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Excom Chair’s
Message Dear Colleagues, The well-documented capital investment needs to improve the condition of the existing water and wastewater systems are slowly registering with the public and government officials alike. A documentary being currently produced by the Penn State Public Broadcasting will go a long way to further educate the public on the need for investing in our infrastructure. Great opportunities are in the works for the pipeline industry and I am very excited to play a small role in paving the way for this bright future. I will have the honor to serve as the Chair of the Pipeline Division Executive Committee (EXCOM) this year. The Pipeline Division activities have traditionally been focused on the needs of pipeline engineers and we will continue to build on this noble tradition in the coming years. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Tom
Iseley, our immediate past Chairman, under whose leadership the Division
thrived. In addition to our successful
annual conference in Ø Completion of Manual of Practice (MOP) on Pipe Bursting Ø Workshop on Pipe Bursting Ø Research and Technology Transfer Symposium This year, the Division continues working on a number of on-going projects as well as kicking-off several new initiatives. I will provide you with a brief description of our new initiatives: Ø EXCOM recognizes the need to enhance the communication channels among the Division’s leadership, technical committees and members at-large. While the web technology is a powerful communication tool, we have not been able to fully utilize this tool in the past due to difficulties in surfing the ASCE website. I am pleased to announce the inauguration of a new website for the Division that allows quick access to the Pipeline Division conference information, and committee web pages on the ASCE server. I invite you to try the new website at www.pipelinedivision.org. Ø With the aging of the baby boomers, the membership of our division is also aging. EXCOM has recognized this trend and is instituting a program to attract and train younger members for leadership positions, and implement succession planning strategies to ensure the Division’s activities will continue at a healthy pace well into the future. Ø With the recent growth of the pipeline industry, EXCOM recognizes the need for a journal devoted to the pipeline issues. We are currently in discussion with ASCE leadership and staff to explore the options for achieving this goal. Ø Finally, EXCOM established an Exploratory Committee to investigate the feasibility of the Pipeline Division to become an ASCE institute. As you may know, ASCE currently has seven technical institutes that enjoy a large degree of autonomy. The Exploratory Committee’s report, when available, will be shared with the Division’s membership. I look forward to working with you as we embark on these and other initiatives. As always, I welcome your new ideas, suggestions and comments. You can contact me at habibiana@bv.com Sincerely, Ahmad Habibian, Ph.D., P.E. Chair, Pipeline Division EXCOM Conference
News The Pipeline
Division Conference Scheduled for The Pipeline 2007 Conference Organizing Committee, under
the leadership of The committee has received and reviewed more than 175 technical abstracts for the conference. Conference topics include:
Approximately 50 exhibitors are expected to showcase their pipeline and related products at the conference. Persons or firms interested in exhibiting at the conference should contact Henry Nodarse P.E. of Bernardin, Lochmueller & Associates Inc., at Hnodarse@blainc.com or Marcia Saumweber at msaumweber@asce.org or at 703-295-6347. Firms and individuals interested in sponsoring events at the conference should contact Ralph Carpenter, American Ductile Iron Pipe, Rcarpenter@acipco.com or Sean Scully, at sscully@asce.org or at 703-295-6154. Technical Program is co-chaired by Lynn Osborne (losborn@insituform.com) and Mo Najafi (najafi@uta.edu). Randy Robertson (rrobertson@cyntechcorp.com) is international coordinator; Robert Carpenter (rcarpenter@oildompublishing.com) is heading up publicity and marketing. Irene McSweeney Woodfall (woodfallim@bwsc.org) and Stephen McKelvie (mckeelvie@pbworld.com) are handling arrangements for local activities. Conference manager is Elaine Watson, ASCE, and Conference Director is Amanda Rushing, ASCE. The conference hotel is the new 793 room Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
located in the Seaport District of Boston.
The Hotel offers panoramic views from every room of the harbor and
city skyline. The hotel is located
less than 3 miles from Events being planned for the A workshop on Plastic
Pipe Design Concepts for Water Systems based on the new AWWA M55 Manual will be conducted
on Sunday July 8 from 8 .m. to noon. This workshop will assist municipal and consulting engineers in designing and
installing polyethylene pipe for water systems. The workshop presenters are
the authors of the manual and will be able to share their expertise with the
attendees. A workshop on Pipeline
and Manhole Coating and Lining Systems will be held Sunday July 8 from 8
a.m. to 10 a.m. This session will cover
applicability, selection, use, inspection and performance of coating and
lining systems for concrete infrastructure.
Also on Sunday
July 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, a workshop will be conducted covering Emerging
Concepts for Design of Pipeline Renewal Systems. This workshop will cover the issue of
current state of knowledge vs. design methods for pipe rehabilitation liners. A two part
workshop on Standardizing Asset Management and Repair for Municipal
Infrastructure will be conducted on Sunday July 8 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. This workshop will look at organization of
new standards development activity on watershed infrastructure asset
management and will also include standards meeting of ASTM Committee F36 on
Technology and Underground Utilities focusing on installation of fiber
conduit in existing sewers. On Monday, families and guest can partake of a Trolley Bus Tour of Boston. The tour, which will run from 9:30 am to
3:30 p.m., will include narrated tour of A New England clambake
will be held at the New England
Aquarium located on A technical
tour of the Additional information concerning the conference and registration procedures can be obtained at www.asce.org/conferences/pipelines2007. No-Dig Conference The Town and Country Resort in San Diego, California, will host the North American Society for Trenchless Technology annual No-Dig Show on April 15-20, 2007. The conference committee has received a record number of 182 abstracts and accepted 112 for the technical presentations of the program. The conference will also host an array of highly specialized seminars. Included in this year’s program will be a Spanish-speaking short course on “Introduction to Trenchless Technologies”. A one-day seminar on pressure pipe design sponsored by the International Society of Trenchless Technology (ISTT) is also planned. Conference information and registration information can be obtained at www.nastt.org/NoDig/ Publications The Pipe Bursting Task Committee has completed the ASCE Manual of Practice – MOP 112- Pipe Bursting Projects. The MOP is available for purchase from ASCE Publications. A Pipe Bursting Workshop based on the MOP is scheduled in conjunction with Pipeline 2007 Conference to be offered on Sunday, July 8. Civil Engineering Magazine- If you have a pipeline research, design or construction project which would be of interest of Civil Engineers around the world, you should consider submitting a paper for publication in the Civil Engineering Magazine. With a readership of more than 170,000 Civil Engineers around the world, projects which present fresh ideas and new technologies are being sought by this monthly journal. Publication information and guidelines can be obtained at www.pubs.asce.org/authors/ceauthor.html. Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline
Engineering Award I. The award is made annually to a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers who has made a definite contribution to the advancement of pipeline engineering, either in research, planning, design or construction. Any of these contributions may be made either in the form of papers or other forms of written presentations, or through outstanding performance or specific and noteworthy actions which have served to advance the art, science and technology of pipeline engineering. II. Not more than one award of the prize is made each year unless the achievement upon which the award is based is considered to be the joint contribution of more than one person, such as the joint authorship of a paper. In such cases duplicate or multiple prizes will be awarded. No one shall receive the honor more than once. III. Each Section and Branch and Technical Division Executive Committee shall be entitled to enter the name of one nominee annually. These names, and supporting documents, will be assembled by the Executive Director and referred to the Executive Committee of the Pipeline Division. IV. The Executive Committee of the Pipeline Division shall recommend the recipient, if any, to the Executive committee of the ASCE Board of Direction for final action. V. The award consists of a plaque and certificate, suitably inscribed with the name of the recipient and circumstances of the award. To nominate, submit the following:
Electronic
submissions are encouraged to awards@asce.org
by November 1. Paper submissions
are also accepted, in which case one copy of the complete nomination package
should be received by the Honors and Awards Program at the ASCE headquarters:
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