6th International Workshop on Micropiles, Tokyo, Japan, 2004



Session 1 Welcome and Introduction
Chair: Dr. D. Bruce (U.S.A.); Secretary: G.M. Weinstein (U.S.A.)
•Greeting Dr. Kiyoshi Horikawa, President of Musashi Institute of Technology, Japan
•Greeting (Prof. M. Hoshiya, Japan)
•Session 1 Welcome and Introduction
•Western Europe - R. Frank (France)
•Nordic Countries - J. Lehtonen (Finland) “Introduction to Micropile Activities in Nordic Countries”
•North America (D. Bruce, U.S.A.)
•Japan - M. Sagara (Japan) “Topics on Micropiles in Japan (2004)”
•2nd Lizzi Lecture “Practice and Research on Micropile Groups and Networks” (Prof. François Schlosser, France)
•Keynote Lecture Dr. Jiro Fukui (Japan) “Micropiles in Japan”
•N. Vogt (Germany) “An Outlook for IWM 2005”



Session 2 State-of-the-Art Report (Design, Construction and Research)
Chair: Prof. F. Miura (Japan); Secretary: T. Armour (U.S.A.)
•Session 2 Theme Lecture J. Lehtonen (Finland) “Load Transfer System Analysis in Underpinning”
Western Europe
•P. Woodfield (U.K.) “Micropiles, U.K. Trends”
•R. Frank (France) “Present Issues in Design and Construction of Micropile Systems”
•E. Ischebeck (Germany) “From Pipe Roofing to Composite Pile Roofing”
•N. Vogt (Germany) “Buckling of Micropiles in Soils with Low Shear Strength”

Nordic Countries

•J. Lehtonen (Finland) “The PYRAMIT Project and the Latest Laboratory Tests of Micropiles at TUT”

North America

•D. Bruce (U.S.A.) “Synopsis of Findings from IWM 2003, Current and Future Status of IWM, and Breakout Session Guides”
•J. Wolosick (U.S.A.) “Micropiles State of the Art Report Research and Practice Issues USA”
•E. Loehr (U.S.A.) “Calibration of Design Methods for Slope Stabilization and Earth Retention”
•A. Cadden (U.S.A.) “Footing Connection Bond Stress Research Program”
•G. Kast (Canada) “Micro-piles in Permafrost in Canada and USA”

Japan

•T. Yamane (Japan) “Micro Pile to Concrete Connection”
•O. Maruyama (Japan) “Probability Study for a High-Capacity Micropile Horizontal Bearing Mechanism”


Breakout Session A: Design Issues
•Pile/Footing Connection, Takashi Yamane (Japan)
•Effective Stress Analyses of Micropile Bond Stresses in Finland, Jouko Lehtonen (Finland)
•Compilation of Pile Test Data, M. Turner (U.K.)


Session 3 Quality Assurance and Monitoring
Chair:  Jiro Fukui (Japan); Secretary: A. Cadden (U.S.A.)

Western Europe

•M. Turner (U.K.) “QA and Pile Testing” (Part 1)
•M. Turner (U.K.) "QA and Pile Testing" (Part 2)

Nordic Countries

•J. Lehtonen (Finland) “Quality Assurance of Drilled Micropiles in Finland”

North America

•G. Weinstein, D. Bruce (U.S.A.) “Quality Assurance and Monitoring of Micropiles”
•N. Ansari, J. Bruce (Canada) “Performance and Instrumentation of Micropiles for a Paper Mill Expansion”

Japan

•M. Sagara (Japan) “Quality Control of High Capacity Micropiles in Seismic Retrofit Construction of a Service Water Pond at KAMEIDO in Tokyo”


Breakout Session B: Administrative and Financial Issues
•Fund Raising (E. Loehr, U.S.A.)
•Website (G. Weinstein, U.S.A.)
•Secretariat Functions (T. Armour, U.S.A.)



Session 4 Project Report and Strategies for Database Construction
Chair:  Asst. Prof. Kinya Miura (Japan); Secretary: E. Loehr 
•Session 4 Theme Lecture, N. Vogt for T. Herbst (Germany) “A Further Step to the Database on Micropiles”

Western Europe

•P. Woodfield (U.K.) “Branlow Piling Solutions”
•E. Ischebeck (Germany) “Application of Micropiles for Widening Railway Underpass under Traffic and Difficult Access”
•R. Frank, F. Schlosser (France) “Contribution to Session on:Case Histories, and Strategies for Database Construction”

Nordic Countries

•J. Lehtonen (Finland) “Database on TURKU Underpinning Projects”

North America

•T. Armour (U.S.A.) “State of California Food and Agriculture Building Renovation”
•J. Wolosick (U.S.A.) “Micropile Foundations Johnson City Medical Center Johnson City, Tennessee”
•D. Bruce (U.S.A.) “Development of ADSC-FHWA Micropile Teaching Module into NHI Course”
•J. Bruce (Canada) “Pre-Loaded Micropiles at Credit Valley Hospital – …..Revisited”
•G. Kast (Canada) “Micropiles at Nipigon River Bridge and other DSI Projects in Canada”

Japan

•Y. Otani (Japan) “Construction of Database for High-Capacity Micro-pile Method”
•M. Ishida (Japan) “Specifications for Highway Bridges”


Breakout Session C: Outreach Issues

•Educational Efforts (D. Bruce, U.S.A.)
•Combined Two Sessions Below
•International Professional Society Involvement also a Proposal for Future Databases on Micropiles, J. Lehtonen (Finland)
•Database, F. Schlosser (France)