2013 GRIP Meeting

Meeting Information

 

August 8-9, 2013

Florida Department of Transportation, State Materials Office, 5007 NE 39th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32609

Meeting Agenda [PDF - 24KB]

Day One -- Thursday, August 8, 2013

Please Note: Final report presentations are designated below. Titles with and (*) are newly approved projects.

 

Time

Topic

Presenter

9:15 - 9:45

Development of LRFD Resistance Factors for Retaining WallsDr. Michael McVay

9:45 - 10:30

Final Report: Development of a Smear Proof Horizontal and Vertical Permeability ProbeDr. Raphael Crowley

10:30 - 11:30

Field Testing of a Jet-Grouted Pile and Mast Arm Drilled Shaft FoundationDr. Michael McVay

11:30 - 12:00

Bottom Side Grouting of Drilled Shafts Prior to Tip GroutingDr. Michael McVay

1:00 - 1:30

Effect of High Viscosity Slurry on Drilled Shaft PerformanceDr. Gray Mullins

1:30 - 2:00

Investigation of Erosion Rates of Field Samples Using FDOT's Enhanced Sediment Erosion Rate Flume (SERF)Dr. Raphael Crowley

2:00 - 2:30

Soil Mixing Design Methods and Construction Techniques for Use in High Organic SoilsDr. Gray Mullins

2:45 - 3:15

Ground Tire Rubber (GTR) as a Stabilizer for Subgrade SoilsDr. Paul Cosentino

3:15 - 3:45

Drilled Shaft Resistance Based on Diameter, Torque and Crowd (Drilling Resistance versus Rock Strength)Dr. Michael McVay

3:45 - 4:00

Improving Design Phase Evaluations for High Pile Rebound *Dr. Paul Cosentino

Day Two -- Friday, August 9, 2013

Please Note: Final report presentations are designated below. Titles with and (*) are newly approved projects.

 

Time

Topic

Presenter

8:30 - 9:30

Final Report: Detection of Sinkholes or Anomalies Using Full Seismic Wave FieldsDrs. Khiem Tran and Michael McVay

9:30 - 10:30

Final Report: Evaluation of Vibration Limits and Mitigation Techniques for Urban Construction
Bayraktar Presentation | Svinkin Presentation		Drs. Emre Bayraktar and Mark Svinkin

10:45 - 11:15

Final Report: Continuation of Down-Hole Geophysical Testing for Rock SocketsDr. Dennis Hiltunen

11:15 - 11:45

Pile/Shaft Designs Using Artificial Neural Networks with Spatial Variability ConsiderationsDrs. Khiem Tran and Michael McVay

11:45 - 12:00

Evaluation of Static Resistance Estimates Through FB-DEEP *Dr. Michael McVay