PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
3:30 Meta Analysis of Acoustic Pipeline Condition Assessment Effectiveness Balvant Rajani, Rajani Consultants, Inc., Fred Pfeifer, Donald Shields
4:00 Water Research Foundation Project # 4618: Status and Application of Cathodic Protection in the Water Utility Industry Graham Bell, Mersedeh Akhoondan
WED35
Innovation Initiative: State of the Innovation State 1:30 – 4:30 p. m. Room: Lagoon A Track: Innovation & Technology Facilitator: David LaFrance Moderators: Randy Moore and Peter Kraft
The Innovation Initiative was launched at ACE13 with a focus to overcome barriers to innovation and new technologies in the water and wastewater industry. This multi-stakeholder initiative was designed to engage everyone involved with providing Total Water Solutions ® and to cut through the barriers and silos that inhibit adoption of innovation / new technologies. A new strategic plan for the Innovation Initiative was launched at ACE17. This must-see session includes a facilitated roundtable discussion with the USEPA leaders and their thoughts on encouraging innovation. The second presentation reviews the progress and deliverables with the implementation of the Innovation Initiative’ s strategic plan. The final presentation has three parts: first an update from the Water Research Foundation on their efforts around innovation, followed by a review of the WEF Lift Program, and concluding with a case study around a utility’ s experiences and approaches to implementing innovation. The session is designed to encourage an interactive, lively discussion between panelists and the audience. Come prepared to participate in this important conversation about how to inspire innovation in our industry.
1:30 Introduction Randy Moore, Tnemec, Peter Kraft, The Confluence Group
1:45 A Roundtable Discussion with USEPA Peter Grevatt, USEPA, Andrew Sawyers, USEPA
2:45 Innovation Initiative Strategic Plan Update Randy Moore, Tnemec, Peter Kraft, The Confluence Group
3:30 Connecting the Dots with the Lift Program, WRF and DC Water Innovations Chief Jeff Moeller, Water Environment & Reuse Foundation, Beate Wright, Water Research Foundation, Sudhir Murthy, DC Water
WED36
Recent Developments Resulting from Studies on the TRWD / DWU IPL Large Diameter Pipe Project 1:30 – 4:30 p. m. Room: Lagoon CD Track: Infrastructure Design, Management & Project Delivery Moderator: Jian Zhang
Tarrant Regional Water District( TRWD) and Dallas Water Utilities( DWU) are installing the Integrated Pipeline Project( IPL) that includes over 120 miles of large diameter steel pipe. Research has been conducted by Tarrant Regional for the project in an effort to improve design and installation. Recent developments and concepts resulting from the research program initiated by Tarrant Regional will be reviewed in this session.
1:30 Controlled Low Strength Material( CLSM)— Drivers for Use and Key Findings in Standard Mix vs. Native Materials Mix; Constructability Challenges from Line J 108 ″ with Native CLSM A. Puppala, University of Texas Arlington, Tejo Bheemasetti, University of Texas Arlington, Rusty Gibson, Shelly Hattan
2:00 Finite Element Modeling, Large Diameter Steel Pipe and the Real World— Pipe Backfill, Trench Widths, Deformation During Construction and Case Studies( FEM and Key Field Findings) Ali Abolmaali, University of Texas Arlington, Himan Jalali, University of Texas Arlington, Arash Emami Saleh, David Marshall, Jason Gehrig
2:30 Research of Polyurethane Coatings Jeffry Giddings, HDR, Eddie Weaver, Graham Bell, David Tordonato
3:00 Cathodic Protection Graham Bell, HDR, Jeffry Giddings, Jessica Torrey
3:30 Owner Quality Assurance Program for Major Infrastructure— Design Deliver and Quality Assurance Shelly Hattan, Tarrant Regional Water District, Billy Fields
4:00 Panel Discussion Ali Abolmaali, University of Texas Arlington Graham Bell, HDR Jeffry Giddings, HDR Shelly Hattan, Tarrant Regional Water District A. Puppala, University of Texas Arlington
ACE18 CONFERENCE | AWWA. ORG / ACE 75