PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
TUE08
Asset Management Planning 2:00 – 5:00 p. m. Room: Mandalay Bay Ballroom B Track: Asset Management Moderator: Douglas Stewart
An asset management plan is a utility’ s blueprint for the management of infrastructure with a view to operating, maintaining and renewing assets in the most cost-effective manner while maintaining a specific level of service. This session describes various elements that make up Asset Management Plans and R & R prioritization programs for linear and aboveground assets. It includes case studies and recent efforts to mandate asset management plans for water utilities.
2:00 Asset Management Regulations Are Coming, Are You Ready? Kevin Slaven, Arcadis
2:30 Baby Boomer Water System— How to Prepare Now for that Coming Tidal Wave of Retiring Assets Melanie Holton, Brown and Caldwell, Dan York
3:00 Distribution System Asset Management— Case Studies of Three Communities’ Water Main Replacement Program Amrou Atassi, CDM Smith
3:30 Ready, Set, Stop— The Challenges of Implementing Asset Management at the Leo J. Vander Lans Advanced Water Treatment Facility Tom Knoell, Water Replenishment District of Southern California, Margarita Cruz, Josi Jenneskens, Ken Ortega
4:00 Developing an AMP for the City of Flint Kevin Slaven, Arcadis, Jim Cooper, Chris Heltzel
4:30 Panel Discussion— I Have an Asset Management Plan— Now What? Amrou Atassi, CDM Smith Melanie Holton, Brown and Caldwel Tom Knoell, Water Replenishment District of
Southern California Kevin Slaven, Arcadis
TUE09
Innovative Tools for Achieving Sustainable Water Infrastructure 2:00 – 5:00 p. m. Room: Lagoon CD Track: Infrastructure Design, Management and Project Delivery Moderator: Gregory Baird
Sustainability practices can improve how we plan for the future of our water. Sustainability assessment tools can be applied to water infrastructure to innovate our decision-making by considering affordability, environmental risk, energy use and other long-term asset implications.
2:00 Sustainable Infrastructure: An Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment( LCA) for Underground Systems Gregory Baird, Water Finance Research Foundation
2:30 Life Cycle Assessment of PVC Water and Sewer Pipe and Comparative Sustainability Analysis of Pipe Materials Tad Radzinski, Sustainable Solutions Corporation
3:00 Energy Reduction Through Pipe Selection Maury Gaston, AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe
3:30 Embedded Energy Lost in Distribution System Leaks— Detection, Prevention and Rebating Leak Prevention Under Energy Programs Tori Yokoyama, Hazen and Sawyer, Eric Dole
4:00 See Mobile App
4:30 Envision as a Framework for Sustainable Demolition of the Verde Water Treatment Plant George Whitten, Carollo Engineers
TUE10
Creative Approaches to Developing and Implementing Capital Programs and Projects 2:00 – 5:00 p. m. Room: Lagoon A Track: Infrastructure Design, Management and Project Delivery Moderator: Timotheus Hampton
This session provides examples of innovative approaches to developing and implementing capital projects. Examples include project delivery method selection, use of 3D / BIM to support construction, use of probabilistic cost modeling in decisionmaking, and creating and fostering a successful team.
2:00 Managing Cost Uncertainty During the Design Process Chris Tadanier, Black & Veatch
2:30 Dueling Project Delivery Methods: Considerations in Decision-Making Phillippe Daniel, HDR, Katherine Oven, Charlene Sun
3:00 Utilizing a Variety of Contract Mechanisms to Implement a New Water Supply Program Kelly Comstock, Brown and Caldwell, David Calhoun, Darrell Vaughan
3:30 Ensuring Quality Through Comprehensive Construction Phase Services for Houston’ s $ 1.4B Expansion to the Northeast Water Purification Plant Jasmin Zambrano, City of Houston, Sarah Berkey, Rajinder Singh, Paul Walker, Camden O’ Toole
4:00 The End Is in Sight: Lessons Learned from WRD’ s $ 110M AWPF Alternative Delivery Project at the Construction Mid-Point Ken Ortega, Water Replenishment District of Southern California
4:30 Multiple Barrier Treatment Regime on the Mighty Mississippi: Learning from the Past and Building for the Future Larry Cook, Alan LeBlanc
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