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Trenchless Technology Center Report
BAMI-I launched the Certificate of
Training in Asset Management courses
(CTAM 100-400) nearly 10 years ago. It consists of four online courses plus a two-level
certification program (Associate Water
Asset Manager-AWAM and Professional
Water Asset Manager-PWAM)). To-date,
individuals from 16 countries have enrolled
in the CTAM program online.
In August 2015, BAMI-I was requested
by the Division of Water Infrastructure
(DWI) of North Carolina Department
of Environment and Natural Resources
(NC-DENR) to conduct a four-day course
to teach CTAM 100-400 in Raleigh, N.C. as
a workshop. BAMI-I was also requested to
conduct a four-day CTAM course by Rural
Community Assistance Partnership (RCAP)
in Columbus, Ohio, in May 2017.
Recently, BAMI-I teamed up with the
Underground Construction Technology
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the third, four-day CTAM workshop on
Nov 5-8, 2018. Covering one course-level
per day, the sold-out event was deemed
a great success. In total, 47 professionals
have passed the more than 20 exams to become AWAM-certified, as Associate Water
Asset Managers. The attendees consisted of
approximately 50 percent municipal representatives and 50 percent consultants.
For more information about the CTAM
courses or to host the four-day workshop,
please contact TTC Associate Director for
International Operations, Dr. Tom Iseley at
dtiseley@latech.edu.
3rd Auger Boring School. TTC and the
National Utility Contractors Association
(NUCA) teamed up to offer the third Auger
Boring School (ABS) in November 2018.
This course is designed to meet the high
demand for engineers and contractors
needing training in all aspects of auger

boring projects-design, application and
installation - with special focus on safety.
The five-day, intensive training included
classroom lectures and practical sessions,
instructed by the foremost auger boring
experts in the country. Sponsors of this
third ABS included: Barbco, U.S. Shoring
& Equipment Co., Baroid Industrial
Drilling Products, Brierley Associates,
Midwest Mole, Trinity Products, Logan
Clay Products, Wicker Construction, IDS
GeoRadar and Huxted Tunneling.
Utility Investigation School. The
importance of accurately locating and
depicting existing underground utilities
becomes more obvious each day to ensure
successful construction projects. It has
been reported that at least 70 percent
of projects experience delays and budget
overruns due to utility conflicts. The
Common Ground Alliance reported in 2015
that there were 340,000 utility strikes
and in 2017 this number grew to almost
380,000. The industry is experiencing too
much property damage and loss of lives.
TTC has responded to this crisis by
partnering once again with ASCE's Utility
Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI)
and the National Utility Contractors
Association (NUCA) to offer a five-day
Utility Investigation School (UIS). This
specialty school was taught by the foremost
experts in the geophysics and subsurface
utility engineering (SUE) fields for the
third time, on Louisiana Tech's campus,
February 25 to March 1 this year.
The course covered geophysics, utility
systems construction and configuration,
ASCE 38-02, risk-based presentations and
professional liability issues. The instructors
for this school were Dr. Tom Iseley, Jim
Anspach and Ron Peterson. The program
included an industry day, where technology
providers were able to show and demonstrate their tools.
The TTC team is committed to increasing
awareness and expanding knowledge of
SUE on a global basis. For further information on the TTC Specialty Schools please
go to the website ttcspecialtyschools.com/
uis or contact Dr. Tom Iseley at dtiseley@
latech.edu.
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