Soil-Cement Slope Protection: Lane City Reservoir Short Course and Tour

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What: Join engineers, agency and development professionals, and contractors for a one-time only short course and tour highlighting the soil-cement slope protection design and construction on this 1,100 acre Lower Colorado River Authority reservoir. Click here to download flyer.
When: Thursday, September 14, 2017, 1:00 PM - 9:45 PM (Central Time)
Where: Wharton Civic Center, 1924 N. Fulton Street, Wharton, TX 77488
Schedule:

1:00 PM - 4:45 PM - Short Course
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM - Networking BBQ Dinner
6:30 PM - 9:45 - Site Tour (Bus)

Cost:

Regular registration (to August 31, 2017): $125
Late registration (after August 31, 2017): $150
Reduced cost for student registration ($65)

PDH Credits: 6.5
Sponsorship: This seminar is a unique opportunity to reach engineers, contractors and owners/agencies involved with water resources projects. Click on the button below to find out the benefits of sponsorship.

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Description

Texas is growing fast, and the state must develop water resources that keep up with drinking water and irrigation demands. The Lower Colorado River Authority’s (LCRA) Lane City Reservoir is a large ongoing project that will increase the efficiency and reliability of the state’s water supply. This, and several future Texas reservoirs, are utilizing soil-cement to protect the slopes from wave action and wind.

This short course and tour is an unprecedented opportunity for engineers, agency planners, development professionals, and contractors to learn and see firsthand how soil-cement slope protection has been economically utilized for this key Texas reservoir. The training and site visit should be considered essential for companies and individuals engaged in this sector, because of planned future reservoirs, as well as the 2013 creation of the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) which will support nearly $30 billion in projects over 50 years.

Attendees will learn about the history, benefits, and characteristics of soil-cement slope protection, design considerations for the Lane City project, and construction methods used. The course instructors are all seasoned industry experts who have been involved with the planning, design and construction of the Lane City Reservoir and similar facilities nationwide. Attendees will be shuttled to the construction site to observe ongoing night time construction operations. Learn more about the course content in Ken Hansen's guest blog "Soil-Cement Continues to Be Big in Texas Dams."

The Lane City Reservoir in Wharton County is the first significant new water supply in the lower Colorado River basin in decades. It features:

Five miles of stepped soil-cement to protect the embankment from wave and wind erosion.
An embankment that is 350 ft wide and 45 ft tall, with all of the sand for the soil-cement recovered from site excavation.
Approximately 230,000 cy yd of site-manufactured soil-cement requiring 48,000 tons of cement.
3 ft tall concrete parapets on top of the embankment for overtopping protection during storms.
Multiple gates for in/out flows, industrial irrigation pumps, and 50 in diameter pipe to pump in water from the Colorado River.

Attendees will receive 6.5 Professional Development Hours, as well as copies of presentations, resource materials and guidebooks on a flash drive.

Agenda

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1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Sign-In/Registration
1:30 PM - 4:45 PM: Short Course

Program Introduction - Jan R. Prusinski, PE, FACI, Executive Director, Cement Council of Texas
Soil-Cement is Big in Texas: Lessons Learned Over the Years - Ken Hansen, P.E., FACI, Consulting Engineer
LCRA and the Lane City Reservoir - Gregor Forbes, LCRA
Design of the Lane City Reservoir Soil-Cement Slope Protection - Dave Bentler, PhD, PE, Project Engineer, CH2M
Construction of the Lane City Reservoir Soil-Cement - Gerry Arvidson, Vice-President, Phillips & Jordan
Soil-Cement for Stream Bank Protection - Ken Hansen, PE, FACI, FASCE, Consulting Engineer
Future Projects in Texas and Questions - Panel, All Speakers

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Networking Dinner

Catered by Hinze's BBQ
Included with registration

6:30 PM - 9:45 PM: Tour

Bus transportation provided to Lane City Reservoir (Board 6:30 PM). No private cars.
Safety instructions and safety equipment distribution. Hardhats and safety vests provided; steel-toed shoes recommended (no open-toed shoes).
Guided tour of reservoir soil-cement construction - Andy Westbrook, Phillips & Jordan
- Inspection of completed soil-cement slope.
- Proportioning/mixing plant inspection.
- Viewing of soil-cement laydown process.
- Demonstration of soil-cement specimen preparation and testing by Kleinfelder.
Bus will leave at approximately 9:20 and return attendees to Wharton Convention Center approximately 9:45 PM

Short course and dinner are at the Wharton Civic Center, 1924 N. Fulton Street, Wharton, TX, 77488, 979-532-2491, ext. 600. The site tour is a 15-minute bus ride from the Civic Center.

Speaker Bios

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Gerry Arvidson
Vice President, Phillips & Jordan
Gerry Arvidson joined Phillips & Jordan, Inc. (P&J) in 2014, bringing with him 17 years of construction experience. As the Vice President of P&J’s Dam & Water Resource Group, Gerry is responsible for the full life cycle of projects including business development, estimating, planning, and construction. He has spent the majority of his career working on large dam and reservoir projects ranging in size from less than $1 million to an excess of $600 million, many of which included Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) or Soil Cement construction. Gerry has been involved with complex dam, hydro and water resource projects throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia and has worked under alternative delivery contracts such as construction manager at risk, public private partnerships, early contractor involvement, and design-build. He graduated from Montana State University with a degree in Construction Engineering Technology.

Dave Bentler, Ph.D., PE
Project Engineer, CH2M
Dr. David Bentler is a geotechnical engineer with 21 years of professional experience. He has been with CH2M in their Englewood, CO office since 2011 and before that with The Shaw Group (now CB&I), Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott & May Engineers (now Stantec), and the University of Kentucky. Dr. Bentler graduated from South Dakota State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering, and later received Master of Science and Doctorate degrees in the geotechnical engineering program at Virginia Tech. His project experience includes mine tailings impoundments, foundation and civil design for coal and gas fired electrical generating stations, earth retaining structures, earthen and concrete dams, slope stabilization, and environmental mitigation projects. He is the engineer of record for the Lower Colorado River Authority's Lane City Reservoir currently under construction in Wharton County, TX.

Ken Hansen, PE, FACI, FASCE
Consulting Engineer
Ken Hansen's experience with soil-cement slope protection for earth dams goes back more than 50 years. His promotional work let to UTE Dam, NM being the first dam in the United States being built in 1963 with this Reclamation developed alternative to Rack riprap. He was involved with nearly all the soil-cement protected dams in Texas for the Portland Cement Association for a 26-year period that ended when he retired in 1997. After nearly 12 years with Schnabel Engineering, he is now an individual consultant, specializing in soil-cement and roller-compacted concrete applications in dams, based in the Denver area.

Mr. Hansen's honors include selection as a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of the University of New Mexico, where he also played basketball, but not well. Ken was also selected as one of the 60 most influential people involved in the global hydro and dams business in the past 60 years by Water Power magazine (UK) in 2009. He is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute and the America Society of Civil Engineers, an honorary member of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials, and was recently honored by the U.S. Society on Dams as the 2017 recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award.

Gregor Forbes
Lower Colorado River Authority

Jan Prusinski, PE, FACI
Executive Director, Cement Council of Texas
Jan Prusinski is the executive director of the Cement Council of Texas (CCT), the trade association of cement manufacturers in Texas, and an affiliate of the Portland Cement Association (PCA). He promotes the proper use of cement and concrete for infrastructure and building applications. Jan is a fellow of the American Concrete Institute and is active on numerous committees, including ACI 230 Soil-Cement (past chair) and ACI 327 Roller Compacted Concrete Pavements. His 35 years' of professional experience includes national management of PCA's soil-cement and roller-compacted concrete programs, executive director of the Slag Cement Association, and design engineering positions with Houston Lighting & Power and Bechtel Power Corporation. He holds a BS in Civil/Structural Engineering from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the University of Houston, and is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas.

LODGING AND TRAVEL

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If you wish to spend the night, three recommended local hotels are:

Holiday Inn Express & Suites Wharton (10247 Hwy 59, Wharton, TX 77488, 979-282-8300)
Country Hearth Inn & Suites Wharton (1808 FM 102 Rd, Wharton, TX 77488, 979-532-1152)
Express Inn Wharton (2393 Fm 102, Wharton, TX 77488, 979-488-9440)

Please note that there is not a room block reserved at these hotels, so we recommend making your reservations as soon as possible to ensure rates and availability. Please feel free to check for other nearby hotels, if these do not fit your needs.

If you are flying into Houston for the workshop, the Wharton Civic Center is approximately 65 miles from Hobby Airport and 80 miles from George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport. Also, it is about 132 miles from Austin and 167 miles from San Antonio.

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