| December 8, 2008 |
| W2: Managing a Safe, Effective, and Profitable Hydro Excavation Business - Cancelled
Hydro Excavation -
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| 8:00 AM | Locator Certification Seminar Presented by Staking University
Locator Certification -
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| 8:00 AM | W1: One-Call Board Member Workshop
Bill Boswell, McGuire Woods LLP
Don Heyer, Operations Manager, Underground Service Alert North
One Call Board Members -
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| December 9, 2008 |
| 8:00 AM | A Contractor's Perspective: Supplemental Practices That Dramatically Cut Damage
Ron Peterson, President
S.E.E. Underground Technologies
Excavation Issues -
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| 8:00 AM | Keeping Utility Mapping Data Current on Long Duration Projects
Jim Anspach, Principal
So-Deep Inc.
Subsurface Utility -
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| 8:00 AM | Sensor Fusion: Combining EM Locating, Survey, and GPS Tools in One Unit
Jim Waite, Vice President, Engineering
Metrotech Corp.
Locating and Marking -
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| 8:00 AM | Summary and Description of CGA Best Practices Approved In 2008
Brian Tooley, OSP National Support
Verizon Business
One Call Issues -
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| 8:00 AM | Update 2008: New and Proposed Damage Prevention Legislation & Regulation
Walt Kelly, Damage Prevention Consultant
Walt Kelly Enterprises, Inc.
Legal & Regulatory -
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| 8:00 AM | W3: CalOSHA Locator Qualification Workshop
CalOSHA Events -
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| 9:15 AM | As An Excavator, What Can You Expect a Hydro-Excavation Company to Do for You?
Neil McLean, CEO
Hydro Excavation Consulting Unlimited
Excavation Issues -
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| 9:15 AM | Getting the Most SUE Value Out of Your Project's Buck
Peter Borsack, Associate/SUE Manager
Cobb, Fendley & Associates, Inc.
Subsurface Utility -
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| 9:15 AM | How to Get Legislation Passed
Larry Fortin, and Ken Jones, Gas Pipeline Engineer
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
Legal & Regulatory -
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| 9:15 AM | Is the Best Locating Instrument the One You Don't Have With You?
Locating and Marking -
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| 9:15 AM | Privately-Owned Facilities - The Industry's Role in Locating Underground Infrastructure
James Holzer, Operations Manager, One Call Concepts Inc.
Mark Palma, Attorney at Law, Hinshaw & Culbertson
One Call Issues -
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| 10:15 AM | Exhibit Hall Open 10:15am - Noon
Exhibit Hall -
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| 11:45 AM | Keynote Luncheon: The Excavator’s Push for Damage Prevention
Mike Kemper, President & CEO
Northern Pipeline Company
Keynote -
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| 1:00 PM | Exhibit Hall Open 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Exhibit Hall -
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| 2:15 PM | Case Study of a Gas Explosion: Was it Excavation?
Susan Satkowski, Attorney, Lavin, O’Neil, Ricci, Cedrone & DiSipio
Walt Kelly, Damage Prevention Consultant, Walt Kelly Enterprises
Legal & Regulatory -
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| 2:15 PM | Cross-Bores: How Big Is The Issue?
Samuel T. Ariaratnam, Associate Professor,, Del E. Webb School of Construction, ASU; Dan Weaklend,
Chief Officer Safety, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, NPL
Excavation Issues -
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| 2:15 PM | D.I.R.T. - Process Overview and Analysis of the 2007 Annual Report
Brian Tooley, OSP National Support, Verizon Business
Larry Fortin
One Call Issues -
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| 2:15 PM | The Facts and Myths of Ground Penetrating Radar
Mike Dvorak, Sales Manager – Electronics
The Charles Machine Works, Inc.
Locating and Marking -
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| 2:15 PM | Updating Utility Mapping Scopes of Work for the 21st Century
Jim Anspach, Principal, So-Deep Inc.
John Harter, Tampa Bay Engineering
Subsurface Utility -
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| 3:15 PM | Exhibit Hall Open 3:15pm - 5:00pm
Exhibit Hall -
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| December 10, 2008 |
| 7:30 AM | Keynote Breakfast: View From The Chairman's Desk - One Year Later
Mark Rosenker, Chairman
National Transportation Safety Board
Keynote -
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| 8:30 AM | Exhibit Hall Open 8:30am - 1:00pm
Exhibit Hall -
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| 10:45 AM | Advanced Locating Tips for the Pro
Mike Parilac
Staking University at Planet Underground
Locating and Marking -
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| 10:45 AM | Enforcement Using Conciliation Court in Minnesota
Dan Munthe, State Pipeline Safety Inspector
Minnesota Office of Pipeline Safety
Legal & Regulatory -
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| 10:45 AM | Introduction to Hydro-Excavation as a Business
Neil McLean, CEO
Hydro Excavation Consulting Unlimited
Excavation Issues -
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| 10:45 AM | Report of the North American Regional CGAs
Khrysanne Kerr, Director of Program Development
Common Ground Alliance
One Call Issues -
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| 10:45 AM | Unknown Utilities - Finding Them and Dealing with Them
Jim Anspach, Principal
So-Deep Inc.
Subsurface Utility -
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| 1:15 PM | 811 Update
Khrysanne Kerr, Director of Program Development
Common Ground Alliance
One Call Issues -
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| 1:15 PM | How Do You Get Good Administrative Enforcement of Damage Prevention Laws?
Ken Jones, Gas Pipeline Engineer,, Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
Don Heyer, Operations Manager, USA North
Excavation Issues -
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| 1:15 PM | Locating Utilities – Updates on Technology from the Strategic Highway Research Program Study
Jim Anspach, Principal
So-Deep Inc.
Subsurface Utility -
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| 1:15 PM | What Locators Should Know about Advanced Geophysical Tools
Mark Wallbom, CEO
Underground Imaging
Locating and Marking -
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| 1:15 PM | WINNING YOUR CASE: The Keys to Successfully Investigating and Documenting Your Claim
Legal & Regulatory -
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| 2:30 PM | Field Application of Successful Excavator Damage Prevention Work Practices
Larry Fortin
Excavation Issues -
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| 2:30 PM | Joint-Use Buried Duct Network for Upgrading and Maintaining Utility Cables
Dr. Lawrence Slavin, President
Outside Plant Consulting Services, Inc.
Subsurface Utility -
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| 2:30 PM | The Story Behind Standardized Marking Procedures and Locator Best Practices
Peter Kuchinsky II, Sr. Risk Management Consultant
ACWA/JPIA
Locating and Marking -
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| 2:30 PM | YOU THE JURY: Trial of a Utility Damage Claim
Legal & Regulatory -
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* Schedule subject to change.
