Colorado Springs, CO
Erik will speak on using micropiles for slope stabilization.
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There are a lot of seminars and workshops coming up this fall that should be of interest to geotechnical engineers and contractors. Seminar organizers include ADSC, DFI, and PDCA. The events are are:
ADSC Anchored Earth Seminar – Anaheim, CA (November 7-9, 2007)
DFI Piling Foundations Seminar – Cincinnati, OH (August 17, 2007)
DFI Current Trends in Foundations of Major Bridges – Sacramento, CA (September 21, 2007)
DFI Helical Foundations and Tiebacks Seminar – New Orleans, LA (November 16, 2007)
I have broken the link sidebar on the left labeled Conferences and Meetings into two areas:
Conferences and Meetings (for organization meetings, conferences, etc.) and Seminars and Workshops (for seminars, workshops, short courses, etc.)
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I have added a link to the International Society for Micropiles in our links area. I have also linked the upcoming 8th International Workshop on Micropiles in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 26-30.
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The PDCA (Pile Driving Contractors Association) has scheduled their 8th Annual Design and Installation of Cost Efficient Piles conference for September 27, 2007 at the Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Maryland. Click below to get more information or to register.
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We have added a link to Loadtest, Inc.,developer of the Osterberg cell (now commonly called the O-cell) test device for drilled shaft and foundation load testing. They have been providing O-cells for the loadtests at the John James Audubon Bridge in Louisiana. Results of those tests will be published ion the near future.
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I have added a couple of publications to the site that cover intermediate geomaterials, or IGM. The first is a paper Dan and I published from my master’s thesis in 1994 which I presented at the 25th Ohio River Valley Soils Seminar in Lexington, Kentucky.: The second one is a report of axial and lateral load tests for drilled shaft foundations in shale for a bridge in Alabama. The loadtests, analysis, and design recommendations were done as part of a research project on drilled shafts Dan was doing for ALDOT. My thesis work was part of the research project.
I am slowly working on getting as many of our publications on the site as possible. Thank you for your patience!
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Dan’s paper from the December, 2002 issue of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering has been added to our Publications page.
Brown, D.A., 2002. “Effect of Construction on Axial Capacity of Drilled Foundations in Piedmont Soils,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volume 128, No. 12, ASCE, pp967-973.
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I have added a paper on tip-grouting of drilled shafts to the site. Steve was coauthor with Dr. Gray Mullins, P.E. and Danny Winters of the University of South Florida. The paper was published in the April edition of the ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.
Mullins, G., Winters, D., and Dapp, S., 2006. “Predicting End Bearing Capacity of Post-Grouted Drilled Shaft in Cohesionless Soils,” Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volume 132, No. 4, ASCE, pp478-487.
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I have added a link to GeoPrac.net, a new website in the on-line geotechnical community, under our Geotechnical Resources side bar on the left. The site has been started by Randy Post, P.E. of NCS Consultants. From the site: “GeoPrac.net is a community site for practitioners of geotechnical engineering, geological engineering, engineering geology, hydrogeology and related disciplines.”
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