The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has sponsored three Short Courses (Workshops) to be held at the Conference Hotel on Sunday, June 3, 2007. Short Course #1 is a whole-day course (8:00am- 5:00pm). Short Courses #2 and #3 are half-day courses, and are offered sequentially (one in the morning, and one in the afternoon) so it is possible for a participant to take both Course #2 and Course #3.
These courses reflect the extensive experience of FHWA in providing technology-transfer to State and local transportation agencies. These courses have been selected from the very extensive list of courses offered by FHWA - they are believed to represent the most pertinent topics of widest interest to Conference participants.
Instructors have been selected from the experts used by FHWA to teach these topics.
These workshops are subject to capacity constraints due to the size of available hotel rooms for conducting these classes. Thus, interested participants are encouraged to enroll in these workshops (using the registration process) as early as possible in order to secure a place in the workshop class.
All workshops are subject to cancellation if there is insufficient pre-meeting registration. In the event of such cancellation, full refunds of the short course fees will be provided.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be given for the three workshops. Certificates of Completion will be given to attendees at the conclusion of each workshop after appropriate Continuing Education forms have been completed and returned to the instructor(s).
| Date: | June 3, 2007 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 8:00am to 5:00pm |
| CEU Credit: | 0.9 CEU |
| Cost: | $295.00 |
| Location: | Mt. View Board Room |
| Instructor: | Jim Collin, Principal, The Collin Group |
This course is intended to provide transportation earthwork professionals with knowledge on which to recognize potential soil slope/embankment stability and deformation problems, and to develop the necessary skills to design and evaluate soil slopes and embankments, and consider the construction and inspection implications.
| Date: | June 3, 2007 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 8:00am to 12:00pm |
| CEU Credit: | 0.4 CEU |
| Cost: | $150.00 |
| Location: | Blue Sky Room |
| Instructors: | Larry Pierson, Senior Associate Geologist, Landslide Technology, Inc. |
| and | Rick Andrew, Principal Engineer, Yeh and Associates |
This course will cover the causes of rockfall, types of failure, factors that affect rock slope stability and mitigation measures, both common and innovative. There are many factors that affect the stability of rock slopes including environmental, those intrinsic to the rock mass, and those resulting from human activities. Key to developing rock fall mitigation strategies is recognizing and understanding the failure mode. Often, the tried and true mitigation methods are the best approach to rock slope instability but some situations call for innovative mitigation measures that experts in field have developed in the past decade.
| Date: | June 3, 2007 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 1:00pm to 5:00pm |
| CEU Credit: | 0.4 CEU |
| Cost: | $150.00 |
| Location: | Blue Sky Room |
| Instructors: | Allen Cadden, Director of Geotechnical Engineering, Schnabel Engineering |
| and | John Wolosick, Director of Engineering, Hayward Baker Inc. |
In addition to foundation support, micropiles are also use for structural slope stabilization. This course will present the conditions favorable for slope stabilization using micropiles, design methodologies, and critical design and construction consideration. This has become a mature technology through innovative application over the last decade.
SAVE MONEY AND ENROLL IN BOTH SHORT COURSES #2 AND #3!!
| Date: | June 3, 2007 (Sunday) |
| Time: | 8:00am-12:00pm and 1:00pm to 5:00pm |
| Cost: | $295.00 |
| Location: | Blue Sky Room |
| Instructors: | see courses #2 and #3 above |