Technical Session 1: Welcome, Introductions and Invited Speakers
- Welcomes - Local Organizing Committee, Dr. Terry Holman, Moretrench American Corporation, USA
- Welcomes - ISM Chairman Allen Cadden, Schnabel Engineering, USA
- Welcomes - Honorary ISM Chairman, Dr. Donald Bruce, Geosystems, L.P.
- 6th Lizzi Lecture: Design of Direct Drilled and Continuous Flush Grouted Micropiles TITAN as Regulated in EU by National German Approval Z-34.14 - 209, DIBt, Dipl.-Ing Ernst F. Ischebeck, Friedr. Ischebeck GmbH, Ennepetal, Germany
- 3rd Lizzi Scholarship Recipient - Utilization of Micropiles for Heat Exchange: Virginia Tech Field Test, Sherif Lotfy Abdelaziz, Virginia Polytechnic University, USA
- ISM 9th Workshop, Mark Hinton, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, UK
Technical Session 2: Innovations/Case Histories
Chair: Paul Woodfield, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, UK
- The History of Micropiles in our Nations Capitol, Allen Cadden, Schnabel Engineering, USA
- Foundation Remediation using Micropiles and LMG Grouting at Sandy Cove Condominium, Barbados, John Wolosick, Hayward Baker, Inc., USA
- Seismic Retrofit of an Underground Reservoir with Micropiles, Rob Jameson, Malcolm Drilling, Inc.
- Emergency Micropile Repair of the Birmingham Bridge, Dr. Terry Holman, Moretrench American Corporation, USA
Technical Session 3: Research and Development/Design (I)
Chair: Nadir Ansari, Isherwood Associates, Canada
- Field verification Study for Micropile Load Capacity, Dr. Changho Choi, Korea Institute of Construction Technology, South Korea
- Modeling the Performance of Micropiles at Close Spacing, Alexis Rose, City University, London, UK
- Shaft Resistance of Grouted Helical Micropiles in Clay, Prof. Alan Lutenegger, University of Massachusetts, USA
- Micropile Research at Technical University at Munich, Dr. Thomas Herbst, Germany
Technical Session 4: Slope Stabilization using Micropiles
Chair: Prof. J. Erik Loehr, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
- Successful Slope Stabilization Under Severe Conditions Using Micropiles, Andreas Brandner, IB-Brandner, Austria
- Slope Stabilization of a Section of the Thirlmere Aqueduct by the Use of Spaced Micropiles and Permeation Grouting, David Preece, Bachy Soletanche Ltd., UK
- Micropile Application in Salmon River Road Slope Stabilization, Gary Quinn, NTL Engineering & Geoscience, Inc./a Terracon Company, USA
- Micropiles Undetected - Bluff Stabilization on the Severn River, Dr. Jesús Gómez, Schnabel Engineering, Inc., USA
Technical Session 5: Advances in Tooling and Methods
Chair: John Wolosick, Hayward Baker, Inc., USA
- The RD-Micropile System, Dr. Håkan Bredenberg, Bredenberg Teknik, Sweden
- Hammer-grouted Micropiles at the Bronxe-Whitestone Bridge, Andrew Burns, Intercoastal Foundations & Shoring, USA
- Robit® Non-Stop Casing System for Anchoring and Micropiling, Veikko Kuosa, Robit Rocktools Ltd., Finland
- miniJET® - A New Type of Micropile, Timothy Myers, Layne GeoConstruction, USA
- Drill Bit Location - Rebuttal, Tom Tuozzolo, Moretrench American Corporation, USA
Technical Session 6: Research and Development/Design (II)
Chair: Dr. Jouko Lehtonen, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
- Monotonic Axial Behavior of Hollow Core Micropiles, Ahmed Yehia abd Elaziz, University of Western Ontario, Canada
- Use of In-Place Inclinometers (IPI) during Lateral Load Testing of Micropiles, John Rowley, Nicholson Construction, USA
- ADSC-DFI Micropile Committee Update, Jon Bennett, GeoStructures, Inc., USA
- Development of Micropile Codes Internationally, Mary Ellen Bruce, geotechnica, s.a., Inc., USA
- Development of Micropile Codes in UK, Mark Hinton, Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering, UK
Technical Session 7: Load/Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) and Micropile Reticulation
Chair: Dr. Donald Bruce, Geosystems, LP, USA
- LRFD the Facts and Misconceptions: Opportunities and Challenges for the Micropile Community, Jerry DiMaggio, SHRP 2 Implementation Manager, The National Academies, (Retired) Principal Bridge Engineer and National Geotechnical Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration, USA
- Reticulation and Research at University of Tennessee, Dr. James Mason, University of Tennessee, USA
Technical Session 8: Underpinning Applications and Lateral Loading
Chair: Dan MacLean, CON-TECH SYSTEMS Ltd.
- Micropiles at Banjo Bill Rock Catchment Basins, Tom Armour, DBM Contractors, USA
- Root Pile Support of Vancouver’s Hollow Tree Parallels to Wind Turbine Foundations, Horst Aschenbroich, CON-TECH SYSTEMS, LTD., Canada
- Micropile Support of Three Undermined Buildings in Washington, DC, Fabian Lehmann, Schnabel Foundation Company, USA
- Hollow Bar Micropiles for Settlement Control in Soft Soils, Jon Bennett, GeoStructures, Inc., USA
Technical Session 9: Research and Development/Design (III)
Chair: Tom Armour, DBM Contractors, Inc.
- Influence of Sand State on Network Effect of Micropiles, Prof. Balasingam Muhunthan, Washington State University, USA
- New Tool for Choosing Micropile Types: Decay Modeling of Wood Pile Foundations in Turku, Finland, Prof. Jouko Lehtonen, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
