Seminar on Cost-Saving Methods for Driven-Pile Projects

When: 16th of October 2014, Cleveland, Ohio.

Pile Dynamics, Inc. and Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group present Cost-Effective Driven-Pile Course. Garland Likins and Van Komurka will be speaking.

Who should attend: Geotechnical and structural engineers, construction managers/engineers, estimators, large-project owners and owners’ representatives, contractors, and other professionals involved in the design, specification, and construction of driven-pile foundations.

• This seminar presents innovative, practical and pragmatic approaches to save costs on driven-pile projects.
• Attendees receive an overview and fundamental understanding of select components of cost-effective driven-pile design.
• Concepts are presented in a straight-forward, easy-to-understand manner, making the material clear, valuable, and applicable to both technical and non-technical attendees.
• The concepts and tools presented benefit anyone who is directly involved in, or subcontracts, driven-pile design, testing, or installation services.
• Case history examples will be offered throughout to illustrate seminar content application.

Learning objectives: at the end of the seminar, attendees will be able to:

• Identify the major components of driven-pile design.
• Quantitatively, accurately, and appropriately assess and compare the cost-effectiveness of viable driven-pile design options using the concept of support cost.
• Judiciously select the most-appropriate allowable pile load(s) to be used on a project based on structure-support requirements.
• Understand the purpose, basic model, and applicability of wave equation analysis.
• Recognize relevant aspects of dynamic load testing, including the measurements required, CAPWAP signal matching, and best practices.
• Distinguish how soil/pile set-up can contribute to cost savings, how to characterize set-up as function of embedded length, and how to incorporate it into efficient design and installation.
• Describe various safety factors and codes, and how their application affects costs.
• Identify different types of load testing, when each might be most-appropriate, and how load-testing results can be used to reduce costs.

For more information, contact: [email protected].

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