More than 110 practitioners in the deep foundations
industry gathered in Prairieville, La. on Oct.
24 for a comprehensive, day-long professional
development event designed to educate attendees on some of
the newest and best practices for driven pile installations. The
PDCA of the Gulf Coast Chapter organized the event, which is
offered to professionals in the region every other year. This year’s
program was chaired by contractor Michael Kelly. All participants
who completed the seminar were awarded seven professional
development hours.
The 2019 PDCA Engineers Conference was co-sponsored by the
PDCA of the Gulf Coast Chapter and Nucor Skyline and consisted
of seven different presentations. PDCA of the Gulf Coast Chapter
president Travis Schonacher from Sealevel Construction opened
and closed the program. The following agenda outlines each presentation
and session sponsor in the order they were provided
to attendees:
Breakfast
Sponsored by PDCA
Vibration Monitoring Protocol per Purple Book by Joubert Harris, MS –
LADOTD
Sponsored by Southern Earth Sciences
Experimental Study of Driven Pile Set-Up in Soft Clays by Chad Held,
P.E. – Eustis Engineering
Sponsored by GRL Engineers
Efficient Structural Design of Precast Concrete Piles by John C. Ryan,
Ph.D., PE – Ryan Structural Engineers, LLC
Sponsored by American Piledriving Equipment
Advanced Measurements/Pile Layout by Joey Coco, P.E., MBA –
Forte & Tablada, Inc.
Sponsored by Sealevel Construction, Inc.
Lunch
Sponsored by L.B. Foster Co.
Steel Coating and Application to Steel Piles by Marty Hall –
Yellow Creek Coating Services
Sponsored by PDCA
Preserving Wood Pilings by Tim Carey – Lonza Group AG
Sponsored by Desoto Treated Materials
LAPELS Professionalism and Ethics by William Hyatt –
LAPELS Board Investigator
Sponsored by Mississippi River Equipment
PDCA of the Gulf Coast Chapter thanks all attendees
for participating in this highly successful event.
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Capacity Attendance at the Gulf
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