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2010 - 2011 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 PDF (45 kb)	Value Engineering of Drilled Shaft Foundations, Milwaukee, WI Chad Underwood, P.E., P.G. Engineering Partners International LLC	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 PDF (45 kb)	Investigation of Recycled Plastic Piles for Support of Structures in Expansive Shale Environments Eric J. Brandner, Barr Engineering	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 PDF (45 kb)	Vibration Monitoring for the I-35W/Hwy 62 Crosstown Reconstruction Project Ryan Peterson, CNA Consulting Engineers	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 PDF (45 kb)	Sustainable Management of Water - The Role of Minnesota Geological Survey Dale Setterholm, MN Geological Survey	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Thursday, February 24, 2011 PDF (53 kb)	The Increasing Role of Seismic Measurements in Civil Engineering Dr. Kenneth H. Stokoe, University of Texas at Austin, Kersten Lecture	U of MN
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 PDF (45 kb)	Regional Geotechnical Case Histories Bill Cody, LH Bolduc	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 PDF (45 kb)	Westway Containment Structure – Integrating Multiple Systems to Solve Site Access Eric Pedersen, P.E., Veit	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN

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2009 - 2010 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Wednesday October 14, 2009 PDF (26 kb)	The Use of Sheet Pile as Permanent Foundation and Retention Systems Chad Underwood, P.E., PG, Engineering Partners Intl.	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday November 11, 2009 PDF (38 kb)	Washington Monument Case History Dr. Jean-Louis Briaud, PhD, P.E., Texas A&M University, Geo-Institute Board	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday December 9, 2009 PDF (22 kb)	Statewide Falling Weight Deflectometer Testing Project – Current Status and Long Term Goals David Rettner, P.E., American Engineering Testing, Inc.	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday January 13, 2010 PDF (56 kb)	Glacial Tectonics Dr. Carrie Jennings, Ph.D., Minnesota Geological Survey, University of MN	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Thursday February 25, 2010 PDF (36 kb)	Tunneling Into and Under Manhattan Dr. Ed Cording, PhD, University of IL	University of MN, St. Paul Campus
Wednesday March 10, 2010 PDF (22 kb)	Automated, Web-Based, Slope Monitoring at Mn/DOT: Keeping tabs on your landslides from the comfort of your favorite WiFi hotspot Derrick Dasenbrock, P.E., MnDOT	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday April 14, 2010 PDF (25 kb)	Practical Considerations in Surface Mine Slope Stability Lyall Workman, Senior Mining Engineer, Barr Engineering	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday May 12, 2010 PDF (25 kb)	Underpinning and Soil Nailing for Basement Addition Under Existing Factory Greg Norris, LEED AP, Veit & Company, Inc.	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN

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2008 - 2009 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Wednesday October 8, 2008 PDF (54 kb)	Ground Modification using Vibro Techologies and Deep Soil Mixing Ray Franz, P.E. & Ryan Benson, P.E. Hayward Baker, Inc.	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday November 12, 2008 PDF (51 kb)	Geotechnical Engineering in the new world of Sustainability, LEED® and Green Construction Charles M. Allgood, Jr., PE, LEED AP Principal Design Engineer Geopier Foundation Company - Midwest	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday December 10, 2008 PDF (51 kb)	Predicting Heaving in Frost-susceptible Soils Prof. Radoslaw L. Michalowski University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Braun Intertec Professorship Chair at the University of Minnesota	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday January 14, 2009 PDF (51 kb)	Concrete Paving Technologies - An Overview of Standard and Pervious Concrete Pavements Dave Fennessey, Aggregate Ready Mix Association of MN Jason Kruger, North Central Cement Council	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Thursday & Friday February 26-27, 2009 PDF (54 kb)	Civil Engineering Challenges of Tomorrow Dr. Raymond J. Krizek Stanley F. Pepper Professor; Director, Master of Proj. Mgt. Program Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng. Northern University, Evanston, IL (Annual U of M Geotechnical Conference)	University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus
Wednesday March 11, 2009 PDF (51 kb)	Approaches Used and Lessons Learned from the Geotechnical Field Investigations needed for a 14-Billion Dollar Project in New Orleans Grant Riddick, PG, U.S. Corps of Engineers	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday April 8, 2009 PDF (50 kb)	Otter Rapids Seepage and Piping Remediation Jon Ausdemore, P.E., Barr Engineering Company	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday May 13, 2009 PDF (51 kb)	Washington County 2025 Campus Improvement Fred Scharmota, Veit & Company, Inc. Chad Underwood, P.E., Engineering Partners Intl.	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN

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2007 - 2008 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Wednesday October 10, 2007 PDF (47 kb)	Designing with Geogrids Sarah Garland, Contech	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday November 14, 2007 PDF (48 kb)	Erosion and Sedimentation Dr. Shawn Schottler, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Croix Watershed Research Station	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday December 12, 2007 PDF (120 kb)	Exploring the Lakes of Western Mongolia Dr. James E. Almendinger, Senior Scientist, Science Museum of Minnesota	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday January 9, 2008 PDF (118 kb)	Cellular Concrete Andrew Nielson	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Thursday February 28, 2008 PDF (12 kb)	Experience Gained from 80 Miles of Tunneling on the Egnatia Highway in Northern Greece Dr. Evert Hoek	University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus
Wednesday March 12, 2008 PDF (149 kb)	Down-hole Hammer Technology — Innovative Local Projects Greg Norris, Veit	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday April 9, 2008 PDF (120 Kb)	Design of Steel Piles for Stabilization of the West Elk Mine Landslide Phil Solseng, Barr Engineering Company	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN
Wednesday May 14, 2008 PDF (121 kb)	Pile Testing at the I-35 Bridge Site Jeff Gebhard, PE, Braun Intertec	Rose Vine Hall, Roseville, MN

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2006 - 2007 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Wednesday October 11, 2006 PDF (28 kb)	Glacial Geomorphology Carrie Jennings, Senior Scientist Minnesota Geological Survey, U of M	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday November 8, 2006 PDF (28 kb)	Effective Geophysical Methods for Investigating Karst Terranes: Lessons Learned Kelton Barr, Professional Hydrogeologist, Braun Intertec Corp.	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday December 13, 2006 PDF (29 kb)	Soil Solidification at Gopher Resources Aaron Grosser, PE, Barr Engineering	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday January 10, 2007 PDF (34 kb)	Geotechnical Challenges on Hwy. 212 Megan J.L. Hoppe, American Engineering	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday February 14, 2007 PDF (29 kb)	Integrating Soils, Landform and Native Plants to Manage Stormwater Run-off in Residential Developments Kim Chapman	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Thursday March 15, 2007 PDF (34 kb)	Geotechnical Engineering at the Dawn of the 3rd Millennium Geotechnical Conference Pre-meeting with a presentation by the Kersten Lecturer, Dr. Suzanne Lacasse, Ph.D., the Managing Director of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute.	University of Minnesota
Wednesday April 11, 2007 PDF (43 kb)	Drilled Pier Foundation Construction for the Ivy Tower Don Schulze, President of Layne Minnesota Company	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN
Wednesday May 9, 2007 PDF (43 kb)	Annual Meeting Election of officers and presentation of annual report.	Majors Sports Cafe, Roseville, MN

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2005 - 2006 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Wednesday October 12, 2005 PDF (19 kb)	Saving St. Anthony Falls John O. Anifson, Ph.D., National Park Service, St. Paul, MN	Big City Tavern & Banquet Center
Wednesday November 9, 2005 PDF (99 kb)	Saint Paul Mines D. Lee Peterson, Ph.D., PE, CNA Consulting Engineers, Minneapolis, MN	Big City Tavern & Banquet Center
Wednesday December 14, 2005 PDF (110 kb)	Pneumatically Installed Soil Nails Bob Barrett, Soil Nail Launcher, Inc., Grand Junction, CO	Big City Tavern & Banquet Center
Wednesday January 11, 2006 PDF (101 kb)	Pilot Tube MicroTunneling Shane McFadden, P.E., Engineering and Construction and Innovations Inc. (ECI) St. Paul, MN	Big City Tavern & Banquet Center
Thursday February 16, 2006 PDF (97 kb)	Load Resistance Factor Design for Geotechnical Transportation Features Jerry DiMaggio, Federal Highway Administration	Continuing Education and Conference Center map
Wednesday March 8, 2006 PDF (97 kb)	Soil Nail and Root Technology Mike Fabius, PE, DST Consulting Engineers, Inc. Thunder Bay, Canada	Big City Tavern & Banquet Center
Wednesday April 12, 2006 PDF (97 kb)	Case Study of a Secant Wall Eric Pederson, P.E., Veit Companies, Rogers, MN	Big City Tavern & Banquet Center

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2004 - 2005 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Wednesday October 6, 2004	MN Roads Ben Worel, AET	KFAN
Wednesday November 10, 2004	Caves and Groundwater Roger Kuhns, CNA	KFAN
Wednesday December 8, 2004 PDF (28 kb)	Summary of Continuous Compaction Control John Siekmeier, MnDOT	KFAN
Wednesday January 12, 2005 PDF (27 kb)	Field Considerations for Characterizing Glacial Sequences for Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Projects - A Case Study Dan Kelleher, Earth Tech, Inc., and Paul Kesich, Fermi National Accelerator Lab.	KFAN
Thursday February 24, 2005 PDF (28 kb)	What Boston's "Big Dig" Project Accomplished and What We Can Learn From It John T. Christian, P.E., Ph.D., Hon M. ASCE	U of M, St. Paul
Wednesday March 9, 2005 PDF (25 kb)	Design, Use and Implementation of the Fully-grouted Method for Piezometer Installation in Minnesota Aaron Grosser, Barr	U of M, Minneapolis
Wednesday April 13, 2005 PDF (25 kb)	Geosynthetics Steve Gale, Gale-Tec	West Metro

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2003 - 2004 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
March 10, 2004	Lightweight Fill Case Histories Scott Wehrmeyer, Styrotech	KFAN The Restaurant Roseville, MN
April 14, 2004	Geologic Mapping Harvey Tolefson, MN Geologic Survey	KFAN The Restaurant Roseville, MN

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2009 - 2010 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Tuesday December 8, 2009 PDF, 62 kb	Construction Dewatering Methods Joe Hockberger, Senior Project Manager, Mersino Dewatering, Inc.	Grandma's Restaurant 522 Lake Ave South
Tuesday January 26, 2010 PDF 26 kb	Specialty Deep Foundations Chad Underwood, P.E., P.G., Engineering Partners International, LLC	Grandma's Restaurant 522 Lake Ave South

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2006 - 2007 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Thursday March 29, 2007 (PDF, 26 kb)	How to Read and Understand a Geotechnical Report William C. Kwasny, PE American Engineering Testing, Inc.	Grandma's Restaurant 522 Lake Ave South
Tuesday May 1, 2007 (PDF, 25 kb)	Geogrid Subgrade Stabilization James Howley, PE Tensar International	Grandma's Restaurant 522 Lake Ave South

 

2005 - 2006 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Tuesday December 6th, 2005 (PDF 25 kb)	GeoPiers Charles Allgood, Jr., PE, Geopier® Foundations - Midwest	Grandma's Saloon & Grill, Canal Park

 

2004 - 2005 Meetings	Description or Topic	Location
Tuesday November 30, 2004 PDF (31 kb)	Rock Foundation Issues Stanley J. Vitton, PE, Ph.D. and Travis A. Davidsavor, EIT	Grandma's Saloon
Tuesday March 29, 2005 PDF (24 kb)	Blast Vibrations – Predictions Lee Petersen, P.E., Ph.D.	Grandma's Saloon

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