Road and rail projects often end up with bridges, retaining walls, or load-transfer platforms that need deep foundations for support. Picking the “right” deep foundation involves many factors, from soil conditions to local practice, and from lateral or drag loads to flexibility. Vibrations and environmental issues also affect the choice of a deep foundation type for a project. How do you choose the “right” deep foundation type or types for a project?
Join our panelists Ryan Drury, PE, Morgan Race, PE, PhD, and Matt Glisson, PE on June 10th as we “go deep” on the topic of deep foundations and how Braun Intertec helps our clients navigate the road to selecting deep foundations for surface transportation projects.
Learn About:
What is a “hammer qualification” and how is it different from a “refined WEAP” and a “CAPWAP”?
What is “drag load” and how do we design for it today?
When should or can I change the foundation length?
How should we evaluate lateral loads with battered piles?
He is responsible for coordinating and performing field testing services including high-strain dynamic testing, cross hole sonic logging, thermal integrity testing, low-strain dynamic testing and parallel seismic testing. He also authors and reviews geotechnical evaluations for sites requiring deep foundations; including driven pile, drilled shafts, auger cast piles, micro piles, helical piles and ground improvements. This deep foundation focus results in working across many different market sectors including heavy civil, commercial, agriculture, or pretty much any site with “bad” soils or large structure loads. With 15 years of experience at Braun Intertec, Ryan brings a high-level of geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing knowledge to the table.
Matt Glisson is a Technical Leader and Principal Engineer who leads deep foundations services for Braun Intertec. He is responsible for coordinating, performing and reviewing design and testing on deep foundations projects. Matt has extensive experience with integrity evaluation using low-strain integrity tests, cross-hole sonic tests, parallel seismic tests and thermal profiling along with driven piles, drilled shafts, micropiles and auger-cast piles. Matt provides deep foundations services across the United States.
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