In conjunction with the 2010 Northwest Trenchless Conference, NASTT-NW is pleased to offer the NASTT HDD Good Practices Guidelines short course on Thursday November 18, 2010 at the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta.

This course presents a unique opportunity for you to learn the key elements of a successful HDD project from planning to job completion, as well as to meet with a number of HDD specialists in the field who can help answer your questions and concerns not outlined in the course agenda.

The course is based on the HDD Good Practices Guidelines Manual, an industry-developed document which provides contractors, engineers and owners with a set of guidelines to assist in successful HDD installations and operations. Each course participant will receive a complimentary copy.

Course Topics

This course provides an in-depth overview of Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and covers six topics:

• Operation and application
• Equipment and materials
• Planning including surface and geological investigations, utility surveys, bore planning, and regulations and permitting
• Job site safety
• Risk reduction, trouble shooting and mitigation
• Design

Who Should Attend

• Engineering consultants and inspectors working with water, sewer, oil, gas, electrical and cable systems
• Government engineers and public works managers
• Utility engineers and managers
• Contractors
• Others with responsibilities for implementing or managing construction projects using trenchless construction techniques

Expert Course Instructors

Dr. Sam Ariaratnam and Dr. Jason Lueke of of Arizona State University

Take Home Valuable Materials

You will receive comprehensive course handouts and other useful references.

Registration

Registration for the short course is available through the Northwest Trenchless Conference registration page. Click here to be register.

Course Agenda:

7:30 am Check-in, Registration & Breakfast
8:30 am Opening Remarks & Introductions
8:45 am Chapter 1 –
9:15 am Chapter 2 –
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Chapter 3 –
10:45 am Chapter 4 –
11:45 am Lunch
12:45 pm Chapter 5 –
1:45 pm Chapter 6 –
2:45 pm Break
3:00 pm Chapter 7 –
4:00 pm Chapter 8 –
4:30 pm Chapter 9 –
5:15 pm Q&A Period, Closing Remarks & Course Evaluations
5:15 pm Course Adjourned

Note: Course agenda may be subject to change.

NASTT Colleagues and Friends,

Please join us for the sixth and final technical lunch of the 2009-10 season on Thursday April 22.

Fort McMurray is located just south of the major oil sands development that has been ongoing in recent years, and as a result, has been experiencing phenomenal growth.  To service this growth, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) has been investing in major infrastructure upgrades, one of which involves a twin forcemain crossing of the Athabasca River.  The crossing will include two 900 mm HDPE pipes installed by HDD methods, with each drill being over 1,200 m in length.

This presentation provides an overview of the complexities of the project, which included significant environmental, geotechnical, land acquisition and public stakeholder considerations.  There were also several other contractors working in the area, including a major bridge construction project, that presented a number of logistic complications that had to be addressed by the design and the contractor’s work plan.  The project team’s approach to overcome these issues, that included a risk sharing plan between the owner and the contractor that identified responsibilities prior to construction start up, will also be discussed.

This month’s speaker will be Todd Simenson, P.Eng., who is a Practice Leader and Senior Project Manager for Stantec’s Environmental Infrastructure group in Red Deer. Todd has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and, over his 24 year career, has been involved in various civil engineering projects including transmission and distribution systems, lift stations, forcemains, lagoons, reservoirs, pump stations, stormwater management, subdivision development, highways and roadways, and sewage disposal systems.

Pre-registration is now closed. We reserve a few extra seats for walk-ins. If you are a member and haven’t pre-registered, please ensure to bring your NASTT member card to demonstrate proof of membership.

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)

* Note: Membership status will be verified against NASTT’s latest member list. If your name is not on the member list, you will be required to pay the non-member rate. Please be aware that NASTT corporate memberships entitle the company to a total of 6 individual representatives, the names of whom must be provided to NASTT for updating the member list; if your company is a corporate member, please ensure you are a designated membership representative if you plan on registering for NASTT events at the member rate.

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

Regards,

Alan Miller, P.Eng.
NASTT-NW Chapter
Edmonton Section Chair