AGENDA FOR GEOTECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

Schedule of Events

  • Attendees are responsible for keeping a record of how many presentations attended. Please mark the presentations attended.
  • Registration Desk opens on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning.

Thursday – April 12

       

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PDH

Schedule

Description

Box

     
   

07:30 am – 08:15 am

Breakfast

08:15 am – 08:30 am

Introduction

Combined Session I (8:30 am – 10:00 am)

Moderator – TBA

0.5

08:30 am – 09:00 am

Landslides and Landslide Hazard Mapping in Macon Country, North Carolina
Richard Wooten, Rebecca Latham, Anne Witt, Stephen Fuemmeler, Kenneth Gillon, Thomas Douglas and Jennifer Bauer

0.5

09:00 am – 09:30 am

The Long Road to Building a Road: Highway Project Planning in North Carolina
Steve Brown and Eugene Tarascio

0.5

09:30 am – 10:00 am

Spatially Enabling Geotechnical Data
Ray Chilcote
   

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Break

      Combined Session II (10:30 am – 12:00 pm)
Moderator – Bob Goldstone

0.5

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Slope Stability Along the North Carolina Section of the Blue Ridge Parkway
Rebecca Latham and Richard Wooten

0.5

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Case Study: Ground Penetrating Radar Study to Investigate the Historic Road Construction of NC 158 in Elizabeth City, NC
Kate McKinley

0.5

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Integrating Geophysics and Engineering Using Mine Subsidence Mitigation for Highway Projects
Kanaan Hanna and Jim Pfeiffer

1.0

12:15 pm – 01:30 pm

Lunch and Lunch Presentation

GeoTechnical Session I (1:30 pm – 3:00 pm)

Moderator – TBA

0.5

01:30 pm – 02:00 pm

Proposed NCDOT MSE Retaining Wall Policy and Special Provision
Scott Hidden

0.5

02:00 pm – 02:30 pm

Temporary Shoring Revision and Expansion to Include MSE Walls
Scott Webb

0.5

02:30 pm – 03:00 pm

Estimation of Earth Pressure for Piedmont Residual Soils- A Second Year Update
J. Brian Anderson, Vincent Ogunro and Richard Burrage
   

03:00 pm – 03:30 pm

Break

GeoTechnical Session II (3:30 pm – 5:00 pm)

Moderator –

0.5

03:30 pm – 04:00 pm

Durability of Galvanized MSE Soil Reinforcements: 30+ Years of NCDOT and Other Experience
Robert Gladstone, Peter Anderson, Kenneth Fishman and James Withiam

0.5

04:00 pm – 04:30 pm

Temperature Controls on Subgrade Stabilization
John Daniels

0.5

04:30 pm – 05:00 pm

Design and Construction of Soil Nailed Excavation Support without Concrete Facing
Bon Lien
   

05:30 pm – 06:30 pm

Social Hour

AGENDA FOR GEOTECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS

Friday – April 13

       

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PDH

Schedule

Description

Box

     
   

07:30 am – 08:30 am

Breakfast

GeoTechnical Session III (8:30am – 10:00 am)

Moderator – TBA

0.5

08:30 am – 09:00 am

Deformation-Resistance Model for Geogrid Reinforced Unpaved Road
Jianjun Leng

0.5

09:00 am – 09:30 am

Geosynthetics in Pavements: A Progress Report
Kimberly Warren

0.5

09:30am – 10:00 am

Limit Equilibrium and Deformation Analyses of a Geogrid Reinforced Embankment
Young Jin Park, Mohammed Gabr, Roy Borden, Kyung Jun Kim and Christopher Kreider
   

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Break

GeoTechnical Session IV (10:30 am – 12:0 pm)

Moderator – TBA

0.5

10:30 am – 11:00 am

Prediction of Peak Particle Velocities on the Ground Surface due to Pile Driving
Brent Robinson

0.5

11:00 am – 11:30 am

Measured Soil Setup of Steel HP Piles form Windsor Bypass Project in North Carolina
Kyung Jun Kim and Christopher Kreider

0.5

11:30am – 12:00 pm

BioWall
Bob Barrett

0.5

12:00am – 12:30 pm

Cold Weather Portland Cement Stabilization: Is It Possible?
Tim McConnell