Congratulations to the City of St. Albert, Stantec Consulting Ltd., and Michels Canada Co. for winning the 2006 Alberta Trenchless Project of the Year for the St. Albert Sanitary Trunk Sewer Phase 1 project.

The City of St. Albert Sanitary Trunk Sewer Phase 1 project involved the installation of 2,100 m of 1,200 mm diameter sanitary trunk sewer using microtunneling technology.

NASTT Colleagues and Friends,

Please join us for the sixth technical lunch of the 2008-09 season on Thursday April 23.

This month’s speaker will be Anis Somani from The Pressure Pipe Inspection Company. A chemical engineer with a background in business management, Anis has over 20 years of various industrial experience. Since 2002, Anis has dedicated his expertise to the water industry, specifically condition assessment of transmission mains. He is currently the business development manager for PPIC, responsible for bringing advanced technologies for the assessment of transmission mains to water and wastewater agencies in Canada and the US. Anis has presented at many local and national conferences, and is recognized for helping large utilities meet their asset management goals.

Anis will be speaking to us about proven technologies for the condition assessment of water and waste water pipes. He will speak on use of remote field eddy current/transformer coupling for detecting and quantifying wire breaks in PCCP (C301), strategic acoustic monitoring (24/7 listening for wire events) of the inspected PCCP, Sahara leak detection, Sahara video, Sahara zero leak for new pipes, and transient pressure monitors.

Pre-registration for this event is closed. We reserve some additional seats for walkins, just notify the registration desk that you haven’t pre-registered.

Place: University of Alberta Faculty Club, Papaschase Room, 11435 Saskatchewan Drive

Time: 11:30 am Registration
  12:00 pm Lunch
  12:30 pm Guest Speaker
  1:30 pm Adjournment

Cost: Members: $20.00
  Non-Members: $30.00
  Students: $10.00 (valid student card required)

Payment will be taken at the door, by cash or cheque only.

Regards,

Dan Willems, P.Eng.
NASTT-NW Chapter
Edmonton Section Chair