GE 6441 - Geotechnical Construction Practice
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Course Materials:
Recent Course Syllabus
Lecture 3 - Drainage And Erosion Control
Lecture 4 - Slope Face Treatment
Lecture 5 - Subsurface Drainage
Lecture 6 - Geotechnical Input For The Design of Retention Structures
READING ASSIGNMENTS
COURSE NOTES
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
Gow, Mohr, Terzaghi, and Origins of the Standard Penetration Test
Fundamentals of cone Penetrometer Test (CPT) Soundings
Examples of Various Kinds of Drilling Rigs
-Subsurface
Exploration Using The
Standard Penetration Test (SPT) And
Cone Penetrometer Test (CPT)
-Sample
CPT Logs
-CPT Hole Closure
-Suggested Methods For Determining Hardness and Abrasiveness of Rocks
-Weak Rock, Poorly Lithified Cockroaches, and Snakes by Allen W. Hatheway
-Shales
And Other Degradable Materials, From: TRB Special Report 247
-Don't Forget The Sanborn Maps by Allen
W. Hatheway
-Rock Quality
Designation (RQD)
-The
Rock Quality Designation (RQD) in Practice
-Technical
Description of Rock Cores for Engineering Purposes
EXCAVATING AND GRADING
-Notes
on Concepts of Mass Grading
-Strength Degradation of Compacted Embankments Due To Aging
-Hydrocompression And Hydroswell - New Terms In The Geotechnical Dictionary
-Slope Failures And Grading Corrections
BASELINE REFERENCES
-Missouri
Department of Transportation (MoDOT) Standard Plans For Highway Construction
-NAVFAC
Design Manual 7.01 - Soil Mechanics
-NAVFAC Design Manual 7.02 - Foundations And Earth Structures
-NAVFAC Design Manual 7.03 - Soil Dynamics And Special Design Aspects
-U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers - Comprehensive Listing And Download
of Engineering Manuals
-U.S. Army Field
Manuals - Comprehensive Listing and Download of 400+ Manuals
-Caterpillar Performance Handbook
Edition 21 - Seismic Velocity vs. Rippability
-Caterpillar Performance Handbook Edition 33 - Seismic Velocity vs. Rippability
EXPANSIVE SOILS
-Damage
to Foundations from Expansive Soils
-Various Aspects of Expansive Soils
-Correlations Between Soil Plasticity and Strength Parameters
-Input for IBC Design PT Slabs on Expansive Soils
GEOTECHNICAL BASELINE REPORTS
-Geotechnical
Baseline Report For Cowmire And Coldwater Stormwater
Tunnels at Lambert Airport Expansion
-Managing Subsurface Risk For
Toronto's Rapid Transit Expansion Program
-Typical Contract
Language In Specifications In Public Works Construction Job
Involving Rock Excavation
-Cost
Estimation For Underground Transit:
Too Dangerous To "Guestimate"
-Tunneling
From The Contractor's Perspective
-Responsibility, Accountability
and The Rule of Parsimony
-Typical Client & Contractor Relationships
REPORT
PREPARATION
-Standards
for Geotechnical and Engineering Geology Reports
-Standard Limitation of
Liability Clauses
-Differentiating Areas of Responsibility In Geotechnical Engineering
GEOTECHNICAL PEER REVIEW
-Science vs
Advocacy: The Reviewer's Role to Protect the Public Interest
-The Concept of Reasonable Care on Unstable Hillslides
RETAINING STRUCTURES
-Determination
of Earth Pressure Distributions for Large-Scale Retention Structures
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