Underground Construction - October 2017 - UCT15

options available, describing how the composite
modular road plate works, and explaining the proper
techniques for best practices with transportation,
setup, dismantling and storage. Leaders in the utility
industry collaborated to develop the composite
modular road plate, recognizing the issues inherent
with traditional methods and practices when covering a utility trench. The advantages and disadvantages, related to mechanics, safety, economics and
profitability will also be discussed.

* Impact on corporate budgets and forecasts of
missing in-service dates.
While "incidental" or "consequential," and not typically easy to transfer, these costs can dwarf any HDD
project. Having better information allows project
owners or engineering firms to better manage and
monitor the risk.

Track XI
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES CONSTRUCTION
8:30 - 8:55 a.m.
Creative Dewatering Design Keeps
Nuclear Plant Cool
Speaker: Rob Lamm, Applications Manager,
Better Pumps & Solutions LLC
Two leaking valves prevented a nuclear power plant
in Louisiana from performing routine service on the
pre-screens drawn from the Mississippi River. The
defective 96-inch valves spilled 4,000 gpm of water
for cooling. A dewatering solution was designed
to allow access to the 1-million-gallon intake
structure containing the valves. Time was tight due
to plant shutdown restrictions and installation of the
dewatering system in multiple areas within the intake
structure. With smart planning and innovative pumping technology - including nine 8-inch submersible
VFD-equipped pumps, two smaller submersibles and
three centrifugal pumps - the water was diverted to
allow repair of these vital valves.
9 - 9:25 a.m.
End Of The Road For Noise & Safety Complaints
Speaker: David Sardinha, USA Agent,
Oxford Products USA
The objectives of this presentation are to identify the
potential concerns faced when a utility contractor must cover a utility trench, and the effect on
the utility. This will include analyzing the popular
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9:30 - 9:55 a.m.
The Connected Job Site
Speaker: Cory Mass, Applications Engineer,
Vermeer Corporation
As technological advances in equipment continue to
grow, data and technology increasingly allow single
machine owners or fleet managers, crew workers or
municipalities to get the most out of their machines.
This trend will only continue as regulation becomes
more mandated and data becomes the "new normal."
This presentation will cover current and emerging utility installation technologies, both on- and
off-machine, and how they can better monitor
machine productivity, as well as potential installation
obstacles, upcoming maintenance needs, more
accurate installation, and more.
10 - 10:25 a.m.
Ramming Saves Jack And Bore Project
Speaker: Alan Goodman, Strategic Accounts Sales
Manager US & Canada,
HammerHead Trenchless
This presentation will provide a case study giving
insights into using the pipe ramming technique, even
when numerous difficulties jeopardized completion
of large-diameter (42") casing installations via other
methods. Free-flowing, sandy soil conditions had
caused the push wall to fail in a combination auger
boring and pipe jacking project under a highway.
With the first 20-foot casing section already started
in the ground, the contractor turned to the pipe ramming method. Ready availability of equipment and
ease of setup allowed quick, efficient and economical completion of the difficult project and proved to
be a superior method in the ground conditions.
10:30 - 10:55 a.m.
Power Pipe: A New Trenchless Method For
Underground Cable Installation
Speaker: Gerhard Lang, PhD., Manager Business
Development, Herrenknecht AG
This session presents the new technology for trenchless installation of underground power transmission
lines, including the first installations, in Germany.
Besides the proven tunneling and pipeline methods,
mostly used for sensitive crossings, a new technology for separate cable installation was required. The
goal was to develop a highly efficient trenchless
solution to compete with open-cut methods with an
excavation diameter of only 20 inches. E-Power Pipe
was the solution. An AVNS system with integrated
Powerpack and slurry pump, it enables drive length
of more than 3,380 feet at a shallow depth of only
5 feet.

11 - 11:30 a.m.
Monsters Live Underground
Speaker: Thomas Frisby, The Frisby Group
"What lurks in the minds of men? The Shadow
knows!" This was the lead-in to an old radio show,
but for underground contractors, it could read:
"What lurks in the bowels of the earth? God only
knows!" Financial risks of all the parties to an
underground excavation and construction project
are significant. This presentation will realistically set a
timeline for dealing with the lurking "monsters," from
the decision to construct a capital project, to preconstruction activities leading to the contract, and to
actually encountering a time-and-money-devouring
"ogre;" and provide solid, tested guidelines for each
step along the way.
11:30 - 11:55 a.m.
Building Your Internet Marketing Machine
Speaker: Scott Crowell, Creative Director/Partner,
Red Racer Advertising LLC
This "all meat and no fluff" educational presentation includes a list of things contractors and other
business owners can do, with little or no outside
resources, to help their business break out of the
clutter on the internet. It will include discussion, Q&A
time, and tips on developing content, website organization, social media posting, and more. Red Racer
Advertising is a business-to-business marketing
company with experience in the trenchless category.
Thursday
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THURSDAY
Track XII
ENGINEERING ETHICS
8:30 - 9:25 a.m.
Ethics For Engineers
Speaker: C. Vipulanandan (Vipu), PhD, P.E.,
Professor/Director-CIGMAT, Director of
THC IT, Dept. of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Houston
The Code of Ethics for Engineers will be presented,
as well as case studies related to ethics for engineers
in the public and private sectors. Attending this session will satisfy the engineering ethics requirement
for the annual license renewal.

Track I-E
SEWER/WATER CONSTRUCTION & REHAB:
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
8:30 - 10 a.m.

Track VI-D
HDD EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
8:30 - 10 a.m.

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