What: GeoCarolinas 2021 Conference
Where: The Mint Museum, 500 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
When: Starts at 10:00am on Monday, September 27, 2021 and ends at 3:00pm on Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Speakers: Preliminary List:
Ellen Rathje: Lessons Learned from GEER
Frederic Masse: Lessons Learned from Ground Improvement Projects Around the World
Jesus Gomez: Slope Failure Case History
Peter Robertson
Rich Finno: Advances in Design and Construction of Excavation Support
Shideh Dashti: Liquefaction-induced Foundation Settlement
Van Komurka: Pile Set-Up, Load Matching, Bi-Directional Load Testing, Etc.
Bob Bachus
Jon Stewart: Millennium Tower Failure and Repair
Jeff Keaton: Engineering Geology - Fundamental Input or Random Variable
George Fliz: Large Reclamation Project in Earth Retention System Failure
Schedule: Download a preliminary version of the event schedule.
Hotel: Hotel Partner will be Courtyard Charlotte City Center (GeoCarolinas block rate is $159/night). RSVP for a room.
Regarding COVID-19 precautions, the GeoCarolinas Conference will follow the NC Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) guidelines for mass gatherings that are in place at the time of the conference. Those guidelines are updated regularly and can be found here NC DHHS COVID-19 Response.
