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PRESENTING www.UniversalEngineering.com
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Brad Faucett, P.E. Regional Engineer Title:Regional Engineer for the East Central Florida Region, Including Brevard, Indian River, St. Lucie, Okeechobee Counties (Rockledge and Ft. Pierce Branches) Registration: Professional Engineer #33123 Florida, 1983 Expertise:Geotechnical Engineering and Construction Materials Testing 820 Brevard Avenue, Rockledge, FL
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UNIVERSAL UNIVERSAL is a very large, family-owned engineering consulting firm specializing in: Geotechnical Engineering Drilling Services Construction Materials Testing & Inspection Environmental Sciences Geophysical Services Building/Private Provider Inspection & Plan Review
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Q: What does your Daddy do for a living? “But my Daddy really DOES play with dirt all day, honestly... just ask my Mom” A: My husband plays in the dirt all day! ~ A: My Daddy plays in the dirt all day! Q. Mrs. Faucett, what does your husband do for a living?
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What exactly is a Geotechnical Engineer? A Geotechnical Engineer is someone who is knowledgeable concerning the interaction between structures and soils. An engineer with specialized training and knowledge of structural behavior of soil and rocks, employed to do soil investigations, to do design of structure foundations, and to provide field observation of foundation investigation and foundation construction. …concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials.
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Spread Footing Foundation
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Raft Foundation
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Pile Foundation
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Bell Tower - Pisa, Italy
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Launch Pad 39 B & CME Drill Rig
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Standard Penetration Test Method
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Split Spoon Sampler
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Soil Constituents
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Soil Grain Size Distribution
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Florida Institute of Technology Scott Center for Autism Treatment
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Autism & Aquaculture Center Florida Institute of Technology
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Theory of Continuous Media Types of Materials 1. Elastic 3. Visco-Elastic 2. Plastic
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Spring Analogy of Consolidation
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Plate Load Test
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Soil Deformation versus Load Diagram
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Open for Q & A Thank you!
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