Technical Sessions that Enlighten

SUNDAY | NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Lead by a panel of industry experts, this workshop will provide an overview of the ASCE Gold Book update effort, summarize comments received and solicit additional feedback. Conference attendees are encouraged to bring thoughts and engage in this vibrant interactive discussion session.

ASCE Gold Book Update Committee Members and Panelists:

Randall Essex, Mott MacDonald (Chairman)
Dan Adams, McMillen Jacobs
Amanda Elioff, WSP
David Hatem, Donovan Hatem
Paul Madsen, Kiewit
James Morrison, STV

MONDAY | NOVEMBER 15, 2021

8:00am – 8:10am   
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Elisa Comis, McMillen Jacobs Associates

8:10am – 8:40am   
Keynote: Resilience & the Urban Underground
Priscilla Nelson, Colorado School of Mines

8:40am – 9:10am   
Keynote: Going Deep to Reduce Harris County’s Future Flood Risks
Scott Elmer, Harris County Flood Control District

9:10am – 9:40am
Keynote: Sustainable & Resilient Innovations for the Thames Tideway Project
John Kinnear, Jacobs

Q&A

10:30 am – 10:50 am
Changing TBM Excavation Diameter Mid–Tunnel in Dallas
Milton Brooks, City of Dallas & Paul Smith, Black & Veatch

10:50 am – 11.10 am 
The Future is Non-Circular: TBM Solutions for Flat Inverts
Brad Grothen, Robbins

11:10am – 11:30am 
Grouting & Greasing in Frozen Ground: A Second Narrows Tale
Sean Grant, Traylor Bros.

11:30am – 11:50am      
TBM Technology 2025: What to expect
Werner Burger, Herrenknecht

Q&A

1:30pm – 1:50pm 
Pushing the Limits at the LA Outfall Tunnel: Innovations and Challenges
Claudio Cimiotti & Rosmar Gonzales, Dragados

1:50pm – 2:10pm 
Purple Line II and III: Crossing Faults
Angel Del Amo, Aldea Services

2:10pm – 2:30pm
Alignment Selection for the Lower Olentangy Tunnel, Columbus, Ohio
Mark Funkhauser, McMillen Jacobs Associates

2:30pm-2:50pm
Designing & Building Tunnel Projects in British Columbia: Adopting Seismic Resilience Methods Through Isolation, Resistance & Controls
Derick Zoldy, Hatch

Q&A
 

Our panel of industry experts will discuss obstacles to innovation in the North American tunneling industry and how they might be overcome. Our panel will engage the audience in a vibrant debate and interactive discussion session.

Panelists:
Jonathan Klug, David R. Klug & Associates
Richard McLane, Traylor Bros
Mike Mooney, Colorado School of Mines
Andy Thompson, Mott MacDonald
 Erika Moonin, Moonin Associates 

TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 16, 2021

8:00am – 8:20am
Digitalization in the Full Project Cycle
Jacob Grasmick, Maxwell GeoSystems

8:20am – 8:40am
Innovations in PCTL Casting Technologies
Bryce Scofield, Traylor Bros & Thibault Faucher, CBE Group.

8:40am – 9:00am
Conveyor System Health Monitoring & Failure Prediction Using Fiber Optics & Artificial Intelligence: A Case Study from South Africa
Tom Michaud, Strata Worldwide

9:00am – 9:20am
CAT431 - Digital Inspection & Asset Management Through Procurement, Construction & Operations
Kristi Latimer, Mott MacDonald

9:20am – 9:40am
Digital Twins & Augmented Reality: Convergence on Infrastructure
Jeff Siegel, HNTB

Q&A
 

10:30am – 10:45am
Carbon Portal & BIM Integration
Katherine Westerlund, Mott MacDonald

10:45am – 11:00am 
Electric Car Keeps Current Flowing
Matt Short, Kelley Engineered Equipment

11:00am – 11:15am           
Silver Linings: The Positive Impacts of COVID-19 on Courthouse Commons Tunnel & Continuing Implementation
Rachelle McDowell, Atkinson

11:15am – 11:30am           
3D Modeling for Tunnels: A Tool for Inspecting and Foreseeing Construction Activities from Planning Stage to Execution
Federico Bonaiuti, Lane Construction

11:30am – 11:45am
Down for That and Young Member Development
Sean McDonald, Jay Dee

Q&A
 

1:30pm – 1:50pm
DART D2 Program Update
Sanja Zlatanic & Brandi Crawford, HNTB

1:50pm – 2:10pm
Clean Rivers: Revitalizing the Potomac River in a Changing World
Moussa Wone, DC Water

2:10pm – 2:30pm
Amtrak East River Tunnel Reconstruction
Nick Chen, Jacobs

2:30pm – 2:50pm
Three Resilient Future TBM Projects: Sao Paulo L6 (Brazil), Broadway Subway Project (Vancouver, Canada) & S19 Rzeszów Poludnie-Babica (Poland)
Fernando Vara, Acciona

2:50pm – 3:10pm
Swarm Technology from hyperTunnel… A New Future for Tunnel Construction & Repair?
Jeremy Hammond & John Moreland-Lynn, hyperTunnel

Q&A

Who specifies the TBM and who should? To what detail? And who procures them? Our panel will engage the audience in a vibrant debate and interactive discussion session.

Panelists:
Brian Fulcher, McMillen Jacobs
Lok Home, Robbins
Niels Kofoed, Kiewit
Lizan Gilbert, Atkinson
Mike Wytrzyszczewski, City of Akron

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2021 – SITE VISIT