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PAST PRESENTATIONS
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2008 PRESENTATIONS
September 10, 2008 -Beecroft Shittu, P.E. - Design Practice for Soil Stabilization in Subsidence Area
August 13, 2008 - Bruce Cordova, APA - The Engineered Wood Association.
July 9, 2008 - John Machol, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - The U.S. Army of Engineers Regulatory Program Update.
June 11, 2008 - Darin Willis, P.E., Ram Jack Distribution, LLC., Plano, TX. - Helical Piles - Design Theory and Applications
May 14, 2008 - Mr. C. Vipulanandan, Ph.D., P.E., Professor of the University of Houston, TX. - Coating and Sealing for Protecting Concrete Facilities.
April 9, 2008 - Ron Kelm, P.E., Forensic Engineers, Inc., Houston, TX - Which Way is it Moving? Guidelines for Diagnosing Heave, Subsidence and Settlement
March 9, 2008 - Eric Green, P.E., Green Engineering Consulting, Houston, TX - Undergound Vault Failure Investigation and Repair
February 13, 2008 - Gary Fitts, P.E.., Asphalt Insitute, San Antonio, TX - Asphalt Pavements - Perpetual to Porous
January 9, 2008 - Michael Skoller, P.E.., National Structural Engineering, - Specification and Application of Void Spaces Below Concrete Foundations
2007 PRESENTATIONS
December 12, 2007 - Dr. Robert L. Lytton of Texas A&M University - Design of Structures to Resist the Pressures and Movements of Expansive Soils
November 14, 2007 - Russ Scharlin, P.E., with Environmental Soil Stabilization, LLC., - Stabilization of Expansive Soils Using EcSS 3000TM Electochemical
October 10, 2007 - Mr. Matt Singel with The Cement Council of Texas - Mini Seminar on Cost-Saving Site and Pavement Techniques; Fast, Durable, Economical
September 12, 2007 - Mr. David Eastwood, P.E., Geotech Engineering - Recommended Guidelines for Design and Construction of Swimming Pools in Houston, Texas
August 8, 2007 - Mr. Lowell Brumley, P.E., Member, with TSG Consultants: "Guidelines for the Evaluation of Foundation Movement for Residential and Other Low-Rise Buildings", Structural Committee Paper No. FPA-SC-13
July 11, 2007 Adil Godiwalla, P.E. Assistant Director, Civil Projects Division, Dept. of Aviation, Houston Airport Systems. Advanced, Modern and Innovative Technologies used for Asphalt and Concrete Pavement Surface Courses at the Houston Airport Systems
June 13, 2007- Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud of Texas A&M University: New Design Procedures for Foundation Slabs on Shrink-Swell Soils
May 9, 2007 Mr. Glenn Weitknecht with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Wetland Workshop
April 11 - Dennis Boehm of Hayward Baker, Inc.: Ground Modifcation Techniques for Projects in the Gulf of Mexico
March 14, 2007 - Harry Bagherzadeh of Griffin Dewatering Southwest, LLC.: Construction Dewatering
February 14, 2007 - Larry Peirce of Lime Association of Texas: Proper use of Lime to Stabilize Expansive Clay
January 10, 2007 - Gregg S. Williams of Contech Construction Products Inc.:Geosynthetic Subsurface Drainage Systems for Pavements
2006 PRESENTATIONS
December 13, 2006 - Dr. Robert Lytton, P.E. with Texas A & M. University: Re-Visitation of Expansive Soils
November 8, 2006 - Phil King, P.E.President SynchroPile, Inc., San Antonio: Synchro-Piles: Enhancing the Performance of Deep Foundations Using Post Grouted Drilled Shafts
October 11, 2006 - John Cahill, Attorney with Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering, P.C.: Risk Managment for the Design Professionals - Part II
September 13, 2006 - Dr. Carl Norman, P.E.: Foundations on Faults - A Formula for Failure
August 9, 2006 - David Dorr, Laws Offices of David Dorr: Avoiding the Courtroom through Medication or Arbitration
July 12, 2006 - Tracy Brettman, Berkel & Company Contactors, Inc.: Auger Cast Piles
June 14, 2006 - Eric Green, P.E., Principal/Structural Diagnostic with Walter P. Moore:Lessons Learned - Case Studies in Engineering Failures
May 10, 2006 - Gina Beim, P.E., Pile Dynamics Inc./GRL Engineers, Inc.: Instrumentation for Auger Cast Piles and Pile Driving
April 11, 2006 - Mr. John Cahill, Attorney with Hays, McConn, Rice & Pickering: Risk Management for the Design Professionals
March 8, 2006 - Ömer Bilgin, Ph.D., P.E. Assistant Professor at the University of Houston, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering: Lateral Earth Support Systems and Effect of Ground Movements on Adjacent Structures
February 8, 2006 - Mr. André Garner, P.E.: Investigation of Vapor Emissions in Concrete Slabs-On-Grade
January 11, 2006 - Nicole Wylie, Forensic Engineers Inc.: Guidelines for Evaluating Foundation Performance by Monitoring
2005 PRESENTATIONS
December 14, 2005 - Dilip Choudhuri, P.E. with Walter P. Moore / Structural Diagnostics Services Group: Investigation and Repair of Structural Concrete
November 9, 2005 - John M. Clark, P.E. with Clark Engineers, Inc. Paper No. FPA-SC-06 Presentation: "Homebuyers' Guide for Foundation Evaluation"
October 12, 2005 - Sayeed Javed, Terracon: Compression and Recompression Indices of Texas Overconsolidated Clays
September 23, 2005 - Seminar. Design of Foundations on Expansive Soils Seminar
September 14, 2005 - Mr. Karl Breckon, P.E. BEC Engineering: Guidelines for the Specification of Precast Concrete Segmented Piles For Foundation Underpinning
August 10, 2005 - Dr. Rifat Bulut, Ph.D. with Texas A & M: Re-evaluation of current PVR Design Procedure with a New Suction-Based Approach
July 13, 2005 - Ronald Langston: Slope Stability in Harris County
June 15, 2005 - Professor Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan, Ph.D., P.E., University of Houston, Designing, Constructing and Testing ACIP Piles in Texas Gulf Coast Soils
May 11, 2005 - Todd Allen, Radarview LLC, Structural and Underground Inspection Services. Ground Penetrating Radar
April 20, 2005 - Mr. Adi Godiwalia, P.E., City of Houston Aviation Department: Advanced, Modern and Innovative Technologies Used at Houston Airport System
March 15, 2005 - Mr. Jean-Louis Briaud, P.E. with Texas A & M University:. Intelligent Compaction
February 15, 2005 - Mr. Keith C. Brooks, P.E. with Contech Corporation Products, Inc:Tensar and Bearing Capacity including Pavement Distress
January 19, 2005 - Tom Muncey of Herndon Muncey, Inc: Plumbing Tests and Repairs and Reroutes
2004 PRESENTATIONS
December 15, 2004 - Dr. Robert Lytton, Ph.D., P.E., of Texas A&M University: A Movie of the Interaction between Slab-on-Ground Foundations with Weather and Tree Conditions
November 17, 2004 - Mr. Stephen Tien,Ph.D., P.E of Geotech Engineering and Testing: Case Studies of Residential Foundation Movements in Southern Houston Area
October 20, 2004 - Andre G Garner, P.E. Tel. 512-358-7020 of Carrasquillo Associates: Forensic Investigation of Existing Warehouse Concrete Floor
September 15, 2004 - Ms. Carolyn LaFleur, P.E. of Sustainable Systems Engineering: Long-Term Effects of Remedial Foundation Underpinning
August 18, 2004 - Mr. Lee Lawrence, P.E. of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Assoc., Inc. Concrete Floor Covering Failures
July
21, 2004 - Mr.
Ronald R. Reed, P.E. of Reed
Engineering Group, Inc.,
The Role of Suction in the Performance
of Clay Fill
June
16, 2004- Michael
Skoller, P.E.,
National Structural Engineering, Houston, TX.
Foundation Design Options for
Residential and Other Low-Rise Buildings on Expansive Soils"
May
19, 2004 - R.
Michael Gray, P.E., Consultant, Member, Kingwood TX
Using Slab-on-Ground Foundation
Elevation Measurements in Residential Foundation Engineering Performance
Evaluations
April
21, 2004 - Mr. Greg FitzGerrell, GFS Services, Inc. Humble TX.:
Inspection Surveys using Infrared
Technology
March
24, 2004: Michael Gehrig of Bryant Consultants, Inc.:
Ground
Penetrating Radar for Concrete Evaluation Studies
February
18, 2004 -Mark
Bartlett, P.E., Simpson Strong-Tie
Co.:
Post-Installed Anchors in Concrete
Foundations
January
21, 2004 - Moon
Won, PH.D., P.E., TxDOT, Austin, TX:
TxDOT's
Approach to Address Premature Concrete Deterioration
December 17, 2003 - Mr. Andre
G. Garner, P.E, Carrasquillo Associates,
Investigations of Existing Building Foundations on High Plasticity Soils
Speaker: Tel. 512-358-7020 of Austin TX.
November
19, 2003 - Mr.
Richard Szecsy, Ph.D, P.E., Lattimore Materials Company,
Self-Leveling, Self-Pacing,
Self-Compacting and Self-Consolidation Concrete
October 15, 2003 - H. Stephen Tien, Ph.D. of Geotech Engineering and Testing, Houston, Case Study of the Pavement Distress at a Service Station
September 19, 2003
- Jack Spivey,
J. Spivey and Associates,
FPA Structural Committee Presentation: Document
No. FPA-SC-10,
Quality Control Checklists
for Foundation Inspection of Residential and Other Low-Rise Buildings
August
20, 2003 - Dr.
Robert L. Lytton, P.E., Dr. Charles P. Aubeny, and Dr. Rifat Bulut, all
of TAMU Civil Engineering Department in College Station TX.
How to Run Soil Suction Tests
FPA Committee Paper FPA-RC-01, Post Foundation Repair Performance." A Study of Foundation Repair Failure
June,
2003 - Mr.
Ed McLean of SI Concrete Systems
Presentation - Improving Plastic
and Hardened Concrete Properties Using Blended Fiber Solutions
March,
2003 - Kirby
Meyer, P.E.,
Unsaturated Soils and VOFLO
Demonstration of the software for determining PTI design parameters
February, 2003 - Jim Austin, P.E., FPA Subcommittee
Chair
FPA Committee Paper Paper # FPA-SC-07,
Presentation by the Structural Committee, entitled, "Foundation
Maintenance and Inspection Guide for Residential and Low-Rise Buildings"
January, 2003 - Michael Skoller, P.E. and David Eastwood, P.E.: ASCE Paper Presentation - "Recommended Practice for the Design of Residential Foundations."
December, 2002 - Lowell Brumley, FPA Committee Paper # FPA-SC-05-0 "Comments to the Use and Application of the PTI Method and Suggestions for Further Research"
November, 2002
- Bob
Pierry, P.E.
Guidelines for the Evaluation and Repair of Residential Foundations.
October, 2002 - Gary Osborne Trees and Sewer Leaks
September,
2002 - Russ
Scharlin, P.E.
Stabilization of Expansive
Soils Using EcSS 3000 Electrochemical
August,
2002 - Dr. Chuck Aubeny and Dr. Bob Lytton
Shallow Slope Failures and Suction
from Vegetation
July,
2002 - Dr.
Michael O' Neill, P.E.
Design
and Construction of Augered Cast-in-Place Concrete Piles
June,
2002 - Don E. Lenert P.E.
Criteria
for the Inspection of and the Assessment of Residential Slab-on-Ground
Foundations
May,
2002 - Willie Adams
Preventing
Mold In Your Homes
April,
2002 - Adil Godiwalla P.E.
Distress of Pavements: Asphalt and Concrete
March,
2002 - Jean-Louis
Briaud, Ph.D, P.E.
Smart Foundations for Light Building on Shrink-Swell Soils
February,
2002 - John Clark
Design
of Buried Structures and Some Similarities to Residential Foundation Design
January,
2002 - Dennis Boehm
Restricted Access Foundation
Remediation Using Minipiles, Jet and Compaction Grouting Techniques
2001 PRESENTATIONS
Settlement of Foundations on Expansive Clays Due to Moisture Demand of Trees
October
17, 2001 - Darrell Elliot
The Use of Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag To Enhance Concrete
September
2001 - Tom Barbar
Moisture
and Vapor Transmission through Slab-on-Grade
August
2001 - Dr.
Robert L. Lytton, P.E. and Rifat Bulut
Methods to Aid Structural and Geotechnical Engineers in Designing Slab-on-grade
July 2001- Dr. Mike O'Neill, P.E.: Geostatistics
June
2001 - David Eastwood P.E.
State
of Practice of Geotechnical Engineering Design of Custom Homes in the
Houston Area between 1990 and 2001
Foundation Movement in Residential Property
April
2001 - Don Taubert
Interpreting
Concrete Cracks
March
2001 - Ronald
Reed, P. E.
Experiences
with Heave
February
2001 - Dave Isbell, P.E.
Carton Forms
January
2001 -
John Dougherty, P.E.
Effects of Moisture in Clay
Soil
2000 PRESENTATIONS
December
2000 - Dr. Michael O' Neill, P.E.
The results of using isolation
tubes around pier shafts
November
2000 - Ron Kelm, P.E.
Geophysical
testing for assessing the cause of movement in foundatons
October
2000 - Joe Edwards
New International Code replacing
UBC, the SBC and BOCA
September,
2000 - Ron
Kelm, P.E.
Status
of the Structural Committee
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