WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5
8-8:25
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.
8:30-8:55
Settling 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.
9-9:25
Dead Run Force Main Rehabilitation
Speaker: Michael Gallo, Senior Civil Engineer. Greeley & Hansen
Learn how an established method can be used to rehabilitate an existing force main, and at the same time, demonstrate how to use an unconventional method of bypass pumping.
9:30-9:55
Responding to Increasing Wastewater Flows in Downtown Lubbock, TX
Speakers: Claire Yancey, Water/Wastewater Transmission & Utilities Engineer III; Robb Otey, Vice President/Principal, Freese & Nichols Inc.; Zoltan Fekete, Senior Civil Engineer, City of Lubbock
Learn how route selection and trenchless construction methods enable the City’s system to expand and improve, while reducing costs and minimizing public impacts.
10-10:30
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.
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1:30-1:55
Avoiding Headaches in Construction Phase and Post-Construction Phase Services
Speakers: Ashley Van Keer, EIT; Clayton Taylor, 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.
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.
2:30-3
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.