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SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

(subject to change)

Saturday, July 23, 2011
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. REGISTRATION HOURS (Cascade Foyer South)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. PCCP Forum (The Plymouth Room, The Mayflower Park Hotel)
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Committee Meetings

Sunday, July 24, 2011
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION HOURS (Grand Foyer)
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Workshop - Sustainable Design of Buried Pipelines (Cascade C)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workshop - Penstocks (MOP 79) (Cascade II)
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Workshop - Microtunnelling Constructability (Cascade B)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workshop - Managing Pipeline Project Risk (Cascade A)
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. WELCOME RECEPTION IN EXHIBIT HALL (Grand Ballroom I & II)

Monday, July 25, 2011
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION HOURS (Grand Foyer)
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. PLENARY BREAKFAST & GUEST SPEAKER: FRED JARRETT, Deputy King County Executive (Grand Ballroom III)

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Morning Networking Break

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EXHIBIT HALL HOURS (Grand Ballroom I & II)

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSIONS
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. EXHIBIT HALL LUNCH
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Afternoon Networking Break

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Grand Ballroom I & II)

7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EXHIBIT HALL HOURS (Grand Ballroom I & II)

7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. REGISTRATION HOURS (Grand Foyer)
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Committee Meetings

7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Order of the Engineer Ceremony (Orcas)
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSIONS
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Morning Networking Break
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. AWARDS LUNCHEON & BECHTEL LECTURE: featuring GREG BENNICK (Grand Ballroom III)

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Afternoon Networking Break
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. EVENING AT THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT (Departures at 5:30 p.m.)

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (Grand Foyer)

7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. REGISTRATION HOURS (Grand Foyer)
7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Committee Meetings
8:00 a.m. - 10:45 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSIONS
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Morning Networking Break
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CLOSING SESSION & SPECIAL LECTURE (Grand Ballroom III)
1:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Golf Tournament at Newcastle
1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Technical Tour of Brightwater Tunnel

Pre-Conference Workshops

Saturday, July 23

Pre-Stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) Forum

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

The open morning session will discuss such topics as design, fabrication, installation, operation, and management of PCCP. The closed afternoon session will focus on owners' issues and solutions relating to the topic.

Sunday, July 24

Steel Penstocks (MOP 79)

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

This workshop will introduce recently completed revisions and updates to ASCE Manual of Practice (MOP) 79 Steel Penstocks. Speakers from the last committee will present the details of the update, review the topics covered in the manual, and discuss several design examples. The workshop will be very educational for those who are already familiar with steel penstocks, but especially beneficial for those with little experience.

Sustainable Design of Buried Pipelines

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

This workshop is based on the work completed to date by the committee on Sustainable Design of Pipelines, its initial findings, and future work identified.

Managing Pipeline Project Risk: Codes, Standards, Guidelines, Best Practices, and New Technologies

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

This workshop will expose the audience to some of the engineering codes, standards, guidelines, best practices, and new technologies that apply to these constraining factors and how their use assists in developing pipeline projects of all kinds. This workshop is applicable to planners, designers, constructors, owners, equipment vendors, legal counsel, and risk managers.

Microtunneling Constructability

8:00 am - 12:00 pm

This workshop will focus on constructability issues associated with installing pipelines using microtunneling - with the jacked pipe either serving as the pipeline or as a conduit for one or more smaller pipelines. Workshop attendees will learn about constructability issues for installing pipelines using microtunneling through the panelist presentations, panel discussions, and attendees' open mic conversations with the panel members.