conference technical program & schedule - Deep Foundations Institute

CONFERENCE TECHNICAL PROGRAM & SCHEDULE* Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | Board and Committee Chairs Meeting Day 8:00AM - 11:00AM

DFI Executive Committee Meeting | Palos Verdes, 4th Floor

11:00AM - 5:00PM

DFI Board of Trustees Meeting and Working Lunch | Palos Verdes, 4th Floor

5:30PM - 6:30PM

DFI Technical Committee Chairs Meeting | Location: To Be Announced

7:00PM - 9:00PM

DFI Trustees and Chairs Dinner | Location: To Be Announced

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | Committee Meeting Day 7:00AM - 8:00AM

Conference Registration | California Foyer, 2nd Floor DFI Technical Committee Breakfast | Huntington ABC, 4th Floor

8:00AM - 3:45AM

DFI Technical Committee Meetings | 4th Floor with AM/PM Networking Breaks Click Here to View the Current Committee Meeting Schedule

10:00AM - 2:00PM

Professional Portraits (Complimentary) | Location: To Be Announced

11:30PM - 12:30PM

Lunch & Learn: “Kick B*tt Presentation Skills” | Huntington ABC, 4th Floor Presenter: To Be Announced

3:00PM - 9:00PM

Exhibitor and Poster Display Set-Up | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade | 2nd Floor

4:15PM - 5:45PM

DFI Leadership Meeting (Trustees and Chairs) | Location: To Be Announced

5:30PM - 6:30PM

City-by-City Companions’ Meet & Greet in the Companions' Presidential Suite 14-530

6:30PM - 8:00PM

Women in Deep Foundations Networking Reception | Sunset Deck, 5th Floor Advanced Ticket Purchase Required | $25.00

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Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Conference Day 1 7:30AM - 7:00PM

Conference Registration | California Foyer, 2nd Floor

7:30AM - 8:30PM

Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor City-by-City Companions are Welcome Speakers Preparation Meeting for All Thursday Speakers Meet at the Front of California C or D, per Your Session Assignment

7:30AM - 8:00PM

Exhibition and Technical Poster Displays | Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor

8:30AM - 6:00PM

City-by-City Companions See Anaheim! Call the Hilton Concierge at (714) 750-4321 to arrange sightseeing in advance and on your own.

Opening Plenary | California CD, 2nd Floor 8:30AM - 8:50AM

Conference Welcome and Introductions | California CD, 2nd Floor Theresa Engler, DFI Executive Director Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E., Conference Chair Reza Mortezaie, Albus-Keefe and Assoc., Program Co-Chair Rick Walsh, P.E., G.E., Hayward Baker, Inc., Program Co-Chair

8:50AM - 9:30AM

Opening Plenary Session Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

9:30AM - 10:30AM

High Speed Rail Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

10:30AM - 11:00AM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing City-by-City Companions are Welcome

11:00AM - 12:15PM

Metro-Los Angeles - Excavation Superlative Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

12:15PM - 12:30PM

DFI Educational Trust Young Professor Paper Competition Winning Paper Presentation | Winner: To Be Announced

12:30PM - 1:30PM

Welcome Luncheon | California AB, 2nd Floor

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Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Conference Day 1 Session 1 - Parallel A1 | California C, 2nd Floor 1:30PM - 1:50PM

Micropiles Below Groundwater at the South Auditorium Block Site, Buffalo, N.Y. Mary Nodine, P.E. | GEI Consultants, Inc.

1:50PM - 2:10PM

Drilled Shaft Difficulties and a Micropile Solution Paul Axtell, P.E.. D.GE, David Graham, P.E., | Dan Brown and Associates and Jeff Jackson | Montana Department of Transportation Foundation Design and Construction Challenges with Marsh Deposits in a High Seismic Risk Zone Tetsuo (Ted) Miyake, P.E. and Reza Saberi, P.E., G.E. | NMG Geotechnical, Inc. Drilled Pile Design and Installation Challenges in an Urban Environment Satyajit Vaidya, P.E. | Langan Engineering and Environmental Services

2:10PM - 2:30PM

2:30PM - 3:00PM

3:00PM - 3:30PM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing City-by-City Companions are Welcome

Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Conference Day 1 Session 1 - Parallel B1 | California D, 2nd Floor 1:30PM - 1:50PM

1:50PM - 2:10PM

Deep Soil Mixing for the Galata Port Project in Istanbul, Turkey Marco Chiarabelli, P.E., MBA, | SOILMEC North America, Inc. and Salvatore Miranda | Trevi SpA Ground Improvement Design and Construciton for Seattle's Elliott Bay Seawall Replacement and Retrofit William Perkins, L.E.G., P.E. | Shannon & Wilson, Inc.

2:10PM - 2:30PM

Soil Improvement Technique to Mitigate Extreme Settlements on Deep Compressible Deposits in the Bogota Valley Omar Conte | Langan Panama

2:30PM - 3:00PM

Railroad Bridge Approach Embankment Settlement Mitigation Sunil Arora, P.E. | Hayward Baker Inc.

3:00PM - 3:30PM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing City-by-City Companions are Welcome

Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Conference Day 1 Session 1 - Parallel A2 | California C, 2nd Floor 3:30PM - 3:50PM

Reinforcement of Existing Deep Foundations Freddy Lopez, MSc.-Ing., G.E. | Friedr. Ischebeck GmbH

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3:50PM - 4:10PM

Analyzing the Load-Transfer Behavior (T-Z Curve) for Instrumented Test Piles Driven in Clayey Soil Murad Abu-Farsakh, Ph.D., P.E. | Louisiana State University

4:10PM - 4:30PM

Residential Tower at Government Center John McKinnon | Hub Foundation Co.

4:30PM - 4:50PM

Deep Jet Grouting Grids for Support of a 42-Story Tower Designed Using Performance-Based Seismic Design Lori Simpson, P.E., G.E. | Langan

4:50PM - 5:10PM

Centrifuge Modeling of Temperature Effects on the Pullout Capacity of Energy Piles in Clay Ismaail Ghaaowd | University of California at San Diego

5:10PM - 5:30PM

Ensuring Performance of Tip Post-grouted Bored Piles (Drilled Shafts) through a Comprehensive Quality Assurance Program Antonio Marinucci, Ph.D., P.E., MBA | V2C Strategists LLC 5:30PM - 6:00PM | FREE TIME

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Welcome Reception, Exhibition and Technical Poster Displays Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor City-by-City Companions are Welcome to Attend

Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Conference Day 1 Session 1 - Parallel B2 | California D, 2nd Floor 3:30PM - 3:50PM

Development of New Shaft Resistance Models for Piles Driven in the Puget Sound Lowlands Armin Stuedlein, Ph.D., P.E. | Oregon State University

3:50PM - 4:10PM

Deep Soil Mixing for Contaminated Soil Remediation at a Superfund Site Lori Tiefenthaler | Lehigh Hanson, Inc.

4:10PM - 4:30PM

Foundation Base Material Strength Assessment For Drilled Pipe Piles Using Force And Displacement Data Rozbeh Moghaddam, P.E., Ph.D. | GRL Engineers, Inc.

4:30PM - 4:50PM

Large-Scale Earthquake-Induced Landslide Repair Following New Zealand's Kaikoura Earthquakes Frank Amend, P.E. | GeoStabilization International

4:50PM - 5:10PM

Design-Build of Watertight Underground Structures for Tunneling in Miami, Florida The Norris Cut Utility Relocation Project Eloy Ramos, P.E., Terrence Carroll, P.E., G.E. | Nicholson Construction Company

5:10PM - 5:30PM

Lateral Forces on Pile Due to Soil Slope Creep David Albus, P.E., G.E. | Albus-Keefe & Associates, Inc. Page 4 of 11

5:30PM - 6:00PM | FREE TIME 6:00PM - 8:00PM

Welcome Reception, Exhibition and Technical Poster Displays Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor City-by-City Companions are Welcome to Attend

Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Conference Day 1 Session 1 – Parallel C2 | Palos Verdes, 4th Floor – MSSP Trade Expo Presentations 3:30PM - 3:45PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

3:48PM - 4:03PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

4:06PM - 4:21PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

4:24PM - 4:39 PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

4:42PM - 4:57PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

5:00PM - 5:15PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

5:18PM – 5:33PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced 5:30PM - 6:00PM | FREE TIME

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Welcome Reception, Exhibition and Technical Poster Displays Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor City-by-City Companions are Welcome to Attend

Friday, October 26, 2018 | Conference Day 2 7:30AM - 7:00PM

Conference Registration | California Foyer, 2nd Floor

7:30AM - 8:30PM

Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor City-by-City Companions are Welcome Speakers Preparation Meeting for All Thursday Speakers Meet at the Front of California C or D, per Your Session Assignment

7:30AM – 5:45PM

Exhibition and Technical Poster Displays | Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor

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8:30AM - 6:00PM

City-by-City Companions See Anaheim! Call the Hilton Concierge at (714) 750-4321 to arrange sightseeing in advance and on your own.

Plenary Session 2 | California CD, 2nd Floor 8:30AM - 9:50AM

Value Engineering - Design Risk and Reward at Three Major Sport Arena Projects Peter Faust, Dipl.-Ing. | Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc.

9:50AM - 10:10AM

2018 DFI Outstanding Project Award Presentation Winner: “181 Fremont Tower, San Francisco, California” Recipient Companies: Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc., Arup and Brierly Associates

10:10AM - 10:30AM

2018 DFI Educational Trust Student Paper Competition Winning Paper Presentation Winner: To Be Announced

10:30AM - 11:00AM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing City-by-City Companions are Welcome

11:00AM - 12:15PM

Panel Discussion: Performance Based Design – Mastering the Challenge Panelists: Sissy Nikolau, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, WSP; Juan Baez, Ph.D., P.E., P.Eng., Advanced Geosolutions Inc. (AGI); Jonathan Stewart, Ph.D., P.E., University of California, Los Angeles; Farzad Naeim, Ph.D., S.E., Esq., Farzad Naeim, Inc.; Leo Panian, S.E., Tipping Structural Engineers

12:15PM - 1:15PM

DFI Business Meeting Luncheon | California AB, 2nd Floor

1:15PM - 2:15PM

The DFI Educational Trust Presents: 2018 Hal Hunt Lecture on Communications | California AB, 2nd Floor Carl Lewis, Olympian – Track and Field and United Nations Good Will Ambassador Topic: “Taking Command: You Can Do That” 2:15PM - 2:45PM | FREE TIME

Friday, October 26, 2018 | Conference Day 2 Session 2 – Parallel A1 | California C, 2nd Floor 2:45PM - 3:03PM

Toward Understanding the Seismic Performance of Rigid Inclusions James Gingery, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. | Hayward Baker, Inc.

3:03PM - 3:21PM

Shear in Pile Rock Sockets: Full- and Reduced-Scale Experiments Benjamin Turner, Ph.D., P.E. | Dan Brown and Associates

3:21PM - 3:39PM

Kinematic Response Characteristics of a Piled Raft Foundation Ramon Varghese | Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

3:39PM - 4:00PM

Performance Based Seismic Retrofit Design of Brooklyn Basin Wharf in Oakland, California Sam Yao, Ph.D., P.E., Ali Naeem, P.E., Sara Barrett, P.E. | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Page 6 of 11

4:00PM - 4:15PM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing City-by-City Companions are Welcome

Friday, October 26, 2018 | Conference Day 2 Session 2 – Parallel B1 | California D, 2nd Floor 2:45PM - 3:03PM

Reducing Construction Interference When Implementing Geotechnical Instrumentation and Monitoring in Urban Excavation Projects Zhangwei Ning, Ph.D. | Sixense Group

3:03PM - 3:21PM

Advances in Stress-wave Nondestructive Testing Methods for Evaluation of Deep Foundations Joseph Coe, Ph.D. | Temple University

3:21PM - 3:39PM

Wanapum Dam Repaired Using Post-Tensioning Anchors Brian Barkauskas, P.E. | Nicholson Construction

3:39PM - 4:00PM

Evaluating Geotechnical Resiliency Solutions in New York City Gisele Passalacqua | AECOM

4:00PM - 4:15PM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing City-by-City Companions are Welcome

Friday, October 26, 2018 | Conference Day 2 Session 2 – Parallel C1 | Palos Verdes, 4th Floor 2:45PM - 3:20PM

Panel Discussion: CSL Terminology Panelists: To Be Announced

3:20PM - 4:00PM

Panel Discussion: Electric System Power Foundations Panelists: To Be Announced

4:00PM - 4:15PM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing City-by-City Companions are Welcome

Please attend the presentations in progress in California C and D, 2nd Floor, from 4:15PM – 5:45PM.

Friday, October 26, 2018 | Conference Day 2 Session 2 – Parallel A1 | California C, 2nd Floor 4:15PM - 4:30PM

Comparison of Pile Foundations and Ground Improvement for Reduction of Seismic Displacements for a Wastewater Treatment Plant Ali Ghandeharioon, Ph.D, P.Eng. | Klohn Crippen Berger

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4:30PM - 4:45PM

Development of Site-Specific Acceleration Response Spectra for a Liquefiable Bridge Site S. Ali Bastani, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., F. ASCE | GMU Geotechnical, Inc.

4:45PM - 5:00PM

Seismic Hazards Evaluation and Lateral Pile Design in Diatomaceous Earth Matt Steffan | McMillen Jacobs Associates

5:00PM - 5:15PM

Axial Stiffness Degradation of Marine Piles: A Strain-Based Approach Aaron Bradshaw, Ph.D., P.E. | University of Rhode Island

5:15PM - 5:30PM

The Use of Seismic Trace Characterization to Guide the Analysis of DST Results to Obtain More Accurate Soil Prameters Gerald Verbeek, MSc | Verbeek Management Services

5:30PM - 5:45PM

Load Transfer Curve of Piles in Sands under Uplift Loads J.P. Singh, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. | J.P. Singh & Associates 5:45PM - 6:30PM | FREE TIME – Exhibition Hall is Closed.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

DFI Awards Reception for Attendees and City-by-City Companions California Promenade, 2nd Floor

7:30PM - 9:00PM

DFI Awards Banquet for Attendees and City-by-City Companions California AB, 2nd Floor

Friday, October 26, 2018 | Conference Day 2 Session 2 – Parallel B2 | California D, 2nd Floor – 10x10 Presentations 4:15PM - 4:25PM

Rock Socketed Drilled Shafts in Electrical Substations Sydney McNeal | Quanta Subsurface

4:25PM - 4:35PM

An Investigation of Grouted Pile Capacity Using Instrumented Pile Load Tests Sherif Akl, Ph.D. | Cairo University

4:35PM - 4:45PM

Different Drilling Techniques in Challenging Geology at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Tampa Bob Faulhaber, P.E. | Bauer Foundation Corp.

4:45PM - 4:55PM

Deep and Extra Deep Diaphragm Qalls in Shanghai – Increasing Demand for Infrastructure in Megacities Drives the Requirement of Increasing Depth for Diaphragm Walls Franz-Werner Gerressen, Dipl.-Ing. | BAUER Maschinen GmbH

4:55PM - 5:05PM

Value Engineering of Reinforcement Used in Large Diameter Drilled Shafts Lucian Bogdan, P.E. | DYWIDAG Systems International USA, Inc.

5:05PM - 5:15PM

Three-Dimensional Numerical Modelling of Load Distribution and Settlement of Pile Groups Onur Kacar, P.E. | Ove Arup and Partners

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5:15PM - 5:25PM

Spring Constants of Belled Caissons for Seismic Retrofit of an Existing Critical Structure in a Seismically Active Area David Albus, P.E., G.E. | Albus-Keefe & Associate, Inc

5:25PM - 5:35PM

Behavior of Battered Piles under Lateral Loads in Sandy Soils J.P. Singh, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. | J.P. Singh & Associates

5:35PM - 5:45PM

Pore Water Pressure Response and Effect on Installation Torque of Large Diameter Helical Piles in Soft Soils Howard Perko, Ph.D., P.E. | Magnum Piering 5:45PM - 6:30PM | FREE TIME – Exhibition Hall is Closed.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

DFI Awards Reception for Attendees and City-by-City Companions California Promenade, 2nd Floor

7:30PM - 9:00PM

DFI Awards Banquet for Attendees and City-by-City Companions California AB, 2nd Floor

Friday, October 26, 2018 | Conference Day 2 Session 2 – Parallel C2 | California C, 2nd Floor – MSSP Trade Expo Presentations 4:15PM - 4:30PM

Application of Mammoth Vibro-Tamper (MVT) for the shallow compaction at airport runway expansion project on Florida limestone ground Mitsuo Nozu | Fudo Construction, Inc.

4:33PM - 4:48PM

Retrofitting Drainage Systems with Pressed-in Sheet Piles in Very Hard Soil of Southern California Takefumi Takuma | Giken America Corp.

4:51PM - 5:06PM

Presenter to be Announced

5:09PM - 5:24PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

5:27PM - 5:42PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced

5:45PM - 6:00PM

MSSP Presentation Presenter: To Be Announced 5:45PM - 6:30PM | FREE TIME – Exhibition Hall is Closed.

6:30PM - 7:30PM

DFI Awards Reception for Attendees and City-by-City Companions California Promenade, 2nd Floor

7:30PM - 9:00PM

DFI Awards Banquet for Attendees and City-by-City Companions California AB, 2nd Floor

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Saturday, October 27, 2018 | Conference Day 3 7:30AM - Noon

Conference Registration | California Foyer, 2nd Floor

7:30AM - 8:30PM

Networking Breakfast in Exhibit Hall | Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor City-by-City Companions are Welcome Speakers Preparation Meeting for All Thursday Speakers Meet at the Front of California C or D, per Your Session Assignment

7:30AM – 10:30AM

Exhibition and Technical Poster Displays | Pacific Ballroom, 2nd Floor

8:00AM - 9:30AM

City-by-City Companions Farewell Breakfast | Presidential Suite | Location: TBA Want to take a last look at Anaheim! after breakfast? Call the Hilton Concierge at (714) 750-4321 to arrange sightseeing in advance and on your own.

Session 3 – Parallel A1 | California C, 2nd Floor 8:30AM - 8:48AM

Extrapolation of Unit Side Resistance in Drilled Shaft Foundations Based on Bi-Directional Load Test Data Ramin Motamed, Ph.D. | University of Nevada Reno

8:53AM - 9:11AM

Design Approaches for Externally Supported Earth Retaining Systems – Details and Limitations Matteo Montesi, P.E. | ASCE

9:16AM - 9:34AM

A Study in Extreme Event Large Displacement Analysis of Large Diameter Piles Bret Lingwall, Ph.D., P.E. | South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

9:39AM - 10:00AM

Design and Construction of the Summit Senior Care Facility in the Side of an Unstable California Hillside Harry Schnabel, P.E. | Schnabel Foundation Company

10:00AM - 10:30AM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing

Saturday, October 27, 2018 | Conference Day 3 Session 3 – Parallel A2 | California D, 2nd Floor 8:30AM - 10:00AM

Workshop: U.S. Federal Highway Administration Facilitator: Silas Nichols, P.E. | U.S. FHWA

10:00AM - 10:30AM

Networking Break & Exhibition | Pacific Ballroom & Promenade, 2nd Floor Technical Poster Displays will be Available for Viewing

10:30AM - 2:00PM

Exhibit and Poster Display Breakdown

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Saturday, October 27, 2018 | Conference Day 3 Plenary Session 3 | California C, 2nd Floor 10:30AM - 10:50AM

Non-Conventional Practice: Recent Case Histories of the Use of the Vertical Buttress Piles in Deep Excavation Suport Abid Adekunte, Ph.D., C.Eng., MICE, MIEI | Geobond (UK) Limited

10:50AM - 11:10AM

Two and Three Dimensional Finite Element Analyses for Cantilever Slurry Walls in Cohesionless Soil Ali Helwa, Ph.D. | Thornton Tomasetti

11:10AM - 11:30AM

Development of a New, Advanced Form of Sodium Silicate for Chemical Grouting Michael McDonald | PQ Corporation

11:30AM - 11:50AM

Innovative Riverbank Erosion Control Retaining Wall System for the Brazos River Will Bohlen, P.E. | BGE and Tracy Brettmann, P.E., D.GE | A.H. Beck Foundation Company

11:50AM - Noon

Closing Plenary – All Roads Lead to Chicago, Illinois! and Final Remarks Team DFI For Information on Next Year’s Annual Conference, visit www.dfi.org.

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