ASEP Continuing Education Lecture: The NSCP Geotechnical Engineering Provisions Explained

ASEP Continuing Education Summit 2012 invites you to a lecture on:

What: CEL-02: The NSCP Geotechnical Engineering Provisions Explained

When: June 9, 2012

Time: 8:30-10:00 AM

Where: La Breza Hotel, QC

Who: Resource Speaker – Mark Albert H. Zarco, Ph.D.

About the lecture:

Objectives:

      1.      Give a general overview of the Geotechnical Engineering provisions contained in the NSCP;

      2.      Provide a detailed explanation of new or revised provisions in the following specific areas:

a.       Excavations and Fills

b.       Foundation Investigations

c.       Allowable foundations and lateral  pressures

d.       Foundation construction in seismic zone 4

e.       Special  foundation , slope stabilization and material construction

In particular, a participant will learn about the following specialized geotechnical engineering provisions given in the NSCP:

a.      Protection of property adjacent to excavations;

b.      Selection and compaction requirements for fill materials;

c.      General guidelines for determining the recommended number and depth of boreholes  for    a subsurface investigation;

d.      Identification and mitigation of problematic (expansive, compressible and liquefiable) soils;

e.      Minimum information contained in subsurface investigation reports;

f.       Recommended geotechnical (Laboratory and Field) and Geophysical Tests;

g.      Determination of allowable foundation and lateral pressures from geotechnical site    investigation and lateral earth pressures;

h.      Geotechnical investigations and foundations systems in Zone 4; and

i.       General provisions for ground improvement and special foundation systems.

About the lecturer:

Mark Albert H. Zarco, Ph.D., is a Professor and Group Head of the Geotechnical Engineering Group, Institute of Civil Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman.  He has been with UP-Diliman since 1987 and also served as the Chairman of the Department of Engineering Sciences, College of Engineering, UP, Diliman, from June 1994 to May 2000 and June 2004 to September 2007.

He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering – major in Geotechnical Engineering) in August 1993 from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg VA. Both his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (cum laude, April 1985) and Master of Science in Civil Engineering (April 1987) were obtained from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Email:  mark.zarco@gmail.com