CALGARY GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY

2007/2008 LECTURE SERIES

 

Date:    Tuesday April 15, 2008

 

Place:   Austrian Canadian Cultural Centre, 3112 - 11 Street NE, Calgary

 

Time:    5:30 to 6:00 pm - Cash Bar

            6:00 to 7:00 pm – Lecture

 

Speaker:           Jason Luty, P.Eng.

                        Nilex

 

Topic:               GE5 (Glenmore Trail, Elbow Drive and 5th Street) Retaining Walls

                       

 

Abstract:

The GE5 (Glenmore, Elbow Drive and 5th Street) Project is a recently completed $110 million intersection and road improvement project for the SW of Calgary, designed to improve traffic flow on two major arteries. This project includes roadworks for the interchanges at Elbow Drive and 5 Street S.W., lowering Glenmore Trail 10 m and widening it from four to six lanes, building a new pedestrian bridge over Glenmore Trail, and incorporating public art along Glenmore Trail as part of The City of Calgary's Public Art Program. Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) retaining walls with a total face area of 16,000 m2 were constructed along the north and south sides of the project in order to facilitate the required grade separation. Nilex was part of the project delivery team, and provided design, construction materials and construction support for the concrete-faced mechanically stabilized earth walls that form a major component of the construction work. Jason will talk about some of the design and construction challenges encountered including highly variable foundation soils, restricted construction access, and winter construction.

 

About the Speaker:

Jason Luty is currently the manager for the Southern Prairie Region for Nilex, a leading manufacturer and distributor of geosynthetic products for Construction, Infrastructure Building and Environmental applications. He received a B.A.Sc. in geological engineering from the University of British Columbia in 1994. Jason worked in the geotechnical instrument field with RST Instruments from 1994 until 2003. In 2003, he joined Nilex in the Vancouver office as Technical Service Representative. In January 2005, Jason relocated to Calgary to assume the Regional Manager role for Nilex. Jason has been involved with several large MSE wall projects including the Sea to Sky Test Section, the Glenmore Trail project (the subject of this talk) and the NW LRT extension (at Crowchild Trail and Nose Hill Drive).

 

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