Bring your A-GaME to Geotechnical Investigations

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Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME)

The FHWA’s Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration (A-GaME) initiative is part of their EDC-5 Everyday Counts program. The FHWA Resource Center is hosting a webinar on December 8 regarding A-GaME. See below for more info, or jump right to registration.

Reduce project risks, improve quality and accelerate project delivery using effective geotechnical site characterization. Learn how to make the most of your site characterization program efforts. Join us for the fourth live webinar in the series on the A-GaME (Advanced Geotechnical Methods in Exploration).

Outcomes: “Winning Your A-GaME”

Tuesday, December 8, 2020, from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET.

Highlights:  

  • Practical advice on using the A-GaME toolbox to more effectively characterize sites for project needs
  • Examples from state projects with tangible return-on-investment across the agency – the expected and the unexpected
  • Why is the A-GaME a slam dunk?
    • Better site coverage and explained site variation
    • Targeted data and site information needs – type, quantity and quality
    • Easier data communication
    • Improved reliability in design and construction
    • Increased efficiency

Panelists:

Moderator: Ben Rivers and Daniel Alzamora, FHWA Resource Center

Speaker: Jeff Reid, Hager-Richter Geosciences

Speaker: Jeff Currey, Alaska Department of Transportation

Speaker: Jesse Rauser, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

For more information contact Ben Rivers at

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The FHWA has released for download a comprehensive update to the 1999 O’Neil and Reese manual “Drilled Shafts: Construction Procedures and Design Methods”, lovingly referred to in the industry as the “Brown Book” or the “Drilled Shaft Bible”.  This 2010 manual from the National Highway Institute (NHI) of the FHWA is entitled “Drilled Shafts: Construction Procedures Procedures and LRFD Design Methods” and was authored by Dan A. Brown, Ph.D, P.E. of Dan Brown and Associates, John P. Turner, Ph.D, P.E. of the University of Wyoming, and Raymond J. Castelli, P.E. From an FHWA Memo on the manual:

Distributed with this memorandum is the publication entitled "Drilled Shafts: Construction Procedures and LRFD Design Methods" (FHWA-NHI-10-016). This manual is the reference text used for the National Highway Institute (NHI) course numbered 132014 on Drilled Shafts. The publication will become the tenth in the series of geotechnical engineering guidelines called "Geotechnical Engineering Circulars." Geotechnical Engineering Circular (GEC) No. 10 is prepared as a significant revision and update to "Drilled Shafts: Construction Procedures and Design Methods" (FHWA IF-99-025), and reflects the standard of practice for the design, construction and inspection of these features. The guidance is developed following Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) procedures and will enable engineers to identify and evaluate technical feasibility and potential applications. The text is developed with a sufficiently broad scope to be of value to a wide range of transportation specialists responsible for assisting with selection, design, development of materials specifications, construction monitoring, and contracting methods for Drilled Shafts.

Click through for the download link and some preliminary comments on what has been updated in this significant new publication in the drilled shaft construction industry as well as the geotechnical engineering profession.

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