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TTC Partners with UESI
for SUE Professional Training
Dr. Tom Iseley & Saleh Behbahani

More than 50 million miles of underground utilities exist in the
United States. These utilities are at varied depths, in assorted soils,
made of different materials, in a range of sizes and have varied access. 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 2018
Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Technical Report cited an upward
trend in total damage incidents from 439,000 in 2017 to 509,000
in 2018, representing a 16-percent increase. Inaccurate utility
information means increased risk of utility hits.
Late utility relocation raises public safety risks due to longer-lasting work zones and exposure to worker strikes, and the fact
that hitting a utility line occurs every minute somewhere in the
U.S. An industry paradigm shift to reverse this trend is a necessity.
The Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) at Louisiana Tech
University in Ruston, La., has responded to this crisis by partnering with the Underground Engineering and Surveying Institute
(UESI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers to offer the
five-day Utility Investigation School (UIS). TTC was established
more than 30 years ago as an industry/university/government cooperative center to advance the science and practice of trenchless
technology through research, education and technology transfer.
TTC hosted its first 2020 UIS, developed with UESI, March 2-6.
The class was intended to address the two performance goals of
ASCE 38 Standard: how can a project be designed so it has minimal
utility issues during project development, and how can professionals protect themselves against utility-related claims?
The school provided attendees with the knowledge and tools
to conduct competent utility investigations in accordance with
accepted national standards. James Anspach, chair of the ASCE
38 committee and a UESI past president, developed the school
curriculum. The course covered geophysics, utility systems construction and configuration, ASCE 38 risk-based presentations and
professional liability issues. In addition to the classroom lectures,
a practical session was held where participants were offered handson experience with ground penetrating radar (GPR), pipe cable
locator (PCL), and other technologies.
A total of 20 students attended this first session from A/I/DATA,
Cobb Fendley & Associates, Ground Penetrating Radar Systems
(GPRS), KCI Technologies, NTB Associates, Procimec, SJB Group,
Stiffler McGraw, Surveying & Mapping (SAM), and Upper Trinity
Regional Water District. Sensors & Software and ImpulseRadar US
were the industry partners and sponsors for this school.

than 20 years, including a year as the organization's state president. He was selected as the industry's 2018 MVP (Most Valuable
Professional) by the Underground Construction Technology
Association (UCTA) and Underground Construction magazine.
During the banquet Dr. Les Guice, president of Louisiana
Tech University, and Dr. Tom Iseley, TTC founder and director
of development, introduced Weston and presented a Life-Time
Achievement Award to him. This award recognized Weston's
major leadership role in generating millions of dollars of industry
support for construction education programs, something that has
had significant impacts across the state and nation.
He has also been a strong supporter for innovations that
institutions could bring to Louisiana's construction industry,
such as the support that he helped secure for TTC. Weston and
the construction industry that he leads have been role models for
industry/academia collaborations and support that are now being
replicated by other industries and states.
He assisted in making the Contractors Educational Trust Fund
(CETF) a reality. The LA CETF is funded through the fines imposed
by the Louisiana State Licensing Board of Contractors to contractors' violations inside of Louisiana. CETF is a private board whose
primary mission is to identify and fund educational programs that
support the goals of the Louisiana construction industry.
CETF was created by the LA Associated General Contractors
(LAGC), through the state Licensing Board for Contractors.
Iseley held the CETF professorship for six years at Louisiana
Tech University. *

A practical session during the TTC/UESI Utility Investigation School
provided hands-on experience with technologies.

Life-Time Achievement Award
Vic Weston, who recently retired as president and owner of TriState Road Boring Inc., based in Baton Rouge, La., served as the TTC
UIS banquet guest speaker. Weston has served on the Associated
General Contractors (AGC) of Louisiana Board of Directors for more

Pictured, left to right, are Dr. Les Guice, Vic Weston and Dr. Tom Iseley
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