Agenda Announced for 2023 Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short Course

Monday, September 11

• 7:30 – 8:00 – Registration
• 8:00 – 8:15 – Opening Remarks and Introductions – Levent Ozdemir
• 8:15 – 9:00 – Site Investigations and Geotechnical Risk – Greg Raines, Stantec
• 9:00 – 9:45 – Geotechnical Baseline Reports – Ike Isaacson, Brierley Associates
• 9:45 – 10:00 – Coffee Break
• 10:00 – 10:45 – Alternative Project Delivery and Lessons Learned – Steve Kramer, COWI
• 10:45 -11:30 – Project Planning and Means and Methods – Don Del Nero, WSP
• 11:30 -12:15 – Intelligent Tunnel Design – Gary Brierley, Dr. Mole Inc.
• 12:15 – 1:30 – Lunch
• 1:30 – 2:15 – Risk Management and Mitigation – Bob Goodfellow, Aldea Services
• 2:15 – 3:00 – Contractor’s Perspective of Risk – M. Swinton & S. Ellis, Kiewit
• 3:00 – 3:15 – Coffee Break
• 3:15 – 3:45 – Project Planning, Design and Execution- Ross Webb – Affholder/SAK
• 3:45- 4:30 – Ground Freezing for Tunnels and Shafts – Paul Schmall, Keller
• 4:30 – 5:00 – Injection Grouting for Tunnel Construction – Keith Sisson, Avanti
• 5:00 – 5:30 – Avoiding Trouble, Claims and Lawyers – Tom Rosenberg, Roetzel
• 5:30 – 7:30 – Reception and Tunnel Achievement Awards

Tuesday, September 12

• 8:00 – 9:30 – NATM/SEM Design and Construction and Grand Central Station Case History –
  V. Gall and D. Reda, Gall Zeidler Consultants
• 9:30 – 10:15 – Drill & Blast and Roadheader Tunneling – Kirby Owens, Sandvik
• 10:15 -10:30 – Coffee Break
• 10:30 -11:15 – Design and Construction of Super Large Diameter Tunnels- Sanja Zlatanic, HNTB
• 11:15 -12:15 – Hard Rock, EPB, Slurry and Hybrid TBMs – L. Ozdemir & P. Nicholas, AECOM
• 12:15 -1:15 – Lunch
• 1:15 – 1:45 – Tunnel Construction Management – Greg Colzani, Jacobs
• 1:45 – 2:30 – LA Outfall Tunnel Design and Construction – Matt Kendall, Dragados
• 2:30 – 3:15 – Challenges and Risks of Tunneling in Urban Areas – Nasri Munfah, Gall Zeidler
• 3:15 – 3:30 – Coffee Break
• 3:30 – 4:00 – Slurry Treatment Plants for Large Tunnels – Norman Perten, Schauenburg
• 4:00 – 4:30 – Tunnel Instrumentation and Settlement Control – Zhangwei Ning, Sixsense
• 4:30 – 5:00 – Value of Instrumentation for Detecting a Potential Failure During Tunnel
  Construction – Melih Demirkan, Rite Geosystems
• 5:00 – 5:30 – Shotcrete for Tunnel Ground Support – Christoph Goss, Schnabel Engineering

Wednesday, September 13

• 8:00 – 8:45 – Shaft/Portal Design and Construction – Glenn Boyce, Delve Underground
• 8:45 – 9:30 – Grouting and Ground Improvement – Dennis Boehm, Keller
• 9:30 – 10:0 – Rescue of a Tunneling Machine Stuck Under an Interstate – Kirk Roberts, CJGeo
• 10:00 -10:15 – Coffee Break
• 10:15 -10:45 – Pipe Roof Tunneling -Todd Kilduff, Kilduff Underground Engineering
• 10:45 – 11:30 – Tunneling in Cobbles and Boulders – Steve Hunt, Black and Veatch
• 11:30 – 12:15 – Case histories of Challenging TBM Projects – Giuseppe Gaspari, AECOM
• 12:15 -1:15 – Lunch
• 1:15 – 1:45 – Challenging Tunneling Projects in Seattle and the Lessons Learned – Joseph
  Clare, Shannon & Wilson
• 1:45 – 2:15 – A new CO2 Reduced Backfill Grout System for TBMs – Mike Sposetti, Sika AG
• 2:15 – 2:45 -Technical Challenges of Constructing 4.25 km. of Microtunnels in British Columbia – Brent Jones, Bothar Inc.
• 2:45 – 3:00 – Coffee Break
• 3:00 – 3:30 – Tunnel Rehabilitation – Dave Jurich, Mott MacDonald
• 3:30 – 4:00 – Tunnel Design and Construction in Urban Areas – Ryan Masters, Lithos Eng.
• 4:00 – Closing Remarks, Class Certificates and Adjourn – Levent Ozdemir