ASCE GEO-INSITUTE PITTSBURGH SECTION
2025 SHORT COURSE
FOUNDATION TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR DAMS AND LEVEES - STATE OF THE PRACTICE
Welcome and Intros (15 mins)
Design and Procurement (105 mins) (Dave Paul, P.E., Paul GeoTek Consulting Engineering LLC; and Bill Empson, P.E., PMP, Empson Consulting)
- Risk Informed Design Program (USACE) (30 mins)
- National Dam and Levee Safety Program Overviews (15 min)
- USACE Guidance Documents Updates (30 mins)
- Procurement Methods and Alternative Delivery (30 mins)
Break (15 mins)
Foundation Treatment Techniques (60 mins) (José Torres, Nicholson Construction Company)
- Drilling and Grouting Methods
- Cutoff/Barrier Wall Methods
Special Methods and Advancements (45 mins)
- Hydraulic Fracture Considerations (Kathleen Bensko, P.G., KBensko LLC Consulting)
- Sonic Drilling (Jim McCombs, Cascade Drilling)
Lunch (60 mins)
Practical Considerations for Dam and Levee Projects
- Instrumentation and Data Management (45 mins) (Raphaël Siebenmann, P.E., Geosyntec Consultants)
- USACE-DFI Working Group Updates on Specifications and QA/QC (30 mins) (Mary Ellen Large, P.E., BC.GE, Nicholson Construction Company; Dave Paul, Paul Geotek Engineering Consulting, LLC)
- Specifications - A Contractor's View on Risk Sharing (30 mins) (Mary Ellen Large, P.E., BC.GE, and José Torres, Nicholson Construction Company)
Break (15 mins)
Case Histories (90 mins)
- Red Bluff or Chimney Hollow (30 mins) (José Torres, Nicholson Construction Company)
- Boone Dam (30 mins) (Rafael Siebenmann, P.E., Geosyntec Consultants)
- Mosul Dam (Iraq) (30 mins)(Dave Paul, Paul Geotek Engineering Consulting LLC, and Bill Empson, P.E., PMP, Empson Consulting)
Panel Discussion (30 mins)
