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TRB Webinar: Current Practices for Design and Load Testing of Large Diameter Open-End Driven Piles


Date(s)
December 07, 2015 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM U.S. Eastern
Cost (for your seat)
$89.00
Professional Development Hours for this webinar
1.50 hour(s)
Continuing Education Hours for this webinar
AAE: 0.00 hour(s)
AICP: 0.00 hour(s)
CLE: 0.00 hour(s)
Details
TRB conducted a webinar on Monday, December 7, 2015, from 2:00-3:30 PM ET that highlighted the current state of practice regarding the design and installation of large diameter open-end piles (LDOEPs) for transportation structures. This webinar presented a summary based on NCHRP Synthesis 478: Design and Load Testing of Large Diameter Open-Ended Driven Piles.

Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar.

Here are the slides from the presentations.

Webinar Presenters
  • Dan Brown, Dan Brown and Associates, PC
  • Robert Thompson, Dan Brown and Associates, PC
Moderated by: Robert Thompson, Dan Brown and Associates, PC


Webinar Outline
  1. Applicability of Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) static analysis methods
  2. Drivability issues and criteria
  3. Dynamic testing
  4. Development and influence of a soil plug in a pile
  5. Static testing
  6. Lessons from outside the transportation sector
  7. Question and answer session

Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants were able to:
  • Understand key issues from the synthesis process
  • List which practices are being used in various locations around the country

Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:
  • TRB and National Academies employees;
  • Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
  • CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
  • Members of the media;
  • Employees of tribal governments; and
  • Members of Congress or their staff.
Other sites must pay $89 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in October 2014. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.