Geotechnical Hazards

Features

• Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines
• Unknown Bridge Foundations

Training & Workshops

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State Geotechnical Workshops

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Publications

• FHWA Checklist and Guidelines for Review of Geotechnical Reports and Preliminary Plans and Specifications
• Manual for Abandoned Underground Mine Inventory and Risk Assessment

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Research

• A Quarter Century of Geotechnical Research

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Geotechnical Conferences

• 6th National Seismic Conference on Bridges & Highways
  July 27-30, 2008 in Charleston, CA
  For more information contact: Phil Yen 202-493-3056
  Press Release (.pdf, 13 kb)
  
  
• 7th Biennial Meeting - Interstate Technical Group on Abandoned Underground Mines
  Kansas City, Missouri
  March 26 through March 28, 2008
  
  
• 2006 Highway Geophysics - NDE Conference
  Saint Louis, Missouri
  December 4-7, 2006
  
  

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Software

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Memos

• GT-16 - Unknown Foundations (.pdf, 0.7 mb)

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Related Features

• National Highway Institute
• Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center

Contact:

Silas Nichols
Office of Bridge Technology
202-366-1554
silas.nichols@fhwa.dot.gov

About Geotechnical Hazards

The geotechnical hazards for transportation applications covered under this technical area include method, procedural and policy guidance for seismic design and retrofit, extreme events, abandoned underground mines, and for evaluating bridges with unknown foundations.