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2018 Midwest Geotechnical Conference
The Midwest Geotechnical Conference was held September 24-27, 2018 at the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center in Moline, IL. Presentations from the event can be found below.
The Midwest Geotechnical Conference (MWGC) seeks to bring together State and Federal DOT geotechnical professionals from the north central region of the United States along with geotechnical professionals from the private sector and academia to promote technical interaction and professional development.
The State of Illinois is pleased to host the 2018 MWGC and our objective for this year’s conference is to provide an array of diverse technical presentations as well as a forum in which professionals can share their experiences and challenges within the geotechnical field while exploring innovative solutions.
This conference is aimed to professionals involved in research, design, construction and management in the geotechnical field related to the transportation industry.
The Midwest Geotechnical Conference Member State and Federal DOT organizations include: Iowa; Illinois; Indiana; Kansas; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska; Ohio; Wisconsin; and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Resource Center. However, geotechnical professionals from other governmental organizations are also invited to attend and participate in the conference.
For additional information or questions, please contact:
Heather Shoup, IDOT Bureau of Materials Geotechnical Engineer, by email at Heather.Shoup@illinois.gov or by phone at (217) 785-9972
Ve'Niecy Pearman-Green, IDOT District 8 Geotechnical Engineer, by email at veniecy.pearman-green@illinois.gov or by phone at (618) 346-3313.
Individual Registration Fee
August 31, 2018 or earlier: $275.00
September 1, 2018 or later: $325.00
Individual Registration Form
Click here for registration form
Thank you for your interest in attending the 47th Midwest Geotechnical Conference. Each attendee needs to fill out and submit a copy of the Individual Registration Form. All conference events and their costs, except lodging are covered in the registration fee. There are no discounts for unattended events.
Hotel reservations must be made separately by attendees before August 24, 2018 to guarantee the conference lodging rate as well as rooms availability. For more information on Lodging and Travel, click the tab at the bottom of this page.
Please mail completed Individual Registration Form and fee (payable to Midwest Geotechnical Conference) to:
Midwest Geotechnical Conference
P.O. Box 507
1610 Eastport Plaza Drive
Collinsville, IL 62234-9997
For additional information or questions, please contact:
Heather Shoup, IDOT Bureau of Materials Geotechnical Engineer, by email at heather.shoup@illinois.gov or by phone at (217) 785-9972
Ve'Niecy Pearman-Green, IDOT District 8 Geotechnical Engineer, by email at veniecy.pearman-green@illinois.gov or by phone at (618) 346-3313.
The 47th Midwest Geotechnical Conference will be held at the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center, Quad Cities. The hotel is located in downtown Moline, IL.
A block of rooms is available at the Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center at the group rate of $93.00 (plus applicable taxes) per night for MWGC attendees. Reservations must be made separately by attendees before August 24, 2018 to guarantee the conference lodging rate as well as rooms availability.
Reservations can be made by calling (800) 659-2220, please remember to ask for the 2018 Midwest Geotechnical Conference group rate.
Hotel Parking
The Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center offers complimentary on-site parking to their guests.
Transportation and Shuttle
The Stoney Creek offers complimentary airport shuttle service to their guests, based on availability. For additional information or to schedule this service, please contact the Hotel.
For further information on the conference hotel, visit Stoney Creek Hotel & Conference Center
For visitor information on what Quad Cities has to offer, click here.
For a map of location of the hotel, click here
Click here to download the Conference Agenda
Final Conference Agenda
Monday September 24, 2018
| 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm |
Registration |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
Ice Breaker Reception – Backwater Jack’s Saloon |
Tuesday September 25, 2018
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am – 9:05 am |
Technical Session I – Opening Remarks & Presentations (Moderator: Heather Shoup, IDOT) |
| 8:00 am – 8:05 am |
Opening Remarks, Heather Shoup, IDOT |
| 8:05 am – 8:35 am |
Drilling Safety in 2018, Rick Hutchings, CME |
| 8:35 am – 9:05 am |
Pile Driving and Hammer Sizing, Jose Ortiz, FHWA |
| 9:05 am – 12:00 pm |
Technical Session II – Workshop (Moderator: Heather Shoup, IDOT) |
| 9:05 am – 9:45 am |
Intelligent Compaction Workshop on Mechanistic Based QC/QA, David White, Ph.D., P.E. Ingios Geotechnics, Inc. |
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Presentation |
| 9:45 am – 10:00 am |
Break |
| 10:00 am – 12:00 pm |
Presentation |
| 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm |
Lunch provided on-site |
| 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm |
Technical Session III – Presentations (Moderator: Ryan Snook, MDOT) |
| 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm |
Mine Subsidence Remediation, Brent Guttmann, IDNR |
| 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm |
Advantages of Reinforced Earth over Other Retainage Systems, Dr. Majid Talebi, Ph.D., P.E., Marino Engineering Associates, Inc. |
| 2:30 pm – 2:45 pm |
Break |
| 2:45 pm – 5:00 pm |
Technical Session IV – Presentations (Moderator: Jeff Horsfall, WisDOT) |
| 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm |
Measurement and Use of Soil Set-Up in Driven Pile Design for the I-480 Valley View Bridge Project, Christopher Merklin, ODOT |
| 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm |
Quarry By-product Applications for Subgrade and Subbase, Dr. Erol Tutumluer, Ph.D., University of Illinois |
| 4:15 pm – 5:00 pm |
Embankment Settlement with Instrumentation Data, Andrew Eller, MnDOT |
Wednesday September 26, 2018
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am |
Registration |
| 8:00 am – 9:30 am |
Technical Session V – Presentations (Moderator: Naser Abu-Hejleh, FHWA) |
| 8:00 am – 8:45 am |
Drilled Shaft Construction Policy Changes, Silas Nichols, FHWA |
| 8:45 am – 9:30 am |
Design of Drilled Shafts in Weak Rock/Shales with a Modified SPT Test Method, Dr. Tim Stark, Ph.D., University of Illinois |
| 9:30 am – 9:45 am |
Break |
| 9:45 am – 11:30 am |
Technical Session VI – Presentations (Moderator: Giancarlo Gierbolini, IDOT) |
| 9:45 am – 10:30 am |
INDOT Initiatives for Geotechnical Asset Management, Athar Khan, INDOT |
| 10:30 am – 11:30 am |
Jane Byrne (Circle) Interchange, Brian Kuttab and Eric Ray, IDOT |
| 11:30 am – 12:30 pm |
Lunch provided on-site |
| 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm |
Technical Session VI (Continued) – Presentations (Moderator: Giancarlo Gierbolini, IDOT) |
| 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm |
Influence of PI and Dust Ratio on Aggregates in Subbase and Base Course, Dr. Abdolreza (Reza) Osouli, Ph.D., P.E., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| 1:15 pm – 5:00 pm |
Technical Session VII – Workshop (Moderator: Naser Abu-Hejleh, FHWA) |
| 1:15 pm – 1:35 pm |
Introduction: Highway Performance Management, Naser Abu-Hejleh, Ph.D., FHWA |
| 1:35 pm – 5:00 pm |
Geotechnical Asset/Performance Management Workshop, Mark Vessely, BGC Engineering |
| 1:35 pm – 2:15 pm |
1. Introduction to geotechnical asset management, potential benefits, and how to connect to TAM and performance management |
| 2:15 pm – 2:35 |
2. Introduction of simple workflow and Microsoft Excel tool for starting GAM |
| 2:35 pm – 2:50 pm |
Break |
| 2:50 pm – 3:45 pm |
3. Group exercise to start building GAM inventory and perform initial assessment |
| 3:45 pm – 4:30 pm |
4. Flexible steps and considerations for implementation success |
| 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm |
5. Q/A and discussion |
| 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
Evening Dinner with Guest Speaker |
Thursday September 27, 2018
| 7:00 am – 8:00 am |
Registration & Steering Committee Meeting |
| 8:00 am – 10:00 am |
Technical Session IX – Presentations (Moderator: Athar Kahn, InDOT) |
| 8:00 am – 8:35 am |
Drilled Shaft Repair in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Ryan Snook, MDOT |
| 8:35 am – 9:15 am |
I-74 Bridge over the Mississippi River Construction, Travis Konda, HNTB |
| 9:15 am – 10:00 am |
Getting a Clearer Picture with Geophysics, Travis Kassebaum, Terracon |
| 10:00 am – 10:15 am |
Break |
| 10:15 am – 12:00 pm |
Technical Session X –Presentations & Closing Remarks (Moderator: Christopher Merklin, ODOT) |
| 10:15 am – 10:45 am |
Use of UAV (Drones) in Geotechnical Engineering, Jeffrey Gebhard, Braun Intertec |
| 10:45 am – 11:20 am |
Chippewa River Bridge TDR Scour Instrumentation, Jeff Horsfall, WisDOT |
| 11:20 am – 11:55 pm |
MoDOT’s Experience with Electronic Acquisition and Management of Geotechnical Field Data, Ricardo Todd, MoDOT |
| 11:55 am – 12:00 pm |
Closing Remarks, Heather Shoup, IDOT |
PRESENTATIONS
| Date | Presenter | Presentation Title | Presentation Links | |||
| 9/25/2018 | Rick Hutchings, CME | Drilling Safety in 2018 | Presentation | |||
| 9/25/2018 | Jose Ortiz, FHWA | Pile Driving and Hammer Sizing | Presentation | |||
| 9/25/2018 | David White, Ph.D., P.E. Ingios Geotechnics, Inc. | Intelligent Compaction Workshop on Mechanistic Based QC/QA, | Presentation | |||
| 9/25/2018 | Brent Guttmann, IDNR | Mine Subsidence Remediation | Presentation | |||
| 9/25/2018 | Dr. Majid Talebi, Ph.D., P.E., Marino Engineering Associates, Inc. | Advantages of Reinforced Earth over Other Retainage Systems | Presentation | |||
| 9/25/2018 | Christopher Merklin, ODOT | Measurement and Use of Soil Set-Up in Driven Pile Design for the I-480 Valley View Bridge Project | Presentation | |||
| 9/25/2018 | Dr. Erol Tutumluer, Ph.D., University of Illinois | Quarry By-product Applications for Subgrade and Subbase | Presentation | |||
| 9/25/2018 | Andrew Eller, MnDOT | Embankment Settlement with Instrumentation Data | Presentation | |||
| 9/26/2018 | Silas Nichols, FHWA | Drilled Shaft Construction Policy Changes | Presentation | |||
| 9/26/2018 | Athar Khan, INDOT | INDOT Initiatives for Geotechnical Asset Management | Presentation | |||
| 9/26/2018 | Brian Kuttab and Eric Ray, IDOT | Jane Byrne (Circle) Interchange | Presentation | |||
| 9/26/2018 | Dr. Abdolreza (Reza) Osouli, Ph.D., P.E., Southern Illinois University Edwardsville | Influence of PI and Dust Ratio on Aggregates in Subbase and Base Course | Presentation | |||
| 9/26/2018 | Naser Abu-Hejleh, Ph.D., FHWA | Introduction: Highway Performance Management | Presentation | |||
| 9/26/2018 | Mark Vessely, BGC Engineering | Geotechnical Asset/Performance Management Workshop | Presentation | |||
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| Presentation | ||||||
| 9/26/2018 | Kevin D. Braafladt, Civilian US ARMY Acquisition Sustainment Command | Rock Island Arsenal History 1804-2017 | Presentation | |||
| 9/27/2018 | Ryan Snook, MDOT | Drilled Shaft Repair in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula | Presentation | |||
| 9/27/2018 | Travis Konda, Ph.D., P.E., HNTB | I-74 Bridge over the Mississippi River Construction | Presentation | |||
| 9/27/2018 | Travis Kassebaum, Terracon | Getting a Clearer Picture with Geophysics | ||||
| 9/27/2018 | Jeffrey Gebhard, Braun Intertec | Use of UAV (Drones) in Geotechnical Engineering | Presentation | |||
| 9/27/2018 | Jeff Horsfall, WisDOT | Chippewa River Bridge TDR Scour Instrumentation | Presentation | |||
| 9/27/2018 | Ricardo Todd, MoDOT | MoDOT’s Experience with Electronic Acquisition and Management of Geotechnical Field Data | Presentation |
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