Geotechnical News • September 2016
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THE GROUT LINE
Paolo Gazzarrini
Overture
44
th
episode of the Grout Line and
with all the grouters busy in preparing
abstracts for Grout 2017 (Hawaii-July
2017) I don’t have the usual participa-
tion in the Grout Line submissions.
There were more than 200 abstracts
submitted for the conference!
For this issue, only a short report from
Prof. Scott Kieffer (course director)
about the 37
th
Grouting Fundamentals
Course.
The 37th annual Grouting
Fundamentals short course just
concluded at UT Austin with
great success!
Since 1979 the Grouting Fundamen-
tals course (previously hosted by the
Colorado School of Mines, University
of Florida, and Missouri-Rolla) has
covered pressure grouting as a method
to improve geotechnical characteris-
tics of soils and rock masses. A broad
range of grouting procedures and
applications is addressed, including
compaction, permeation, and rock
fracture grouting, design and construc-
tion of grout curtains, cut-off walls
and composite seepage barriers, deep
soil mixing, and grouting of high
capacity ground anchors, soil nails,
and micropiles.
The 1/2-day field demonstration is
a key aspect of the course, where
contractors, manufacturers and sup-
pliers converge to provide hands-on
experience with grouting materials
and procedures. The Demo included
a variety of chemical and cementi-
tious grout materials, high shear grout
plants, anchor grouting and load
testing, microfine grout penetrability
tests, slab lifting with polyurethane
grouts, and a live display of compac-
tion grouting.
From all accounts the recent course
at UT Austin was amongst the best
installments in the course’s long and
rich history.
For details regarding the
May 15-19, 2017 course visit
:
Only a short comment of mine. I think
Scott forgot to mention the excellent
Texan BBQs we had during the week!
Field Demo: June 13 – 17, 2016
Grouting Fundamentals & Current Practice at UT Austin.
Field Demo: Annulus grouting.
Field Demo: Sand column grouting tests
with different types of Microfine cement.
Not only grouting!
