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11/2/2018
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM

November 2, 2018
Marriott Denver West Hotel, Golden, CO


The Geo-Institute Chapter of the Colorado Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Rocky Mountain Section of the Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists (AEG), and the Colorado Association of Geotechnical Engineers (CAGE) have hosted the Rocky Mountain Geo-Conference since 1984. This conference focuses on geotechnical projects in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region, and is a one day opportunity for geo-professionals to share experiences and state of the practice with their colleagues. Papers will be published by ASCE as a Geotechnical Practice Publication (GPP) and distributed at the conference.

Fees:    

• Individual Registration: $150 by Oct. 26/$180 after Oct. 26
• Sponsorship: $400
• Corporate Registration (sponsorship plus 2 registrations) $700

 

7:15	8:00		Registration, Exhibits, and Networking over continental breakfast
8:00	8:05		Welcome and Introduction	Christoph Goss
8:05	8:30		Pikes Peak: Subsurface Conditions and New Summit Visitor Center Foundation Design	Sloan, Hoffman and Glavan
8:30	8:55		Landslide Analysis with Incomplete Data: Examples from Colorado and Wyoming	Santi
8:55	9:20		Interrelationships of Taxonomic and Chemical Properties of Colorado Soils	Stewart
9:20	9:45		Internal Erosion of Embankments: A Review and Appraisal	Robbins and Griffiths
9:45	10:10		EXHIBIT BREAK  - Sponsored by Deere and Ault
10:10	10:35		Clear Lake Dam Replacement: RCC Dam on a Challenging Soil Foundation	Monley, Jamieson, Buczek and Lopez
10:35	11:00		Calibration Models Reveal Stability Concerns at Marshall Lake Dam	Schoolmeesters
11:00	11:25		Outlet Structure Drain Systems at Twin Lakes and Sugar Loaf Dams	Bergstrom
11:25	11:50		Gravel Pit Reservoirs: State of Practice and Geotechnical Lessons Learned	Prochaska, Huzjak and Friend
11:50	12:30		LUNCH – Sponsored by Authentic Drilling
12:30	13:30		KEYNOTE: OROVILLE DAM SPILLWAY – John France
13:30	13:50		EXHIBITS
13:50	14:15		Design and Construction of a Tunnel Through Dipping Bedrock	Marsters and Dornfest
14:15	14:40		Conduit No. 16 Replacement – A River Tunneled Under Your Feet	Soule, Stewart, Light, Gossett and Parks
14:40	15:05		Foamed Sand Backfilling for Subsidence Mitigation at Glenrock, Wyoming	Hallman
15:05	15:30		Empirical Solution for Estimating California Bearing Ratio of Wyoming Soils	Jones and Roberts
15:30	15:55		EXHIBIT BREAK – Sponsored by Coggins and Sons
15:55	16:20		Innovative Use of Soil Mixing for US-34, Big Thompson Canyon Flood Recovery	Stewart,  Mascarenas, Kuehr, and Lafferty
16:20	16:45		Geotechnical Challenges in Reconstruction of Cottonwood Pass Road, Colorado	Arthurs
16:45	17:10		Fossil Creek Pedestrian Tunnel	Heyer, Beckos and Dornfest
17:10			RECEPTION AND EXHIBITS – Sponsored by SEMA

Thank you to our Sponsors




Meet our Exhibitors


For questions related to conference registration, exhibits, and/or sponsors, please contact Becky Roland (staff@coloradoasce.org).If you have questions with regards to the conference please contact conference chair, Christoph Goss, (christoph.goss@deereault.com). Registration forms are due by October 26, 2018.
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