13th International Workshop on Micropiles, Vancouver, BC, Canada 2017

Session 1: Lectures

• Lizzi Lecture: Loading Effects on Battered Micropiles: Are Most Pile Caps Designed Correctly?
  John Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, Hayward Baker, Inc., USA
• Lizzi Scholarship Lecture: Lateral Performance of Hollow Bar Micropiles in Cohesionless Soil
  Maged Abdlrahem, Ph.D., Candidate in Geotechnical Engineering, Western University, Canada

Session 2: World Cup Presentations

• North America: Blue Lake Hydroelectric Expansion
  Nick Salisbury, Crux Subsurface, Inc., USA
• South and Central America: Alluvial Anker as Alternative of Foundation in Tropical Soils
  Cristhian Mendoza, Universidad los Andes, Colombia
• Europe: Sophisticated Micropile Foundation in Alpine
  Andreas Bradner, Dipl.-Ing., IB-Brandner, Austria
• Australasia: Life Extension of 132kV Lattice Tower Foundations – Townsville
  Allan Herse, PCA Contracting, Australia

Session 3: Micropiles: Resisting and Remediating the Effects of Mother Nature

• Risk Mitigation for Micropile Foundations in Karstic Terrain
  Allen Cadden, P.E., D.GE, Schnabel Engineering, USA
• Use of High Capacity Micropiles to Resist Seismic Overturning of Columns
  Peter Speier, P.E., Williams Form Engineering, USA
• Micropile Solutions for Construction of SAS Span of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
  Alex Sy, Ph.D., P.Eng., Klohn Crippen, Canada
• A Post-Tensioned Micro Pile Foundation System with Groutable Void Forms (GVF)
  Horst Aschenbroich, Dipl.-Ing., Con-Tech Systems, Canada

Session 4: Case Histories

• Renovation of an old sales center for additional underground parking
  Guanglei Liu, Ph.D., C.Eng., Huafan University, Taiwan
• Micropiles used as deep foundation support of an existing building at the Rita Hollings Science Center on the College of Charleston Campus, Charleston, SC
  Bill Snow, Palmetto Gunite, USA
• Stabilization of the Nykoping’s Riverbank with Micropile-walls
  Alejandro Vazquez, Zueblin, Germany
• International Market Place
  John Wolosick, P.E., D.GE, Hayward Baker, Inc., USA
• CN Grimsby Subdivision, ON, Canada – remedial slope stabilization realized via construction of a lightly reinforced case 1 micropile wall
  Nadir Ansari, P.Eng., D.GE, M.ASCE, Isherwood Associates, Canada
• Historical La Loma Bridge Reconstruction Project
  Casey Garneau, Malcolm Drilling, USA
• A Review of Micropiles Beneficial Aspects through a Case Histroy near False Creek, Canada
  Mohammad Deriszadeh, M.Sc, Ph.D., Geopacific Consultants, Canada
• Heritage Façade Support and Excavation Shoring – A micropile Case History
  Mark Spence, P.Eng., Isherwood Associates, Canada
• Case Study of an Uplift Reinforcement Project – Edificio Las Heras – Concepcion, Chile
  Freddy Lopez, MS Eng., Ischebeck, Chile
• Micropiles Counter Unbalanced Loading During Partial Building Demolition
  Allen Cadden, P.E., D.GE, Schnabel Engineering, USA for Helen Robinson, P.E.

Session 5: Innovations Part 1

• Recent Advances in Overburden and Down the Hole Drilling Techniques
  Donald Bruce, Ph.D., D.GE, C.Eng., L.G., L.E.G., GEOSYSTEMS, L.P., USA
• Deep Resonant Micro Piling for Netherlands Grade Separation
  Matthew Janes, P.Eng., M.E.Sc., MBA, Resonance Technology International, Inc., Canada
• Kit for hollow-bar drilled and grouted Micropiles and Soil Nailing Meaning and Misuse of the CE-Mark
  Bjorn Ischebeck, Dipl. Wi. Ing., Ischebeck, Germany
• 33 Congress Square, Boston, MA – Case History
  Tony Barila, P.E. and John McKinnon, Hub Foundation, USA

Session 6: Design & Load Testing

• Statnamic Testing on 16″ Micropile
  Paul Axtell, P.E., D.GE, Dan Brown and Associates, USA
• Micropile QA/QC Testing Using Thermal Profiling
  Thomas Smoak and Will Snow, Terracon Consultants, USA for Bill Wright, P.E.
• Micropile Design and Construction in Limited Access Wetland Habitat
  Nick Salisbury and Steve Davidow, Crux Subsurface, USA

Session 7: Experts of the World Panel Discussion

• Panel Discussion and Webinar
  Moderated by Dan MacLean, P.Eng., Geo-Foundations Contractors, Inc. and Mary Ellen Bruce Large, P.E., D.GE, DFI | Panelists: Donald Bruce, USA; John Wolosick, USA; Nadir Ansari, Canada; Bjorn Ischebeck, Germany and Paul Woodfield, C.Eng., MI StructE, MICE

Session 8: Breakout

• Reticulated Micropile Publication Database
  James Mason, Ph.D., P.E., National Park Service

Session 9: Foundation Support

• Morris Island Lighthouse Repairs utilizing Micropiles for Deep Foundation Support
  Bill Snow, Palmetto Gunite, USA
• Utilization of Micropiles for the Expansion of BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario
  Dan MacLean, P.Eng., Geo-Foundations Contractors, Inc., Canada for Jim Bruce, P.Eng.
• Micropiles for Combined Deep Slip and Structural Loading
  Allan Herse, PCA Contracting, Australia
• Rockefeller University Mini-Caissons
  Andrew Burns, P.E. and Michael Quasarano, Posillico, USA

Session 10: Innovations Part 2

• Micropiles Installation using Preventer System to Resist the Influx of Groundwater caused by a High Water Table – Dierra, Dubai
  Sean Beirne-Lewis, BSc., MSc., FGS, Ischebeck, UAE
• A Case Study on the Construction and Field Loading Test of Waveform Micropile
  Young-Eun Jang, Ph.D., University of Science and Technology, South Korea
• Micropile Foundations – The Easy Way
  Andreas Brandner, Dipl.-Ing., IB-Brandner, Austria
• Study of Different Applications Efficiencies and Simulation Models for Micropiles on Slopes
  Ching-Jiang Jeng, Huafan Universitym Taiwan
• Preloading and Head Connection Method for Micropile
  Changho Choi, Ph.D., Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Geotechnical Engineering Research Division, Korea