DFI 2021 Middle East Conference - Geotechnical Engineering For Delivering Sustainable, Cost-Effective Projects
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DFI 2021 Middle East Conference
Geotechnical Engineering For Delivering
Sustainable, Cost-Effective Projects
16-18 February 2021 | An Online Conference
Conference Program
Technical Program Committee
Conference Chairman Bukki Balogun, Arcadis
Dr. Salah Dilimi, Roads and Transport Authority Dubai Imran Durrani, Artilia
Yasser Hakam, Menard
Program Chairmen Karim Khalaf, Fugro
Nick Chittenden, Master Builders Construction Shad Khan, Keller
Chemicals UAE LLC Hadi Koloot, Jacobs
Emad Sharif, Geotechnical Testing Consultants Mariane Kurban, Jacobs
Finlay Leibrick, AECOM Abu Dhabi Regional Office
Committee Members Imraan Motara, WSP
Mona AbdAlghaffar, Jacobs Mark Peters, Byrne Looby
Alexandre Abinader, Soletanche Bachy Stephen Purdue, Parsons
Marwan Alzaylaie, Dubai Development Authority Hesham Shazli, Abu Dhabi Municipality
Mohamed Ayeldeen, Keller Richard Smedley, Mott MacDonald
Bedros Avakian, Menard Ryan Sochanik, W S Atkins
Mike Bevin, Coeffy Alexandros Yiagos, Langan
www.dfi.org/DFIMEC2021DFI-MEC 2021 | Online Conference Program and Schedule*
Tuesday, 16 February 2021
All presentations are in Gulf Standard Time (GST)
1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION II:
WELCOME AND OPENING EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE
DESIGN
3:15 pm - 4:35 pm
Moderator: Bukki Balogun | Arcadis
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Keynote: Sustainable Foundation of High- 3:15 pm - 3:35 pm
Rise Buildings in Soft Soil - Requirements and TBD
Recommendations for Technical Solutions
Nick Chittenden | Master Builders Construction Chemicals
Rolf Katzenbach, Ph.D. UAE LLC | United Arab Emirates
Technical University at Darmstadt | Germany
3:35 pm - 3:55 pm
TECHNICAL SESSION I: Load Settlement Behavior of Bored Piles of a
DEEP FOUNDATION PILING Skyscraper in Dubai – A Case Study
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Ahmed Al-Mufty, Ph.D., P.Eng. | Rocscience Inc. | Canada
Moderator: Hadi Koloot | Jacobs
3:55 pm - 4:15 pm
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Sustainable Aspects of Rigid Inclusions as Soil
Micropiles for Emergency Repair of Bridges: Improvement Technique
Case Study Mohamed Ayeldeen, Ph.D. | Keller Grundbau GmbH |
United Arab Emirates
Mohab Hussein, P.E. | New Jersey Department of
Transportation (NJDOT) | United States
4:15 pm - 4:35 pm
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm An Overview of Energy Geostructures and the
On the Use of the Micropiled Post-Tensioned Raft Associated Challenges in the Middle East Region
Foundation System in GCC Coastal Areas Ahmed Badr Mabrouk, Ph.D., P.Eng | American University
in Dubai | United Arab Emirates
Hamzah Al-Hashemi, M.Sc. | Strong Force-MGC W.L.L. |
Bahrain
4:35 pm - 5:05 pm
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm Invited Speaker - Incorporating Deep Foundations in
Liquefaction Induced Downdrag on Full-scale Limit-Equilibrium Slope Stability Analyses: Revisiting
Micropile Foundation During Blast-Induced Fundamentals and Seismic Applications
Liquefaction Ben Turner, Ph.D., P.E. | Dan Brown and Associates, PC |
United States
Kyle Rollins, Ph.D. | Brigham Young University |
United States
5:05 pm - 5:15 pm CLOSING
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm BREAK
*Subject to Change
2DFI-MEC 2021 | Online Conference Program and Schedule*
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
All presentations are in Gulf Standard Time (GST)
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm
TECHNICAL SESSION IV:
WELCOME AND OPENING DEEP MIXING AND QC/QA FOR
GROUTED ELEMENTS
3:15 pm - 4:35 pm
Moderator: Mohamed Ayeldeen, Ph.D., C.Eng. | Keller
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm
Keynote: Megadevelopments in the Kingdom of 3:15 pm - 3:35 pm
Saudi Arabia
Minimizing the Detrimental Role of Clays in
Baran Ozsoy, Ph.D. | AECOM Deep-Mixing with Chemical Additives
Giovanni Spagnoli, Ph.D., MBA | MBCC Group | Germany
TECHNICAL SESSION III: 3:35 pm - 3:55 pm
GROUND IMPROVEMENT
Single Column Mixing Applications and
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
References Around the World
Moderator: Karim Khalaf | Fugro Franz-Werner Gerressen, Dipl. Ing. | BAUER Maschinen
GmbH | Germany
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Dynamic Compaction for the Improvement of 3:55 pm - 4:15 pm
Loose Fills and In-Situ Soils in the GCC Corrosion Protection of Subsurface Installed
Salvatore Miranda, P.E. | Trevi SpA | Italy Reinforcement by Cement Grout: Opportunities
and Limitations
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Yasir Husain, MS | Ischebeck Titan Middle East |
Controlled Modulus Columns (CMC) Piloting in United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia for Treating Loose Soils under Flexible
Storage Tanks Formations 4:15 pm - 4:35 pm
Abiola Ojo | Saudi Aramco | Saudi Arabia Thermal Integrity Testing
Hazem Sarhan, Ph.D., P.E. | PDI, ADEC Engineering |
2:40 pm - 3:00 pm United Arab Emirates
TBD
4:35 pm - 5:05 pm
Invited Speaker - Using Thermal Integrity Profiling
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm BREAK (TIP) to Monitor Shaft Cooling System for Large
Diameter Drilled Shafts
David Schoen, P.E. | S&ME, Inc. | United States
5:05 pm - 5:15 pm CLOSING
*Subject to Change
3DFI-MEC 2021 | Online Conference Program and Schedule*
Thursday, 18 February 2021
All presentations are in Gulf Standard Time (GST)
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
DFI-MEC 2021
STUDENT PROGRAM Foundation Construction
1:00 pm - 4:45 pm Karim Khalaf | Fugro
Yasser Jakam | Menard
An informative student program that introduces students This presentation will present exciting foundation
to a day in the life of a geotechnical project. Speakers will projects showcasing different techniques, benefits, and
highlight the investigation, design process, construction, limitations). Techniques to be covered include piles,
instrumentation, monitoring and observational approach, barrettes, diaphragm walls, excavations, tunneling, ground
and lessons learned. improvement and dewatering.
1:00 pm - 1:15 pm 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
INTRODUCTION Instrumentation Monitoring and Observational
Moderator:
Approach
Marwan Alzaylaie, Ph.D. | Dubai Development Authority Jean-Luc Blakime | Sixense
This presentation will include an overview of different
instrumentation for geotechnical applications, historical
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm development and use of the instrumentation for monitoring,
highlighted with project photos.
Investigation
Karim Khalaf | Fugro 4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
This presentation will overview desk studies, remote
sensing, collaboration with geological specialists, and Panel Discussion: Computational Geotechnics for
investigation companies. Civil Engineering Students
Moderator:
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm Mary Ellen Large | Deep Foundations Institute
Design Processes Panelists:
Marwan Alzaylaie, Ph.D. | Dubai Development Authority
Hadi Kaloot | Jacobs Yasser Jakam | Menard
Topics to be discussed include establishment of ground Hadi Kaloot | Jacobs,
models and geotechnical parameters (data management Karim Khalaf | Fugro
and interpretation), foundation design (shallow foundations
This interactive panel discussion will address computational
(pads, rafts) and piled foundations), slope stability, retaining
geotechnics and numerical modelling in geotechnical
walls (sheet pile walls, secant piles, diaphragm walls,
engineering. It will highlight the importance to civil
gravity walls, and MSE walls), and earthworks, ground
engineering students by investigating the difference
improvement and liquefaction.
between classical and modelling design approaches,
simulation of field monitoring, limitations, and the future of
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm BREAK the modelling techniques in the geo-industry.
4:45 pm CLOSING
*Subject to Change
4DFI - MEC 2021 Online Conference | 16-18 February 2021
Sponsorship
SPONSOR TYPES Silver Sponsor (5 available) $2257.50
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Three levels of sponsorship are available for companies 2. Logo in digital program
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fee. U.A.E. residents/businesses must pay VAT. 6. 2 complimentary conference attendee registrations
Non U.A.E. residents/businesses need to complete, sign (value $500)
and submit a waiver declaration to receive a VAT credit.
Download form here. Please email signed form to Bronze Sponsor (unlimited) $1417.50
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