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Area of Practice: Lifting and material handling equipment, cranes (overhead, terrain, special), elevating platforms, conveyors. Off-road machinery, earth moving equipment, trench walls stability, drilling equipment. Construction equipment, concrete pouring and vibrating, precast concrete, prestressed concrete production, demolition. Steel structures fabrication, transportation, assembling and erecting, scaffolding. |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006
Sub Surface - Industry Experts Create Best Conference Yet!
8 Tracks and 51 sessions developed by industry experts Walt Kelly and Dr. David Bennett will give you the information to succeed! This year's conference tracks include:
Common Ground Alliance / One-Call Issues
The Common Ground Alliance and One-Call Issues track has the latest information on damage reports and the status of state laws. In addition, you can hear about the new 811 system for giving excavation notices and a favorite annual session on how the "one-call" process really works.
Engineering, Design & Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
Looking for the latest technical information and case studies on hot topics such as Ground Penetrating Radar and Subsurface Utility Engineering? You will find it in this set of sessions!
Excavation Issues
Today's excavator faces many challenges while simply digging a hole: from OSHA requirements to working with underground utility operators and occasionally dealing with damage claims. This track of sessions will give you some great tools for your business-survival toolbox.
Legal & Regulatory
This track will present the latest in federal and state regulatory initiatives plus practical information on the legal process that you will want to know prior to having to deal with damage claims. Numerous case studies and even a "sample" trial will keep these top-ranked sessions updated and interesting!
Locating & Marking
This track includes several new sessions on new topics this year. Hear about school curriculums for teaching damage prevention, new concepts in locating equipment, and some of the dangers locators face.
Mapping Solutions & Asset Management
A computer can handle huge amounts of information from many sources to give a lot of "Who, What, When" information. When you combine that with GPS technology's ability to tell you "Where," you have the answer to many underground challenges. This track contains several case studies with photos of products and technology currently in use.
Trenchless New Installations
As the urban underground becomes more and more crowded with utilities, the importance of accurately installing new utilities that avoid unexpected encounters with existing utilities becomes increasingly important. Not only must existing utilities be avoided, but sufficient clearance must be provided to avoid excessive settlements or heave that could damage the utilities. The new installations track focuses on prevention issues and applications of trenchless construction methods for pipelines and cables in urban congested areas.
Trenchless Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of existing pipelines offers an alternative and often less costly solution for renewing underground infrastructure without digging and replacing pipelines. Rehabilitation methods such as pipe bursting, cured-in-place rehabilitation, and slip lining allow the service lives of existing pipelines to be greatly extended with minimal disruption to the surface and existing infrastructure. Clearly, when a pipe can be renewed in the same location and alignment as the existing pipeline, the potential risks to adjacent utilities can be greatly reduced. Strikes can be almost eliminated, and potential settlement/heave damage can be substantially reduced with good design and construction practices. The rehabilitation track focuses on good rehabilitation practices.
www.damageprevention.com
Common Ground Alliance / One-Call Issues
The Common Ground Alliance and One-Call Issues track has the latest information on damage reports and the status of state laws. In addition, you can hear about the new 811 system for giving excavation notices and a favorite annual session on how the "one-call" process really works.
Engineering, Design & Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
Looking for the latest technical information and case studies on hot topics such as Ground Penetrating Radar and Subsurface Utility Engineering? You will find it in this set of sessions!
Excavation Issues
Today's excavator faces many challenges while simply digging a hole: from OSHA requirements to working with underground utility operators and occasionally dealing with damage claims. This track of sessions will give you some great tools for your business-survival toolbox.
Legal & Regulatory
This track will present the latest in federal and state regulatory initiatives plus practical information on the legal process that you will want to know prior to having to deal with damage claims. Numerous case studies and even a "sample" trial will keep these top-ranked sessions updated and interesting!
Locating & Marking
This track includes several new sessions on new topics this year. Hear about school curriculums for teaching damage prevention, new concepts in locating equipment, and some of the dangers locators face.
Mapping Solutions & Asset Management
A computer can handle huge amounts of information from many sources to give a lot of "Who, What, When" information. When you combine that with GPS technology's ability to tell you "Where," you have the answer to many underground challenges. This track contains several case studies with photos of products and technology currently in use.
Trenchless New Installations
As the urban underground becomes more and more crowded with utilities, the importance of accurately installing new utilities that avoid unexpected encounters with existing utilities becomes increasingly important. Not only must existing utilities be avoided, but sufficient clearance must be provided to avoid excessive settlements or heave that could damage the utilities. The new installations track focuses on prevention issues and applications of trenchless construction methods for pipelines and cables in urban congested areas.
Trenchless Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation of existing pipelines offers an alternative and often less costly solution for renewing underground infrastructure without digging and replacing pipelines. Rehabilitation methods such as pipe bursting, cured-in-place rehabilitation, and slip lining allow the service lives of existing pipelines to be greatly extended with minimal disruption to the surface and existing infrastructure. Clearly, when a pipe can be renewed in the same location and alignment as the existing pipeline, the potential risks to adjacent utilities can be greatly reduced. Strikes can be almost eliminated, and potential settlement/heave damage can be substantially reduced with good design and construction practices. The rehabilitation track focuses on good rehabilitation practices.
www.damageprevention.com
