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Tunneling Short Course
September 23-25, 2009
Colorado School of Mines

Course Directors: Levent Ozdemir 

&  Timothy Coss

The Colorado School of Mines and Brierley Associates, in conjunction with Tunnel Business Magazine and Microtunneling, Inc., presents Breakthroughs in Tunneling - a three-day Short Course that will cover all aspects of conventional and mechanized tunnel design and construction in hard rock, soft ground and soils.

Presented by international experts in the tunneling community, this one-of-a-kind Short Course provides in-depth, specialized instruction not offered anywhere else in the world. The Short Course benefits anyone involved in the multi-billion dollar global tunneling sector.

The course subjects will be presented by prominent international experts from industry and academia. The course attendees will receive CEUs for attending the course. This course is highly recommended for technical and management professionals from owners, engineers, contractors, consulting firms, and anyone else involved in tunneling and underground construction.

Course Directors -
Dr. Levent Ozdemir, Professor of Mining and Director of the Tunneling and Earth Mechanics Institute, Colorado School of Mines
Timothy Coss, President, Microtunneling, Inc.

Both Ozdemir and Coss are widely recognized in the tunneling and microtunneling sector. Ozdemir has spent more than 30 years as a professor at the School of Mines, where he dedicates his research to innovative mechanical excavation and drilling techniques. Coss' company has provided equipment, product support and engineering services for state-of-the-art tunneling and microtunneling projects across the globe for 23 years.

The two also serve as course directors for the successful and long-running Microtunneling Short Course. With more than 1,700 students from 25 countries attending over the last 17 years, the Microtunneling Short Course is recognized as the world's leading educational venue for microtunneling.

To register go to - http://outreach.mines.edu/cont_ed/tunneling.html
This year's Tunneling Short Course will include following topics -
Wednesday
September 23, 2009
7:30 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:15 Opening Remarks, Levent Ozdemir
8:15 - 9:15 Site Investigations, Greg Raines, Montgomery Watson Harza
9:15 - 9:45 Geotechnical Baseline Reports, Randy Essex, Hatch Mott MacDonald
9:45 - 10:00 Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30 Risk Assessment, Bob Goodfellow, Black & Veatch
10:30 - 11:15 Selection of Excavation Method, Gary Brierley, Brierley Associates
11:15 - 11:45 Design for High Water Inflows, Bill Hansmire, PB
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 1:15 Shaft Design and Construction, Glenn Boyce, Jacobs Associates
1:15 - 2:00 Tunnel and Ground Support Design, David Caiden, Arup
2:00 - 2:45 NATM Design and Construction, Victor Romero, Jacobs Associates
2:45 - 3:00  Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:45 Pipe Umbrella and Roof Bolts, Franz Walchshofer, Alwag-DSI
3:45 - 4:30 Drill and Blast Tunneling, Bill Warfield, Atlas-Copco
4:30 - 5:15 Roadheader Tunneling, Bruno Reumueller, Sandvik

Thursday,

September 24, 2009
8:00 - 8:30 Tunneling Through Difficult Ground, Don Deere, Deere & Ault
8:30 - 9:15 Hard Rock TBMs, Brian Khaligli, Robbins
9:15 - 10:00 EPB Machines, Werner Burger, Herrenknecht
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00 Slurry Shield Machines, Werner Burger, Herrenknecht
11:00 - 11:45 Predicting Groundwater Inflows, Jack Raymer, Jordan Jones & Goulding
11:45 - 12:15 Guidance and Monitoring of Tunneling Machines, Nod Hackston, VMT-Gmbh
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Machine Excavation in Bouldery Ground, Steven Hunt, CH2M Hill
1:30 - 2:00 TBM Production and Cutter Life, Levent Ozdemir
2:00 - 2:45 Segmental Concrete Liners, Jon Hurt, Arup
2:45 - 3:00 Coffee Break
3:00 - 3:30 Overview of Underground Grouting, Ray Henn, Lyman-Henn
3:30 - 4:00 Jet and Compaction Grouting, Joe Harris, Hayward Baker
4:00 - 4:45 Probe Drilling and Pre-excavation Grouting, Knut Garshol, BASF
4:45 - 5:15 Consolidation and Contact Grouting, Brad Crenshaw, Nicholson
7:00 Banquet, Banquet Speaker - TBA

Friday, 

September, 25th
8:00 - 8:45 Tunnel Utilities, Brain Fulcher,  JF Shea
8:45 - 9:15 Slurry Separation and Handling, Ben Clark, Derrick Equipment
9:15 - 10:00 Microtunneling, Timothy Coss, Microtunneling, Inc.
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00 Tunnel Costing and Scheduling, Jim Peregoy, Peregoy Construction
11:00 - 11:30 Construction Management, Tom Peyton, PB
11:30 - 12:00 Dispute Resolution, Ray Henn, Lyman-Henn
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 Case History - NATM Tunnels, Devil's Slide Tunnel, Kiewit
1:15 - 1:45 Case History - Hard Rock TBM Tunnels, Ohbayashi
1:45 - 2:15 Case History - EPB Tunnels, LA, Traylor
2:15 - 2:45 Case History - Slurry Shield Tunnels, Portland CSO, Kiewit
2:45 - 3:15 Case History - Large Diameter TBM Tunnels, Vinci
3:15 Closing Remarks and Adjourn, Levent Ozdemir
To Register - http://www.csmspace.com/register.php?c=74
  

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