APWA.net Event Detail

Date(s):	June 25, 2009
Location:	Audio/Web Broadcast
Cost:	Members: $150.00 Non Members: $200.00
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Description:	How well do you really know SUE? Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) continues to evolve as an important risk management field for public works projects. New technologies such as GPS, GIS, and RFID are rapidly evolving as mechanisms to collect better utility data at less expense. This session will give a brief overview of where SUE is today, where it is headed in the near future, and the applications for APWA members. After viewing this program, participants will better be able to: � Understand accuracy issues in documenting underground utilities � Identify how GPS and RFID technologies are used in the field using real-world examples � Explain how GPS and RFID increase the accuracy of documenting underground utilities The National Academies, Gas Technology Institute, and others are conducting research & development projects to make this technology more readily available to municipalities, DOTs, utility owners, designers, and damage prevention professionals. The goals are to build comprehensive and accurate utility data repositories, with formatting of data for purposes of design visualization, asset inventories and queries, and safety. This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. The form to request these credits is included in the handouts for this program. Please note there is a $5 fee per individual requesting CEUs.
Speaker:	James H. Anspach, P.G. J.H.ANSPACH CONSULTING James H. Anspach, P.G. is a pioneer in the field of subsurface utility engineering . He is currently the chairman of the national utility engineering standard, ASCE 38-02, �Standard Guideline for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data.� He recently completed National Academy research projects in Utility Coordination, and Innovations in Utility Locating and Characterizing Technologies.
Speaker:	Matthew D. McLaughlin District Utility Construction Engineer Virginia Department of Transportation Matthew D. McLaughlin is the District Utility Construction Engineer with the Virginia Department of Transportation in the Northern Virginia District. For the past 10 years he has managed the construction operations of the utility relocation program. He oversees a staff of Construction Managers and Inspectors that monitor the field operations for the relocation of power facilities, telephone, fiber optic, CATV, and natural gas as well as liquefied petroleum. Prior to this, he worked as a Site Inspector and Fire Inspector for the City of Manassas for 17 years.
Speaker:	MODERATOR: Murvyn Morehead Right of Way Coordinator City of Overland Park, KS Murv Morehead has been the ROW Coordinator for the City of Overland Park, Kansas for 8 years. He currently serves as co-chairman for the Kansas Regional Chapter of CGA and on the National CGA Best Practices committee. He is also a member of the Construction Practices subcommittee of APWA�s UPROW Technical committee. Murv is very supportive of the SUE process and is also currently involved in promoting the Coring, Keyholing and Reinstatement method of utility locating under pavement which is a perfect complement to the SUE process. He has served as both moderator and presenter for previous Click, Listen and Learn sessions dealing with damage prevention and trenchless technologies.
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