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46th
ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON DEEP FOUNDATIONS | 2021
FULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE*
Wednesday, October 13, 2021 | Conference Day 1
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
DFI Educational Trust 5k Run/Walk | Participants Meet at 6:30 AM for Race Check-In
Conference Registration | Premier Ballroom Foyer
Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | Premier Ballroom
7:30 AM - 8:00 PM
8:30 AM - 6:00 PM
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM
City-by-City Companions' Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | Premier Ballroom
Moderator & Speaker Technical Rehearsal | Rooms 318-320
Exhibition | Premier Ballroom
City-by-City Companions' Viva Las Vegas! | Call the Conceirge at +1 (877) 660-0660 to arrange sightseeing in advance and on your own.
Conference Welcome and Introductions | Rooms 318 - 320
Theresa Engler, Executive Director | Deep Foundations Institute and Tim Avery, P.E., Conference Chair | Keller
PLENARY 1: KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS | Rooms 318 - 320
Moderator: Martin B. Hudson, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. | Turner Construction Company
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
What Happens Below Grade in Vegas, Stays Here. How Unique Soils Allow for Foundation Solutions Not Typical Elsewhere
Michael McGettigan, P.E. | McGettigan Consulting
Some Critical Observations Regarding the Seismic Response of Rigid Inclusions
Armin Stuedlein, Ph.D., P.E. | Oregon State University and Matthew Gibson, Ph.D., P.E. | Clarity Engineering LLC
Networking Break & Exhibition | City-by-City Companions are Welcome | Exhibit Hall, Premier Ballroom
PLENARY 2: Outstanding Project Award, Student Paper Competition & Foundation Reuse Panel Discussion | Rooms 318 - 320
Moderators: Michael H. Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E. | Thatcher Engineering Corporation,
Benjamin Turner, Ph.D., P.E., G.E.and Andrew Boeckmann, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. | Dan Brown and Associates, PC
10:45 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 12:20 AM
Red Rock Hydroelectric Project
Rachael Bisnett | Stantec
Effect of Negative Skin Friction on Abutment Piles Design
Osama Drbe | Western University
Foundation Reuse Panel Discussion
Tom Bradley | Stanhope PLC; Hilary Shields | Arup; Jim Mackey | McGee Group Ltd; Susan White | Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP;
and Bryan Hartnagel, Ph.D. | Missouri Department of Transportation
12:20 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 3:40 PM
PARALLEL SESSION A1 | Rooms 318 - 320
Deep Foundations Advancements B
Moderator: Ali Fayad, P.E. | OC Public Works
1:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Theoretical Ultimate Lateral Resistance Near the Soil Surface in
Unsaturated Cohesionless Soils
Oladayo O. Komolafe | University of New Hampshire
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM
High-capacity Helical Piles for Drill Trestle Support
Doug Schwarm, P.E., G.E., P.Eng. | Atlas Geotechnical
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM
New Application of Geophysics: Reduce Uncertainty in
Subsurface Investigation for Deep Transmission Line Structure
Foundations
Ashley Shirer, Ph.D., P.E. | DiGioia Gray & Associates, LLC
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM
Data Collected and Lessons Learned from Load Test Program for
ACIP Piles Supporting Highway Structures
Reinaldo Villa, P.E. and Joshua Adams | Universal Engineering
Sciences
*subject to change
Welcome Lunch | Chairman's Ballroom
PARALLEL SESSION B1 | Rooms 355-358
Foundation Monitoring and Testing A
Moderator: Bryan Cortnik, P.E., S.E. | Daedalus Structural Engineering
Signal Anomalies in Crosshole Sonic Logging Testing With A Case
Study in Metro Manila
Benjamin Buensuceso | BRB Solutions
New insights into Driven Pile Vibrations Using Novel Data
Management and Visualization Tools
Dakarai McCoy, and Mark Zablocki | Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
Fresh Concrete Pressure in Cast in-situ Bored Piles
Hanna Nissen | Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute
Comparison of Top-Loaded Bi-Directional Test and Conventional
Bi-Directional Load Test Results
Patrick Hannigan, P.E. | GRL Engineers, Inc.
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