Recent publications

  • Dumas, C., Mansukhani, S., Porbaha, A., Short, R. D., Cannon, R. R., McLain, K. W., Putcha, S., Macnab, A., Lwin, M. M., Pelnik III, T. W., Brown, D. A., Christopher, B. R. (2003). Innovative Technology for Accelerated Construction of Bridge and Embankment Foundations in Europe. Federal Highway Administration.
  • Gransberg, D.D., McLain, K. W., and Loulakis, M.C. (2016). “Answering the $64,000 Question: Geotechnical Risk in Design-Build Projects.” Geostrata, July/August, 32-36.
  • McLain, K.W. (1998). “Soil Nailing: The MoDOT Experience.” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, St. Louis, MO.
  • McLain, K.W. (2008). “Design-Build Procurement Process for Slope Repairs and Slope Stabilization Projects for Roadways on the Missouri State System.” M.S. thesis, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
  • McLain, K.W. and Shane, J.S. (2009). “A Case for Design-Build with the Missouri Department of Transportation.” Kansas City Business Journal, Design-Build Institute of America Supplement.
  • McLain, K.W., Gransberg, D.D., and Loulakis, M. (2014). “Managing Geotechnical Risk on U.S. Design-Build Transport Projects.” Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, 14(12), 1-19.
  • McLain, K.W., Gransberg, D.D. (2016). “Life Cycle Cost Evaluation of Alternatives to the Nuclear Density Gauge for Compaction Testing on Design-Build Projects.” Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 1(4), 197-203.
  • McLain, K. W., Granberg, D.D. (2017). “Contractor-Furnished Compaction Testing: Searching for Correlations Between Potential Alternatives to the Nuclear Density Gauge in Missouri Highway Projects.” International Journal of Quality and Innovation, 3(2-4), 91-106.
  • McLain, K.W., Bumblauskas, D.P., White, D.J., and Gransberg, D.D. (2018). “Comparative Analysis of Repeatability and Reproducibility of Compaction Testing.” Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 3(2), 106-113.
  • Powers, W.F. and McLain, K. W., (1998). “Design-Build Soil Nail Wall Help”