Upcoming PDCA Events
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EVENTS
Deep Foundation Dynamic Testing
and Analysis Courses – Toronto,
Canada and Cleveland, Ohio
August 29-31, 2016
Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel & Suites
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
October 5-7, 2016
PDI Headquarters
Cleveland, Ohio
PDCA and PDI, Inc. are planning
more Deep Foundation Dynamic Testing
and Analysis (DFDTA) courses. One in
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, August
29-31, at the Hilton Toronto Airport Hotel
& Suites and another in Cleveland, Ohio,
October 6-7, at PDI Headquarters.
Seminar on Deep Foundation
Integrity Testing and Wave
Equation Analysis
Toronto: Monday, August 29,
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Cleveland: Wednesday, October 5,
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Who should attend: Geotechnical, structural
and construction engineers; owners,
contractors and other professionals involved
in the design, construction and specification
of deep foundations.
High Strain Dynamic Foundation
Testing workshop parts one and
two
Toronto: Tuesday - Wednesday, August 30-31,
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Cleveland: Thursday - Friday, October 6-7,
8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Who should attend: Users of the
Pile Driving Analyzer® (PDA) system and
CAPWAP® software interested in sharpening
their skills, Engineers, foundation testing
professionals, students and professors
already familiar with the basic concepts of
deep foundation dynamic testing and analysis,
professionals who desire to have a basic
understanding of the dynamic test results
being presented to them, those interested
in taking the Dynamic Measurement and
Analysis Proficiency Test*
PDCA will also offer the Dynamic
Measurement and Analysis Proficiency
Test as part of the seminar/workshop for
those who want to test their proficiency in
understanding dynamic measurements and
analysis.
17th Annual Design and
Installation of Cost-Efficient Piles
(DICEP) Conference
September 21-22, 2016
Charleston Marriott
Charleston, S.C.
Who should attend?
PDCA’s 17th annual DICEP Conference
is designed for geotechnical, structural and
civil engineers; contractors and other firms
or individuals who support, conduct business
or are associated with the deep foundations,
earth retention and/or the driven
pile industry. Licensed P.E.’s will earn nine
professional development hours (PDH) by
attending this conference.
What will you learn and
experience?
Participants will learn the advantages of
using driven piles as a foundation element
for varying types of projects. The conference
will accomplish this through a series
of presentations by industry experts on
pile driving project case histories, conversion
of foundations to driven pile through
value engineering and effective design,
current industry research and technology.
PDCA is officially recognized as
an approved provider for professional
development hours in Florida, New York
and Maryland, but meets the criteria
for issuing PDH in most other states.
All attendees will receive “Certificate
of Completion” via email showing nine
earned PDH.
Additional information may be
obtained by going to the PDCA website,
www.piledrivers.org or by contacting
the PDCA office directly at
888-311-PDCA (7322).
PDCA and Skyline Steel present
a seminar on using steel
bearing piles and sheet walls in
infrastructure
November 10, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton Tampa Airport –
Westshore
Tampa, Fla.
The seminar will feature six technical
presentations, including:
•• Port Combination Walls – A.E.
“Andy” Curtis, P.E., Schneider
Engineering & Consulting
•• Driven Piles in Chicago – Dhooli
Raj, P.E. and Tony A. Kiefer, P.E.,
Collins Engineering
•• Concrete Filled Tube Columns
For Rapid Construction of Bridge
Superstructure and Substructure
Components – Dawn Lehman,
University of Washington
•• Advantages of Using Steel Pile with
an Emphasis on Florida Practices
– Mohamad Hussein, GRL
Engineers, Inc.
•• Silas Nichols, FHWA –
Presentation to be announced.
The seminar will offer six PDH.
Additional information may be
obtained by going to the PDCA website,
www.piledrivers.org or by contacting
the PDCA office directly at
888-311-PDCA (7322). t
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