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Geotechnical Institute (GI) July Technical Seminars

Geotechnical Institute (GI) Technical Seminar Topics & Speakers for the Dallas / Fort Worth Joint Meeting

Time: 9:00am - 9:50am

Topic: USACE Dam Safety Program - A key mission of the USACE dam safety program is to achieve an equitable and reasonably low level of risk to the public from its dams. The USACE dam safety program is managed from a risk-informed USACE-wide portfolio perspective applied to all features of all dams on a continuing basis.

Speaker: Jason Vasquez, P.E., Chief Geotechnical Section, USACE - Fort Worth, TX

Time: 10:00am - 10:50am

Topic: Design & Construction of NTTA Mechanically Stabilized Retaining Walls - The primary benefit of Kleinfelder’s retaining wall engineer services to the NTTA is mitigating MSE retaining wall issues and the development of a more seamless design and construction approach. This will result in improved retaining wall performance over the service life of these critical infrastructure elements.

Speaker: Noel Jancek, P.E., Program Manager, Kleinfelder

 Time: 11:00am - 11:50am

Topic: Drilled Shaft Load Tests for the Proposed IH-30 Calatrava Pedestrian Bridge of the Horseshoe Project

Speakers: Ray Mulholland & Andrew Smith, Texas Shafts, Inc.

The cost to attend one of the concurrent technical seminars OR the ethics seminar is $10 in addition to the cost of the main luncheon.  The cost to attend the technical seminars AND the ethics seminar is $15 in addition to the cost of the main luncheon.