Landslide Capacity Building Seminars - Daniel Bain

Landslide Capacity Building Seminars

Daniel Bain IRISE ANNUAL MEETING MAY 24, 2021

Tony Iannacchione IRISE Consortium University of Pittsburgh Faculty & Staff Geotechnical Consultants Government Agencies

1 University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

The Problem

Southwest PA landslide prone Increasing precipitation levels

USGS Landslide Risk

 > 50” in both 2018 and 2019 (NWS)

Insufficient funding (SPC data)  377 PennDOT landslides (Districts 10, 11 & 12), over $200 million needed to address  $25 million programmed in TIP

University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

The Problem

USGS Landslide Risk

August 2019 Landslide Workshop  Inventory  Best Practices  Manual  Education

University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

Project Objectives

 Expose interested engineering and geology students and young professionals to the criticality and nature of the landslide problem in SW PA and to state-of-thepractice techniques  Provide a forum for exposing interested students to professionals working the landslide problem and for exchanging information among participating professionals University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

Project Approach/Deliverables

Cooperation of local geotechnical community Three seminars held in fall of 2020  Initial seminar for students  Final two for students & professionals

University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering

Over 400 participants, 60% or so students 18 total technical presentations during final two seminars Monitoring, mitigation, application of technologies

PPTs and recordings available on IRISE website: https://www.engineering.pitt.edu /IRISE/Events/

9/4 Meeting

8/28 Meeting

professional student

student 618 attendees

265 attendees

11/6 Meeting professional

316 attendees

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Application of Results

Source of information for Best Practices Manual

Academic

 Being assessed as part of Benefits Analysis project IRISE

Public Sector

Private Sector

Student interest in geotechnical area Exchange of information among professionals

University of Pittsburgh | Swanson School of Engineering