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SHORT COURSE – SHEET PILING & WAVE EQUATION
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020
ROOM: Palm 2AB
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM Registration / Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM Course Introduction
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM Steel Sheet Piles: Best Construction Practices
Gerry McShane, Director Piling, Service Steel
Objective:
1. Develop understanding of the changes in steel sheet pile design and how they align with
continuous equipment innovation to improve economics and constructability on site.
2. Site examples will look at problems that have occurred and how they could easily have been
prevented through better understanding of constructability.
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM Supervision and Inspection of Steel Sheet Piling Installation
Objectives:
1. Have familiarity with the basic components of sheet pile and soldier beam earth
retention systems.
2. Describe what a fi eld engineer for the contractor or the inspection fi rm should observe, how to
plan the work and what safety precautions are needed for a successful project.
9:45 AM – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 PM Ensuring the Durability of Sheet Piling Structures
Gerry McShane, Director Piling, Service Steel
Objectives:
1. Understand the factors that contribute to corrosion occurring and the rate that it develops. Various
steps to control or inhibit corrosion will be outlined. A comparison will be made between the
breakdown of steel and concrete over time. An example will be provided showing the various
options open to the designer to inhibit or improve steel durability along with their associated costs.
11:15 PM – 12:00 PM Detailed Design Procedures for Earth Retaining Structures
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM Workshop Overview / Introduction
Ryan Allin, P.E. Senior Engineer, Pile Dynamics, Inc.
Course Objectives:
1. Describe the hammer soil model used in GRLWEAP
2. Prepare the input and select options for GRLWEAP analysis
3. Interpret GRLWEAP results (bearing graph, inspector chart, drivability analysis)
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Wave Equation Background
Ryan Allin, P.E. Senior Engineer, Pile Dynamics, Inc.
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Wave Equation Workshop: Bearing Graph, Inspection Chart
Ryan Allin, P.E. Senior Engineer, Pile Dynamics, Inc.
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM Wave Equation Workshop: Drivability
Ryan Allin, P.E. Senior Engineer, Pile Dynamics, Inc.
5:00 PM Course Conclusion
*Requires separate registration
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