NASTT’s 2012 No-Dig Show speakers are listed in alphabetical order below.
| Author Name | Organization | Presenter Introduction | Paper ID | Date | Time | Paper Title |
| Stephen Abernathy | Midwest Mole¸ Inc. | Steve Abernathy holds a BSME from Purdue University. His experience includes project and executive management of heavy civil construction projects. Steve Joined Midwest Mole as Vice President of Operations in 2009 and has served as Manager of large tunnel projects since March of 2010 | E-2-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Trenchless Installation of 60-in. Sanitary Sewer Using a 72-in. Robbins Rockhead Hard Rock TBM |
| Simaan M. AbouRizk | University of Alberta | D-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling in City of Edmonton – Challenges and Successes | |
| Vanessa Adams¸ P.E. | Brown and Caldwell | A-3-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | CIPP for Structural Rehabilitation | |
| F-6-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | CIPP Rehab of Sewers in the Beaver State – Design¸ Construction and Lessons Learned | |||
| Wes Adams | Central Contra Costa Sanitary District | B-2-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Guided Boring and the Lafayette/Pleasant Hill Road Trunk Sewer | |
| Hossein Akbarzadeh | University of Alberta | Hossein Akbarzadeh is PhD Student of Geotechnical Eng. at U of Alberta. He has served as VP of NASTT Student Chapter at U of Alberta since 2010. He holds MSc in Geotechnical Eng. and BSc in Civil Eng.¸ both from Iran. From 2003 to 2009¸ he worked as a faculty as well as a Certified Structural Eng.. | E-4-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Investigation of Horizontal Directional Drilling Construction Risks |
| F-1-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Impact of Earth Loads on Polyethylene Pipes Installed by Horizontal Directional Drilling | |||
| Fadi Alabbas | Veolia Water Operating Services | B-4-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Cranking up the Delivery – City of Richmond 2011 Sanitary Sewer Lining Project | |
| Shaurav Alam | Trenchless Technology Center | Senior PhD candidate and supervisor of the CIPP Research Laboratory at the Trenchless Technology Center . Louisiana Tech University¸ Mr. Alam has five years experience in the testing of CIPP liners used in a wide range of applications using ASTM and European testing standards. | A-4-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | LinerRite – An Optical-Based Sensor for QC of Wet-Out Operations of CIPP Liners |
| C-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Rehab of a Stormwater Culvert Through Contaminated Soil and Groundwater | |||
| Tarek Alkhrdaji | STRUCTURAL | F-4-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Pipeline Repair Technologies, Current and Future | |
| Erez Allouche | Trenchless Technology Center | A-4-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Review of QA/QC Procedures Associated with Rehabilitation of Large Diameter Interceptors | |
| A-4-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | LinerRite – An Optical-Based Sensor for QC of Wet-Out Operations of CIPP Liners | |||
| C-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Rehab of a Stormwater Culvert Through Contaminated Soil and Groundwater | |||
| C-6-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Interactive Web Portal for Supporting Decision Making Related to Technical¸ Financial and Legal Issues | |||
| Mir Al-Masud | Trenchless Technology Center | C-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Rehab of a Stormwater Culvert Through Contaminated Soil and Groundwater | |
| Rania Sarkis Amen¸ P.E. | City of San Diego | Rania Sarkis Amen¸ P.E. is a Senior Engineer & Section Leader for Right-of-Way Design Division at City of San Diego. Her expertise is in water & wastewater pipelines with extensive trenchless technology experience. She serves as City’s senior project manager for USIU-Miramar Trunk Sewer project. | A-2-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Microtunneling Gives Way to Auger Boring on Challenging Drive |
| Laura Anderson | Akkerman Inc. | B-2-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Extensive Small Diameter Pipe Jacking with Concurrent Methods Under the I-15 Core in Provo¸ Utah | |
| Tony Angelo | 407ETR Concession Company Ltd | Tony Angelo¸ a professional engineer with degree in civil engineering¸ is the Manager of Structures for 407ETR. He has over 20 years experience with structural design¸ bridge/culvert/structural inspections. Tony’s experience includes involvement with municipal¸ provincial and highway agencies. | C-3-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | World’s First All Electronic Toll Highway Uses Trenchless Technology to Maintain High Standards |
| Samuel T. Ariaratnam | Arizona State University | F-1-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Comparison of Buried Pipe Behavior – Open-cut vs. Directional Drilling | |
| F-4-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Evaluation of the Carbon Footprint of Innovative Watermain Rehabilitation Technologies vs. Open-cut | |||
| Mary Asperger | Bennett Trenchless Engineers | Mary Asperger is an Associate Engineer with Bennett Trenchless Engineers¸ and has 4 years of experience in trenchless design and inspection. | B-1-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | 50 Ft. of Peat – Design Challenges of Three HDD Crossings of the Sacramento River |
| Alan Atalah | Bowling Green State University | Dr. Atalah is an Associate Professor who teaches construction management at Bowling Green State University. He has been involved in water and wastewater projects for more than 25 years of; 18 years of which were in trenchless technology construction. Dr. Atalah earned a Doctor of Engineering¸ Mast | C-6-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | Comparison of the Carbon Dioxide Emissions Between HDD and Open-cut in the Construction of One Mile Watermain and its Ancillary Structures |
| Nii Attoh-Okine | University of Delaware | F-4-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | A New Approach in Pipe Structural Condition Scoring | |
| Robert Auber | Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District | Mr. Auber has over 27 years of experience in the construction of major sewer projects including large diameter tunnels and collection systems. Mr. Auber served as the senior construction supervisor for the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District on the Dugway East Interceptor Relief Sewer Project. | F-2-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Dugway East Interceptor Relief Sewer Hand Tunnel Crossing Installation |
| Brian Avon | Carollo Engineers | Mr. Avon¸ a Project Engineer with Carollo Engineers¸ has 5 years of experience in water and wastewater pipeline design and construction. He has a BS degree in Civil Engineering from the UOP in 2007 and in Business Administration from USC¸ and is a licensed professional engineer in California. | D-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Garrity Creek Emergency Construction Using HDD |
| Frank Ayotte | Hazen and Sawyer | F-3-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Old Pipe/Renewed Pipe – How New Technology Enhances the Rehabilitation of a 140-Year-Old Sewer | |
| Kevin Bainbridge | Robinson Consultants Inc | Kevin is the Infrastructure Management Practice Leader for Robinson Consultants Inc. an Ottawa Ontario based engineering firm. He has over 14 years experience in municipal sewer and water infrastructure management and is responsible for the firm’s infrastructure management and buried infrastructure | A-5-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Condition Assessment and Management of Critical Watermains in the City of Ottawa |
| E-3-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Structural Rehabilitation of Aging Pipes – Does It Really Prevent Failures? | |||
| Ron Baker | Town of Sundre | B-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Planning, Extensive Monitoring and Good Communication Solves Public Noise Concerns on Two Large HDD Crossings in Sundre, Alberta | |
| Greg Ballard¸ P.E. | Nashville Metro Water Services | F-3-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | 96-in. Brick Nashville CSO Outfall Relined After Flood Damage | |
| Chau Bao | Lockwood¸ Andrews & Newnam¸ Inc. | D-3-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | The installation of 42-in. Storm Sewer through Trenchless Technology in a Highly Urbanized Area for the City of Laredo. Why hand tunneling was the method of choice over the other trenchless methods evaluated? | |
| Gerry Bauer | Stantec | C-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Direct Benefits of Undertaking Multi-sensor Inspections for Large Diameter Sewers | |
| Alireza Bayat | University of Alberta | Dr. Alireza Bayat¸ PhD¸ PEng¸ is a faculty at Dept. of Civil Eng. at University of Alberta and the technical developer of BoreAidTM. He received PhD in Civil Eng. from University of Waterloo¸ MSc in Geotechnical Eng. and BSc in Civil Eng.¸ both from Sharif University of Technology¸ Iran. | E-4-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Investigation of Horizontal Directional Drilling Construction Risks |
| F-1-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Impact of Earth Loads on Polyethylene Pipes Installed by Horizontal Directional Drilling | |||
| Scott E. Belz | URS Corporation | Project manager at URS for over 32 years¸ specializing in I/I investigation projects. Mr. Belz has developed unique testing methods for investigating private property I/I sources. | C-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Lessons Learned During Sewer Rehabilitation on Public and Private Property |
| David Bennett | Bennett Trenchless Engineers | David Bennett is the owner and CEO of Bennett Trenchless Engineers¸ a trenchless consulting firm. He received the Trenchless Technology Person of the Year award for 2005. He co-authored the "HDD Good Practices Guidelines" and the "Pipe Bursting Good Practices Guidelines" with Sam Ariaratnam. | A-1-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Improving the Standard of Mud Management |
| B-1-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | 50 Ft. of Peat – Design Challenges of Three HDD Crossings of the Sacramento River | |||
| Steve Benton | AECOM | D-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling within Variable Ground Conditions in Cleveland, Ohio | |
| William Bergeson | AECOM | Mr. Bergeson is a professional engineer with 12 years experience from AECOM on large scale geotechnical and tunneling projects. He received his MSCE from Lehigh University and his BSCE from Auburn University. Mr. Bergeson has published papers in the United States¸ India¸ Moscow¸ Berlin¸ and Canada. | D-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling within Variable Ground Conditions in Cleveland, Ohio |
| Steve Bian | DCWATER | A-5-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Lesson Learned About External Corrosion That Lead to an Outfall Sewer Collapse | |
| John Bidigare | Brownstown Township | D-4-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Pipe Bursting and Pre-Chlorination: Cost Effectiveness on Large Scale Projects | |
| Deirdre Blackard | Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources | A-6-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Methods for Non-destructive Evaluation of Force Main Condition and the Associated Cost Benefits | |
| Richard (Bo) Botteicher | Underground Solutions¸ Inc. | Mr. Botteicher had worked for 7 years in the Water and Wastewater industry as a consulting engineer in Denver¸ CO and is a licensed Professional Engineer in Colorado. He has served as a Product Engineer for Underground Solutions¸ Inc.¸ makers of Fusible PVCâ„¢¸ for the past five years. | C-1-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | The Birkdale ‘B’ Project: 3,420 lf of At-grade HDD in New Zealand |
| Bill Boyes | City of Calgary Water Services | Asset Assessment Leader for City of Calgary Water Services. 34 years experience in the operation and maintenance of water and sewer systems. Founding member of NASTT NW Chapter (Canada). | F-3-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Trenchless Sewer Lateral Rehabilitation Pilot Project in Calgary, Alberta |
| Kyle Boyle | Nothern Kentucky Sanitation District No. 1 | I joined SD#1 in January of 2007 after graduating from the University of Kentucky. I currently work as a Project Manager/ Engineer in the Collection Systems. Daily duties consist of managing various capital improvement projects¸ daily collection system projects¸ and outside maintenance contractors. | F-2-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | The Axis of New Trenchless Technology |
| Marc Bracken | Echologics Engineering Inc. | With more than 18 years of experience in acoustical and vibration engineering¸ Marc Bracken is vice president and general manager of Toronto-based Echologics¸ a leader in the development of acoustic technologies that non-invasively detect underground leaks and assess the condition of water pipes. | E-5-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:45 PM | Asset Management of Asbestos Cement Pipes Using Acoustic Methods; Theory and Case Studies |
| Mark Brand | Insituform Technologies Limited | Mark Brand is Regional Manager for the Western Canadian Operations of Insituform Technologies Ltd with experience in the CIPP industry in excess of 17 years. Mark also serves as Treasurer and Director for the Northwest Chapter of the NASTT. | A-3-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Just in Time Rehabilitation of Twin Steel Sewer Siphon |
| Debbie Bray | Tulalip Tribes | D-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Tulalip Tribe and City of Everett Bring Regional Water to the Pacific Northwest with Massive HDD Project | |
| Mikita Browning | City of Atlanta¸ Department of Watershed Managemen | Ms. Browning has over eleven years of experience in civil and environmental engineering¸ specializing in sewer system evaluation and rehabilitation and wet weather program implementation and management. This includes CMOM implementation¸ SSO and CSO hydraulic analysis and modeling. | C-3-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Sewer Rehabilitation in the City of Atlanta – Past¸ Present and Future |
| Mark Bruce | Cross Bore Safety Association | As the president of Can Clay Corporation he has visit pipe installation projects on several continents¸ North America¸ South America¸ Europe and Asia and as part of his company’s shipments to five continents. He holds patents and has implemented ISO 9001 quality systems for manufacturing. | E-4-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Creating High Confidence – Essential Elements for Cross Bore Elimination Projects |
| Tom Bryski | Golder Associates | C-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Vancouver City Central Transmission Project – Horizontal Directional Drilling and Supply and Installation of High Density Polyethylene Duct | |
| Tim Burch | WorleyParsons | B-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Planning, Extensive Monitoring and Good Communication Solves Public Noise Concerns on Two Large HDD Crossings in Sundre, Alberta | |
| Martha Burke¸ MPA | Seattle Public Utilities | Martha Burke¸ an analyst for the Wastewater Division with SPU¸ has 20 years of experience working for Seattle utilities in program development and project management. She has a master’s degree in public administration (environmental management) from the University of Washington. | F-5-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Flood Grouting Sanitary Sewers for Infiltration Control |
| Tricia Butler¸ P.E. | RMC Water and Environment | B-4-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | High Temperature Aeration Piping – How Can I Rehabilitate It? | |
| Joseph Butor P.E. | Midwest Mole | D-2-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Unique Location and Ground Conditions Call for Innovative Approach to On-grade Boring | |
| John Cairns | City of Edmonton¸ Drainage Services | A-3-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Innovative CIPP Relining Methods Reduce Open-cut Spot Repairs in Edmonton | |
| Craig Camp | Jacobs Associates | D-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Lubricant Design & Management in Trenchless Pipe Installation (New paper to replace Laser Guided MT…Author dropped out). | |
| Janet Cann¸ P.E. | Spartanburg Water | A-3-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Back to the Future – The Modernization of A Historic Mill Village Community | |
| Mario Carbone | Progressive Pipeline Management | 40 Years in the gas pipeline business¸ 10 years experience as a Senior Manager for Gas Research & Development¸ trained and certified on the applications of the Starline process¸ holds 3 US patents for new technologies for gas related systems | E-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Winter Wonderland does Wonders to CIPP Renewal of a High Pressure Gas Main in New Jersey |
| Dean Charleson | Stantec Consulting Ltd. | C-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | North LRT Expansion at MacEwan – 72 kV Cable Relocation Project | |
| Sudhakar Cherukupalli, P.Eng. | BC Hydro | F-1-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | Thermal Grouting of BC Hydro’s VCCT Project | |
| Jason Chin | Black & Veatch Corporation | C-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | City of East Chicago Raw Water Pipeline – Microtunneling in Clean Sands Beneath the Water Table | |
| Jinsung Cho | Arizona State University | Jinsung Cho is a PhD Student in the Del E. Webb School of Construction at ASU¸ and has focused his research on buried pipe behavior. This paper represents the initial results of his research work. | F-1-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Comparison of Buried Pipe Behavior – Open-cut vs. Directional Drilling |
| Brian Choma | EPCOR Transmission Inc. | C-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | North LRT Expansion at MacEwan – 72 kV Cable Relocation Project | |
| Jennifer Chu¸ P.Eng. | Golder Associates | E-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Jervis Forcemain Tunnel – A Case Study in Urban Tunnelling | |
| Alison St. Clair | Virginia Tech | Alison is a Ph.D. candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program. Her research work is in the area of condition and performance modeling of water pipeline. | E-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:45 PM | Water Pipeline Deterioration Prediction Utilizing a Markov Chain Methodology |
| Kenny Clever | The Robbins Company | Kenny Clever is the SBU Sales Manager – Eastern U.S. for the Robbins Company¸ based in Solon¸ Ohio. | E-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | Installation of Two Water Tunnels Through Limestone Using a 60-in. Diameter Hard Rock Shielded TBM |
| Andrew Clothier | AECOM | Andrew is a graduate of Temple University¸ a Professional Engineer and Senior manager of AECOM’s Community Infrastructure Group. He has 15 years of water and wastewater engineering experience including the inspection¸ condition assessment¸ design and rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure | E-5-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Sustainable Infrastructure Planning For Long-term Wastewater Force Main Programs |
| Kevin Cole, P.Eng. | City of Leduc | A-6-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | City of Leduc – Case Study Comparison between Conventional CCTV Sewer Inspection and 360 Degree Digital Pipe Scanning Technology | |
| Kevin Colvett | City of Brentwood | F-5-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Sewer Rehab Pays in Brentwood Tennessee | |
| Wendy E. Condit | Battelle Memorial Institute | F-4-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Evaluation of the Carbon Footprint of Innovative Watermain Rehabilitation Technologies vs. Open-cut | |
| Ken Cook | West County Wastewater District | D-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Garrity Creek Emergency Construction Using HDD | |
| Paul Cote¸ P.E. | Tata & Howard | A-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Franklin Falls – The Toughest Trenchless Crossing in New Hampshire | |
| Jim Creager | AECOM | D-4-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pipe Bursting and Sliplining Reach New Levels of Production in the City of Oxnard¸ California, Through New Innovative Design, Planning, Equipment and Construction Methods | |
| John Crippen | CDM Smith | D-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Multiple HDD Applications, Portland Airport Deicing Enhancement Project | |
| Dawayne Crite¸ P.E. | CDM | A-3-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Back to the Future – The Modernization of A Historic Mill Village Community | |
| David Crowder | R.V.Anderson Associates Limited | David is a senior associate and Manager of the Field Services at R.V. Anderson Associates Limited¸ with over 23 years of experience on projects using trenchless technology applications¸ including condition assessments for large municipal infrastructure¸ horizontal directional drilling¸ CCTV inspection | C-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Direct Benefits of Undertaking Multi-sensor Inspections for Large Diameter Sewers |
| Ray Davies | City of Edmonton¸ Drainage Services | Ray is the General Supervisor of Open cut section¸ Design and Construction¸ Drainage Services with the City of Edmonton. | A-3-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Just in Time Rehabilitation of Twin Steel Sewer Siphon |
| D-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling in City of Edmonton – Challenges and Successes | |||
| Stephen Dennehy¸ P.E. | Northshore Utility District | A-2-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Redesigning for Success – A Challenging Sewer Installation in Kirkland¸ Washington | |
| Henry Derr | Brown and Caldwell | Mr. Derr has over 38 years of experience in the planning¸ design and construction of water and wastewater facilities with a focus on the use of trenchless technologies for pipeline construction and rehabilitation. He is a Senior Associate with Brown and Caldwell and is the firm’s technical leader of | A-6-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Decision Logic for Selecting Wastewater Force Main Inspection Program Tools |
| Andy Dettmer | Carollo Engineers | Dr. Dettmer is lead infrastructure engineer in Carollo’s Research Group. He conducted his Ph.D. research at the Trenchless Technology Center at Louisiana Tech University where he developed advanced pipe inspection techniques for distribution and collection systems. | A-4-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Review of QA/QC Procedures Associated with Rehabilitation of Large Diameter Interceptors |
| C-5-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Risk-based Condition Assessment of Aqueduct Pipelines Using Multiple Inspection Technologies | |||
| Umesh Dhital | Trenchless Technology Center (TTC)¸ Louisiana Tech | C-6-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Interactive Web Portal for Supporting Decision Making Related to Technical¸ Financial and Legal Issues | |
| Guy Dickes | Constellation Group LLC | Guy has designed and supervised the numerous grouting projects for the underground utility industry. He has worked in oil refineries and nuclear power plants and has substantial experience in ground modification. Guy worked for a major repair contractor prior to starting Constellation Group LLC | F-1-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | Thermal Grouting of BC Hydro’s VCCT Project |
| F-2-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Support of Tunneling with Chemical Grouting in New Jersey | |||
| Tony Dill | Malcolm Pirnie | B-4-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Lateral Rehabilitation Options and Their Cost-benefit comparison – One Utility’s Perspective | |
| William DiTullio | InfraMetrix¸ LLC | A-5-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Applying Risk Management and Financial Analysis to Asset Management Planning | |
| Dennis J. Doherty | Haley & Aldrich | C-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | Accuracy and Predictability of Design Parameters in Horizontal Directional Drilling | |
| Ian Doherty | Trenchless Design Engineering | Ian Doherty¸ a professional engineer¸ specialized in trenchless rehabilitation of water and wastewater pipelines for 22 years. In 1993 he started Trenchless Design Engineering Ltd. He is a regular instructor for the NASTT CIPP design & construction course and has presented several No-Dig papers. | C-3-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | World’s First All Electronic Toll Highway Uses Trenchless Technology to Maintain High Standards |
| Steven K Donovan¸ PE | SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists¸ Inc. | Mr. Donovan is a registered professional civil and environmental engineer who has been actively consulting¸ designing¸ and providing construction support services on HDD projects for Owners and Contractors for the past 16 years. | C-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Risk Mitigation Strategies for Directional Drilling Projects |
| Brian C. Dorwart¸ PE¸ PG | Brierley Associates | B-4-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Line Q3 Pipeline – Slipline Rehabilitation | |
| F-6-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Are You Receiving the CIPP Thickness You’re Paying For? | |||
| Jackson Dove | Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District | B-1-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Challenging HDD Watermains Up Steep Slopes | |
| Steve Dover | City of Ottawa | A-5-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Condition Assessment and Management of Critical Watermains in the City of Ottawa | |
| Bruce Downing¸ P.Eng. | Golder Associates | E-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Jervis Forcemain Tunnel – A Case Study in Urban Tunnelling | |
| Edward Duggan | Boston Water and Sewer Commission | F-3-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Old Pipe/Renewed Pipe – How New Technology Enhances the Rehabilitation of a 140-Year-Old Sewer | |
| Russell Eberwein | Harris & Associates | Mr. Eberwein is a Senior Project Manager with Harris & Associates. His specialty is the design of underground utility systems such as water¸ sanitary sewer and storm drainage. He has extensive experience with trenchless installation and rehabilitation methods. | B-4-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Cranking up the Delivery – City of Richmond 2011 Sanitary Sewer Lining Project |
| Mo Ehsani¸ Ph.D.¸ P.E.¸ | President¸ PipeMedic¸ LLC | E-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Winter Wonderland does Wonders to CIPP Renewal of a High Pressure Gas Main in New Jersey | |
| Csaba Ekes | SewerVUE Technology Corp. | Csaba Akes is the founder and president of SewerVUE¸ a company specializing in developing and licensing cutting edge pipe inspection technologies. Dr Akes has authored over 100 consulting reports and technical papers and is an internationally recognized expert on the applications of GPR and PPR. | D-5-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Combined Application of Pipe Penetrating Radar and LIDAR for Large Diameter Pipe Inspection |
| Kenneth Eyre¸ PE¸ PACP | Greeley and Hansen | E-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | Large Diameter Force Main Investigations – Two Level Approach | |
| Angelo Fabiano | NYSEARCH | F-4-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Development of a Carbon Calculator Tool to Compare Trenchless and Standard Pipeline Activities | |
| C. Timothy Fallara | City of Columbus¸ DOSD | Tim has over 30 yrs experience in planning¸ design and construction of sewers and treatment plants. He has worked in construction and eng. consulting and now has been with the City of Columbus over 20 years helping to manage the design and construction of collection systems and treatment plants. | C-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Separating the Forest from the Trees – The Use of GIS Decision Tool to Make Intelligent Asset Decisions |
| D-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | If Finding and Removing I/I Were Easy | |||
| Siri Fernando | City of Edmonton¸ Drainage Services | Siri Fernando is the Engineering Manager of Design and Construction¸ Drainage Services with the City of Edmonton. Siri holds a B. Sc degree in Civil Engineering from The University of Ceylon¸ Sri Lanka and a M. Eng. degree in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Alberta. | A-3-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Just in Time Rehabilitation of Twin Steel Sewer Siphon |
| A-3-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Innovative CIPP Relining Methods Reduce Open-cut Spot Repairs in Edmonton | |||
| D-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling in City of Edmonton – Challenges and Successes | |||
| D-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Lining of a 2.4-m ID Inverted Syphon Tunnel for Zero Leakage | |||
| Roger Ficko | IVIS Inc. | Roger Ficko¸ P.Eng.¸ CRSP¸ is the Operation Manager and Director of Safety with IVIS Inc. of Edmonton¸ Alberta and has filled this role since he began his work with IVIS in March¸ 2009. Roger has a BSc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alberrta and 25 years of experience in the underground | A-3-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Innovative CIPP Relining Methods Reduce Open-cut Spot Repairs in Edmonton |
| James Finnigan¸ P.E. | PB Americas¸ Inc. | E-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:45 PM | Tunneling Under the Overland Park Arboretum | |
| Paul Fisk | NDT Corporation | A-5-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Lesson Learned About External Corrosion That Lead to an Outfall Sewer Collapse | |
| Greg Fisk | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission | D-5-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Implementing Inertial Navigation Technologies | |
| Mike Fleury | Carollo Engineers | Mike has 39 years of experience in condition assessment¸ pipeline design¸ trenchless rehabilitation and value engineering. | C-5-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Risk-based Condition Assessment of Aqueduct Pipelines Using Multiple Inspection Technologies |
| Mathew Francis¸ PE | URS Corporation | Mr Francis has 18yrs experience in geotechnical and trenchless infrastructure design and construction¸ with expertise in HDD¸ ground treatments¸ geohazards and risk evaluations. He is currently chair of the ASCE Committee on Critical Infrastructure developing resilience tools and hazard mitigations. | C-4-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Estimating Hammer Stresses for Pipe Ramming and HDD Assists |
| Randolph D. Fries¸ P.E. | Montgomery County Environmental Services | E-1-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | A Hydraulically Limited Interceptor 30-ft. Deep Under I-5 | |
| Mark Gahry | Bidigare Contractors Inc. | D-4-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Pipe Bursting and Pre-Chlorination: Cost Effectiveness on Large Scale Projects | |
| Steven Gallyer | Pacific Boring | B-2-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Guided Boring and the Lafayette/Pleasant Hill Road Trunk Sewer | |
| Chris Garrett | PICA Corp. USA | Chris Garrett is the General Manager for PICA’s USA operations. He is trained as a field technician and data analyst. Currently¸ he looks after business development in the U.S. market. | A-6-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | NDE Techniques for Water and Wastewater Pipe Condition Assessment |
| Maria Gierczak | Kielce University of Technology | D-3-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Buckling of Plastic Pipes and Pipeline Rehabilitation Liners on Chosen Examples | |
| Michael Gipsov¸ PE | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission | Mr. Michael Gipsov¸ PE¸ Principal Structural Engineer of Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). He is in charge of the large diameter PCCP rehabilitation | E-3-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:45 PM | QA/QC Procedures for Structural Rehabilitation of PCCP with CFRP Composites |
| Prof. Dr. Ulrich Glombitza | OSSCAD GmbH & Co. KG | He received the Dr.-Ing. degree in electrical engineering in 1993 From 1994-2005 he worked as R&D manager in a leading world wide operating company in the field of optical fiber & optical sensor technology. In 2007 he established OSSCAD with development & sales of Raman temperature sensor technology. | C-6-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Fiberoptic Cure Verification (FCV) Ensures Quality, Longevity of CIPP Liner Installations |
| Jennifer Glynn¸ P.E. | RMC Water and Environment | B-4-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | High Temperature Aeration Piping – How Can I Rehabilitate It? | |
| Shrirang Golhar | Espey Consultants | C-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Rehab of a Stormwater Culvert Through Contaminated Soil and Groundwater | |
| Don Gonzales | Northwest Boring | C-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Microtunneling through Abrasive Soil with Hard Cobbles and Boulders – Construction of the Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Replacement | |
| Ben Goodall | Inland Pipe Rehab | IPR provides a comprehensive portfolio of trenchless rehabilitation services and technologies to repair and maintain critical water¸ wastewater and industrial pipe infrastructure nationally. | D-4-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Large Diameter Pipe Bursting Case Study – City of Dallas¸ Texas |
| Alan Goodman | HammerHead Trenchless Equipment | Alan Goodman has more than ten years of experience in underground and trenchless construction. He works with municipalities¸ engineering firms¸ and contractors providing training¸ tech support and pre-project planning installations for ramming¸ bursting and other trenchless projects. | D-4-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Pipe Bursting and Pre-Chlorination: Cost Effectiveness on Large Scale Projects |
| Walter Graf | Water Environment Research Foundation | C-6-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Interactive Web Portal for Supporting Decision Making Related to Technical¸ Financial and Legal Issues | |
| Jeffrey Graham | Hydromax USA | E-4-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Creating High Confidence – Essential Elements for Cross Bore Elimination Projects | |
| Jeffrey Griffiths | Hydromax USA | Jeff brings over 15 years of experience in engineering¸ marketing and business development¸ primarily in water-related services within multiple industries. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from The College of William and Mary. | B-5-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Are Sewer Lateral Inspections Cost-effective? |
| Ahmad Habibian, Ph.D., P.E. | Black & Veatch Corporation | D-4-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pipe Bursting and Sliplining Reach New Levels of Production in the City of Oxnard¸ California, Through New Innovative Design, Planning, Equipment and Construction Methods | |
| Steve Hallock | City of St. Pete Beach¸ FL | E-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Holistic Approach to Condition Assessment of Two Florida Coastal Communities Force Mains – A Case Study | |
| Dan Hammer | Mukilteo Water and Wastewater District | A-1-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Directional Drilling in Mukilteo – Lessons Learned from an HDD with 330-ft. of Elevation Difference | |
| Richard Hanford¸ GE | SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists¸ Inc. | Mr. Hanford is a registered civil and geotechnical engineer who has been practicing throughout the United States for the past 30+ years. | C-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Risk Mitigation Strategies for Directional Drilling Projects |
| Keith Hanks | City of Los Angeles | Assistant Division Engineer¸ Wastewater Conveyance Engineering Division. | D-3-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | 1 Million ft. of Trenchless in Los Angeles |
| Jamie Hannam | Halifax Water | F-6-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Northwest Arm Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation – Case Study | |
| Adrian Hansen | Golder Associates | C-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Vancouver City Central Transmission Project – Horizontal Directional Drilling and Supply and Installation of High Density Polyethylene Duct | |
| Jim Hansen¸ P.E. | Brown and Caldwell | Jim Hansen has over 27 years of engineering experience in the planning¸ design¸ operations and maintenance (O&M)¸ and general management of municipal sanitary and stormwater infrastructure facilities and programs. He himself is a "Beaver"¸ being a graduate of Oregon State University. | F-6-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | CIPP Rehab of Sewers in the Beaver State – Design¸ Construction and Lessons Learned |
| Paul Hanson | Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association DIPRA | A-1-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Pittsfield Township Watermain Rehabilitation and Replacement Case Study | |
| Glenn Harrah | Terracon¸ Inc. | F-2-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Dugway East Interceptor Relief Sewer Hand Tunnel Crossing Installation | |
| Mark Havekost | Jacobs Associates | C-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Microtunneling through Abrasive Soil with Hard Cobbles and Boulders – Construction of the Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Replacement | |
| Clay Haynes | Black & Veatch Corporation | Mr. Haynes is a professional engineer at Black and Veatch with over 20 years of planning¸ design¸ inspection¸ and construction management experience for tunneling projects. | E-2-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Tapping the Mighty Missouri Using Trenchless Methods |
| Paul Headland | Black & Veatch Corporation | Mr. Headland is a Tunnel Practice Section Leader at the Black & Veatch.. His area of expertise is engineering geology including rock and soil mechanics¸ geology¸ and general geotechnical engineering. He has experience in all types of large and small diameter tunnel construction including trenchless | C-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | City of East Chicago Raw Water Pipeline – Microtunneling in Clean Sands Beneath the Water Table |
| E-4-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Paying Small Trenchless Projects Their Dues – A Discussion on Risk Reduction Strategies for Small Trenchless Projects | |||
| Arne Hedeen | Hedeen & Caditz¸ PLLC | Arne Hedeen is a member with the law firm of Hedeen & Caditz¸ PLLC. His practice focuses on construction and government contract law and general civil litigation. | E-4-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:45 PM | Construction Failure Case Study: Trenchless Sewer Line Replacement Project Grade Failure |
| Jeffrey C. Heden¸ PE | J. C. Heden and Assocaites¸ Inc. | Mr. Heden is the president and founder of J. C. Heden and Associates¸ a San Diego-based engineering design firm specializing in water and wastewater conveyance projects. He focuses on pipeline and pump station design. Mr. Heden attended the Univ.of Utah and Colorado State Univ. and is a Calif PE. | B-4-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Line Q3 Pipeline – Slipline Rehabilitation |
| Thomas Hennings | Jacobs Associates | Associate with Jacobs Associates since 2007 and Structural Engineer with more than 20 years of experience; received his BSCE from Rutgers University School of Engineering in 1989¸ and MSCE from Purdue University College of Engineering in 1990; he is currently licensed in 12 States | E-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Condition Assessment of Conveyance Tunnels – Effective Approaches to Managing Reliability |
| Terry Henry | Insituform Technologies¸ Inc. | Terry Henry¸ Business Development Manager¸ has been with Insituform for 12 years helping communities rehabilitate their underground infrastructure. | B-3-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Malibu Force Main Rehabilitation |
| Thomas Hessler¸ P.E.¸ P.S. | DLZ Ohio¸ Inc. | Mr. Hessler has over 21 years of experience in public works engineering and construction administration of major sanitary sewer projects. Mr. Hessler served as the Design Project Manager & Field Representative for DLZ Ohio¸ Inc. on the Dugway East Interceptor Relief Sewer Project. | F-2-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Dugway East Interceptor Relief Sewer Hand Tunnel Crossing Installation |
| Dave Hofer | New Castle County | B-4-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Lateral Rehabilitation Options and Their Cost-benefit comparison – One Utility’s Perspective | |
| Dave Holcomb | TT Technologies¸ Inc. | We are a Jack & Bore/Directional Drilling and Tunneling business¸ servicing pipe and cable laying¸ and complex deep excavation contracts for the Telephone¸ Hydro¸ Water¸ Gas¸ Oil and Sanitation Sewage utilities. We are specialists in exacting line and grade bores. | C-4-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Failing 96-in. Diameter CMP Replaced Utilizing Pipe Ramming Technology |
| D-4-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Large Diameter Pipe Bursting Case Study – City of Dallas¸ Texas | |||
| Ryan Hook | Carollo Engineers | D-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Garrity Creek Emergency Construction Using HDD | |
| Neil A. Hoult | Queen’s University | A-4-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Assessment of Corroded Corrugated Steel Culverts Using Field Data | |
| Alan Howard | Brierley Associates¸ LLC | C-2-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Unconventional Subsurface Investigation Methods for Tunnel/Trenchless Projects | |
| Mike Hoye | Michels Directional Crossings | C-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Vancouver City Central Transmission Project – Horizontal Directional Drilling and Supply and Installation of High Density Polyethylene Duct | |
| Andreas Huettemann | Karl Weiss Technologies GmbH | Director of R&D and Quality at Karl Weiss Technologies GmbH of Berlin¸ Germany. Chairman of task group for technical rules of trenchless technology in Germany. Vice President of starline Trenchless Technology¸ LLC of Chicago¸ IL¸ involved in projects for NYGAS and GTI for development of CIP-lining. | F-6-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Rollercoaster in the Underground – Rehabilitation of 30-in. and 40-in. Sewer Pressure Pipelines Poses Special Challenges |
| Abhinav Huli | Haley& Aldrich | C-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | Accuracy and Predictability of Design Parameters in Horizontal Directional Drilling | |
| Steve Hunt | CH2M HILL | A-2-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Means and Methods of Construction – Whose Domain is it? | |
| Wayne Hunter | Espey Consultants | C-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Rehab of a Stormwater Culvert Through Contaminated Soil and Groundwater | |
| Paul D. Huston¸ PACP | Greeley and Hansen | E-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | Large Diameter Force Main Investigations – Two Level Approach | |
| Ray Hutchinson | MWH | Ray Hutchinson has over 44 years related experience with Engineering Consultants and Local/Central Government. This has included planning¸ design¸ and supervision of construction and project management of storm drainage¸ wastewater collection¸ including rehab¸ and wastewater treatment projects | C-3-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Sewer Rehabilitation in the City of Atlanta – Past¸ Present and Future |
| Ashikul Islam | Trenchless Technology Center (TTC)¸ Louisiana Tech | C-6-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Interactive Web Portal for Supporting Decision Making Related to Technical¸ Financial and Legal Issues | |
| Robert Item | City of Palo Alto | Robert Item has a BSAE from Cal Poly State University¸ San Luis Obispo¸ CA. Robert works for the City of Palo Alto in the Utilities Department. Robert is currently responsible for the implementation of the City’s cross bore investigation program. | A-4-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Investigating Cross Bores in the Wastewater Collection System |
| Robert Jacobsen¸ P.E. | Brown and Caldwell | Bob Jacobsen is a project engineer for Brown and Caldwell with 10 years of experience in water/wastewater treatment and conveyance-related projects. He received his undergraduate degree from Virginia Tech and his master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University¸ both in civil engineering. | F-5-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Flood Grouting Sanitary Sewers for Infiltration Control |
| Roland Johnson¸ CEG | SHN Consulting Engineers & Geologists¸ Inc. | C-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Risk Mitigation Strategies for Directional Drilling Projects | |
| Cliff Jones | Wachs Water Services | A-5-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Advances in Water Pipeline Condition Assessment | |
| Ian Jonkers | PipeWorks¸ Ltd. | C-1-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | The Birkdale ‘B’ Project: 3,420 lf of At-grade HDD in New Zealand | |
| Jim Kabat | Michels Tunneling | C-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | City of East Chicago Raw Water Pipeline – Microtunneling in Clean Sands Beneath the Water Table | |
| Dave Kaiser¸ P.E. | Northshore Utility District | A-2-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Redesigning for Success – A Challenging Sewer Installation in Kirkland¸ Washington | |
| Ed Kampbell | Jason Consultants | A technical consultant to the trenchless pipeline rehabilitation industry. Condition assessment of the existing host-pipe soil structure interaction system is a perquisite of this work and he has developed an expertise with existing and emerging condition assessment tools/technologies. | C-5-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | Using the State-of-the-art Pipeline Condition Assessment Tools to Proper Advantage |
| Robert P. Kelly | City of Westlake¸ Ohio | Mr. Kelly is the Director of Engineering for the City of Westlake for the past 12 years. He manages the engineering program which manages all engineering and construction projects in the City. They have been conducting I/I removal and are using the latest technologies. | C-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Lessons Learned During Sewer Rehabilitation on Public and Private Property |
| Tim Kennedy | STRUCTURAL | F-4-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Pipeline Repair Technologies, Current and Future | |
| John Kennedy¸ P.E. | Clean Water Services | F-6-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | CIPP Rehab of Sewers in the Beaver State – Design¸ Construction and Lessons Learned | |
| Kristina Kiest | LMK Technologies | Kristina Kiest¸ Marketing Manager at LMK Technologies | B-3-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Hydrophilic Gasket Sealing Technology – A Solution to Deficiencies in Cured-in-place Pipe Lining |
| Richard Kirby | Hillsborough County Public Utilities | C-4-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Hillsborough County Florida Utilizes Varied Trenchless Methods with Success | |
| Robert D. Klavoon, P.E., | Wendel | Mr. Klavoon’s primary focus is in the design and project management of large infrastructure improvement projects. He has worked extensively with the Niagara County Water District and municipalities in the WNY area on a variety of water distribution and wastewater collection projects. | F-1-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Water HDD Methodology Applied to New Waterline Under Historic Erie Canal |
| Fritz J. Klingler¸ P.E. | NTH Consultants¸ Ltd. | C-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Pipeline Inspection and Locating | |
| Joel Komarek | City of Lake Oswego | Joel Komarek served as the Project Director for the Lake Oswego Interceptor Sewer Project. His prior experience includes serving as the City of Lake Oswego City Engineer and working at a private engineering firm. He earned a BS degree in Civil Engineering from Portland State University. | A-4-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | An Innovative Alternative – Buoyant Interceptor in a Lake |
| John R. Kosnak¸ P.E. | Senior Project Engineer | C-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Pipeline Inspection and Locating | |
| Harry Krinas | City of Hamilton | C-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Direct Benefits of Undertaking Multi-sensor Inspections for Large Diameter Sewers | |
| Dave Krywiak | Stantec Consulting Ltd. | A-5-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | St. Albert CCTV Inspection and Sewer Rehabilitation Program | |
| Dave Krywiak | Stantec Consulting Ltd. | Dave Krywiak is a professional engineer with 35 years experience in consulting. During his career he has been involved in over 40 projects with the trenchless components, including tunnels, microtunnels, HDD and CIPP projects. He is a strong supporter of NASTT at both the chapter and national levels. | C-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | North LRT Expansion at MacEwan – 72 kV Cable Relocation Project |
| Andrew Kubek | City of Virginia Beach | E-5-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Sustainable Infrastructure Planning For Long-term Wastewater Force Main Programs | |
| Emilia Kuliczkowska | Kielce University of Technology | D-3-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Buckling of Plastic Pipes and Pipeline Rehabilitation Liners on Chosen Examples | |
| Andrzej Kuliczkowski | Kielce University of Technology | A professor at Kielce University of Technology in Poland and a Chairman of Polish Foundation for Trenchless Technology since 2005. An author of 280 publications¸ including 10 books. A chairman of no – dig conferences organized in Poland. For 10 years up to now a chairman of a consulting company. | D-3-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Buckling of Plastic Pipes and Pipeline Rehabilitation Liners on Chosen Examples |
| Jonathan Kunay | CDM | Mr. Jonathan Kunay has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati. He is a registered Professional Engineer and is LEED AP Certified | E-4-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | The Benefits of Post-construction Warranty Inspections for Long-term Sanitary Sewer Overflow Control Program Success |
| George E. Kurz¸ P.E.¸ DEE | Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon | For the past 25 years George has conducted rehabilitation for combined and separate sewers. He operated the Chattanooga CS system and designed improvements for the Nashville combined system. He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Tech University¸ and is a member of WEF and ASCE. | F-3-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | 96-in. Brick Nashville CSO Outfall Relined After Flood Damage |
| F-5-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Sewer Rehab Pays in Brentwood Tennessee | |||
| Mark Kwilinski | JRGO¸ LLC | Mr. Kwilinski is a professional engineer with extensive industry experience in pipeline infrastructure projects¸ particularly trenchless construction methods. | C-4-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Case Studies in Regulatory¸ Legal and Design Issues in Pipe Bursting |
| Brian Lakin | South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority | E-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Condition Assessment of Conveyance Tunnels – Effective Approaches to Managing Reliability | |
| Robert Lanzafame | GeoEngineers | Robert Lanzafame is a Staff Engineer at GeoEngineers Walnut Creek¸ California office. Robert has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from U.C. Berkeley and is currently working on an M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering at U.C. Berkeley. | B-2-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Guided Boring and the Lafayette/Pleasant Hill Road Trunk Sewer |
| Duane Larson¸ P.E. | Encina Wastewater Authority | B-4-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | High Temperature Aeration Piping – How Can I Rehabilitate It? | |
| Robert Lee¸ P.E. | Brown and Caldwell | A-3-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | CIPP for Structural Rehabilitation | |
| F-6-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | CIPP Rehab of Sewers in the Beaver State – Design¸ Construction and Lessons Learned | |||
| Brian T. Lee¸ PE | Rainbow Municipal Water District | B-4-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Line Q3 Pipeline – Slipline Rehabilitation | |
| Rod Lee | Pipetel Technologies Inc. | Rod Lee is General Manager of Pipetel Technologies. He previously held positions at InvoDane Engineering developing inspection tools for unpiggable pipelines since 2003. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University¸ a MS in the same discipline from UC Berkeley¸ and a MBA from Duke | B-5-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Robotic Inline Inspection of Unpiggable Natural Gas Pipeline with Explorer |
| Marc A. Lehmann¸ P.E. | CDM | Mr. Lehmann is a professional engineer in CDM’s Columbus Ohio office. Marc is PACP¸ MACP¸ and LACP certified¸ and has worked in the industry for almost 10 years focusing on collection system and inflow and infiltration studies. | C-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Separating the Forest from the Trees – The Use of GIS Decision Tool to Make Intelligent Asset Decisions |
| Pierre Levesque | Solutions Modex | Mr. Levesque holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (1986) and a MBA in Finance (1993). He is a CFA Charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst) since 1998. He has worked for 25 years in the fiels of IT and finance. He was employed by Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec for 10 years. | A-5-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Applying Risk Management and Financial Analysis to Asset Management Planning |
| Joseph Loiacono | Sanexen Environmental Services | E-3-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Trenchless Renewal of Watermains Beneficial to Both the Existing Watermain and the Asphalt Pavement | |
| Jason S. Lueke | Arizona State University | Jason Lueke is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University¸ member of the NASTT Board of Directors¸ and Chair of the WESTT Chapter. His research focus is underground infrastructure and trenchless construction methods. He was the inaugural recipient of the NASTT Trent Ralston Award in 2010. | F-1-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Comparison of Buried Pipe Behavior – Open-cut vs. Directional Drilling |
| F-2-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | Instrumentation and Monitoring of Pilot Tube Microtunneling Installations | |||
| Karl Lux | Village of Springville, Dept. of Public Works | F-1-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Triple Barrell Siphon Installed in Tight Quarters | |
| Tracy J. Lyman | Brierley Associates¸ LLC | Mr. Lyman is a Senior Consultant for Lyman Henn¸ a division of Brierley Associates¸ LLC. He holds a Master of Engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines and has over 35 years of experience in geology¸ geotechnical engineering and tunnel engineering for heavy civil infrastructure projects. | C-2-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Unconventional Subsurface Investigation Methods for Tunnel/Trenchless Projects |
| Craig Lyon | Pittsfield Charter Township | A-1-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Pittsfield Township Watermain Rehabilitation and Replacement Case Study | |
| Edmund Lyons | Mladen Buntich Construction Co.¸ Inc. | Edmund Lyons has been an engineer for Mladen Buntich Construction Co.¸ Inc. for over six years¸ specializing in heavy underground construction. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from Syracuse University in 2002¸ and began his career with LA County Department of Public Works. | B-3-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Malibu Force Main Rehabilitation |
| Chris Macey, P.Eng. | AECOM | Chris Macey, P. Eng. is the North American Practice Leader for AECOM in North America for Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Underground Infrastructure. With over 30 years of experience Chris has considerable expertise in material failure assessment for pipelines in both gravity and pressure service. He has extensive knowledge of pipeline materials, pipe/soil interaction, pipeline deterioration processes, and material limit states. Chris graduated from University of Manitoba in 1977 and has been working with AECOM since 1978. | A-3-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | 34 Years of Quality Assurance Testing for CIPP in Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Van Thien Mai | Queen’s University | Graduate student¸ Department of Civil Engineering¸ studying deteriorated metal culverts using thickness measurements and large scale laboratory testing; he received his BEng from Ryerson University in Toronto | A-4-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Assessment of Corroded Corrugated Steel Culverts Using Field Data |
| Arbind Mainali | Design & Construction¸ City of Edmonton | D-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Lining of a 2.4-m ID Inverted Syphon Tunnel for Zero Leakage | |
| George C. Mallakis | TT Technologies¸ Inc. | D-4-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pipe Bursting and Sliplining Reach New Levels of Production in the City of Oxnard¸ California, Through New Innovative Design, Planning, Equipment and Construction Methods | |
| Charles Manning | Espey Consultants | C-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Rehab of a Stormwater Culvert Through Contaminated Soil and Groundwater | |
| Fern Marcuccio | City of Ottawa | A-5-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Condition Assessment and Management of Critical Watermains in the City of Ottawa | |
| Bradley Marin | Conestoga-Rovers & Associates | Glenn is a Principal Project Manager for Hatch Mott MacDonald. Glenn obtained his bachelors¸ masters and doctorate degrees from the University of Waterloo and is a registered professional engineer in the States of Washington¸ Oregon¸ Kentucky and Ohio and the Provinces of Ontario and Alberta. | B-1-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Practical Applications of Hydraulic Fracturing Evaluation in HDD Design |
| John Marshall | J.W. Marshall & Associates Inc. | Mr. John Marshall has over thirty years of experience in of all aspects of pipeline infrastructure investigation¸ analysis¸ management and design. Mr. Marshall established J.W. Marshall Associates Inc. in 1999. The company specializes in pipeline condition analysis and investigation | A-5-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Lesson Learned About External Corrosion That Lead to an Outfall Sewer Collapse |
| Jeff Martin | Henniker Directional Drilling | A-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Franklin Falls – The Toughest Trenchless Crossing in New Hampshire | |
| David Mathy | GeoEngineers | Dave Mathy is Principal Engineer at GeoEngineers Walnut Creek¸ California office. Dave has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly¸ Pomona and an M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering from U.C. Berkeley and is a registered Civil and Geotechnical Engineer in the state of California. | B-2-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Guided Boring and the Lafayette/Pleasant Hill Road Trunk Sewer |
| John Matthews | Battelle Memorial Institute | John is a Research Scientist at the Battelle Memorial Institute based in Columbus¸ OH in their Environmental Restoration and Infrastructure group¸ which supports clients in evaluating and implementing technologies for water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure rehabilitation. | A-4-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Review of QA/QC Procedures Associated with Rehabilitation of Large Diameter Interceptors |
| C-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Rehab of a Stormwater Culvert Through Contaminated Soil and Groundwater | |||
| F-4-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Evaluation of the Carbon Footprint of Innovative Watermain Rehabilitation Technologies vs. Open-cut | |||
| Greg McCorkhill | GHD Consulting Engineers¸ LLC | F-1-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Triple Barrell Siphon Installed in Tight Quarters | |
| Don McCullers | Cardno TBE | E-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Holistic Approach to Condition Assessment of Two Florida Coastal Communities Force Mains – A Case Study | |
| Shelley McDonald | City of Ottawa | A-5-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Condition Assessment and Management of Critical Watermains in the City of Ottawa | |
| James McKelvey | Black & Veatch Corporation | E-4-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Paying Small Trenchless Projects Their Dues – A Discussion on Risk Reduction Strategies for Small Trenchless Projects | |
| Adam McKnight | Weber Basin Water Conservancy District | C-5-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Risk-based Condition Assessment of Aqueduct Pipelines Using Multiple Inspection Technologies | |
| Michael McMahon, P.E. | Oakland County Water Resources Commissioners Office | C-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Pipeline Inspection and Locating | |
| Ashan McNealy | Pure Technologies Ltd. | Ashan McNealy is a Project Manager for Pure Technologies. After serving 5 years in the military as an engineer officer¸ Ashan joined Pure where he has spent the last 2 years doing inspection¸ monitoring and condition assessment of water and wastewater mains. | D-5-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Implementing Inertial Navigation Technologies |
| Troy McNeil | BSEI Municipal Engineers | B-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Planning, Extensive Monitoring and Good Communication Solves Public Noise Concerns on Two Large HDD Crossings in Sundre, Alberta | |
| Colin Meldrum¸ P.Eng. | Metro Vancouver | Colin is a Senior Project Engineer¸ responsible for the planning¸ design and construction of large diameter sewers and watermains in Metro Vancouver. He has 20 years of engineering experience in municipal infrastructure. | E-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Jervis Forcemain Tunnel – A Case Study in Urban Tunnelling |
| Margie Meredith | Avanti International | F-2-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Sealing Annular Space and Lateral Connections with Chemical Grouts | |
| Riazul Mia | City of Laredo | D-3-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | The installation of 42-in. Storm Sewer through Trenchless Technology in a Highly Urbanized Area for the City of Laredo. Why hand tunneling was the method of choice over the other trenchless methods evaluated? | |
| Nick Michels | Mears HDD | D-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Constructing Twin 24-in. Force Mains in a Highly Sensitive Environment Utilizing HDD | |
| John Milligan | Vermeer | D-2-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Unique Location and Ground Conditions Call for Innovative Approach to On-grade Boring | |
| Chris Milton | City of Brentwood | F-5-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Sewer Rehab Pays in Brentwood Tennessee | |
| Dorian Modjeski¸ PE¸ BCEE | Cardno TBE | Dorian is Director of water & wastewater engineering services at Cardno TBE. He is a professional engineer registered in15 states. He is experienced in the applications of trenchless technology for pipe design and construction including condition assessment and rehab of utility infrastructures. | E-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Holistic Approach to Condition Assessment of Two Florida Coastal Communities Force Mains – A Case Study |
| Rod Moeller¸ P.E. | CDM | Mr. Moeller is a professional engineer with over 20 years of experience developing GIS-based procedures and tools for wastewater collection system investigations¸ master planning¸ modeling¸ capital improvements planning¸ and rehabilitation planning. | C-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Separating the Forest from the Trees – The Use of GIS Decision Tool to Make Intelligent Asset Decisions |
| Richard Montemarano | LightStream, L.P. | B-3-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Measuring Quality Assurance/ Quality Control | |
| Gayle Moomaw¸ PACP | DC Water/Greeley and Hansen | Mr. Moomaw has over 34 years of experience in wastewater infrastructure management. Expertise includes sewer system investigations¸ developing remediation details¸ conveyance system and treatment plant operations and maintenance¸ sewer system rehabilitation designs and construction monitoring. | E-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | Large Diameter Force Main Investigations – Two Level Approach |
| Ian D. Moore | GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s – RMC | A-4-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Assessment of Corroded Corrugated Steel Culverts Using Field Data | |
| Bill Moore | AOC¸ LLC | BS in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering with a Masters in Engineering Management. 25 years of experience in resin development including 17 years working on resin and catalyst system development for a major Cured-In-Place-Pipe company. Member of NASTT and NASSCO’s CIPP committee. | B-3-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Non-styrene Options for Cured-in-Place Pipe |
| Wynn Morgan | Missouri American Water | E-2-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Tapping the Mighty Missouri Using Trenchless Methods | |
| Catherine Morley P.E. | RJN Group Inc | Ms. Morley has 30 years experience in the civil engineering field in the US and internationally¸ in the design and construction of sanitary sewer and water systems. Recently her focus has been on rehabilitation of existing systems with a particular emphasis on pipe bursting and directional drilling | D-2-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Unique Location and Ground Conditions Call for Innovative Approach to On-grade Boring |
| Tennyson M. Muindi¸ P.E. | Haley & Aldrich | A-1-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Installation of Three Parallel Electric Ductbanks beneath the Chelsea River Using Horizontal Directional Drilling in Boston/Chelsea¸ Massachusetts | |
| Drew Muirhead | Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon | F-5-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Sewer Rehab Pays in Brentwood Tennessee | |
| Nicole Murphy¸ P.E. | Kennedy/Jenks Consultants | Nicole Murphy¸ P.E. is a project manager at Kennedy/Jenks Consultants where she provides project management¸ design and construction support services for water & wastewater pipeline projects. Nicole serves as design consultant project manager for City of San Diego USIU-Miramar Trunk Sewer project. | A-2-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Microtunneling Gives Way to Auger Boring on Challenging Drive |
| James P. Murphy | Complete Crossings Inc. | Jim has a master’s degree in geotechnical engineering. He is a consulting engineer and has over 35 years of engineering experience in Canada¸ the United States and South America. Jim is currently a senior pipeline engineer and trenchless specialist with Complete Crossings Inc. in Calgary¸ Alberta. | B-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Planning, Extensive Monitoring and Good Communication Solves Public Noise Concerns on Two Large HDD Crossings in Sundre, Alberta |
| Jim Murphy | City of Treasure Island¸ FL | E-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Holistic Approach to Condition Assessment of Two Florida Coastal Communities Force Mains – A Case Study | |
| Redgenald Musana¸ P.Eng. | Metro Vancouver | E-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Jervis Forcemain Tunnel – A Case Study in Urban Tunnelling | |
| Verya Nasri | AECOM | D-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling within Variable Ground Conditions in Cleveland, Ohio | |
| Mike Near | Liquiforce Services | F-3-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | CIPP Lateral Rehabilitation – Business as Unusual | |
| Vanessa Nedrick¸ P.E.¸ MSEM | Remington¸ Venick & Beach | F-5-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | Ways of Reducing I&I During Hard Economic Times | |
| Boriszlav Neducza | SewerVUE Technology Corp. | He received an MS in geophysics from University of Miskolc¸ Hungary in 1991. He joined Eatvas Lor¡nd Geophysical Institute¸ Hungary in 1991. He joined Terraprobe Corp.¸ Canada in 2009 and he has been working as chief developer at SewerVUE Tech. Corp. since 2010. His main activity is R&D in NDT. | D-5-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Combined Application of Pipe Penetrating Radar and LIDAR for Large Diameter Pipe Inspection |
| Patty Nelson¸ P.E. | City of Portland | A-3-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | CIPP for Structural Rehabilitation | |
| E-1-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | A Hydraulically Limited Interceptor 30-ft. Deep Under I-5 | |||
| Don Del Nero | CH2M HILL | A-2-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Means and Methods of Construction – Whose Domain is it? | |
| Stephen O’Connell | Black & Veatch Corporation | Mr. O’Connell is an engineering geologist for the Tunneling Group at Black & Veatch and his experience includes subsurface investigations¸ design¸ and construction management services for tunneling and trenchless construction projects throughout the country. | C-2-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | City of East Chicago Raw Water Pipeline – Microtunneling in Clean Sands Beneath the Water Table |
| E-4-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Paying Small Trenchless Projects Their Dues – A Discussion on Risk Reduction Strategies for Small Trenchless Projects | |||
| Henry Oheim | NSTAR Corporation | A-1-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Installation of Three Parallel Electric Ductbanks beneath the Chelsea River Using Horizontal Directional Drilling in Boston/Chelsea¸ Massachusetts | |
| Kevin O’Keefe | Fer-Pal Ltd | Kevin has spent 25 years in the automotive industry in managing positions of Operations & quality. He was a quality engineer and a Six sigma Black Belt. He has spent much of his carrier involved with the Continuous Improvent programs (ISO 9000¸ six sigma). | F-6-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | Quality Assurance and CIPP Lining |
| Mel Olson | Southeast Directional Drilling | C-4-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | Conductor Barrel Installation Makes Boston’s Logan Airport HDD Project a Success | |
| Matthew Olson | Bore Master Inc. | Matthew Olson is a Masters student in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University¸ and worked as a laborer/top man for Bore Master Inc. during the collection of data utilized in this research. | F-2-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | Instrumentation and Monitoring of Pilot Tube Microtunneling Installations |
| Mary Cate Opila | University of Delaware | This paper was developed as part of Mary Cate Opila’s PhD dissertation at the University of Delaware under the guidance of Professor Nii Attoh-Okine. | F-4-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | A New Approach in Pipe Structural Condition Scoring |
| Peter Oram | AECOM | E-5-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Sustainable Infrastructure Planning For Long-term Wastewater Force Main Programs | |
| Collins Orton | TT Technologies¸ Inc. | Southeast Directional Drilling is a leading horizontal directional drilling company with many years of experience handling the most challenging projects all over the world. No drilling company has the experience¸ professionalism¸ or impressive history that distinguishes S.E. Directional Drilling. | C-4-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | Conductor Barrel Installation Makes Boston’s Logan Airport HDD Project a Success |
| Manley Osbak | The Crossing Company | Manley Osbak is Vice President¸ Engineering & Estimating for The Crossing Company Incorporated. He entered the HDD industry in 1996 as a directional driller¸ and joined The Crossing Company in 1997. He has served as technical lead for the company since 2000. | A-1-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Improving the Standard of Mud Management |
| E-4-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Investigation of Horizontal Directional Drilling Construction Risks | |||
| David O’Sullivan | PW Trenchless Construction Inc. | C-6-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Carbon Reduction and the Trenchless Industry | |
| Christa Overby | City of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services | C-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Microtunneling through Abrasive Soil with Hard Cobbles and Boulders – Construction of the Santa Ana River Interceptor (SARI) Replacement | |
| Pete Oveson | Brown and Caldwell | Pete Oveson was a member of the engineering team and acted as the lead engineer during the construction phase of the project. His experience includes engineering and construction of water and wastewater projects. He earned BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Utah State University. | A-4-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | An Innovative Alternative – Buoyant Interceptor in a Lake |
| Brian Page | Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District | D-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling within Variable Ground Conditions in Cleveland, Ohio | |
| F-2-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Dugway East Interceptor Relief Sewer Hand Tunnel Crossing Installation | |||
| Jonathan Pearce | City of Waterloo | Jonathan has been with the City of Waterloo for 26 years¸ working as an inspector and special projects manager. He primarily works on trenchless projects and also serves on the Board of Directors of CATT at the University of Waterloo. | F-3-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | CIPP Lateral Rehabilitation – Business as Unusual |
| Matt Pease | Staheli Trenchless Consultants | Matthew Pease¸ PE¸ is a Principal Engineer with STC who specializes in design and construction management of projects with trenchless components. | A-1-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Directional Drilling in Mukilteo – Lessons Learned from an HDD with 330-ft. of Elevation Difference |
| A-2-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Redesigning for Success – A Challenging Sewer Installation in Kirkland¸ Washington | |||
| D-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Tulalip Tribe and City of Everett Bring Regional Water to the Pacific Northwest with Massive HDD Project | |||
| George Pendleton | Kleinfelder/ SEA Consultants | B-5-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Are Sewer Lateral Inspections Cost-effective? | |
| Todd Perimon | Carollo Engineers | Todd Perimon is a project manager and civil engineer in Carollo Engineer’s Portland office. Over his 19 year career he has worked extensively in water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure. | D-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Constructing Twin 24-in. Force Mains in a Highly Sensitive Environment Utilizing HDD |
| Todd Perimon | AECOM | D-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Constructing Twin 24-in. Force Mains in a Highly Sensitive Environment Utilizing HDD | |
| James Pistilli, P.E. | Macomb County Publics Works Commissioners Office | C-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Pipeline Inspection and Locating | |
| Frank Policicchio | Design & Construction¸ City of Edmonton | D-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Lining of a 2.4-m ID Inverted Syphon Tunnel for Zero Leakage | |
| Anna polito | City of Dollard-Des-Ormeaux | E-3-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Trenchless Renewal of Watermains Beneficial to Both the Existing Watermain and the Asphalt Pavement | |
| Steve Pollack | Huxted Tunneling | C-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Chemical Grout – The Settlement Solution for Microtunneling | |
| Thomas Porzio | MWH Americas | Over 24 years design¸ operations and construction management experience focused primarily on CIPP rehab projects. The majority of this career was as a contractor¸ with the last 5 years as a consultant. Registered Engineer in Virginia and Maryland | F-6-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Are You Receiving the CIPP Thickness You’re Paying For? |
| Christopher Price | Staheli Trenchless Consultants | Christopher Price is a civil engineer with Staheli Trenchless Consultants. His focus is in HDD design and specialty construction inspection. | A-2-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Challenges and Success of Open Shield Pipe Jacking Construction in a Congested Neighborhood |
| Harry R. Price¸ P.E. | NTH Consultants¸ Ltd. | C-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Pipeline Inspection and Locating | |
| Tom Pullen | Brierley Associates¸ LLC | Tom is a trenchless engineer with Brierley Associates¸ and specializes in the design and construction management of horizontal directional drilling projects | A-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Franklin Falls – The Toughest Trenchless Crossing in New Hampshire |
| Jon Putnam | GHD Consulting Engineers¸ LLC | Mr. Putnam has 14 years experience in civil engineering including evaluation¸ engineering¸ and construction of water and sanitary systems; underground utility assessment and rehabilitation; various trenchless technologies; hydraulic modeling¸ construction engineering¸ and is NASSCO PACP Certified. | F-5-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Effective Inflow/Infiltration Reduction Utilizing Cured-In-place Pipe Lining |
| Ashley Quinn | W.L. Hailey | E-2-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Tapping the Mighty Missouri Using Trenchless Methods | |
| George Ragula | Distribution Technology Manager¸ Public Service El | E-1-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:30 PM | Winter Wonderland does Wonders to CIPP Renewal of a High Pressure Gas Main in New Jersey | |
| Saeed Rahjoo | University of Texas at Arlington | I am second year PhD student at civil engineering¸ Construction Management Department¸ University of Texas at Arlington. I have 10 years experience in designing different kinds of building and underground infrastructures. | C-6-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Trenchless Technology Applications for Culvert Installations |
| Michelle Ramos | GeoEngineers Inc | Michelle Ramos has 14 years of experience in geotechnical engineering¸ trenchless engineering¸ site investigation¸ project management and construction monitoring and inspection. | B-1-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Challenging HDD Watermains Up Steep Slopes |
| Brad Ream | Midwest Mole¸ Inc. | Brad is the Project Engineer on this project and has overseen the project from the very beginning. Brad has been an integral part of the success of this project. | B-2-04 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 5:00 PM | Shively Interceptor |
| Phil Regen¸ P.E. | Nashville Metro Water Services | F-3-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | 96-in. Brick Nashville CSO Outfall Relined After Flood Damage | |
| Greg Rice | Halifax Water | F-6-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Northwest Arm Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation – Case Study | |
| Dan Rites | City of St. Albert | A-5-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | St. Albert CCTV Inspection and Sewer Rehabilitation Program | |
| Jim Robinson | Jim Robinson Contracting | For over 45 years TT Technologies has been the worldwide leader in trenchless technology. TT Technologies complete line of trenchless equipment includes: piercing tools¸ pneumatic¸ static and lateral pipe bursting systems¸ pipe ramming tools¸ constant-tension winches¸ and directional drills. | C-4-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Failing 96-in. Diameter CMP Replaced Utilizing Pipe Ramming Technology |
| Michael Roeling | BKP Berolina Polyester GmbH & Co. KG | Since 1980 M. Roeling worked as a construction site manager¸ technical manager and CEO in different contracting companies for all kind of utilities¸ using all kinds of installation technologies but mostly no-dig methods. He has a degree (Dipl.-Ing.) in civil engineering. | C-3-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | A New UV Sensor Method for Sewer Renovation |
| David Rosenberg | Insituform Technologies¸ Inc. | E-3-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Using CIPP Lining and Cathodic Protection to Rehabilitate and Protect Water Lines | |
| Paul Ross | CDM | E-4-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | The Benefits of Post-construction Warranty Inspections for Long-term Sanitary Sewer Overflow Control Program Success | |
| Blake Rothfuss | Jacobs Associates | E-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 5:10 PM | Condition Assessment of Conveyance Tunnels – Effective Approaches to Managing Reliability | |
| Daniel Rydberg | City of Oxnard | D-4-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pipe Bursting and Sliplining Reach New Levels of Production in the City of Oxnard¸ California, Through New Innovative Design, Planning, Equipment and Construction Methods | |
| Rick Ryon | W.L. Hailey | Rick Ryon is the project superintendent for W.L. Hailey & Co. Inc¸ based in Nashville¸ Tennessee | E-2-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | Installation of Two Water Tunnels Through Limestone Using a 60-in. Diameter Hard Rock Shielded TBM |
| GURDIP SAINI | NYC Department of Design and Construction | I work as Assistant Commissioner of Infrastructure Design as head of In-House Design Bureau responsible for the design and bidding of sewer¸water main and highway projects throughout the City of New York. Most of the design work is done utilizing highly talented and experienced engineering staff. | C-2-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Microtunneling of Large Diameter Watermain in Hard Rock-Manhattan, City of New York |
| Piero Salvo, P.Eng., M.Eng. | GENIVAR | A-6-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | City of Leduc – Case Study Comparison between Conventional CCTV Sewer Inspection and 360 Degree Digital Pipe Scanning Technology | |
| F-6-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Northwest Arm Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation – Case Study | |||
| Barry Sarin | CDM Smith | D-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Multiple HDD Applications, Portland Airport Deicing Enhancement Project | |
| Timothy Schneller¸ P.E. | George Butler Associates¸ Inc. | Over the last 10 years¸ Tim Schneller has led the design of nearly 54 miles of interceptor sewer ranging in size from 8" to 60". Through these projects¸ Tim has managed the design of over 12¸000 feet of pipe installed via trenchless technologies with sizes up to 88" diameter tunnels. | E-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:45 PM | Tunneling Under the Overland Park Arboretum |
| Jeffrey M. Scholl¸ P.E. | J. D. Hair Associates | A-1-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Installation of Three Parallel Electric Ductbanks beneath the Chelsea River Using Horizontal Directional Drilling in Boston/Chelsea¸ Massachusetts | |
| John P. Schroeder¸ P.E.¸ BCEE | CDM | John Schroeder is CDM’s national conveyance market leader & trenchless tech¸ leader. He is a NASSCO PACP master trainer and on the NASSCO Board of Directors. With 20 yrs of experience¸ he provides technical leadership on numerous pipeline assessment and rehabilitation projects across the country. | A-6-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Identifying¸ Removing and Documenting Inflow/Infiltration Reduction |
| D-5-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | If Finding and Removing I/I Were Easy | |||
| Giovanni Scotto | Northeast Remsco | F-2-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Support of Tunneling with Chemical Grouting in New Jersey | |
| Ariamalar Selvakumar | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | F-4-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | Evaluation of the Carbon Footprint of Innovative Watermain Rehabilitation Technologies vs. Open-cut | |
| Michael Sharp¸ PE | URS Corporation | C-4-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Estimating Hammer Stresses for Pipe Ramming and HDD Assists | |
| Ad Shatat | Russell NDE | Dr. Shatat is in charge of R&D for Russell NDE and PICA Corp. USA. | A-6-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | NDE Techniques for Water and Wastewater Pipe Condition Assessment |
| James Shelton | Malcolm Pirnie | Jim Shelton is National Practice Leader for Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Buried Infrastructure in the US and as Global Knowledge Leader for Trenchless Technologies for the larger Arcadis organization. He has been New Castle County’s $350M Brandywine Hundred Sewer Rehab Program Manager | B-4-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Lateral Rehabilitation Options and Their Cost-benefit comparison – One Utility’s Perspective |
| F-3-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Cured-in-place Liner Defects – Three Studies of Installed Liner Performance Quality | |||
| Jim Shelton | Malcolm Pirnie | B-5-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Laser Profiling – A Case Study in Field Accuracy | |
| Jadranka Simicevic | Trenchless Technology Center/CH2M Hill | A-4-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Review of QA/QC Procedures Associated with Rehabilitation of Large Diameter Interceptors | |
| C-6-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:00 AM | Interactive Web Portal for Supporting Decision Making Related to Technical¸ Financial and Legal Issues | |||
| Sunil Sinha¸ PhD | Virginia Tech | E-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:45 PM | Water Pipeline Deterioration Prediction Utilizing a Markov Chain Methodology | |
| F-4-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Baseline Condition Data Collection for Pipes and Pipeliners | |||
| Gary Skipper¸ PE | Brown and Caldwell | B-5-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Hydraulic Analysis¸ Inspection and Condition Assessment of the City of San Diego PS65 Force Main | |
| Adam Slifko | RedZone Robotics | C-5-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Pipeline Inspection and Locating | |
| CDM Smith | CDM Smith | D-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Multiple HDD Applications, Portland Airport Deicing Enhancement Project | |
| Monika Smoczynski¸ PE | City of San Diego | Brown and Caldwell’s national Underground Infrastructure Management Community of Practice leader with 30 years of combined engineering¸ construction¸ flow monitoring¸ inspection¸ and condition assessment of water supply¸ wastewater collection¸ stormwater drainage¸ and industrial waste systems. | B-5-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | Hydraulic Analysis¸ Inspection and Condition Assessment of the City of San Diego PS65 Force Main |
| James J.Smolik | City of Westlake¸ Ohio | C-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Lessons Learned During Sewer Rehabilitation on Public and Private Property | |
| Ron Snoddon | City of Calgary Water Services | Supervisor for City of Calgary Water Service with 32 years field experience installing and repairing water and sewer systems. | F-3-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Trenchless Sewer Lateral Rehabilitation Pilot Project in Calgary, Alberta |
| Nate Soule | Brierley Associates¸ LLC | C-2-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Unconventional Subsurface Investigation Methods for Tunnel/Trenchless Projects | |
| Kimberlie Staheli | Staheli Trenchless Consultants | Kim Staheli is a trenchless technology specialist with an 18-year background including both consulting engineering and engineering for construction contractors. She is the President and Principal Engineer of Staheli Trenchless Consultants. | D-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Constructing Twin 24-in. Force Mains in a Highly Sensitive Environment Utilizing HDD |
| D-1-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Tulalip Tribe and City of Everett Bring Regional Water to the Pacific Northwest with Massive HDD Project | |||
| Andy Stanton | Black & Veatch Corp. | D-4-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pipe Bursting and Sliplining Reach New Levels of Production in the City of Oxnard¸ California, Through New Innovative Design, Planning, Equipment and Construction Methods | |
| Jennifer Steffens¸ PE | Pure Technologies¸ Ltd. | Pure Technologies is a world leader in the development and application of innovative non-destructive technologies for inspection¸ monitoring and management of critical infrastructure including water and wastewater force mains. Pure provides specialized engineering services for condition assessment. | A-6-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Methods for Non-destructive Evaluation of Force Main Condition and the Associated Cost Benefits |
| Glynda Steiner | Seattle Public Utilities | A-2-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Challenges and Success of Open Shield Pipe Jacking Construction in a Congested Neighborhood | |
| Nick H. Strater, P.G. | Brierley Associates¸ LLC | Nick has over 16 years of engineering geology and geotechnical experience¸ and has served as senior engineering geologist and project manager for a large variety of projects. Specialties include rock and soil tunnels¸ directional drilling¸ rock slope design and remediation¸ and forensic geology. | A-1-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Franklin Falls – The Toughest Trenchless Crossing in New Hampshire |
| B-2-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Challenges and Lessons Learned of Pilot Tube Guided Auger Boring Utility Crossings of the Little River | |||
| Troy Stokes | Akkerman Inc. | B-2-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Extensive Small Diameter Pipe Jacking with Concurrent Methods Under the I-15 Core in Provo¸ Utah | |
| John J. Struzziery¸ P.E. | Kleinfelder/S E A | John has over 37 years experience in the planning¸ design and construction of heavy/civil infrastructure projects and has been active in the trenchless industry for over 30 years. John is the program manager for a $300M sewer separation and stormwater management project in Cambridge¸ MA. | B-2-02 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:10 PM | Challenges and Lessons Learned of Pilot Tube Guided Auger Boring Utility Crossings of the Little River |
| Eric Sullivan | RapidView-IBAK North America | An experienced operator and sales representative in the pipeline inspection industry¸ Eric develops the market for RapidView’s unique technologies in the Western US & Canada. Active in the industry¸ Eric holds a PACP/ LACP/MACP certification & has written for many industry periodicals. | D-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Manhole Inspection: Way Beyond Surface Level |
| Curtis Tanner¸ PE | URS Corporation | C-4-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Estimating Hammer Stresses for Pipe Ramming and HDD Assists | |
| Dornelle Thomas | CDM | Ms. Thomas serves as a project engineer with CDM on various water and wastewater related projects. Her project experience includes water quality evaluations at wastewater treatment plants¸ hydraulic evaluations and calculations¸ I/I studies¸ sewer assessment and pipeline rehabilitation. | A-6-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Identifying¸ Removing and Documenting Inflow/Infiltration Reduction |
| Jay Thomas | STRUCTURAL | F-4-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Pipeline Repair Technologies, Current and Future | |
| John Thompson | LiquiForce | A-1-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Pittsfield Township Watermain Rehabilitation and Replacement Case Study | |
| Fred Tingberg | Lanzo Lining Services | Principle and chief spokesperson at Lanzo Lining Services an independent Installer of CIPP since 1993. Lanzo has installed over 7¸000¸000 lf of CIPP throughout the United States and Canada | E-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | A Sure Bet at Greektown Casino |
| John Paul Travis | Malcolm Pirnie | John Paul Travis has been with Malcolm Pirnie’s Buried Infrastructure Management group for nine years. He has worked on many buried infrastructure projects for various municipalities nationwide. His work has ranged from rehabilitation design to SSES associated field activities. | B-5-03 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 4:35 PM | Laser Profiling – A Case Study in Field Accuracy |
| Jeff Twardzik | Philadelphia Water Department | Jeff has 17 years experience with the Philadelphia Water Department and has designed and managed projects using trenchless techniques for 13+ years. | E-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Caught Between a Bridge and a River |
| Michael Tyrrell | TRC | A-1-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Installation of Three Parallel Electric Ductbanks beneath the Chelsea River Using Horizontal Directional Drilling in Boston/Chelsea¸ Massachusetts | |
| Craig Vandaelle | Michels Canada Co. | Craig Vandaelle is a Project Manager with Michels Canada and is currently running an HDD project in Vancouver¸ BC. Craig has been with Michels since 2008 and in that time has managed a number of tunnelling and HDD projects on the West Coast. | C-1-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Vancouver City Central Transmission Project – Horizontal Directional Drilling and Supply and Installation of High Density Polyethylene Duct |
| F-1-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | Thermal Grouting of BC Hydro’s VCCT Project | |||
| Andrew S. Vane¸ PE | Hazen and Sawyer¸ PC | Mr. Vane is a senior principal engineer in Hazen and Sawyer’s Charlotte office specializing in utility line design and construction administration for projects throughout the Carolinas. In his spare time¸ he and his wife homeschool their 4 children. | A-2-02 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:55 AM | Charlotte’s Paw Creek Force Main Project |
| Michael Vargo | Prime Resins¸ Inc | Michael resides in Atlanta¸ GA . For over 20 years Michael has enjoyed the challenge of helping Owners¸ Engineers¸ and Contractors design a variety of solutions for stabilizing soils¸ stopping leaks¸ and protecting structures around the world. | C-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Chemical Grout – The Settlement Solution for Microtunneling |
| Brandon Vatter | Nothern Kentucky Sanitation District No. 1 | F-2-02 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:25 AM | The Axis of New Trenchless Technology | |
| Travis Wagner¸ PE | Pure Technologies¸ Ltd. | Pure Technologies is a world leader in the development and application of innovative non-destructive technologies for inspection¸ monitoring and management of critical infrastructure including water and wastewater force mains. Pure provides specialized engineering services for condition assessment. | A-6-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | Methods for Non-destructive Evaluation of Force Main Condition and the Associated Cost Benefits |
| D-5-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Implementing Inertial Navigation Technologies | |||
| Erika Waite | City of Hamilton | C-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:25 AM | Direct Benefits of Undertaking Multi-sensor Inspections for Large Diameter Sewers | |
| Ed Walker¸ P.E. | Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon | F-3-05 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:40 AM | 96-in. Brick Nashville CSO Outfall Relined After Flood Damage | |
| Matthew Wallin | Bennett Trenchless Engineers | A-1-04 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:45 AM | Improving the Standard of Mud Management | |
| Matthew Wallin | Bennett Trenchless Engineers | Matthew Wallin is a Senior Project Engineer with Bennett Trenchless Engineers¸ and has over 9 years of experience in trenchless design and inspection. | B-1-01 | Monday, March 12 – PM Sessions | 3:45 PM | 50 Ft. of Peat – Design Challenges of Three HDD Crossings of the Sacramento River |
| Matt Wassam | SAK Construction¸ LLC | Matt Wassam is SAK’s Business Development Leader for the water markets. He has been in the pipeline rehabilitation industry for seven years and has been instrumental in some of the nation’s largest trenchless water rehabilitation projects. | E-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | Trenchless Rehabilitation of Pressure Pipelines |
| Tracy Weaver | Portland Utilities Construction Co.¸ LLC | Tracy Weaver has 15 years in the construction industry. She is in charge of safety for the company and all contract documents¸ procedures¸ submittals and billing. Ms. Weaver completed an Associates Degree from Western KY University and assisted in formation of TN Utility Contractors Association. | D-4-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Pipe Bursting Pressurized Waterlines – To Burst or Not to Burst |
| Damien Wetzel | Stantec | As a Stantec Associate¸ Damien is responsible for being the Client Manager on projects and assists project managers in directing technical teams. He currently serves as Township Engineer for Pittsfield Township¸ Ann Arbor Township¸ and Putnam Township. | A-1-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | Pittsfield Township Watermain Rehabilitation and Replacement Case Study |
| Rick Wheadon | Carollo Engineers | C-5-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:15 AM | Risk-based Condition Assessment of Aqueduct Pipelines Using Multiple Inspection Technologies | |
| L. Grant Whittle | Virginia Tech | Grant Whittle has been involved with the trenchless technology industry for more than 15 years. He served multiple terms on the Boards of NASSCO. He is currently pursuing a M.S. in Environmental Science and Engineering¸ pursuant to a PhD in Construction. | F-4-04 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 9:15 AM | Baseline Condition Data Collection for Pipes and Pipeliners |
| Dan Willems | City of Saskatoon | A-5-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | St. Albert CCTV Inspection and Sewer Rehabilitation Program | |
| Charles Wilson | Hazen and Sawyer | Mr. Wilson is an Associate with Hazen and Sawyer¸ working on various wet weather collection system projects including CSO management and sewershed studies and designs. He has a BS in Civil Engineering from UNH¸ and an MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Tufts University. | F-3-01 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:00 AM | Old Pipe/Renewed Pipe – How New Technology Enhances the Rehabilitation of a 140-Year-Old Sewer |
| Travis E. Wilson¸ PE | Littlejohn Engineering Associates¸ Inc | Travis graduated from Tennessee Technological University with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He has over 16 years of experience as a Project Manager and Project Engineer for sanitary sewer collection system projects. | F-5-03 | Wednesday, March 14 – AM Sessions | 8:50 AM | Flow Monitoring and I/I Reduction – Beyond Plain Vanilla |
| James Withers | JRGO¸ LLC | Mr. Withers is an engineering intern with a master’s degree in civil engineering and significant municipal engineering experience.. | C-4-05 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 9:40 AM | Case Studies in Regulatory¸ Legal and Design Issues in Pipe Bursting |
| Scott Woodbury | Clean Water Services | Scott Woodbury is a Project Manager and Civil Engineer with Clean Water Services Treatment Plant Services division. Scott oversees planning¸ design and construction of the District’s large pump stations and force mains. | D-1-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:10 AM | Constructing Twin 24-in. Force Mains in a Highly Sensitive Environment Utilizing HDD |
| Michael E. Woodcock | Portland Utilities Construction Co.¸ LLC | Michael Woodcock has 15 years experience in the construction industry. He has a Masters in Business Administration and a finance degree from Western KY University. Michael collaborated in developing Portland’s pipe bursting division into the 3rd most experienced in North America. | D-4-01 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:20 AM | Pipe Bursting Pressurized Waterlines – To Burst or Not to Burst |
| Todd Wyman | City of St. Albert | Todd Wyman is the Director of Engineering Services for the City of St. Albert. Under his leadership the City has taken on several challenging trenchless projects, including an annual program of inspecting, condition assessment and rehabilitation of the sanitary and storm sewer systems. | A-5-01 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 9:30 AM | St. Albert CCTV Inspection and Sewer Rehabilitation Program |
| Tao Xie | Bowling Green State University | C-6-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (1st Session) | 8:50 AM | Comparison of the Carbon Dioxide Emissions Between HDD and Open-cut in the Construction of One Mile Watermain and its Ancillary Structures | |
| Michael Zantingh | City of Hamilton | Mike has held the position of Infrastructure Programming Technologist for the City of Hamilton for the past five years. | E-3-03 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 4:20 PM | Structural Rehabilitation of Aging Pipes – Does It Really Prevent Failures? |
| Renni Zhao, Ph.D., P.E. | DCWATER | A-5-03 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 10:20 AM | Lesson Learned About External Corrosion That Lead to an Outfall Sewer Collapse | |
| E-5-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – PM Sessions | 3:55 PM | Large Diameter Force Main Investigations – Two Level Approach | |||
| Fangyi Zhou | S.M.A. Consulting Ltd. | D-2-04 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 11:35 AM | Pilot Tube Microtunneling in City of Edmonton – Challenges and Successes | |
| Junhao Zou | Design & Construction¸ City of Edmonton | Junhao Zou is a senior engineer with the Drainage Services of the City of Edmonton. He got his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University in China. Mr. Zou completed a Master of Science degree in Construction Engineering and Management at the University of Alberta. | D-3-02 | Tuesday, March 13 – AM Sessions (2nd Session) | 10:45 AM | Lining of a 2.4-m ID Inverted Syphon Tunnel for Zero Leakage |
| Kas Zurek | City of Winnipeg | A-3-05 | Monday, March 12 – AM Sessions | 11:10 AM | 34 Years of Quality Assurance Testing for CIPP in Winnipeg, Manitoba |
