presenting . brad faucett, p.e. regional engineer title:regional engineer for the east central...

PRESENTING

www.UniversalEngineering.com

Brad Faucett, P.E.Brad Faucett, P.E.Regional EngineerRegional Engineer

Title: Regional Engineer for the East Central Florida Region, Including Brevard, Indian River,

St. Lucie, Okeechobee Counties (Rockledge and Ft. Pierce Branches)

Registration:Professional Engineer #33123 Florida, 1983

Expertise: Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Materials Testing

820 Brevard Avenue, Rockledge, FL

UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL is a very large, family-owned engineering consulting firm specializing in:

• Geotechnical Engineering• Drilling Services• Construction Materials Testing & Inspection • Environmental Sciences• Geophysical Services• Building/Private Provider Inspection & Plan Review

Q: What does your Daddy Q: What does your Daddy do for a living?do for a living?

““But my Daddy really DOES play But my Daddy really DOES play with dirt all day, honestly... with dirt all day, honestly...

just ask my Mom”just ask my Mom”

A: My husband plays in A: My husband plays in the dirt all day!the dirt all day!

~~

A: My Daddy plays in theA: My Daddy plays in thedirt all day!dirt all day!

Q. Mrs. Faucett, what does Q. Mrs. Faucett, what does your husband do for a your husband do for a

living?living?

What exactly is aWhat exactly is aGeotechnical Engineer?Geotechnical Engineer?

• A Geotechnical Engineer is someone who is knowledgeable concerning the interaction between structures and soils.

• An engineer with specialized training and knowledge of structural behavior of soil and rocks, employed to do soil investigations, to do design of structure foundations, and to provide field observation of foundation investigation and foundation construction. • …concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials.

Spread Spread FootingFooting Foundation Foundation

Raft FoundationRaft Foundation

PilePileFoundationFoundation

Bell Tower - Pisa, ItalyBell Tower - Pisa, Italy

Launch Pad 39 BLaunch Pad 39 B& CME Drill Rig& CME Drill Rig

Standard PenetrationStandard PenetrationTest MethodTest Method

Split Spoon SamplerSplit Spoon Sampler

Soil ConstituentsSoil Constituents

Soil Grain Size DistributionSoil Grain Size Distribution

Florida Florida Institute of Institute of TechnologyTechnology

Scott Scott Center for Center for

Autism Autism TreatmentTreatment

Autism & Autism & Aquaculture Aquaculture

CenterCenter

Florida Florida Institute of Institute of TechnologTechnolog

yy

Theory of Continuous MediaTheory of Continuous Media

Types of MaterialsTypes of Materials

1. Elastic1. Elastic

3. Visco-Elastic3. Visco-Elastic

2. Plastic2. Plastic

Spring Analogy Spring Analogy of Consolidationof Consolidation

Plate Load TestPlate Load Test

Soil Deformation versus Load Soil Deformation versus Load DiagramDiagram

Open for Q & A

Thank you!Thank you!