MUMBAI CHAPTER

WORKSHOP ON

TESTING OF
DEEP FOUNDATIONS
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9 - 10
NOVEMBER 2022
-Venue-
Room No. 31, 3rd Floor,
Victor Menezes Convention Centre (VMCC),
IIT Bombay

Organized by
INDIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY
MUMBAI CHAPTER

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

In association with
GEO DYNAMICS, BARODA & PILE DYNAMICS, INC., USA

Sponsors
INTRODUCTION

P
ile Foundations are increasingly being used in the construction of residential and commercial
buildings, bridges, wind turbines and many other infrastructure projects. Testing of these
foundations is becoming a challenge in many projects, due to their increased diameter, huge
design loads, time and space constraints and ground variability. Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) of pile
and deep foundations is now an integral part of deep foundation industry as assessment of most of the
working piles today is done using NDT. The current trend is to conduct a combination of various integrity
methods like sonic and low strain integrity tests at a project site supplemented by high strain dynamic
testing on selected piles. Recent introduction of Tomography for CSL testing, SHAPE for PROFILE of pile
/ wall panels, SQUID to estimate soft toe or UBC at pile bottom has attracted lot of attention from
researchers, academicians and working professionals. Although engineers are aware of some of these
technologies and while others may be new, there is still a considerable lack of information on the
methods used for evaluation, test limitation and the benefits that can be derived from these methods.
The testing companies need upgradation in knowledge, whereas the project Engineer also needs
additional information and tools to monitor the results of variety of these test methods since lack of
proper understanding of any of these methods may lead to disastrous consequences on projects.

T
he current workshop is specifically designed to upgrade the Engineers' knowledge on the existing
test methods, their understanding and evaluation. It also introduces them to newer methods
that are now available and are likely to be popular within the next few years in the Indian deep
foundation industry. The workshop provides futuristic technologies of monitoring deep foundations
remotely with data transferred to cloud in real time. This two-day workshop is designed in such a way
that the first day encompasses all the current and new methods, whereas the second day is dedicated to
focused training on high strain dynamic testing.

NOTE: Interested delegates may also avail the opportunity of appearing for the PDCA exam that
certifies the knowledge of the tester before being allowed to evaluate or certify the reports of HSDPT.

TENTATIVE PROGRAM__
Following topics will be covered during two-day workshop:-
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9 November 2022, Wednesday (Day 1) 10 November 2022, Thursday (Day 2)
9:00am – 6:00pm 9:00am – 4:30pm

Low Strain Pile Integrity Testing Drilled Foundation Testing Methods

High Strain Dynamic Pile Testing Update of Indian State of Practice

Cross-hole Sonic Logging Static and Dynamic Load Testing

Thermal Integrity Profiling Modelling with CAPWAP & GRLWEAP

Parallel Seismic Method Wave Mechanics

SHAPE for Borehole / Wall PROFILE PDA Best Practices

SQUID Technology for End Bearing Assessment Bi-directional load testing
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Optional PDCA Exam on 10 November with advance registration only.
 At the end of High Strain Dynamic Testing workshop participant may take a multiple-
choice Dynamic Measurement and Analysis Proficiency Test which will take 90 minutes to
complete. The test will cover the theory of Wave Mechanics, Case Method (PDA) equations,
data quality assessment, data interpretation and basic CAPWAP analysis. The above test will be
OPTIONAL for the registered delegate. Please write to Alpana Vaidya Email:
alpana@geodynamics.net to know more about the test fees.

REGISTRATION FEES FOR WORKSHOP

Registration Fee Rs. 5900/-

(Including GST to be paid online in IGS Mumbai Chapter account)

Last date of registration is

31October, 2022

Please click here for registration (Last date of registration is Oct 31, 2022):
h ps://forms.gle/W7oiV2z1eC6trvnr6

Details of the bank account are:

Name IGS Mumbai Chapter

Account No. 2667101144533

Name of the bank Canara Bank
Brach MUMBAI IIT POWAI
IFSC Code CNRB0002724

The Registration fee includes digital copy of the presentation. All training material will be
available digitally for download prior to the event. The registration also includes Tea and Lunch.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

George Piscsalko, P.E.President,

Pile Dynamics, Inc., USA
George Piscsalko is responsible for design and development of test equipment for
the deep foundation industries. He is involved in the design of Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA),
Pile Integrity Tester (PIT), Cross Hole Analyzer (CHA), and Thermal Integrity Profiler (TIP).
He is also designing and developing the Pile Installation Recorder (PIR) and holds seven US
patents. He has conducted many National and International seminars and published many
papers.

Brent Robinson, Vice President,

Pile Dynamics, Inc, USA
Brent Robinson looks after the R & D activities for new and existing testing methods.
He conducts and reviews reports of High Strain Dynamic Testing, Low Strain Dynamic
Testing, Thermal Integrity Profiling, SPT-Energy Testing and Cross Hole Sonic Logging,
amongst others. He has conducted many seminars and published many papers at National
and International level.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Owners responsible for safe foundations

Engineers monitoring Pile Foundations

Piling Contractors using these methods

Testing companies to upgrade knowledge

Academicians, Researchers for new topics

CORRESPONDENCE

Prof.AllAshish Junejarelated to the workshop can be sent to the following:

correspondence
Secretary, IGS Mumbai Chapter and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076.
Email: ajuneja@iitb.ac.in Phone No. 022-2576 7327 / 9820301079

Prof. Dasaka S. Murty

Chairman, IGS Mumbai Chapter
Chairman, IGS Mumbai Chapter and Professor Department of Civil Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076.
Email: dasaka@iitb.ac.in Phone No. 022-2576 7316 / 8355826639