17TH ANNUAL microtunneling 3-dAY SHORT COURSE

   February 10-12, 2010

  Colorado School of Mines

Golden, Colorado

Presented by The Microtunneling Research Institute

Conventional Pilot Tube Microtunneling

1-Day Seminar

February 9, 2010

  Course Directors:  Timothy R. Coss & Dr. Levent Ozdemir

 

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Wednesday

February 10, 2010
7:30 a.m. Registration
8:00 Welcome
Timothy Coss, President, Microtunneling, Inc.

8:15

Introduction to Microtunneling
Timothy Coss, President, Microtunneling, Inc.

9:30

Site Investigation
Greg Raines, National Tunneling Practice Leader,
MWH

10:30

Coffee/Break

10:45

Soil Stabilization and Ground Control
Alan Ringen, Vice President,
Hayward Baker

11:45

Polymer Concrete Pipe
Eric Davidson, Vice President, 
U.S. Composite Pipe

12:15

Lunch

1:15

Layout and Logistics
Troy Stokes, Area Sales Manager,
Akkerman, Inc.

2:00

Shaft Construction 
Glenn Boyce, Senior Associate,
Jacobs Associates

2:45

Project Design Considerations
Tracy Lyman, Principal,
Lyman Henn

3:30

Break

3:45

Contractor Case History, Aurora, CO
Brenden Tippits, Project Manager,
BT Construction

4:30

Machine Performance Prediction
Levent Ozdemir, Principal,
Ozdemir Engineering

5:15

Adjourn

Thursday

February 11, 2010

8:00

Permalok Pipe
Gary Huber, Senior Sales Representative, Permalok Corporation

8:30

Dewatering and Ground Freezing
Paul Schmall, Chief Engineer, Moretrench America

9:30

Pilot Tube Microtunneling / Guided Boring
David Crandall, V.P. of Sales and Marketing,
Icon Equipment

10:00

Coffee/Break

10:15

Clay Pipe
David Gill, Sales Engineer,
Mission No-Dig Clay Pipe

10:45

Microtunneling Research Lab Tour
Brian Asbury, Laboratory Manager,
EMI, Colorado School of Mines
Pilot Tube Machine Static Display
David Crandall, Vice President of Marketing,
Icon Equipment
Troy Stokes, Area Sales Manager, Akkerman, Inc.

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Risk Assessment
Bob Goodfellow, Director of Tunneling for East Region,
Black & Veach

1:45

Construction Management
Lee Abramson, Executive Vice President,
Eastern Regional Manager, Hatch Mott MacDonald

2:45

Litigation Issues
Tom Rosenberg, Patrner,
Roetzel & Andress

3:30

Coffee Break

3:45

Ancillary Microtunneling Equipment
Ratchapit "Oh" Dejthai, Director of Engineering,
Microtunneling, Inc.

4:45

Contractor Case History, Sacramento, CA
Paul Vadnais, President,
Vadnais Corporation

5:30

Adjourn

7:00

Banquet Dinner
Guest Speaker, Buck Bergstrom, President,
BT Construction

Friday

February 12, 2010

8:00

Hobas Pipe
Bijan Khamanian, Division Manager-West,
Hobas Pipe

8:30

Slurry Separation
Barry Sortberg, President,
Clean Slurry Technology

9:15

Bidding and Planning
Don Bergman, Chief Estimator,
Frank Coluccio Construction

10:15

Coffee Break

10:30

Sharp Curve Microtunneling
Ando Tado, Machinery Department
Noboru Kiyota, Construction Department
Rasa Industries

11:15

Direct Pipe Method, IJS & Slurry Systems
Gerhard Lang, Business Development Manager,
Herrenknecht

12:15

Lunch

1:15

Microtunneling in Cobbles and Boulders
Steven Hunt, Global Tunneling Technology Lead,
CH2M Hill

2:00

Lubrication and Polymers
Rick Zavitz, Technical Sales Engineer,
Wyo-Ben

 

The cost for the Microtunneling Short Course, February 10 - 12, 2010, is $1,325.
1 day is $600.
The Pilot Tube 1-Day Seminar, February 9, 2010, is $545.
The Full Course (all 4 days) is $1,550.

     

  • 2 continuing education credits and a certificate will be awarded.

  • Location:  Green Center on the C.S.M. campus, Golden, CO, 40 miles west of Denver International Airport

  • Course schedule subject to change

Additional Information:

Microtunneling, Inc.
P.O. Box 7367
Boulder, CO 80306
303-444-2650
Fax: 303-444-0889

Registration Information and Completed Forms to:
Office of Special Programs & Continuing Education,
SPACE
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colorado 80401
303-273-3321  Fax: 303-273-3314
space@mines.edu

To Register online go to: 

http://www.csmspace.com/register.php?c=104 

ACCOMMODATIONS

THE GOLDEN HOTEL (Event Hotel - Our Pick)
800 11th Street, Golden, CO 80401
1-800-233-7214, or 303-279-0100
TABLE MOUNTAIN INN
1310 Washington Avenue, Golden, CO 80401
1-800-762-9898, or 303-27709898
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS: 
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Breckenridge Resort information (970) 453-5000
Lodging (800) 221-1091
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Key Stone Resort information (970) 496-2316
Lodging (877) 753-9786
Web site - http://www.keystoneresort.com
Copper Mountain Resort information (970) 968-2882
Lodging (800) 458-8386
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Vail Resort information (970) 476-5601
Lodging (800) 404-3535
Web site - http://www.vail.com
Arapahoe Basin Resort information (888) 272-7146
Lodging (800) 221-1091
Web site - http://www.arapahoebasin.com
Eldora Resort information (303) 440-8700
No lodging available
Web site - http://www.eldora.com
Winter Park Resort information (970) 726-5514
Lodging (800) 453-2525
Web site - http://www.skiwinterpark.com
Aspen Resort information and Lodging 
(866) 787-2013
Web site - http://www.aspensnowmass.com/

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