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
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