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Archive of Past Conferences 1953 - 1959

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1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

1953

Presiding Chairmen: C.W. Britzius and H.M. Hill

• "Basic Soil Properties and Classification"
  Miles S. Kersten
   

• "Collection and Use of Soils Data in Design and Construction of Highways"
  C.K. Preus
   

• "Soils Conditions of Minnesota"
  H.E. Wright, Jr.
   

• "Stability of Embankments"
  Rockwell Smith
   

• "Subsurface Soil Exploration and Sampling for Foundations"
  C.W. Britzius
   

• "The Use of Soil Mechanics in the Design of Building Foundations"
  Dr. Ralph B. Peck

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1954

Presiding Chairmen: M.S. Kersten and W.L. Hindermannn

• "Special Problems in Pile Foundations"
  Albert E. Cummings
   

• "The Use of Geological and Soils Reports and Maps for Engineering Purposes"
  George M. Schwartz
   

• "Geological Reports and Maps"
  Paul R. McMiller
   

• "Soils Reports and Maps"
  William E. Housel
   

• "Design of Spread Footings on Clay Soils, Stability of Slopes"
  Panel Discussion
   

• "Experiences in Open Pit Mines"
  Melvin C. Tero

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1955

Presiding Chairmen: C.W. Britzius and C.K. Preus

• "Soil Identification and Properties which Influence Bearing Capacity"
  M.G. Spangler
   

• "Job History, Pile Foundation Design, Ochsner Hospital, New Orleans"
  E.L. Gardner
   

• "Job History of a drilled-in-place caisson building Foundation"
  J.E. Meyer
   

• "Recent Developments in the Design of Anchored Sheet Piling Walls"
  Paul Andersen
   

• "Some Principles of Fill Construction"
  A.W. Johnson
   

• "Levee Construction Problems at Grand Forks, North Dakota"
  W.D. Darling
   

• "Embankment Construction for the Black Dog Steam Plant"
  A.V. Dienhart
   

• "Comparison of Three Railroad Construction Projects: Evaluating the Benefits Received from Soil Engineering"
  Rockwell Smith
   

• "Experiences With Railroad Embankments"
  J. Grant Waits

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1956

Presiding Chairmen: W.L. Hindermann and W.D. Darling

• "Fundamentals of Frost Action in Soil"
  Miles S. Kersten
   

• "Problems of Design on Perma-frost"
  Kenneth A. Linell
   

• "Frost Problems as Related to Design and construction of:"
   

  • "Building"....A.L. Schroeder
     

  • "Highways"....F.C. Frederickson
     

  • "Airfield Facilities"....Henry Sikso
     

  • "Railroads"....D.H. Shoemaker

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1957

Presiding Chairmen: W.D. Darling and J.E. Meyer

• "Evaluation and Use of California Bearing Ratio Testing Procedure"
  Charles Foster
   

• "The Use of Vertical Sand Drains for Consolidating Soft foundation Soils"
  S.E. Wiley
   

• "Foundation Piling"
  Edward E. White
   

• "Engineering Considerations for Grain Elevator Foundations:"
   

  • "Use of Soil Borings in the Design of Elevator Foundations"....Charles W. Britzius
     

  • "Structural Design of Elevators"....George L. Levin
     

  • "Protection of Investment"....John G. Poehling

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1958

Presiding Chairmen: C.W. Britzius and W.D. Darling

• "Fundamentals of Soil Compaction"
  S.T. Thorfinnson
   

• "Soil Compaction of Foundations for Structures and Roadways"
  A.O. Williamson
   

• "Compaction of Trench Backfills"
  Walter P. Schmitz
   

• "Analysis of Slides"
  Miles S. Kersten
   

• "Dewatering"
  John C. Raleigh
   

• "Chemical Solidification"
  Martin Riedel

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1959

Presiding Chairmen: Wilfred D. Darling and Arthur V. Dienhart

• "Fundamentals of Soil Exploration and Testing"
  Donald E. Johnson
   

• "Correlations of Soil Test Data to Design"
   

  • "Relating to Structures"....E.L. Gardner
     

  • "Relating to Highways and Airfields"....Richard P. Braun
     

• "Bearing Capacity of Structures on Compacted Soils"
  Ralph B. Peck
   

• "Principles of Dewatering Foundations and Effect of Ground Water Level Variations on Structures"
  Adolph F. Meyer
   

• Film: "Soil Explorations"
  Courtesy of Corps of Engineers

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