Pipeline and Manhole Coating and Lining Systems
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
This workshop will offer tools to define the applicability, selection, use, inspection and performance of coating and lining systems used for the protection and renewal of concrete infrastructure in wastewater. Attendees will gain understanding of the various systems to produce selection criteria for use in product review and system qualification programs. Design, installation, inspection and maintenance guidelines will provide the basis for specifying and achieving performance expectations including substantiating service life predictions. The workshop will also take attendees through the failure analysis process, enabling them to better understand and prevent failure.
Speaker: Joanne Hughes
Plastic Pipe Design Concepts for Water Systems
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
AWWA just published the first ever PE design manual to assist municipal and consulting engineers in designing and installing PE water systems. The presenters are the co-authors of the manual. In addition to the manual, this workshop will address trenchless applications (HDD and Pipe Bursting) and will present the results of a study on long term performance. The participants will receive a complimentary copy of the AWWA M55 manual, PPI PE Handbook, PP presentations and lunch.
Speakers: C. Rubeiz, M. Boyle, S. Sandstrum, G. Groen, N. Conley, L. Petroff, J. Craig, T. Stiles, B. Adams, & R. Fuerst
Emerging Concepts for Design Pipelie Renewal Systems
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
There is a significant gap between the current state of knowledge and .the established design methods for pipe rehabilitation liners. A paper presented during the 1997 .“No .Dig” Conference titled “Pipeline Renewal-1997" (Schrock .and .Gumbel) questioned certain myths about pipeline rehabilitation. This led to the formation of the ASCE Task Committee evaluating the technologies. The .urrent
(2007) design methods given in the various ASTM installation practices were shown in 2001 (Gumbel, 2001 and McAlpine, 2001) to be inappropriate and new methods were proposed. Additional research has provided further support for change (Gumbel, 2003). It is time the industry came together to support these more rational design methods. Adoption of these design methods could lead to lower cost liners making trenchless rehabilitation even more cost effective.
Speakers: Jay Shrock, John Gumbel, & George McAlpine
(ASTM) – Standardizing Asset Management and Repair for Munipal Infrastructure
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
This workshop will have two components. First, it will provide a venue for the possible organization of a new standards development
activity on watershed infrastructure asset management. While the activity’s direction will be established by the industry (attendees), it is expected to focus on standards for the management of assets to support, primarily, underground water and wastewater utilities – inclusive of above ground components of these systems that provide operational support to them as appropriate. The issue of assigning a valuation model to underground assets (and their related appurtenances) has been an area of confusion in municipalities for years. No uniform model, as of yet, exists for a life cycle review of products and to account for incremental costs and benefits to the taxpayer and municipality over their useful life.
Secondly, the workshop will roll into the standards meetings of ASTM Committee F36 on Technology and Underground Utilities. It will focus on the areas of fiber installation in existing sewers, in the use of various techniques and grouts to clean and repair sewers pre and post installation, and in the coordinating efforts regarding acceptable waterline rehabilitation methods. ASTM standards are a powerful force in ensuring that emerging technologies and applications meet industry needs and protect the public for all stakeholders: governments, manufacturers, researchers, and service .providers.
Workshop Coordinator: Daniel A. Schultz
Design and Construction of Pipe Ramming Projects
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
This workshop will be presented by the task force members who prepared the ASCE Manual of Practice (MOP) for Pipe Ramming Projects. This MOP has been prepared to assist engineers, contractors
and owners who are using the pipe ramming method to design and execute pipe installation projects effectively, safely and in conformance with project requirements and site conditions. The main objective of this workshop is to give a clear understanding of the methods capabilities and limitations, to outline important design and construction considerations and to identify potential problems and prevention measures, thereby instilling confidence in the appropriate use of the method.
Workshop Coordinator: Dr. Mohammad Najafi, P.E.
