BAPG March 2024 Meeting
Thursday March 21, 2024
Landslide Hazards of the Conemaugh Formation - A Gap in the Field
By: Benjamin King-Smith P.G. Buffalo, NY, Geosyntech
Summary:
A discussion of landslide risk prone regions of eastern Ohio spanning an identified gap in publicly available landslide data and database management, the risk relationship of the Conemaugh group formation members and landslide occurrence ("red beds"), and why clay mineralogy can impact landslide risk.
About the Speaker:
Benjamin King-Smith is a Professional Geologist based in Buffalo, NY. Ben has supported and led pipeline geohazard investigations for the past nine years, serving major oil and gas, dams and levees, and federal clients in the United States and Canada. He facilitates client geohazard programs; identifies and assesses geohazards; supports construction oversight; conducts geohazard monitoring, conducts geophysical assessments, and performs geotechnical investigations. Assessed and mitigated geohazards have generally included landslides; subsidence related to mining, karst, construction failures related to; HDD and demolition. Ben led and supported over 250 landslide assessments, 13 mitigations, 14 pipeline monitoring programs, and over 100 geophysical assessments.
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