WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5
TRACK VIII
8-8:55
Keynote Address
Speaker: Randy Macchi, Director of Public Works, City of Houston
9-9:25
Construction Methods Driving Utility Design Along TxDOTs IH35 CapEx Central (LBL Section)
Speakers: Francisco Guerrero, Vice President; Lorraine Liu, Project Engineer, Pape Dawson Engineers
Present lessons learned and opportunities when working with a DOT road expansion project in a dense urban environment, and the role construction methods play in the design and decision making.
9:30-10:25
Preserving Casper’s Infrastructure: Large-Diameter Pipeline Trenchless Rehabilitation Project
Speaker: Mark Wade, President, Bluewater Solutions Group Inc.
Get a close-up look and understanding of how the City of Casper, WY, and its engineering and construction teams resolved a failing wastewater interceptor system on time and under budget.
EXHIBITS OPEN 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
1:30-1:55
Surviving Submittals
Speaker: Ashley Van Keer, P.E.; Caitlin Koranda, P.E., Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc.
Take a look at a few best practices and suggestions that will help even the most disorganized engineer prepare for submittal season.
2-2:25
Advances in Remaining Useful Life Analysis for Large-Diameter Pipelines
Speaker: Veronica Alvarez, General Manager-US West, Redzone Robotics
Learn about industry concerns in regards to remaining useful life analysis in large-diameter pipelines.
2:30-2:55
Pipe Bursting Success: Identify and Mitigate Risk
Speaker: Robert Morrow, President, Faction Fusion
Explore a dive into the different items that can make or break a pipe bursting project: pipe-up size, crossing utilities, soil conditions; how to evaluate and mitigate risk.
TRACK IX
9-9:25
Utility Contractor Goes Above & Beyond to Honor Pledge to City
Speakers: Carl Craigo, Utility Director, City of Midland, TX; Don Rigby, Director of Marketing & Education, Madewell Products Corporation
Learn how to resolve and budget for an urgent problem. To save a project, contractors need to get creative. When possible, specifying engineers need to know the 10-year history of a product/solution.
9:30-9:55
West TX Development: Responding to Increasing Wastewater Flows in Downtown Lubbock, TX
Speakers: Claire Yancey, Water/Wastewater Transmission & Utilities Engineer III; Robb Otey, P.E., Vice President/Principal, Freese & Nichols Inc.
Learn how route selection and trenchless construction methods enable the City’s system to expand and improve, while reducing costs and minimizing public impacts.
10-10:25
Performance Evaluation of Embedded Stormwater Chambers Under Simulated Highway Truck Loads
Speakers: Kawalpreet Kaur, Graduate Research Assistant; Ehsan Rajaie, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas-Arlington /CUIRE; David Scott, Senior Manager, Xerxes
Understand the simulation of real-world loading scenarios of stormwater chambers in a controlled environment. Introduce the relevant ASTM standards, test setups, and FEM methods for chambers.
EXHIBITS OPEN 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
2-2:25
Inflow and Infiltration Abatement in Sanitary Sewer Systems
Speaker: Vaughn O’Dea, Director, Epoxytec
Learn about I&I challenges in sewers, their financial impacts, and innovative solutions, like epoxy linings. Gain strategies for effective I&I abatement, balancing costs with infrastructure performance.
2:30-2:55
Over the River and Through the… River
Speaker: Philip Wheat, Team Leader, Lockwood Andrews & Newnam Inc.
How do you cross a river with a pipeline? Explore the options of open-cut install, aerial crossing, and mitigating accelerated risks associated with the different BOTOC alternatives when working underwater.
TRACK X
9-9:25
Setting Up Projects with More Bid Appeal for Contractors: Friendswood’s Trenchless Trio of Methods
Speakers: Maureen Carlin, Tunneling Infrastructure Practice Leader; Michael Salinas, Project Manager; Karina Diaz, Project Engineer, Garver
Gain knowledge and understanding on how municipal and private owners are permitting and bidding means and methods vs. prescriptive solutions to critical crossings.
9:30-9:55
Trying to Reason with the Hurricane Season
Speakers: Ted Jones, South Central Regional Manager, GeoTree Solutions; Justin Mouton, Business Development Director, PM Construction
Learn how to use a geopolymer spray-applied lining for cost-effective and speedy rehabilitation.
10-10:25
Critical Role of Documentation, Inspection in Construction Success
Speakers: Reyna Johnson, P.E., Associate/Team Lead; Kyle Griffith, EIT, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc.
Learn how effective documentation, field inspections, and quick responses can turn construction challenges into success.
EXHIBITS OPEN 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
1:30-2:25
Panel: A River Runs Through it … Twice!
Panelists: Kelly Davis, P.E., Manager-Engineering Services, Trinity River Authority of Texas; Reyna Johnson, P.E., Associate/Team Leader, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam; Gabriel Castelblanco, P.E., Director of Applications Engineering-Pressure, Hobas Pipe; Justin Whitman, Vice President/Construction Manager, S.J. Louis Construction of Texas; Ronald Etter, Construction Manager, S.J. Louis Construction of Texas
Gain lessons learned that can subsequently be applied to large-diameter gravity pipe design and see what this industry is capable of when people work together.
2:30-2:55
Avoiding Headaches in Construction Phase and Post-Construction Phase Services
Speakers: Ashley Van Keer, P.E.; Kyle Griffith, EIT, Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc.
Understanding how to actualize a project design from conceptual to constructed can have many pitfalls. This session will look at how on-time, efficient, and correct construction service management is key.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6