From odot_ae_consultant_info at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Wed Jun 8 11:25:23 2011 From: odot_ae_consultant_info at listsmart.osl.state.or.us (ODOT Info - A&E Consultants) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 11:25:23 -0700 Subject: 2011 Geo-Hydro Brown Bag Message-ID: On behalf of the Region 1 ACEC/ODOT steering committee, we welcome your attendance to the June 2011 Geo-Hydro Brown Bag. Please open the flyer found at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/Training/index.shtml and follow RSVP instructions for this session. The topic for this discipline will be "Addressing Variable Rock Conditions during Design and Preparation of Construction Documents to Minimize Construction Problems". Presenters, Dwight Hardin, CE/GE and Scott Schlechter, CE/GE of GRI, and Susan Ortiz, ODOT - Geotechnical Engineer will focus on the following topics: * *site characterization; * *a bridge foundation design that can accommodate variable rock conditions; * *provisions that can be incorporated in contract documents to address rock variability; * *the importance of having the geotechnical engineer or engineering geologist onsite an adequate amount of time during construction; and * * and the importance of good documentation of site conditions exposed during construction. * They will also spend a few minutes discussing boulders. We look forward to your attendance. Tony Coleman Region 1 Freight Mobility/Construction Liaison 123 NW Flanders Street Portland, Oregon 97209-4016 Phone 503.731.8480 Cell 503.880.8210 Fax 503.731.8531 anthony.t.coleman at odot.state.or.us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: