Technical Program

Moderator
Millard (Sandy) Robinson, Jr., P.E., Malcolm Pirnie

Implementing a Cost-Effective Buried Infrastructure Asset Inventory
Christopher Heltzel, Red Oak Consulting, Akron, Ohio

A Decision-Support Methodology for Asset Management
E. Lalonde, Harfan Technologies, Quebec, Canada

C. Bergeron, Harfan Technologies

Benchmarking Pipeline Operations and Management
Myron Olstein, Black & Veatch, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Asset Management of Waterlines Using Remote Field Technology
William F. Hartman, Hydroscope Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico

Moderator
Rick Nelson, P.E., Black & Veatch Corporation

Use of Pipeline for Site Selection of Sediment Deposits by GIS
Tiao J. Chang, Civil Engineering Department, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

Vito A. Cimino

Utilizing GIS in Developing Realistic Demand Distributions to Support Modeling in Water Supply Master Planning
Art K. Umble, City of Elkhart Public Works and Utilities, Elkhart, Indiana

Melissa Moran

Tarlochan Bhullar

Michael C. Machlan

Building a Pipeline GIS for Integrity Management, HCA Determination, and Incident Planning
Brent A. Jones, James W. Sewall Company, Old Town, Maine

Role of GIS in Pipeline Industry
Yelakanti P. Vijaykumar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Mohammad Najafi

Ahmad Habibian

Moderator
Dr. Tom Walski, P.E., Haestad Methods

Pressure Transient Control Strategies for Water Pipeline Systems
Kevin T. Laptos, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Michael T. Brown

Jamie R. Shambaugh

The Marriage of Modeling and GIS
Thomas M. Walski, Vice President Engineering, Haestad Methods, Inc., Waterbury, Connecticut

Hazen-Williams Coefficient  The Pipeline C Factor
Thomas K. Bean, District Manager , Severn Trent Pipeline Services, Kingwood, Texas

Michael E. Canning

Larry V. Rott

Simulation for Interactions between Storm Sewer and Overland Flows
Shiuan-Hung Chen, Research Associate, Office of the National Science & Technology Program for Hazard Mitigation, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Hsi Hsu

Tzen-Show Chen

Moderator
Grant Whittle, P.E., Ultraliner

72-Inch Parallel Transmission Main Needs to Know for Design and Construction
Frank Eskridge, Greenville Water System

Mike Sharpless

Pat Rogers

PROJECT MANAGEMENT  PIPELINE HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS: Design and Construction of 9,599m (31,492 LF) of 137cm (54)/122cm (48) Finished Water Transmission Main Henrico County, Virginia
Daniel Seli, Whitman, Requardt and Associates

Ralph Claytor

Larry Sivak

Performance of Shallow Cover Method with Geogrid at Large Blasting Test
Satoshi Suenaga, Researcher, National Institute for Rural Engineering, Chuo-ku, Japan

Yoshiyuki Mohri

Kennichi Matsushima

Three-Dimensional Response of Buried Pipe Under Vehicle Loads
Munaz A. Noor, Assistant Professor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ashutosh S. Dhar

Moderator
Dr. Miriam Heller, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

Panelists
Dr. Miriam Heller, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

Dr. Tom D. ORourke, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Dr. Rae Zimmerman, New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York, New York

Dr. Neil S. Grigg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

Dr. Dulcy Abraham, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Moderator
Dr. Ahmad Habibian, P.E., Black & Veatch Corporation

Past, Present, and Future  An Overview of AwwaRF Pipeline-Related Infrastructure Reliability Research
Jian Zhang, Research Scientist, Awwa Research Foundation (AwwaRF), Denver, Colorado

Pipeline Systems R&D for Critical Infrastructure Protection
William E. Kirksey, Senior Fellow, Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF), Washington, District of Columbia

Overview of WERFs Collection System Related Research Activities
Amit Pramanik, WERF

Linda Blankenship

Jeff C. Moeller

Moderator
Lynn Osborn, P.E., Insituform Technologies

Designing a 72-Inch Water Line on an Accelerated Schedule
Alisa Gruber, Lockwood Andrews & Newnam, Inc., Houston, Texas

Rafael Ortega

Arthur Morris

Design of Reinforced Concrete Cylinder Pipe For The Pima-Maricopa Irrigation Project
Henry H. Bardakjian, Chief Engineer, Ameron International, Rancho Cucamonga, California

Surge Pressure Allowance for Thrust Restraint Design of Small Diameter Water Distribution Main
David C. Shen, Principal Engineer, WSSC, Laurel, Maryland

The Design of Non-Circular Linings
Olivier Thipot, SAGEP, Arcueil, France

Moderator
Dr. Ossama Salem, University of Cincinnati

Analysis of Blast Effects on PCCP Pipelines
Rasko P. Ojdrovic, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts

Brian D. Rose

Mehdi S. Zarghamee

Analysis of Pipeline Relocations
Gerald Donnelly, STV Incorporated, Douglassville, Pennsylvania

Christopher Antoni

Walter H. Skorupsky

William Serra

DEM Analysis on Behavior of Shallowly Buried Pipe Subject to Traffic Loads
Toshinori Kawabata, M.ASCE, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

K. Uchida

M. Ariyoshi

H. Nakase

Y. Mohri

H.I. Ling

Numerical Evaluation of Load Capacity of Corroded Pipes
Joabson Lima Alves, Graduate Student, PUC-RJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Deane Roehl, Department of Civil Engineering, PUC-RJ

Moderator
William F. Quinn, P.E., F.ASCE, PLD Advisory Committee

Case Study: Using Trenchless Technologies With Conventional Methods To Construct A Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Improvements Project
Joseph P. Castronovo, Senior Conveyence Technologist, CH2M HILL, Gainesville, Florida

David Abbaspour

Challenges of Relocating a Wastewater Effluent Outfall on the Potomac River
Cynthia Brush, Engineering Designer, KCI Technologies, Inc., Hunt Valley, Maryland

John R. Kovacs

Gregory V. Kemp

Anyone Can Put in a Pipe! Construction of the Fresh Pond Parkway Sewer Separation and Surface Enhancements
Owen ORiordan, Assistant Commissioner for Engineering, Department of Public Works, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Vincent W. Spada

Subaqueous Pipeline Design, Installation & Material Selection
Dane R. Hancock, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Moderator
William F. Quinn, P.E., F.ASCE, PLD Advisory Committee

Community Relations Program Helps Neighborhood Survive Major Construction
Judith A. Kavanagh, Associate, S E A Consultants Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts

Navigating a Large Diameter Water Main Through an Oil Field
Rafael Ortega, P.E., Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc.

Gregory Lentz, P.E.

Arthur Morris

An Innovative Solution Resolves Political, Inter-Governmental and Technical Constraints
David J. Rigby, President, Waste Water Management, Inc., Fairfax, Vermont

Gilbert Osei-Kwadwo

Thomas J. McFadden

Evaluation and Planning of Trenchless Sewer Alternatives in Venezuela
Joseph A. Strauch, Project Manager, Gannett Fleming, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Moderator
Joanne Hughes, Raven Lining Systems

Physical Modeling of Frost Jacking
Deborah J. Goodings, Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

N.A. Straub

Accelerated Creep Testing of Trenchless Liners
Ever J. Barbero, Professor and Chairman of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Kevin J. Ford

Unexpected Patterns of Seepage from Underground Contaminant Leakage into Freezing soil
S.J. Han, Graduate Student, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland

Deborah J. Goodings

A. Torrents

M. Zeinali

Quantitative Analysis and Comparison of Traffic Disruption Using Open-Cut and Trenchless Methods of Pipe Installation
Bhavani S. Gangavarapu, Research Assistant, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Mohammad Najafi

Ossama Salem