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<br />-, <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />MICHAEL K. MUCHARD, P.E. <br />PRINCIPAL GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER <br /> <br />MAJOR PROJECTS (CONT'D) <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PGA Boulevard Grade Seoaration - West Palm Beach. FOOT - Specialty Geotechnical Engineer lor value <br />engineering alternate from driven piles to post grouted drilled shafts. Responsible for implementation and design of <br />load test program induding STA TNAMlcrM load tests 01'2 drilled shafts. one post grouted and one conventional. <br />Also responsible lor design and implementation of post grouting systems on J 16 production drilled shafts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />Anadarko Petroleum Ril! 85. 150 miles offshore in Gulf of Mexico - Performed dynamic pile testing on sted pipe <br />piles up to 700 feet in length. Testing was extremely demanding with continuous testing over 72 hour period (only <br />sleep was during welding of splices). Dynamic testing was perfonned to detennine the most productive method of <br />installation tor this platlonn and others and evaluated in terms of dollars per minute of oil production time. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.., <br />. <br /> <br />17th Street Bridl!e - Ft. Lauderdale. FL. - Specialty Statnamic Contractor to Gimrock Construction, Traylor <br />Brothers, Inc. and the Florida Department of Transportation. Perfornled 6 Statnamic load tests to 3600 tons with <br />internal strain instrumentation on 48 inch diameter drilled shafts socketed in limestone. Perfonned one 1600 ton <br />Statnamic test on a problematic production shaft. Perfornled Sonic Integrity Tests on production shafts. <br /> <br />..., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.., <br />. <br /> <br />1-95 Sprin!!:field Interchan!!:e (Desi!!:n Phase) -Sprin!!:field. Vir!!:inia - Specialty Statnamic Contractor to <br />Connan Construction Company and the Virginia Department of Transportation in conjunction with the Federal <br />Highway Administration perfonned Statnamic load testing to 3300 tons with internal strain and acceleration <br />instrumentation on a 72 inch diameter drilled shaft in weathered granite for this design phase load test program. <br />Perfonned conventional static lateral load tests on instrumented drilled shafts to loads of 400 tons. EL sensors <br />were used during this test as well. <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Contraband Bayou Ship Berth and Transit Shed, Lake Charles. Louisiana - Project involved over 4000 <br />driven square prestressed concrete piles. Perfonned extensive Statnamic, Static and Dynamic testing for CBK <br />Soils Engineering on behalf ofthe owner. Perfonned 26 strain instrumented axial compression Statnamic load <br />tests up to 500 tons. Performed 2 static load tests to 500 tons. Perfonned PDA testing on 12 test piles. <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />JFK International Airport -Queens. New York - Specialty Statnamic Contractor to Underpinning & <br />Foundation Constructors on behalf of The Port Authority of NY & NJ. Perfonned 36 axial Statnamic load tests <br />up to 450 tons on nine driven installed concrete filled Monotube@ and Tapertube@ piles. Strain instrumentation <br />was installed in all the pile toes for end bearing measurement. Conventional static pile load tests were <br />performed on seven of the piles. <br /> <br />,.., <br />. <br /> <br />-, <br /> <br />Newark Airport Lot "E" Parkin!!: Structure. Newark. New Jersev (Contract 1) - Specialty Statnamic <br />Contractor to Case Foundation Company and the Port Authority ofN Y & NJ. Perfonned 2 axial 2800 ton <br />Statnamic load tests on strain instrumented 5 foot diameter shafts. Provided instrumentation installation, data <br />acquisition equipment and instruction to Port Authority engineers for long tenn measurements on two <br />production shafts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Newark Airport Lot "En Parkin!!: Structure. Newark. New Jersey (Contract 2) - Specialty Statnamic <br />Contractor to Linde Griffith and the Port Authority ofN Y & NJ. Perfonned 12 axial Statnamic load tests up to <br />500 tons on strain instrumented 16 and 18 inch closed end pipe piles. <br /> <br />..., <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />Route 58 Brid!!:e oyer Kerr Reservoir. Clarksyille. Vir!!:inia - 5 mile bridge. Specialty Statnamic Contractor <br />to AMEC Construction and the Virginia Department of Transportation. Performed 12 lateral Statnamic load <br />tests to 400 tons on 6 foot diameter drilled shafts with internal strain, accelerometer and inclinometer <br />instrumentation. <br /> <br />r-, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />SR 789 Bridl!e over Sarasota Bay (Rinl!linl! Causway) - Sarasota, FOOT - Specialty Geotechnical Engineer. <br />Performed 30 MN(3500 ton) ST ^ TNA A1lcrM load test on strain instrumented 1.2 meter diameter shaft. <br /> <br />..., <br /> <br />SR 776 Bridl!e over the Mvakka River - Port Charlotte, FOOT - Specialty Geotechnical Engineer. <br />Perlormed 2 axial 30 MN(3500 ton) ST A TNA MlcrM load test on 1.5 meter and 1.8 meter diameter drilled shafts. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />r"l <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11602 Perpetual Drive 0 Odessa, Florida 33556 0 Phone: (727) 376-50400 Fax: (727) 376-5018 <br />