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Geotechnical News • June 2012
THE GROUT LINE
to Wolf Creek Dam as a workshop for
information on jet grouting and other
cutoff wall techniques. Ground modi-
fication and grouting applications were
described for mitigation of liquefac-
tion, nuclear waste containment and
seismic remediation. Compensation
grouting, Clif Kettle’s keynote subject,
is “not easy and not cheap,” typically
used as a last resort for historic struc-
tures or emergency situations. Stephan
Jefferis traced his work using blast
furnace slag-fly ash in grouts over the
years, while Helen Robinson, Sch-
nabel Engineering, spoke about her
research in polyethurene grouts.
Other addresses were diverse and
included case histories from around
the globe. One example from Norway
was the use of accelerated cement to
stop inflow under hydrostatic pres-
sure of 540 psi in almost freezing
temperatures. Another was a tunnel
in Modena, Italy, at which 75% of the
tunnel lining was repaired under water
repair using bentonite panels. An
unusual Hot Bitumen grouting in USA
was one of the many presentations
focusing on karst formations.
Devon Mothersille from the U.K.,
spoke about a tunnel in Australia at
which all 5,200 grouted anchors were
corroded and had to be remediated.
The testing and remediation, led to
a 9-year multi million dollar (AUD)
settlement. From Finland, the case his-
tory of grouting in crystalline fractured
bedrock to nuclear waste containment
was presented and from Portugal, a jet
grouting application for load transfer
at a resort on the Tagus River to allow
for cruise ships. New and smaller
equipment for deep soil mixing from
Italy was described by professors from
the University of Naples. Daniele
Vanni, Cesena-Italy, talked about deep
soil mixing solution used to restore
the listing campanile in Venice’s San
Marco Piazza. Similarly, cutter soil
mixing applications all over the world,
were presented by Franz Werner Ger-
resen, of Bauer Maschinen.
The presentations mentioned here
are a small fraction of the total ICOG
papers, which will be published
in August 2012 by ASCE. ICOG
attracted over 20 cooperating orga-
nization, over 70 exhibitors and 10
Poster presentations. DFI’s manage-
ment of the vast event was an enor-
mous and successful undertaking.
A Monitoring Ruckus
List of authors
James Warner
, P.E., Consulting Engineer; P.O. Box 1208, Mariposa, CA, 95338 US; warner@ sti.net,
Mike
Jefferies
, Golder Associates; 500 - 4260 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5C 6C6;
Dawn Shuttle
, FracMan Technology Group, 18300 NE Union Hill Road, Redmond, WA
98052 US;
,
Sam Bandimere
, Grouting Consultant; 7898 West 119th Place,
Broomfield, CO, 80020 US;
,
Giovanni Bonita
, P.E., GEI Consultants; 1620 I Street,
NW, Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20006 US;
,
Mike Byle
, P.E.,Tetra Tech EC,
Inc.; 820 Town Center Drive, Suite 100, Langhorne, PA, 19047 US;
Trevor
Carter
, Golder Associates; 2390 Argentia Road, Mississauga, ON, L5N 5Z7, Canada;
,
Patrick Carr
, P.E., The Judy Company, Inc.; 8334 Ruby Ave., Kansas City, KS, 66111, US;
Barney Davis Jr
., P.E., Civil Engineer, Risk Management Center, Corps of Engineers, 121 Cal-
laway Court, Murfreesboro, TN, 37127 US;
,
Mike Driller
, P.E., California
Department of Water Resources; P.O. Box 942836, 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814 US;
,
Bradley P. Erickson
, P.E., AECOM; 701 5th Avenue, Suite 1100, Seattle, WA, 98104 US;
Friedrich-Karl Ewert
, Grouting Consultant; Mozartsta
B
e 15, D-33014 Bad
Driburg, Germany;
Steve Garner
, P.Eng., Dam Performance Solutions, 2434 King
Albert Ave., Coquitlam B.C. V3J 7E4, Canada;
Jeff Geraci
,
P.G., C.E.G., Layne GeoConstruction, 27002 Vista Terrace, Lake Forest, CA, 92630 US;
Clay Griffin
, Remco Geotechnical Contractors, Inc; P. O. Box 23009, Knoxville, TN, 37933 US;
Tommy Haskins
, P.G., Corps of Engineers, Technical Manager, Wolf Creek Founda-
tion Remediation, 100 Power Plant Road, Jamestown, KY, 42629 US;
Walter
Kaeck
, P.E., Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers; 14 Penn Plaza, New York, NY, 10122 US;
Scott Kieffer
, Graz Institute of Technology; Engineering Geology Rechbauerstrasse 12, Graz
