BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1@adscwest.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20260514 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles;VALUE=DATE:20260516 DTSTAMP:20260512T155444Z URL:https://adscwest.org/events/42nd-annual-meeting/ SUMMARY:2026 Annual Meeting DESCRIPTION:The WCC returns to The Cliffs Resort for our 42nd Annual Meetin g May 14-15\, 2026\n\n 5/14 Golf Tournament at Cypress Ridge\, set tee ti mes begin at 8:30am\n 5/14 Board Meeting 3pm-5pm (RESCHEDULED from Saturd ay morning!) Download the agenda\n 5/14 Exhibitor setup from 2:00pm\n 5/ 14 Welcome Reception and Exhibits 5:30-8pm\n 5/15 Education Session and E xhibits 7am-3pm (schedule below)\n 5/15 Reception and dinner with live/si lent auctions 5:30pm-9pm\n\nThe West Coast Chapter returns to The Cliffs R esort in Pismo Beach for our 42nd Annual Meeting\; with its stunning views \, impeccable service\, and nearby attractions it is no wonder the WCC has called The Cliffs our “home away from home” for many years.\n\nOur An nual Meeting is the main event for our chapter!  It is our time for a fun golf tournament\; for a super informative Education Session and NEW for 2 026 we will include two Associate member presentations during the Educatio n Session\; a time to elect new board members\; and it is THE fundraising event for the chapter and the WCC Industry Advancement Fund. Also new for this year\, the board meeting will be on Thursday after golf instead of Sa turday morning.  This condenses the schedule to two action-packed days!\n \nOur generous sponsors and hard-working members continue to make this cha pter a success. Keep your eye on this page for more information.\n\nRegist ration closed on April 10\, 2026. \n\nDownload Candidate information and a proxy ballot.\nEducation Session Schedule:\n7:00–7:45am           Breakfast sponsored by KB Tech\n\n7:45 – Introductions - Ashley Mahaf fey Tullius\, Don H. Mahaffey Drilling\n\n7:45 – 9:00 Ryan Turner\, Calt rans\n\nRegents Slide Repair Projects on Highway 1: Regents Slide in Monte rey County resulted in closure of the scenic Highway 1 corridor through Bi g Sur from February 2024 through January 2026\, severely disrupting traffi c for tourists and local residents. The large slide complex consisting of multiple interconnected landslides and rockfall features completely covere d Highway 1 and left a top-down landslide mass removal as the only safe an d viable repair option. Building on the success of other Big Sur slide rep airs in recent years including Mud Creek and the nearby ongoing Paul’s S lide projects\, Caltrans successfully repaired Regents Slide ahead of sche dule. This presentation features chronological first-person point-of-view videos from the field over the duration of the project and highlights two aspects that led to success: (1) integration of monitoring data from tradi tional surveying\, UAS imagery and photogrammetry\, geotechnical instrumen tation (inclinometers\, shape arrays\, TDR\, vibrating wire piezometers an d surface deformation measurements)\, and daily boots-on-the-ground observ ations to inform real-time decision making regarding the repair plan and s afety\, and (2) collaboration between the many involved parties including contractors\, Caltrans geotechnical\, blasting crews\, surveyors\, helico pter teams\, and more.\n\n9:00 – 10:00 David Gee\, Senior Safety Enginee r\, Cal/OSHA\n\nCal/OSHA Regulatory Requirements for Foundation Drilling C ontractors:  Cal/OSHA regulatory requirements continue to evolve year aft er year. This presentation will dive into the general regulatory requireme nts as it relates to the operational aspects of foundation drilling contra ctors. Attendees will also gain insight as to the requirements of the Inju ry and Illness Prevention Program and learn about current enforcement tren ds that had affected foundation contractors\n\n10:00–10:30am    Coffe e Break sponsored by Keller \n\n10:30 – 11:15 Anne Lemnitzer\, UC Irvine   \n\nThe Hidden Costs of Getting Installation Wrong.  Your pile is only as good as the way you install it: For drilled displacement piles (DDPs)\ , installation is everything. Unlike conventional drilled piles\, DDPs are created by penetrating while laterally displacing the surrounding soil. T hat process controls pile quality\, axial capacity\, and the level of grou nd improvement achieved. When installation is done right\, DDPs can provid e both strong foundation performance and meaningful soil densification. Wh en it is not\, much of that benefit can be lost. This presentation draws o n case histories from across the United States to show how installation co ntrols performance\, what levels of ground improvement can realistically b e expected\, and what field requirements must be met to achieve higher cap acities and reliable densification. A California case history in silty san d will demonstrate how installation differences produced distinctly differ ent outcomes in two test zones\, both in measured ground improvement and i n axial pile response. The talk also introduces a revised version of the B ustamante and Gianeselli axial capacity approach for DDPs\, updated to bet ter reflect modern pile lengths\, higher load demands\, increased rig powe r\, and current installation technology.\n\n 11:15 – 11:30 Tait McCutch an\, Malcolm Drilling Company \n\nLarge diameter secant pile cutoff wall\; Priest Rapids Dam right embankment improvement project. The Priest Rapids Right Embankment Improvement Project involved replacement of the existing right earthen dam embankment with a Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) struc ture to improve seepage cutoff and seismic resiliency. A secant pile cutof f wall was required to connect the core of the existing earth embankment w ith the new RCC structure that was built downstream as the earthen embankm ent remained in service with a full reservoir pool in place during constru ction.\n\nA 270’ long secant pile cutoff wall was chosen as the solution by the project design engineer\, stipulating that the wall must provide a continuous minimum 5’ wall thickness and with a minimum of 5’ embedme nt into intact basalt with unconfined compressive strengths more than 30\, 000 psi. Full depth temporary casing was required during pile construction to protect the dam integrity as was as-built 3D modeling and down hole ca mera inspection to monitor installation quality and tolerances. Plastic co ncrete composed of cement\, hydrated bentonite slurry\, fine\, and coarse aggregates was batched on site and provided a low strength and impermeable matrix with properties similar to the existing embankment core.\n\nSelect ion of pile sizing and spacing was left to the drilling subcontractor by t he engineer. MDCI elected to utilize the oscillator method with 3 Meter ca sing\, placing 9.84’ diameter piles on center-to-center spacings of 7.49 ’ to minimize the total amount of piles and joints\, while providing the maximum amount of verticality tolerance. Installing drilled shafts in an active dam embankment required continuous monitoring of excavated material s and water levels to ensure dam stability. Sonic Caliper equipment was us ed to as built each pile\, with results modeled in REVIT to monitor overla p and wall thickness in real time. MiniSID down hole inspection camera was utilized to monitor shaft cleanliness and inspection of in-situ rock.\n\n 11:30 – 11:45 Associate Presentation Jeffrey Machine\n\n11:45 – 12:00 Associate Presentation Center Rock Drilling\n\nNoon–1:00pm      Lun ch sponsored by Jeffrey Machine\n\n1:00 – 1:15 Rudy Leon\, Condon-Johnso n &\;. Assoc.\n\nBear Gulch Pipeline Protection Soil Nail Wall Project to stabilize an eroding bankside and protect an existing 20” waterline w ithin the hillside.  Pipeline provides drinking water to residents.  The work was performed with a creek diversion in place to allow access for th e soil nail operation within the creek bed.\n\n1:15 – 2:15 Steve Maddox\ , Managing Director\, Forvis Mazars From Data to Decisions: AI in Construc tion:  Artificial Intelligence is rapidly moving from experimentation to execution across the construction industry—but value is only realized wh en AI is built on trusted\, connected data and aligned to real operational decisions.\n\nThis session focuses on how construction firms are using AI today to move beyond static reports and dashboards toward decision-ready insights across operations\, finance\, and the field. We will explore why data quality\, governance\, and connected workflows matter more than ever\ , how AI agents are beginning to automate routine analysis and exception h andling\, and what leaders should do now to prepare their organizations fo r responsible\, scalable AI adoption.\n\nAttendees will leave with a clear understanding of practical AI use cases in construction\, common pitfalls to avoid\, and a simple framework for moving from data collection to conf ident\, timely decision-making.\n\n2:15 – 3:00 Rick Marshall\, Safety Di rector\, ADSC\n\nSafety Leadership:  When people think of workplace safet y\, the first things that often come to mind are OSHA standards\, checklis ts\, audits\, and compliance measures. While these tools are essential\, t he human element of safety leadership is often overlooked and it’s the m ost critical piece of all. Safety leadership plays a pivotal role in foste ring culture of safety\, setting the tone for how employees view and prior itize safety for themselves\, each other\, and the company.\n\n3:00 –   WCC Safety Committee Meeting\, Ashley Mahaffey Tullius\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://adscwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ the-cliffs-resort.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR