An authentic Louisiana crawfish boil kicked off the conference on 3/30
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Then on 3/31, attendees heard presentations and earned 7 PDH
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A classic, southern Louisiana gullywasher (does that apply?) concluded during the Wednesday (3/30) Crawfish Boil at Pointe Marie in Baton Rouge, LA; the gathering kicked-off the PDCA Gulf Coast Engineers Conference which was held all day on Thursday (3/31) at L'Auberge Casino & Hotel in Baton Rouge. A near-capacity audience heard a range of presentations pertinent to driven pile professionals, including an Ethics course.
  A fast and fierce rainstorm welcomed crawfish enthusiasts... |
  ...but conditions dramatically improved within 30 minutes to the 5p start time |
Promptly at 7:00 AM on Thursday, PDCA Gulf Coast President Gerard Chenevert opened the full-day program with a welcome message, introductions of sponsors and the full slate of esteemed presenters. Aside from a mid-morning break and a lunch, the attendees heard consecutive presentations from the following:
- Field Investigation to Study Pile Setup in Soft Cohesive Soil of Louisiana by Nafi Harque of Ardaman and Associates
- Geotechnical Engineering - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Vic Donald, P.E. of Terracon Consultants
- Instrumented Static Load Testing: An Incremental Rigidity Approach by Brandon Phetteplace of GRL Engieers
- Pile Coating Applications by Chase Delatte of Sherwin Williams
- PDA Testing: Techniques, Advantages, and Data Analysis by Matt Nagy, P.E. - Nagy Engineers
- Advanced Measurement Techniques by Joey Coco, P.E. MBA of Forte & Tablada
- LAPELS Professionalism and Ethics by a LAPELSS Board Investigator
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See who was SPOTTED at the 2022 PDCA Gulf Coast Engineers Conference:
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The PDCA Gulf Coast Chapter and PDCA thank all the great sponsors who made this biennial event a productive and successful conference!
