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Please join us for our April membership meeting! 

Topic:

“Case History: Instrumentation and Monitoring of the Port of Anchorage Expansion Project” 

The Port of Anchorage is undergoing a multi-phase expansion utilizing Open Cell Sheetpile Structures.  These structures consist of driven sheetpiles in consecutive “U” shaped cells and are subsequently backfilled with granular material.   The height of these cells range from 40 to 110 feet.  Terracon was subcontracted to instrument the sheetpile structures prior to backfilling in order to compare the actual cell performance after backfilling with the estimated performance using finite element analyses.  This presentation will discuss the many challenges of the instrument program implementation and the instrumentation utilized, as well as a brief discussion of the observed behavior relative to the predicted behavior from the finite element analysis.

Speaker:

Jonathan P. Manke, P.E., Geopier Foundation Company (formerly of Terracon Consultants, Inc.) 

Jonathan recently became a Project Engineer at Geopier Foundation Company, in Davidson, North Carolina after 8.5 years with Terracon Consultants in Charlotte.  He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master’s Degree from North Carolina State University.  He is a licensed engineer in NC, SC, VA, and AK and is currently the Vice President of the ASCE Southern Branch.

Date:    Thursday, April 25^th, 2013

Time:    12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Location:

Student Union Room 340 ABDE (same location as October meeting)

UNC Charlotte

9201 University City Blvd

Charlotte, NC 28223

Parking: 

Please park at the top of the Student Union parking deck. We may be able to provide tokens for parking; however the details are still being worked out.

Cost:  $25 for Members, $30 for Non-Members.

RSVP:  Click here to RSVP

RSVP’s must be received by end of day on Friday, April 19^th, 2013

PDHs: 1 hour

This year's ASCE NC Spring Technical Seminar will be held on Friday, April 26, 2013 at the North Carolina State University McKimmon Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.  Attendees will be eligible for up to 6 PDH's.  Six discipline tracks will be available: Geotechnical, Water Resources, Transportation, Construction Materials, Engineering Management, and Structural.  Member cost will be $100.00; non-member cost will be $115.00.  Lunch will be included.  Additional details will be forthcoming.

There are speaking opportunities available for those interested.  Please contact Nikki Honeycutt ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for additional details.