Thursday, November 14, 2013 - Workshop Large Diameter Rock Socket Piles
Considering the many land and marine infrastructure projects planned for the coastal regions of Maharashtra and Gujarat regions of India, this 1-day course will cover design, construction, and quality assurance and control aspects of large-diameter rock-socketed piles for these applications.
8:00 Refreshments and Registration
9:00 Introduction of Course Content, Speakers and Participants 9:15 Rock Socketed Piles – Current Indian Practice
Dr. Sunil S. Basarkar, General Manager (Technical Services) (ITD Cementation India Limited)
9:45 Design and Construction of Rock Socketed Piles in Land Conditions Manfred Schoepf (Bauer)
10:45 Tea Break
11:00 Design and Construction of Rock Socketed Piles in Land Conditions (continued) Manfred Schoepf (Bauer)
12:00 Design and Construction of Rock Socketed Piles in Marine Conditions Fugro SeaCore
1:00 Lunch Break
2:00 Design and Construction of Rock Socketed Piles in Marine Conditions (continued) Fugro SeaCore
3:00 Quality Assurance/Quality Control, Inspection of Production Piles Ravikiran Vaidya (Geo Dynamics)
4:00 Tea Break
4:15 Dynamic Testing and Integrity Testing of Drilled Shafts Brent Robinson (GRL Engineers, Inc.)
5:15 Bi-directional Load Testing and Sonic Caliper Aditya Atithi (LoadTest)
5:45 Long Term Monitoring of Bored Piles and Cap Using Embedded Sensors Santosh Kumar Mummaneni (Aver Technologies, Inc.)
Friday, November 15, 2013 – Conference Day 1*
8:00 Registration, Refreshments, Exhibition Set-Up, and Networking 9:00 Inauguration Ceremony
9:45 Inauguration of Exhibition
Session 1: Case Histories on Execution of Driven Pile Systems 10:00 Opening Remarks & Introduction of Chair and Co-Chair
10:10 Keynote Lecture – Driven Pile Foundations (45 min)
Jim Morrison, Engineering Services Manager, KiewitCorporation 10:55 Keynote Lecture – Driven Piling Practices in India (45 min)
Er. Manish Kumar, Vice President, ITD Cementation India Limited, Mumbai 11:40 Tea Break, Exhibition (15 min)
11:55 Driven Steel Piles for a Bridge in Finland (15 min)
Tommi Lahteinen (Junttan) and Prof. Teemu Riihimaki (TUT Foundation) 12:10 Performance of Hollow Circular Prestressed Piles (15 min)
Rajendran Balamurugan (Larsen & Toubro)
12:25 EDC Technology for Driven Concrete Piles (15 min) Vamshi Vemula (Aver Technologies, Inc.)
12:40 Sponsor and Exhibitor Corporate Presentations
(Platinum 10 min, Gold 10 min, Silver 5 min, Exhibitor 5 min) – 40 minutes 13:20 Lunch Break, Exhibition, and Networking
Session 2: Case Histories on Drilled Pile Systems (Drilled Shafts and Micropiles) 14:15 Opening Remarks and Introduction of Chair and Co-Chair
14:25 Keynote Lecture – Cost Effectiveness of the Kelly Drilling Method for the On- and Off-Shore Construction of Bored Piles with Large Diameters (45 min)
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Domanski, Regional Director, Bauer Spezialtiebau GmbH 15:10 Keynote Lecture – Super Pile for Bridge Across Ganga (45 min)
Dr. P.V. Chandramohan, President (Technical), M/s Navayuga Engineering Co. Ltd., Hyderabad
15:55 Tea Break, Exhibition (15 min)
16:10 Micropiles for Wind Tower Foundations (15 min) Dr. D. Khatri (Khatri International)
16:25 Performance of Deep Bored Cast-In-Situ Piles for a Power Plant: A Case Study (15 min) Madan Kumar and Y. HariKrishna (Keller India)
16:40 Foundation Problems in High Alpines (15 min) Andreas Brandner, IB-Brandner
16:55 O-cell Load Tests for Deep Foundations of an Iconic High Rise (15 min)
A. Ayithi (LoadTest USA), H.S. Khoo (Fugro-LoadTest), P.J. Bullock (LoadTest USA) 17:10 Sponsor and Exhibitor Corporate Presentations
(Platinum 10 min, Gold 10 min, Silver 5 min, Exhibitor 5 min) – 40 minutes 17:50 Poster Session
Optimization of Shaft Foundation for Transmission Line Pole, A. Bhargava (KEC International Ltd.)
Piling Practice in India-Driven and Drilled Piles for a Project, K.S. Govindarajan, M. Kumaran, A. Vetriselvan (L&T GeoStructures)
Artificial Neural Networks for Pile Capacity Prediction, K.S. Sherin and Dr. N. Sankar (NIT Calicut)
18:20 Close of Session 2
19:00 Onwards Banquet Dinner
Venue: RAMADA Powai Hotel and Convention Centre Saki Vihar Road,
Saturday, November 16, 2013 - Conference Day 2* 8:00 Refreshments and Networking
Session 3: Case Histories on Deep Excavation Support Systems 9:00 Opening Remarks, Introduction of Chair and Co-Chair
9:10 Keynote Lecture – History, Development and Applications of Deep Excavation Support Systems (45 min)
Gianfranco Di Cicco, GDConsulting
9:55 Keynote Lecture – Earth Retaining Schemes for Basements and Deep Excavations (45 min) Er. D.V. Karandikar, Sr. Geotechnical Consultant, Mumbai India
10:40 Tea Break, Exhibition (15 min)
10:55 Optimized Hybrid System for Deep Excavation Support by (15 min) A.G. Rao (Larsen & Toubro)
11:10 Technical Challenges to Build Retaining Structures with Secant Piles for Deep Excavations in Urban Context for Underground Metro Lines (15 min)
P. Muniyappa, Geodata India Pvt. Ltd.
11:25 Diaphragm Wall Termination in Rock (15 min) S. Ramesh, Gammon India Ltd.
11:40 Sponsor and Exhibitor Corporate Presentations
(Platinum 10 min, Gold 10 min, Silver 5 min, Exhibitor 5 min) – 40 minutes 12:20 Poster Session
Diaphragm Walls for Delhi Metro, D.K. Kanhere, D.C. Athavale, P.S. Bhosale and B.Y. Mone (STUP Consultants Pvt. Ltd.)
Diaphragm Walls for Deep Excavation, J. Nisha and M. Mutharam, Anna University Different Diaphragm Wall Jobs, S. Sabnis, Thakkar Constructions Pvt. Ltd.
Experimental Study on Granular Piles, K. Ramu, JNTU College of Engineering Grouting to Improve Foundation Soils for MEGA Project, M.V. Shah, L.D. College of
Engineering
Session 4: Case Histories on Ground Improvement 14:00 Opening Remarks, Introduction of Chair and Co-Chair
14:10 Keynote Lecture – Ground Improvement Technology (45 min) Dr. V.R. Raju, Keller
14:55 Keynote Lecture – Ground Improvement Techniques (45 min) Er. D.J. Ketkar, Sr. Geotechnical Consultant, Mumbai, India 15:40 Tea Break, Exhibition (15 min)
15:55 Dry Bottom Feed Vibrostone Columns for a LPG Terminal in Paradeep (15 min) Sridhar Valluri and Deepak Raj (Keller Ground Engineering Private Ltd.)
16:10 Effective Method of Seepage Control During Shaft Construction (15 min) Sanjeev Gupta (Tata Consulting Engineers)
16:25 Jet Grouting used as Ground Improvement Technology (15 min) Gianfranco Di Cicco, GDConsulting
16:40 Guidelines for Successful High Strain Dynamic Load Tests and Low Strain Integrity Tests for Bored Piles
Ravikiran Vaidya (Geodynamics India) and Garland Likins (Pile Dynamics, Inc.) 16:55 Sponsor and Exhibitor Corporate Presentations
(Platinum 10 min, Gold 10 min, Silver 5 min, Exhibitor 5 min) – 40 minutes 17:15 DFI of India Interaction and Conference Closing Remarks
17:45 End of Conference and High Tea
