Geotechnical Conference

Friday • November 20, 2009

University of Kansas
Kansas Union
Lawrence, Kansas

Sponsored by KU Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and KU Continuing Education

Earn seven Professional Development Hours (PDHs)!

This conference is designed for:

Geotechnical engineers, engineering technicians and soil-testing personnel
Structural engineers, hydraulic engineers, highway engineers and geologists
State, county and municipal engineers
State, county and township building and road supervisors
Consulting engineers
Contractors and construction equipment vendors
Material and soil-testing suppliers
State, county and municipal transportation officials

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Two Latest Terzaghi Lectures

2009 Terzaghi Lecture: Uncertain Geotechnical Truth and Cost-Effective High-Rise Foundation Design
Clyde N. Baker Jr., P.E., Dist. M.ASCE, Senior Principal Engineer, AECOM, Vernon Hills, Ill.

2008 Terzaghi Lecture: Criteria for Geotextile and Granular Filters
J. P. Giroud, Independent Consultant, JP GIROUD, Inc., Ocean Ridge, Fla.

Speakers

Lessons Learned While Conducting Drilling and CO₂ Injection Operations at the Victor J. Daniel Power Plant in Mississippi
David E. Riestenberg, Geologist, Advanced Resources International, Inc., Knoxville, Tenn.
Lessons Learned from Geotechnical Failures
James G. Collin, President, The Collin Group, Ltd., Bethesda, Md.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Levee Safety Program
Steven J. Fink, Levee Safety Program Manager, Corps of Engineers, Portland, Ore.
Atchison Bridge: Investigation of Scour Potential for U.S. 59 over the Missouri River at Atchison Using Fixed and Non-fixed Flow Boundaries
Travis Malone, Engineering Associate III, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, Kan.
Bathymetric and Hydraulic Surveys of the Missouri River at the U.S. Highway 59 Bridge at Atchison, Kan.
Richard J. Huizinga, Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Rolla, Mo.
Subsidence and Its Impact on Transportation
Robert Henthorne, Chief Geologist, Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, Kan.
Brandy Lake Sinkhole/U.S. 50 Deformation Measurements
Michael Taylor, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Kansas
Grouting—WaterOne Jetty
Jeffrey R. Hill, P.E., Area Manager, Hayward Baker, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., and Richard M. Vaeth, Senior Geotechnical Design Engineer, Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan.

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Cooperating Organizations
Kansas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)	Kansas City-Omaha Section of the Association of Environmental Engineering Geologists (AEG)


ASCE/AEG/UMKC Kansas City Geotechnical Section	The International Association of Foundation Drilling

Geotechnical Conference Exhibitors
Geokon Inc. Lebanon, New Hampshire	Geotechnology Overland Park, Kansas


Berkel & Company Contractors Inc. Bonner Springs, Kansas	Nicholson Construction Company Kalamazoo, Michigan


Geoprobe Systems Salina, Kansas	TenCate Geosynthetics NA Fort Morgan, Colorado


Williams Form Engineering Golden, Colorado	Foundation Testing & Consulting, LLC Overland Park, Kansas

Tensar International Corporation Atlanta, Georgia