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46th
ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON DEEP FOUNDATIONS | 2021
FULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE*
7:30 AM - 7:00 PM
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Thursday, October 14, 2021 | Conference Day 2
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 with Conference Attendees | Premier Ballroom
Moderator & Speaker Technical Rehearsal | Rooms 318-320 and 355-358
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 | Rooms 318 - 320
Theresa Engler, Executive Director | Deep Foundations Institute and Tim Avery, P.E., Conference Chair | Keller
PLENARY 3: KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS | Rooms 318 - 320
Moderator: Ramin Motamed, Ph.D., P.E. | University of Nevada, Reno
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Bringing Embodied Carbon into Foundation Choices
Donald W. Davies, P.E., S.E. | Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Geosynthetic-reinforced Column-supported Embankments: Bridging Theory and Practice
Jie Han, Prof. Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE | University of Kansas
Networking Break & Exhibition | City-by-City Companions are Welcome | Exhibit Hall, Premier Ballroom
PARALLEL SESSION A4 | Rooms 318 - 320
Deep Foundations Advancements A
Moderator: Rick Hanke, P.Eng. | Condon
Johnson & Associates, Inc.
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM
Full Displacement Piles - An Innovative
Alternative to Typical Steel Driven Piles
Patrick Granitzki, P.E. and Alicia Plinio |
Dynamic Earth, LLC
11:20 AM - 11:40 AM
CPT Methods for Helical Pile Design
Howard Perko, Ph.D., P.E. | Magnum Piering
11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Foundation Rehabilitation of the Henry
Hudson Bridge
Dharmil Patel, P.E. and Susan Benyaminov |
GZA GeoenvironmentaL, Inc.
12:00 PM - 12:20 PM
Simplifying The Design of Laterally Loaded
Piles for Waterfront Structures
Amanda Parry and Chris Pray | GEI
Consultants, Inc.
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Discussion
PARALLEL SESSION B4 | Rooms 355-358
Challenges of Unanticipated Soil Conditions
Moderator: Peter Kandaris, P.E. | DiGioia Gray
& Associates LLC
Ground Improvement Using Compaction
Techniques on Calcareous Sands and
Verification Tests Procedures
Vijaya Bhushan Parigela | Bauer Foundations
Load Distribution for Underpinning System
Using Inherent Rigidity of Concrete Dam
Matthew Drewek, Ph.D., P.E. | GEI
Consultants, Inc.
Evaluation Of Existing T-Z Models for
Caliche Based On Numerical Analysis Of BiDirectional
Load tests Using NVSHAFT
Ramin Motamed, Ph.D., P.E. and Fahim
Mashroor Bhuiyan | University of Nevada, Reno
Slippery Slope: Micropiles Support a
Historic Transmission Line Upgrade in the
Steep Talus Slopes of the Columbia River
Gorge
Kevin Haiar, P.E. and Brian J. Olson, C.E.G.,
P.Geo. | Crux Subsurface
Discussion
DFI Business Meeting Luncheon | Chairman's Ballroom
Technical Committees and Regional Chapters Year-In-Review and President's Awards
Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications | Rooms 355-358
Jim Abbott | Retired MLB Pitcher, Olympic Gold Medalist, ODEP Advocate, Pitching Instructor
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
*subject to change
Networking Break & Exhibition | City-by-City Companions are Welcome | Premier Ballroom
Continued on next page
PARALLEL SESSION C4 | Exhibit Hall,
Premier Ballroom
DFI Manufacturer, Supplier, Service Provider
Committee Trade Expo Presentations (MSSP)
Moderator: John Anderson | Specrete-IP
Incorporated
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
The Most Widely Used Wave Equation
Software has a New Release: GRLWEAP14
Ryan Allin, P.E. and Nicole Angie | Pile
Dynamics, Inc.
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Geo-Instruments QuickView Data
Visualization Platform
Kenneth Campbell and Paul Thurlow |
Geo-Instruments
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
The SmartPile Inspector
Donald Robertson, P.E. | Applied Foundation
Testing
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
A Real-time Deformation Monitoring System
Integrated with Traditional Geotechnical and
Structural Sensors
Jeffrey Barrett, B.Sc.E., M.Sc.E. | Barrett
Consulting Inc.
12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Injection Grouting for Water Control and
Soil Stabilization in Geotechnical Projects
Keith Sisson | Avanti International
12:15 PM - 2:40 PM
Networking Break

September/October 2021

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