Congratulations to EPCOR Water Services, Associated Engineering, and The City of Edmonton for winning the 2008 Alberta Trenchless Project of the Year!

NASTT-NW would like to encourage all of its Alberta members who are conducting interesting trenchless projects to consider applying for the 2009 Alberta Trenchless Project of the Year and to take the opportunity to provide presenations of their projects at local technical lunches, the annual conference, No-Dig, and other regional events to truly highlight Alberta’s leadership in trenchless technology. Please watch the website and your email inbox for notices regarding the 2009 Project of the Year.

Please join the North American Society for
Trenchless Technology – Northwest Chapter and the Tunneling Association of Canada in the promotion of trenchless technologies during the 2008 Alberta Trenchless Symposium to be held in Edmonton on November 13.

This is the 12th annual presentation of this highly successful event. This exciting event draws significant attendance from municipalities, private utilities, consultants, and contractors from across Alberta. 

November 12, 2008 - Short Course

November 13, 2008 - Technical Presentations & Tradeshow

Location: Mayfield Inn, Edmonton, Alberta

For more information, including registration, please click here to be redirected to the Alberta Trenchless Conference page of our website.

Conference Technical Presentation Program:

7:30 am Registration, Breakfast, & Trade Show
8:30 am Welcoming Address - Dan Willems, Conference Chair
8:40 am Keynote Address - Chris Brahler, NASTT Vice Chair
9:00 am Kanal Wankdorf-Aare Tunnel Project, Bern, Switzerland, A Case History - Walter Trisi, Lovat Inc.
9:30 am 3D Optical Scanning Camera Sewer Inspection System - Tom Dehod, City of Saskatoon
10:00 am Coffee Break & Trade Show
10:30 am Geotechnical Baseline Reports for Trenchless Projects - Heinrich Heinz & Paulo Branco, Thurber Engineering Ltd.
11:00 am 114 Street University of Alberta Deep Sewer Hand Tunnel - Jamie Goosney, Stantec Consulting Ltd.
11:30 am Lunch Break & Trade Show
1:00 pm Water Under the River: An EPCOR Water Services Transmission Main River Crossing - Binod Rajbhandari and Alan Miller – City of Edmonton - Design and Construction and Associated Engineering
1:30 pm Virginia Natural Gas Hampton Roads Crossing Pipeline HDD Installation - Ron Halderman, Mears Group, Inc.
2:00 pm Airdrie SmartBall Leak Detection - Jeff Kler, Pure Technologies
2:30 pm Coffee Break & Trade Show
3:00 pm Saskatoon CIPP Lining and Flow Bypass Case Study - Simon Angus, Michels Canada
3:30 pm Calgary 15 Street Sanitary Sewer Siphon Upgrade - Duane Strayer, Associated Engineering
4:00 pm Resthaven Pipeline Crossing - Jodie Cissell, Pembina Pipeline Corp.
4:30 pm Closing Remarks and Grand Prize Draw

In conjunction with the 2008 Alberta Trenchless Conference, the NASTT-NW Chapter is proud to be presenting a pre-conference short course. The short course for 2008 is NASTT’s New Installation Methods Good Practices Short Course.

The one-day short course addresses a number of trenchless methods commonly used to install new pipe and pipe casings. These methods include: auger boring, pipe ramming, pipe jacking and the pilot tube method. The key to any successful project is using the right construction method. The NASTT New Installation Methods Good Practices Seminar will help you to determine which method to use under various project conditions and requirements using examples and case studies to illustrate. The course is ideally suited for municipal engineers, utility personnel, designers, managers, owners and contractors who are involved in the construction, rehabilitating and managing of underground utilities. Click here for additional information from NASTT regarding the short course.

For more information about the conference, including registration, please click here to be redirected to the Alberta Trenchless Conference page of our website. Registration for the short course is not included with general registration for the 2008 Alberta Trenchless Conference.

Course Agenda:

NASTT Course instructors – Glenn Boyce, Ph.D., P.E., senior associate, and Craig Camp, senior trenchless engineer, both of whom are employed with Jacobs Associates in California.

8:00 am Check-in & Registration
8:30 am Opening Remarks & Introductions
8:45 am Chapter 1 – Introduction of Trenchless Methods for New Installations
9:15 am Chapter 2 – Importance of Understanding of Subsurface Conditions
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Chapter 3 – Site Set-up, Shafts, Pits and Portals
10:45 am Chapter 4 – Pilot Tube Method
11:45 am Lunch
12:45 pm Chapter 5 – Auger Boring
1:45 pm Chapter 6 – Pipe Ramming
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Chapter 7 – Pipe Jacking
4:00 pm Chapter 8 – Casing vs. Product Pipe and Grouting
4:30 pm Chapter 9 – Examples, Case Studies and Wrap-up
5:15 pm Q&A Period, Closing Remarks & Course Evaluations
5:15 pm Course Adjourned

Note: Course Agenda is subject to change.