Schedule at a Glance* | Pre-Conference | Tuesday, June 7 Committee/Working Group Meeting Schedule 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Committee/Working Group Meetings (See schedule on the right.) 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Atlas Pipe Piles Plant Tour (leaves from The Westin, East Lobby Doors) 4:00 - 8:00 pm 6:45 - 9:00 pm Exhibitor Set-Up DFI Women in Deep Foundations Boat Tour and Reception Fundraiser (leaves from Chicago's First Lady Cruises Dock) 7:00 am - 8:30 am Micropiles | Huron A 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Electric Power Systems Foundations | Huron A Driven Pile | Huron B/C Manufacturer, Supplier and Service Providers | Ontario Seismic & Lateral Loads | Erie Schedule at a Glance* | Day One | Plenary | Wednesday, June 8 7:30 - 8:30 am Registration | Superior East Speakers’ Preparation | Michigan Ballroom Networking Breakfast and Exhibition | Great Lakes Grand Ballroom and Foyer 8:30 - 10:15 am 8:30 - 8:45 am 8:45 - 9:45 am 9:45 - 10:15 am 10:15 - 10:45 am Opening Plenary | Michigan Ballroom Welcome and Conference Overview| Theresa Engler, DFI Executive Director Committee Project Overview| Andrew Verity | Conference Chair, DFI Driven Pile Committee Chair, Moderator | Terracon Osterberg Memorial Lecture: Lessons Learned from Dr. Jorj O. Osterberg and His Inventions David K. Crapps, Ph.D., P.E. | GPE, Inc. and David K. Crapps, Inc. 120 Years of Caisson Foundations in Chicago | Robert Schock and Eric J. Risberg | Case Foundation Co. Networking Break and Exhibition | Great Lakes Grand Ballroom and Foyer 10:45 - 12:15 pm Moderator: Dhooli Raj, P.E. | Collins Engineers, Inc. 10:45 - 11:15 am 11:15 - 11:45 am Driven Piles - Research to Practice | Silas Nichols, P.E. | U.S. Federal Highway Administration "One Megaton" or "High Capacity" Auger Cast Piles Load Tested by Osterberg Load Cell Bill Walton, P.E., S.E. | GEI Consultants, Inc. and Eric Risberg | Case Foundations 11:45 am - 12:15 pm Large Shake Table Test on Helical Piles: Test Program and Preliminary Results Amy Cerato, Ph.D., P.E. | University of Oklahoma 12:15 - 1:45 pm 1:45 - 3:15 pm 1:45 - 2:15 pm 2:15 - 2:45 pm 2:45 - 3:15 pm 3:15 - 3:45 pm 3:45 - 5:30 pm 3:45 - 4:15 pm 4:15 - 4:45 pm 4:45 - 5:15 pm 5:15 - 5:30 pm 5:30 - 7:30 pm Ben C. Gerwick Award for Innovation in the Design and Construction of Marine Foundations – Luncheon Presentation Great Lakes Grand Ballroom Moderator: Bernie Hertlein, FACI, M.ASCE | GEI Consultants, Inc. Driven Piles in a Drilled Shaft Town | Dhooli Raj, P.E. | Collins Engineers, Inc. and Tony Kiefer, P.E. | Terracon Innovative Augercast/Micropile Solution | Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E., and Brandon Hughes, P.E., S.E. | Thatcher Foundations, Inc. Punch-Out O-Cell Tests for Drilled Foundations Seated on Competent Bed Rock | Aditya Ayithi, Ph.D. | Loadtest USA and Bill Walton, P.E., S.E. | GEI Consultants, Inc. Networking Break and Exhibition | Great Lakes Grand Ballroom and Foyer Moderator: Michael Wysockey, Ph.D., P.E. | Thatcher Foundations, Inc. Reopening I-65 Using Micropiles in Artesian Conditions after Bridge Settlement | Aaron Evans and Rick Deschamps, Ph.D., P.E. Nicholson Construction Company Why Rebuild it When You Can Reuse it? An Introduction to Foundation Reuse | Andrew Boeckmann, P.E. | University of Missouri-Columbia An Innovative History of Micropiles in the Chicago Metropolitan Area | Jeff Hill, P.E. and Shane Farr, P.E. | Hayward Baker, Inc. Closing Remarks Networking Reception and Exhibition | Great Lakes Grand Ballroom and Foyer Professional Development Hours: The general professional development hours for this conference is estimated at 11.5 hours. PDHs for the WIDF Foundations Boat Tour is 1 hour. For New York state licensed engineers, PDHs are subject to approval from the Practicing Institute of Engineers. For Florida state licensed engineers, please ensure we have your license number on file. 24 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAR/APR 2016 For presentation descriptions visit: www.dfi-superpile.org 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Helical Piles and Tiebacks | Huron A Augered Cast-in-Places Piles | Huron B/C Marine Foundations | Ontario Testing and Evaluation | Erie *Subject to Change
