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Tunneling Short Course
September 22-24, 2010
Colorado School of Mines

Course Directors: Dr. Levent Ozdemir 

&  Timothy Coss

The Colorado School of Mines, 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.

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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 -

Levent Ozdemir, Ph.D., PE, President, Ozdemir Engineering, Inc.
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 22, 2010
7:30 - 8:00 Registration
8:00 - 8:15 Opening Remarks - Levent Ozdemir
8:15 - 9:00 Site Investigations - Greg Raines, Montgomery Watson Harza
9:00 - 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 and Veatch
10:30 - 11:15 Selection of Excavation Method - Gary Brierley, Brierley Associates
11:15 - 11:45 Design for High Water Inflows - Bill Hansmire, Parsons Brinckerhoff
11:45 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 1:15 Shaft Design and Construction - Glen 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 Spiling - Franz Walchshofer, Alwag-Dwydag
3:45 - 4:30 Drill and Blast Tunneling - Atlas Copco
4:30 - 5:15 Roadheader Tunneling - Joseph Pichler, Sandvik

Thursday,

September 23, 2010
8:00 - 8:30 Tunneling Through Difficult Ground - Don Deere, Deere & Ault
8:30 - 9:15 Hard Rock TBMs - Brad Grothen, Robbins
9:15 - 10:00 EPB Machines - Marco Gieorelli, Lovat
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:00 Slurry Shield Machines - Werner Burger, Herrenknecht
11:00 - 11:30 Predicting Groundwater Inflows - Jack Raymer, JJG/Parsons
11:30 - 12:00 Guidance and Monitoring of Tunneling Machines - Nod Jackson, VMT
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Machine Excavation in Bouldery Ground - Steven Hunt, Ch2mHill
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 - Tom Sznakiewicz, Hayward Baker
4:00 - 4:45 Ground Freezing for Shafts and Tunnels - Paul Schmall, Moretrench
4:45 - 5:15 Consolidation and Contact Grouting - Brad Crenshaw, Nicholson
7:00 Banquet

Friday, 

September, 24th
8:00 - 8:45 Tunnel Utilities - Brian Fulcher, JF Shea
8:45 - 9:15 Slurry Separation and Handling - Barry Sorteberg, Clean Slurry Technology
9:15 - 10:00 Microtunneling - Timothy Coss, Microtunneling, Inc.
10:00 - 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 - 10:45 Conditioning for Pressurized Face Tunneling - Gil Garcia, Hatch Mott
10:45 - 11:30 Tunnel Costing and Scheduling - Jim Peregoy, Peregoy Construction Services
11:30 - 12:00 Construction Management - Tom Peyton, Parsons Brinckerhoff
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Dispute Resolution - Ray Henn, Lyman Henn
1:30 - 2:00 Large Diameter TBM Tunnels - Jack Brockway, Herrenknecht
2:00 - 2:30 Case History - Slurry Shield Tunnels - Bill Mariucci, Kiewit
2:30 - 3:00 Case History - EPB Tunnels - Paul Zick, Obayashi
3:00 - 3:30 Case History - Hard Rock TBM Tunnels - Shane Yanagisawa, Frontier-Kemper
3:30 - 4:00 Discussion and Closing Remarks - Levent Ozdemir

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