AGS SYDNEY SYMPOSIUM 2017
FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017
GEOTECHNICAL INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES
FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE www.australiangeomechanics.org
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY
The Sydney Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) is holding its 21st annual symposium on Friday 10th November 2017 with the theme ‘Geotechnical innovations and challenges for transport infrastructure’. The symposium forms part of the continuing program of events organised by the Sydney Chapter of the AGS and is designed to keep the engineering profession aware of recent developments in aspects of geotechnical engineering practice related to transport infrastructure and the challenges and opportunities involved.
OVERVIEW OF THE 2017 SYMPOSIUM The 2017 AGS Sydney Symposium will present overviews of current transport infrastructure challenges, stateof-the-art practices, innovative technologies, new research results and case histories demonstrating applications of advanced techniques and cost effective approaches in the construction and design of transport infrastructure. The goal of this symposium is to provide professional engineers, researchers, specialist contractors, regulators, educators and students the opportunity to meet and share their knowledge and experiences in this area.
AGS CONTACT
Sam Mirlatifi
[email protected]
Scott Anderson
Richard Herraman
BGC Engineering, formerly US Federal Highway Administration
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure of South Australia
Scott A. Anderson was named the Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer for 2016–2017. This lectureship was jointly established in 1988 by the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG) and the Environmental and Engineering Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA) to increase student awareness about applied geology. Until recently, Dr. Anderson was the Geotechnical Engineering Technical Services Team Manager for the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). He led a national team of geotechnical engineers that assist state and local transportation agencies through technical assistance, training and deployment of new technologies. Prior to joining FHWA fifteen years ago, he was a Senior Consulting Engineer and the Landslide Technology Leader for a major A/E design firm, and he was previously an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Hawaii. Now he is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer for BGC Engineering Inc. Dr. Anderson earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in engineering geology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University, and Master’s and Doctorate degrees in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
Richard Herraman, BSc (Hons), BEng Civil (Hons) was Principal Geotechnical Engineer of the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure of South Australia and led their Geotechnical Engineering Group for over 20 years. One of the main achievements of Richard, his group, and private sector geotechnical engineers in South Australia, has been to use recent developments in unsaturated soil mechanics to design more cost-effective revetments and retaining structures for stiff unsaturated clays. Richard has served on the committee of the South Australian Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) for 20 years. He believes that the AGS plays an important role in the professional development of engineers and in fostering collegiality among engineers.
TIMETABLE
INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS AND CHALLENGES (PART III)
8:00 Registration
13:00
Keynote Lecture
8:45
Saving Millions on Retaining Walls and Revetments for Depressed Motorways in Stiff Unsaturated Clay
Richard Herraman (Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure of South Australia)
Opening address
RISKS AND RESILIENCE OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE (PART I) 9:00
Keynote Lecture
Natural hazards, risk, and the resilience of U.S. transportation infrastructure
Scott Anderson (BGC Engineering, formerly US Federal Highway Administration)
9:40 Presentation Slope Risk Analysis Following the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake to Inform Recovery, Resilient Design, and Reopening of State Highway 1 in New Zealand
Timothy Mote (ARUP)
10:00 Presentation Managing the Risks Associated with Acid Sulphate Rock in NSW Road projects
Nicholas Bridgement (RMS)
10:20 Questions 10:40
Morning tea
SOFT GROUND ISSUES (PART II) 11:00 Presentation Ground Characterisation and Performance of A Sinking Motorway, Waterview Connection Project, New Zealand
Doru Bobei (AURECON)
13:40 Presentation Novel Pile Design for Multi-Level Car Park above Twin Rail Tunnels
T. Miller (SMEC)
14:00 Presentation Use of Temporary Anchors in Reinforced Soil Wall (RSW) Construction in M4 Motorway Widening
Tristan McWilliam (Golder Associates)
14:20 Presentation
Application of semi-rigid composite permeable pavements in road network
Mahdi M. Disfani (University of Melbourne)
15:00
Afternoon tea
BRIDGE ABUTMENTS – DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INNOVATIONS (PART IV) 15:20 Presentation Design and Construction of Transition Treatment for Bridge Approach Embankments
Jeff Hsi (EIC Activities)
Impact from the construction of a working platform and girder lifting operations on pile/column displacements
16:00 Presentation
Bosco Poon (GHD)
Underpinning the Concord Road Bridge Under Traffic – WestConnex M4 East Project
11:40 Presentation
Dealing with existing pipes under new infrastructure and the relevance of multilayered stress analysis
16:20 Presentation
Sarath Somasundaram (AECOM)
Jet Grouting over canopy of Brisbane tunnel - Keller Ground Engineering
15:40 Presentation
Design of Railway Embankment over Soft Ground Theva Muttuvel (Coffey)
Dynamic Compaction and Wick Drains at Perth Stadium - Keller Ground Engineering
14:40 Questions
11:20 Presentation
Canopy Tube installation at Wynyard Walk - Keller Ground Engineering
Mass Soil Mixing at NCIG - Keller Ground Engineering
Puvaneswary Rajarathnam (AECOM)
Some notes on the design of pile foundations in sedimentary rock
Jim Yang (ARCADIS)
16:40 Questions
12:00 Questions
17:00
Closing address
12:20 Lunch
17:20 Close
Overseas Passenger Terminal permanent anchors Keller Ground Engineering
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AGS SYDNEY SYMPOSIUM 2017
FRIDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2017
GEOTECHNICAL INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES
FOR TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
www.australiangeomechanics.org ABN: 89 615 696 393
DARLING HARBOUR, SYDNEY
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Symposium proceedings from previous years 2010 – Seismic Engineering - Design for Management of Geohazards 2011 – Coastal and Marine Geotechnics: Foundations for Trade 2012 – Advances in Geotechnics of Roads and Railways 2013 – Retaining Structures: Recent Advances and Past Experiences 2014 – Resilient Geotechnics 2015 – Recent Developments with Groundwater and Excavation 2016 – Ground Stabilisation Techniques for Problematic Soils and Rocks
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