Jerry Weisenfluh Kentucky Geological Survey

Geohazards in Transportation, 2014 Lexington, KY

Wednesday August 6, 2014

KYTC conducts hundreds of geotechnical projects per year

Results in thousands of borings including: Soundings Rock cores Soil samples 8,760 reports since 1956

KGS/Geotech Branch Collaboration

• 2006-2009 project

• 3 phases

• Geotech reports

• gINT database

• Web distribution

• Federal SPR program support

Project Goals

• Reduce effort and costs for public requests

• Preserve historical data

• Facilitate data analysis

• Increase efficiency in project management

• Save future drilling costs by reusing data

• Depth to bedrock

• Soil composition and physical properties

• Rock composition and physical properties

• Water level readings

• Fracture measurements

• Geologic context

Data of Interest to Geologists

Phase I Geotechnical Report Data Input

Phase I Project Management Additions

SOIL

Sieve Analysis Moisture

Atterberg CBR

Strength Consolidation

ROCK

Durability Strength

Bearing Capacity Fractures

Phase II: gINT project database

gINT Customized Data Entry

Phase III – Web Distribution

gINT Project

Enterprise Database

Plog Software

gINT Project

Website

Reports

Database Contents

2006 to 2011 Projects

414 Projects Converted

7,000 Holes

5,500 Soil Classifications

443 Pending Projects

Phase III Data Distribution on the Web

Searching for Drillhole Data

Search Results – Project List

Hole Geology Report

Rock and Soil Sample Report

Benefits and Applications

www.uky.edu/KGS