West Australian Geotechnics and Geology
AGS WA 2020 Symposium
Russell Clayton, Prof. Barry Lehane, Eric Hudson-Smith and Alison Jennings
The Western Australia Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society invites the geotechnical community to join our one-day symposium titled “West Australian Geotechnics and Geology” which will be held on 30 October 2020.
The event will be held in Perth and will feature a wide range of talks, networking and discussions. Geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, geologists, geophysicists and academics will share and discuss their knowledge and experience in WA related to geotechnics and geology, and its implications for design and construction.
The Event
Western Australia’s construction industry is currently booming. Investment in public infrastructure, mining and offshore developments is growing. Economical and safe geotechnical design requires efficient and well thought through ground investigation and characterisation to identify and manage ground risks and opportunities.
This symposium will present overviews of current state-of-the-art practices, innovation, new research relating to WA geology and case studies of WA projects. Best practices, case histories and innovative methods for assessing and characterising ground risk will be presented and discussed, with a particular emphasis on the geology of the metro region and regional areas of WA.
Programme
08.00 – 08.30 – Registration
08.30 – 09.45 – Keynote Speaker: Alison Jennings (GHD)
09.45 – 10.30 – 4 Presentations, 15 min each
10.30 – 11.00 – Morning Tea
11.00 – 11.45 – Keynote Speaker: Russell Clayton (GHD)
11.45 – 12.30 – 3 Presentations, 15 min each
12.30 – 13.30 – Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 – Keynote Speaker: Eric Hudson-Smith (Geosite)
14.15 – 15.00 – 3 Presentations, 15 min each
15.00 – 15.30 – Afternoon Tea
15.30 – 16.15 – Keynote Speaker: Barry Lehane (UWA)
16.15 – 17.00 – 3 Presentations, 15 min each
17.00 – 18.30 – Cocktail drinks
About the speakers
Russell Clayton Technical Director (Pavements and Geotechnical), GHD
“Lessons and experiences of pavement design and construction in Western Australia”
Russell is the Technical Director of Geotechnical and Pavement Engineering at GHD and has had a long history of designing road projects around the globe. An incredible journey of building over $3 billion dollars of road and airport projects in the last 15 years. Russell will provide some insights into the technical challenges and solutions that have been developed during the construction of the projects.
Prof. Barry Lehane The University of Western Australia
“Axial capacity of driven piles in sand and clay”
The development of new CPT-based methods for estimating the axial capacity of driven piles in sand and clay will be presented. This research was conducted together with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute as part two Joint Industry Partnerships (JIPs) between 2014 and 2020. The methods are shown to capture key factors known to influence pile capacity and are calibrated using a new database of pile load tests that was compiled as part of one JIP. The methods are shown to provide more reliable predictions than existing approaches and the sand method has already been incorporated in the new API and ISO guidelines.
Eric Hudson-Smith Consulting Geotechnical Engineer, Geosite Pty Ltd
“Geotechnical Risk Management on the FAL project”
Abstract being finalised
Alison Jennings Manager, Geotechnics, GHD
Topic and Abstract being finalised
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