SEMINARS
The most recent Gregg sponsored seminars were held in February & March 2009. If you would like to be included in mailings on future seminar schedules, please click here. You will be added to our mailing list and will receive future communications from Gregg.
A brief overview of the short course content offered at previous seminars is shown below.
COURSE TITLE
A Short Course on Environmental OR Geotechnical Cone Penetration Testing
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The courses are intended for Geotechnical Engineers and Engineering Geologists working with foundation design, liquefaction and geotechnical site investigation, as well as, Geologists, Engineers, and Environmental Professionals working with environmental site assessment and remedial design. These short courses represent 8 hours of Professional Development Hours (PDH's) per day. A certificate will be issued upon completion.
COURSE PURPOSE
Site characterization is the basic first step for any geotechnical or geo-environmental study. This short course will provide engineers and geologists with the knowledge and background to plan and supervise site investigations and to interpret CPT data.
COURSE INSTRUCTORS
Peter Robertson, Ph.D.
Gregg Drilling & Testing, Inc.
Signal Hill, California
Dr. Robertson has more than 25 years of experience in geotechnical engineering in both private industry and academia. He was the Chief Engineer for a geotechnical consulting firm in Hong Kong where he was involved in major soil and rock slope stability studies and design of deep foundations and large excavations. Currently Dr. Robertson is a Professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Alberta and is the Director of the Industry Liaison Office for the University.
Dr. Robertson’s research and development work has centered on in situ testing techniques and their application to geotechnical engineering. Major areas of application have been soil liquefaction, earthquake analyses and soil structure interaction problems.
Dr. Robertson has published over 200 technical papers and has presented more than 25 specialty short courses and seminars to geotechnical professionals in North America, Europe and Asia.
Kelly Cabal
Gregg Drilling & Testing, Inc.
Signal Hill, California
Ms. Cabal received her engineering physics degree from the University of Alberta, Canada before moving to California to work for Gregg Drilling. For the past five years, Ms. Cabal has been managing all of Gregg’s CPT data in addition to the development of new software for the presentation of interpreted results. Ms. Cabal has also developed course materials used Gregg's seminars. Dr. Robertson and Ms. Cabal provide weekly educational seminars on site investigation to clients within Southern California.