~ There is still some confusion on the pay item for galvanized piles when partial galvanizing is required or both galvanized and black piles are used on a structure.
~ Bottom of footing elevations appeared to have been set too high for some of the bents on pile footings.
~ Pile footings appeared to have a large number of piles.
~ Pile bents are preferred over post and beam bents on pile footings.
A/I ~ Discuss order of bent type preference at the ACEC-DOT Joint committee and/or lunch and learn session.
A/I ~ Geotechnical Engineering will review resistance factors used for design, with regard to the pile driving analyzer (PDA) data collected since LRFD was implemented.
