CONTENTS FEATURES I DFI Executive Director Theresa Engler [email protected] Executive Editor Dr. Antonio Marinucci, M.B.A., P.E. [email protected] Managing Editor and Advertising Manager Graphic Design Karol Paltsios [email protected] Faye Klein DFI Executive Committee President Matthew Janes, P.Eng. Vice President Michael H. Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E. Secretary James O. Johnson Treasurer Gianfranco Di Cicco Past President Dan Brown, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE Other Trustees Conrad W. Felice, Ph.D., P.E. Frank Haehnig Gerry Houlahan, P.E. Mike Kelley K.S. Rama Krishna, Ph.D. Anne Lemnitzer, Ph.D., P.E. J. Erik Loehr, Ph.D., P.E. Dan MacLean, P.E. Matthew E. Meyer, P.E. David Paul, P.E. Morgan NeSmith, P.E. Thomas D. Richards, P.E., D.GE Howard Perko, Ph.D., P.E. Lori Simpson, P.E., G.E. Martin G. Taube , P.E., P.G. Stefano Valagussa 71 Professor Anne Lemnitzer: An Engineer for All Seasons DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JULY/AUG 2019 • 3 The Mobile River Bridge and Bayway (MRB) project in Alabama, estimated at $2 billion, began as a traditional Design-Bid-Build (DBB) but has been changed to a Private-Public- Partnership. The authors present and discuss select results of a comprehensive prebid load testing program that was performed to evaluate different types of deep foundations to reduce the foundation risks for the project. COVER STORY ® 14 Reducing Risk Through Prebid Load Testing — Case Study of the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project Sam Sternberg, III, P.E., D.GE, and W. Robert Thompson, III, P.E., D.GE O T N A S D I N N S U T O I T F U E P T E E D
