EERI Short Course on Liquefaction 2014
Utah Chapter EERI Short Course
EVALUATION AND MITIGATION OF LIQUEFACTION HAZARD FOR ENGINEERING PRACTICE
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Maverik Center, West Valley Utah (MAP)
3200 Decker Lake Drive, West Valley City, UT 84119
4th Floor Centennial Room
Cosponsors
Utah Chapter Geo-Institute, Utah Seismic Safety Commission, Utah Geological Association
SEE Full Course Flyer Here (EERI Short Course Flyer 2014)
Finn Course Notes Finn, EERI SLC Liquefaction Short Course Notes
Finn Slides Finn, EERI SLC Liquefaction Short Course
Youd Slides Youd, EERI SLC Liquefaction Short Course, Damage to Buidling Foundations
Francis Slides Francis, EERI SLC Liquefaction Short Course, Tsunami Liquefaction Scour
Bartlett Slides Bartlett, EERI SLC Liquefaction Short Course, Mapping of Lateral Spread
Anderson Slides Anderson, EERI SLC Liquefaction Short Course, Accommodating Liquefaction Induced Failure Modes In the Risk Assessment of Dams
Who should attend?:
Geotechnical and structural engineers, building and transportation officials, and risk managers.
Purpose:
Improve engineering practice in Utah through thorough review and discussion of state-of-the-art procedures applied by engineers to evaluate and mitigate liquefaction hazard. Emphasis will be on urban infrastructure, including bridges, buildings and planned development.
Speakers:
Invited instructor: W.D. Liam Finn, Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering, University of British Colombia
Bio: W. D. Liam Finn (B.Eng National University of Ireland, 1954; M.Sc, PhD University of Washington 1957, 1960). Liam is an expert in geotechnical earthquake engineering with particular interest in liquefaction, seismic response of sites and earth structures, seismic safety evaluation of dams, seismic response of pile foundations and seismic risk. He pioneered the use of dynamic effective stress analysis in practice and the use of large strain deformation analysis for the analysis of post liquefaction deformation of dams. Liam initiated the first program of geotechnical earthquake engineering in Canada at UBC in 1966 and pioneered the development of effective stress dynamic analysis in 1975. He currently sits on the Technical Review Board for the Seismic Retrofit of British Columbia Schools where he was a major contributor to a recently developed a risk management plan for this $2 billion project. Mitigating liquefaction hazard is a major risk considered in this plan. For this work, Liam received the Consulting Engineers of Canada award for his contribution to the seismic retrofit program for BC Schools. He was Editor of the International Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering from 2000-2008 and is on editorial boards for other journals. He is a former Chairman of ISSMGE/TC-4 the Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering.
Speakers on selected topics: Loren Anderson, USU; Steve Bartlett, UofU; Kevin Franke, BYU; Kyle Rollins, BYU; Les Youd, BYU. Please see that attached flyer for the final list of speakers and subjects.
Course schedule:
7:30 am Registration opens, continental breakfast
8:00 am Greetings and introductions
8:15 am Instruction by Dr. Liam Finn
10:15 am 15 minute break
12:30 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Presentations by selected speakers
2:45 pm break
3:00 pm Questions from attendees to panel of speakers
5:00 pm Concluding remarks and closure
Registration fees:
Online before April 2, 2014 (pre-registration closed after that date):
- Nonmember $250.00
- Members of Utah Chapter EERI $210.00
Join Utah Chapter of EERI ($25.00) EERI website and register for the short course at the member price - Member of cosponsoring society $240.00
- Student $25.00
- Corporate or Government Group $210.00
If 3 or more individuals from a corporation become members of the Utah Chapter of EERI ($25.00 see utah.eeri.org to become a member), then each member of the corporation or member agency may register at the member price.
Registration after April 1, 2014 or in person at the Maverik Center (please pay by check made out to EERI Utah Chapter):
- Nonmember $300.00
- Members of Utah Chapter EERI $260.00
Join Utah Chapter of EERI ($25.00) EERI website and register for the short course at the member price - Member of cosponsoring society $290.00
- Student $30.00
- Corporate or Government Group $260.00If 3 or more individuals from a corporation become members of the Utah Chapter of EERI ($25.00 see utah.eeri.org to become a member), then each member of the corporation or member agency may register at the member price.
To register for the short course, please visit the registration website here.
EERI Joyner Lecture with David Boore
Ground-Motion Prediction Equations: Past, Present, and Future
Presented by Dr. David Boore Geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey – Earthquake Science Center.
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 | Social at 5:30 P.M. and Lecture at 6:00 P.M.
Warnock Engineering Building Room L103
72 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
See the Flyer for more information – EERI Joyner Lecture – Room Change
Who Should Attend: Seismologist, Structural Engineers, Geotechnical Engineers, Geologists, Civil Engineers, Earth Scientists, Emergency Managers
Focus Topics: Earthquake Engineering, Ground Motion Prediction Equations, Seismology, Earth Science, Building Science
This lecture is open to the general public. There is no cost to attend, and you do not need to RSVP. Please invite others who you feel would be interested in this lecture.
The lecture will be webcast live for persons outside of the Salt Lake and Davis Counties. Please contact Gloria Dearden to get the connection information: 801.333.7676, GDearden@absconsulting.com
Sponsored by the Utah Chapter of EERI and Structural Engineering Association of Utah
We Just Had a Major Earthquake – Where Are Responders and Resources Needed?
We Just Had a Major Earthquake
Where are Responders and Resources Needed?
Come learn about USGS tools to rapidly assess an earthquake’s economic and human impact
Presented by Dr. David Wald Seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and Colorado School of Mines.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 3:30 P.M.
Utah Cultural Celebration Center
1335 West 3100 South, West Valley City, Utah 84119
See the Flyer for more information – EERI Spring Seminar 2015
Presentation Slides – Slides – David Wald Lecture – February 10, 2015 USGS Tools for Assessment
The video for this seminar is pending….
Who Should Attend: Emergency Managers, First Responders, Government Officials, Utilities, Earth Scientists, Seismologists, Geologists, Engineers, Building Officials
Focus Topics: ShakeMap, ShakeCast, PAGER, Emergency Managment
This lecture is open to the general public. There is no cost to attend, and you do not need to RSVP. Please invite others who you feel would be interested in this lecture.
Sponsored by the Utah Chapter of EERI and Salt Lake County Emergency Management
2014 EERI Board Meetings
Minutes from the board meetings held in 2014.
Joint Fall Seminar – Lessons Learned from Christchurch Earthquake
The Utah Chapter of EERI and SEAU invite all to attend the Fall Seminar on Structural and Geotechnical Lessons Learned from the Christchurch Earthquake.
Date & Location:
October 16th, for refreshments at 5:30PM and presentation at 6:00PM
Warnock Engineering Building Room L104 at the University of Utah
72 Central Campus Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
Speakers include:
Dan Bech, S.E., Principal at Holmes Culley in San Francisco
Russell A. Green, PhD, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Who Should Attend:
Engineers, Seismologists, Geologists, and Emergency Managers interested in lessons learned from the Christchurch Earthquake and how they relate to Utah.
Focus Topics:
Geotechnical Engineering
Structural Engineering
Strong Ground Motion
Lessons Learned
Flyers:
EERI Fall Seminar 2014 – Full Page Flyer
EERI Fall Seminar 2014 – Half Page Handout
Liquefaction Short Course
The Utah Chapter of EERI is please to announce a short course on liquefaction. The title of the course is Evaluation and Mitigation of Liquefaction Hazard for Engineering Practice and will be held on April 9, 2014 in West Valley City, Utah.
Please see the short course web page for more information about the course and for registration information.
2013 Meet the Mentors Roundtable
The Utah Chapter of EERI is please to announce the Annual Meet the Mentor Roundtable Series.
Each year the chapter will invite one or more leaders of local industry to participate in a roundtable discussion. The first roundtable will be held in November of 2013. Special guests include Dr. T. Leslie Youd and Dr. Walter J. Arabasz.
These events will be recorded and made available on this website.
2013 EERI Meet the Mentors Roundable – Arabasz & Youd
2013 Meet the Mentors Roundtable – Arabasz & Youd
THE UTAH CHAPTER OF EERI INVITES YOU TO OUR FIRST
“MEET THE MENTORS” ROUNDTABLE
Please join us as we welcome
Dr. T. Leslie Youd, Professor Emeritus, Brigham Young University
Dr. Walter J. Arabasz, Emeritus Research Professor & Emeritus Director of the Utah Seismograph Stations, University of Utah
They will share their knowledge and experiences in earthquake engineering, seismology, risk reduction and related topics
Question and answer roundtable format, open to all interested persons
No cost to attend and participate
When: November 6, 2013, between 7 and 8:30 PM
Where: University of Utah Warnock Engineering Building (WEB), Room L104
Recorded Video Meet the Mentor Video
EERI Technical Seminar on PEER NGA West 2
EERI, in cooperation with the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) and partner organizations, will hold its 2013 Technical Seminar Series focusing on the PEER NGA-West2 Project in November. The technical seminar series is supported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The PEER NGA-West2 Project addresses important ground motion hazard issues including: updating the popular database of recorded ground motion, developing new ground motion prediction equations, scaling of response spectra for a wide range of damping values, directivity and directionality of ground motion, and new recommendations for soil amplification factors for building code applications. The PEER NGA-West2 Project is coordinated by PEER and financially supported by the CEA, Caltrans, and PG&E.
The technical seminar series will describe the NGA-West2 findings and its impacts for the earthquake engineering community.
Who Should Attend
Geotechnical, Lifeline, and Structural Engineers; Seismologists; Engineering Geologists; Urban Planners; Insurance Professionals; Students; and Risk Modelers.
Attendees will receive 6.25 PDHs (Professional Development Hours).
Register for a Seminar
Register online, or download a registration form, for the 2013 EERI Technical Seminar Series on PEER NGA-West2 Project at https://eeri.org/cohost/registration/tech-seminar-2013.
EERI Utah Board of Directors Meeting #8
Meeting #8 of the EERI Utah Chapter was held on 09-24-13. Items covered include new chapter members, Meet the Mentor Fall Seminar, the Spring Liquefaction Short Course, and Elections. The minutes from the meeting are attached.