Advanced Concrete Technologies, Inc.
Advanced Concrete Technologies, Inc. (ACT) is a single source supplier of state-of-the-art turnkey comprehensive concrete mixing and batching plant solutions that draws on over 40 years of experience and more than 4,000 concrete batch plant and precast factory installations worldwide. ACTs concrete batch plants meet the demands for today’s highest quality and environmental standards. We offer turnkey plant solutions, HPGM high shear countercurrent mixers and high-output DWM twinshaft mixers, PC-based control systems, Wuerschum color pigment and admixture systems, automatic mixer cleaning, water recycling systems, concrete transport systems, as well as full plant commissioning and after-sales service and support based right here in North America. Products and services are designed to provide maximum flexibility by giving concrete plants the ideal combination of proven components engineered by the world’s most respected names in the business – Wiggert & Co. and Würschum GmbH.
www.concretebiz.com

Allplan Inc.
Allplan is a leading vendor of OpenBIM solutions for structural and civil engineers, building contractors, project managers, and BIM managers. Our software enables the integration of 3D into preexisting 2D workflows, and allows different disciplines and trades to collaborate in a streamlined, efficient workflow.
A key subsidiary of the Nemetschek Group, Allplan solutions are used by over 240,000 engineers, contractors, and AEC professionals in 52 countries. (Other Nemetschek brands in the US include Bluebeam, RISA, SDS/2, and Vectorworks). We are leading the initiative to digitalize the AEC industry, support IFC standards, and enable the holistic design, construction and management of buildings, structures, and bridges.
www.allplan.com

American Step Company, Inc.
American Step Company was formed in 1995 after combining nearly 50 years of experience in the precast, construction and plastics industries. This high level of experience and engineering expertise led to the development of a complete line of manhole steps and lifting systems designed and manufactured to ensure product safety and longevity in the harshest of on-site conditions. Steps must pass several quality control tests which are implemented within the American Step Company manufacturing system before they are ready for consumer use.  American Step Company manufactures a complete line of manhole steps and DOMESTIC STEEL LIFTING DEVICES.  These domestic steel lifting devices include utility anchors, solid loop lifters (solid steel float in lifters), pipe lift hole formers which work well with packerhead equipment as well as all other types of pipe making equipment and PC strand lifters for many different applications including thin wall septic tanks.
www.americanstep.com

Besser Company
Trusted since 1904, Besser Company is recognized as the leader for quality concrete products equipment and parts for the pipe, precast, masonry and hardscape segments of the industry. Besser equipment and parts are designed, manufactured, and wholly supported by a team of talented employee-owners. Producers in over 130 countries have selected Besser as their industry partner, confident in our legacy of engineering and manufacturing innovative, high-quality, durable production systems while providing responsive technical service and hands-on training for plant personnel. In 2017 Rubber gasketed adjustable box culvert equipment joined our product line providing producers the ability to change form sizes to produce a broad range of products to exacting dimensions while keeping form inventory low.
The employee-owners of Besser Company, in recognition of the American Concrete Pipe Association’s annual National Concrete Pipe week, have established a scholarship with the ACPA Foundation. The $2500 college scholarship is awarded annually to a student whose course of study is related to concrete pipe production, application/installation or research.
www.besser.com

CAM Products
CAM manufacturers easy to install Prefabricated Shear Steel Stirrup Mat Assemblies for Concrete Pipe, Box Culverts and other Structures.  Individual composite and steel shear connectors as also available.
CAM is a “single source” for a complete line of steel and plastic reinforcement spacers and positioners. Most steel spacer packaging is “TangleFree”.
CAM now offers a complete line of magnetic formwork accessories including magnetic chamfer and lifting recess mounting accessories.
CAM Products is also the North American Wholesale Distributor for Habermann Materials’s “Hawiflex” products and Brecon/Bosch Vibrators and Vibration Technology, including the innovative 18120SLIM lightweight-quick mount vibrator.
“Hawiflex” polyurethane mixer paddles, scrapers, and arm guards reduce wear on mixer floors and walls.
“Hawiflex” fork lift pads reduces concrete pipe handling damage and minimize the need for patching operations.
“Hawiflex” is also available in lining sheets, cones, chutes and hoses for concrete and aggregate handling.  We maintain a large inventory of paddles, scrapers, and arm guards for quick delivery.
www.cam-hp.com

Concrete Sealants, Inc.
Concrete Sealants (ConSeal) is a manufacturer of sealants, extruded sealing tapes, exterior joint wraps, waterproofing membranes, water stops, coatings, mastics, primers, hot-melts, lubricants, densifying coatings and specialty admixtures including: antimicrobials and waterproofing admixtures. ConSeal’s products are used to assemble, seal, and enhance precast concrete products: concrete pipes, manholes, box culverts, tunnels, bridges, utility vaults, septic tanks and grease interceptors, burial vaults, architectural structures, buildings and precast components of all types.
www.conseal.com

CPI
For 20 years CPi built its reputation with concrete professionals worldwide as being the go-to source of information for the concrete products industries.  This uniquely positions us to take the next step and move into the digital world.  As you may remember, CPi has added ePaper to our distribution channel.  However, we also recognize that many in the industry still prefer a hard copy of CPi in their hands to read and reference at their leisure.  By combining both the print journal and ePapers CPi is able to extend its reach around the world in each reader’s preferred media.
Published in nine languages and twelve bi-monthly editions, CPi touches every corner of the world.  Editions are in English for a North American, Indian and Worldwide English edition; Spanish for Spain, Central and South America; Portuguese for Brazil and Portugal; German; French; Italian; Polish; Russian; Turkish; and Chinese.
www.cpi-worldwide.com

Eastern States Steel Corporation
Eastern States Steel Corporation, located in New Jersey, is a leading nationwide supplier of wire reinforcement spacers for reinforced concrete pipe, box culverts, manholes, and other precast concrete products. The corporation was founded in 1963 by Richard A. Swenson and has expanded to include Eastern States Steel in Chicago, Southern States Steel in Atlanta and Dallas, Western States Steel in Salt Lake City, and Canadian Concrete Accessories in Toronto. The corporation develops, manufactures, and distributes, through its network of six facilities, a complete line of steel spacers to the reinforced concrete pipe and precast industry in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
www.spacers.com

Engineered Wire Products, Inc.
Engineered Wire Products (EWP) is a leading manufacturer of welded wire reinforcement (WWR), serving the concrete pipe, precast, and construction industries since 1969. EWP produces mesh rolls for concrete pipe and manholes, and flat mesh sheets for box culverts, bridge structures and other precast applications. EWP can provide custom bending to exacting tolerances for all material produced, ranging from light commodity to D31 structural mesh. In addition to welded wire reinforcement, EWP produces A-82 wire, straight and cut wire, and stirrups for shear reinforcing with precast pipe and structures. EWP has three facilities located in Upper Sandusky, OH, Las Cruces, NM, and Warren, OH.
www.ewpinc.com

GCI Pipe Products, Inc.
GCI Pipe Products Inc. was established in 1995 in the State of Kansas. GCI Pipe has been serving the concrete pipe producers for over 2 decades with products. In 20 years, after delivering over 140,000 pallets and headers, GCI has established itself as a quality producer. GCI has its own manufacturing facilities where it maintains stringent quality control at every stage – patterns, foundry and machining with modern facilities. The products offered include pallets and headers, modular and expandable box forms and machine compatibility.
www.gcicastings.com

Haala Industries Inc.
Haala offers rebar products, trash guards, safety grates, pipe ties, barrier pins, pond skimmers, wire cone cages, lift cables, and stud welding, along with a plastic line of wheels, chairs, caps, and spacers as an accessory with its metal product line. Haala Industries, Inc. has developed into a leading innovator and manufacturer of metal fabricated products for a variety of customers. Haala Industries works closely with the MNDOT in both product development and design, and continually looks for ways to improve utilization and application of all products. Haala Industries uses the latest technology of high definition plasma cutters and robotic welders to provide customers with specialized products that enhance time and consistency of the finished product.
www.haala.com

Hamilton Kent
HK manufactures their rubber products in two North America facilities: Toronto, ON and Winchester, TN. HK’s product line has expanded over the years, with the perennial top-seller being the TyloxTM SuperSeal® pre-lubricated gasket for single-offset joints on round, elliptical and arch pipe, box culverts and manholes. The company product line also includes Kent Seal® butyl sealant, Pipe Lube (regular and sub-aqueous), profile wedge-shaped gaskets for o-ring groove and single-offset joints, and O-ring gaskets for sanitary and high-pressure applications. HK also manufactures and supplies a line of cast-in pipe connectors and a selection of mechanically-installed connectors for watertight manhole-to-structure connections. HK actively participates in ASTM, ACPA and other technical and manufacturing organizations and committees.
www.hamiltonkent.com

HP | BFS
HP | BFS is the world leader in providing innovative solutions to manufacturers of concrete pipes, manholes, pressure pipe, pole plant, block and paver end-markets and other precast products. From simple stand-alone machines to fully automated plants incorporating the latest in electronics, robotics, and control technology, HP | BFS furnishes a total family of solutions. As a global brand, HP | BFS considers the user, leads with creative technology, is committed to excellence, and is founded in trust. While providing a global experience, the company prides itself on local presence. They have more associates in more parts of the world than any other manufacturer of concrete production machinery.
HP | BFS expanded its presence in the precast concrete equipment market with the acquisition of New Hampton Metal Fabrication and Spillman Company, market leaders in the precast form industry. The partnerships draw on decades of combined experience to push the boundaries of innovation while maintaining their dedication to delivering outstanding customer service to the industries they serve. The addition of New Hampton Metal Fabrication and Spillman broadens HP | BFS’s reach and offerings to customers by combining the technology and service leaders in both dry-cast and wet-cast form equipment.
HP | BFS, New Hampton Metal Fabrication, Spillman, and CAM Products collectively make up the AFINITAS Companies. AFINITAS’ mission is to unleash potential and enrich lives. To accomplish this mission, they are working to unite the best companies of every precast market segment to provide the most innovative solutions and the best customer service to precasters across the globe.
www.hpct.com

M.A. Industries, Inc.
Long known as the “Original” Plastic Manhole Step inventor, M.A. Industries, Inc. has been manufacturing and supplying the Pipe and Precast Industry and Concrete Testing Industry since 1969 with innovative technology, and time-saving products. Over the past 48 years, our portfolio of products has grown to include manhole steps, step inserts, concrete test cylinders, pipe joint lubricant, utility vault products, lifting devices, magnetic step pins and manhole step safety training. M.A. Industries offers over 150 years of combined industry experience. With our 125,000 sq ft production facility located in Peachtree City GA and 20 injection molding machines, plus 6 US warehouses, our company has the capability to produce and supply a wide variety of products for the concrete industry.
www.maind.com

Nox-Crete Products Group
Nox-Crete Products Group was founded in 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska by Carl Linn through the invention of the world’s first chemically active form release agent, Nox-Crete Form Coating. Nox-Crete has expanded to include an entire line of form release agents for all types of manufacturing, cures and bondbreakers, liquid floor hardeners, joint fillers, curing and sealing compounds, water repellents, and form maintenance products. Nox-Crete expanded into new markets and now distributes its products worldwide.
www.nox-crete.com

PF3 Global (Design Precast)
PF3 Global of Gulfport, MS has developed the first significant patent for reinforced concrete pipe since the inception of RCP in 1849.  Its Lifting Eye eliminates lift holes as well as straps and chains and replaces them with a simple yet effective cable loop that has been engineered and tested to withstand the loads associated with handling and laying pipe.  Additionally, it has repeatedly been shown to eliminate equipment and manpower on the job site thus driving down costs and making pipe with the Lifting Eye the preferred choice for contractors and municipalities.
www.pf3global.com

SIMEM America Corporation
Simem America brings over 50 years of equipment manufacturing to North America’s concrete producer. The Simem America office in San Antonio, TX is headquarters for parts inventories, technical services, and project management.
With extensive experience in mixing technology (twin shaft, planetary, continuous, and colloidal), modern stationary and mobile concrete plant manufacturing, automated carousel systems, water reclaiming systems, and concrete heating and cooling systems, Simem delivers sustainable equipment solutions for the most demanding environments.
www.simem.com

SKAKO Concrete, Inc.
SKAKO manufactures concrete production and distribution equipment for making concrete for pipe and precast plants. The company specializes in designing and installing complete concrete production plants on a turnkey basis for reducing unit costs when making concrete. It offers high and low-profile aggregate batching plants, prewired modular and mobile batching and mixing systems, APOLLO Counter-Current mixers, CONFLEX Bucket Conveyors, SKAKOMAT concrete plant control systems, and aggregate proportioning equipment featuring SKAKO Vibratory Feeders. SKAKO provides equipment to customers in more than 40 countries to include parts and service, particularly its Service Management Contracts that help optimize performance of SKAKO concrete plants.
www.skako.com

Strong Products, Inc.
Strong Products, Inc. since 2003 has provided environmentally designed, biodegradable reactive/barrier form releases for all concrete mixes including SCC to the concrete pipe and other precast concrete industries. The company’s biodegradable products offer clean forms (of any type) reducing costs with less man-hours required maintaining forms and repairing concrete surfaces. All Strong Products, Inc. formulas are water clear, contain zero water, zero evaporative solvents, zero vegetable oils and are low VOC compliant. The company’s releases are New York, Minnesota and Louisiana DOT-approved and are used by concrete pipe, precast and pre-stressed facilities throughout the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and Thailand. A new SF Series of biodegradable releases, offering less than 100 VOC content, has been developed and will soon be available for evaluation in Southern California and other regions.
www.strongproductsllc.com

TOPWERK AMERICA and the TOPWERK Prinzing-Pfeiffer Division
The TOPWERK Group is a globally recognized plant equipment manufacturer for the concrete products industry. With more than 850 employees and strategic subsidiaries throughout the world, the TOPWERK GROUP has become recognized for the highest level of machine-building excellence and German engineering in the concrete product industry. The TOPWERK Group is represented in North America through its TopWerk America offices located in Burlington, Ontario. The long-established TOPWERK Prinzing-Pfeiffer division has designed and developed complete plant equipment systems for concrete pipes and manhole production equipment. These automated systems deliver products for the demanding civil infrastructure and municipal markets, such as sewerage, drainage, power supply, telecommunications, water treatment, rainwater utilization, and major building or road construction. Performance capabilities of high precision and volume output are combined with smart operating systems and safety standards to advance the level of plant efficiency and effectiveness.
www.topwerk.com/en/prinzing-pfeiffer/home

Trelleborg Pipe Seals
Trelleborg Pipe Seals is a leading manufacturer of watertight seals and sealants.  Manufacturing takes place at our two facilities located in Milford NH and Bonne Terre MO.
Our Kor-N-Seal system was introduced in 1972 and has set the standard for watertight pipe to manhole connections.  Additional product lines include Manhole and Pipe Gaskets, Coring Machines/Core Drills, Joint Sealant and Wraps; along with a complete line for rehabilitation products.
Whatever your needs, Trelleborg has the expertise to support your business.
Trelleborg Pipe Seals Milford, Inc., 250 Elm St.,  Milford, NH 03055  800-626-2180
www.trelleborg.com/pipe-seals

Universal Polymer & Rubber, Ltd.
UP&R, is a privately held company that is part of the Cypress Companies of Akron, OH. UP&R is a manufacturer of rubber molded parts, rubber extruded parts, and plastic extruded parts. These parts are supplied to a variety of different industries, and to various global locations. Manufacturing takes place at UP&R’s two facilities that are located in Middlefield, OH USA, and Tallmadge, OH, respectively. The Tallmadge facility produces pre-lubed gaskets that have been introduced from UP&R. UP&R sells its products into four major markets on four separate continents. The major markets served include the transportation and cargo control market, construction and pipe manufacturers market, automotive OE supply chain as a Tier II and Tier III, and the general industrial market that comprises several well-known manufacturers of globally used products and equipment. UP&R is the only manufacturer of world renowned Gold Line Tarp Straps, and now makes a wide variety of rubber straps and other tie downs to supplement its Gold Line product line.
www.universalpolymer.com

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Production Poster Session – (Tom Umek – CAM Equipment Sales/Concrete Accessory Mfg.)

Quality Poster Session – (Jake Jyrkama, P.E. – Rinker Materials)

Technical Poster Session – (Walter C. Catlett, P.E. – American Concrete Pipe Association)

Imagine capturing the key points of a speaker’s presentation in 5 minutes, then being able to ask that speaker a few questions you might not ask in a classroom.  The Technical Poster Session brings professionals from DOT, Academia, Public Works, and Member companies together in one room during two different breaks. Come hear their presentation, you may learn something that helps shape a new strategy.

Gain an understanding of the history of Portland Cement, its current chemical make-up, and how it’s manufactured.  You will also learn the basics of Supplemental Cementitious Materials (SCMs) including Pozzolans (Fly Ash) and Ground granulated blast furnace slag.

Aggregates (Tony Sorcic – Holcim (US) Inc.) 

Continue your education of Concrete Materials from the Cement course by attending aggregates.  During this course you will gain a knowledge of aggregate composition and properties, along with the ASTM specifications that you need to be familiar with to make quality concrete pipe.

Admixtures (Ed Mansky – GCP Applied Technologies)

Admixtures for concrete continue to be an ever increasing part of our concrete production. This presentation will give you a thorough introduction to admixtures for both wet and dry cast concrete. During this course you will gain a knowledge of admixtures, along with the ASTM specifications that you need to be familiar with to make quality concrete pipe.

Self Consolidating Concrete(Ed Mansky – GCP Applied Technologies)

Learn the fundamentals of Self Consolidating Concrete (SCC). In addition to a brief history of SCC, this presentation will include a discussion of the properties, admixes, benefits, cautions, testing requirements, and special production requirements for SCC.

Mix Design (John Kallemeyn, P.E. – Forterra)

Proper mix design is the basis for the quality and cost of our products. This session sets the foundation for understanding basic mix design. In addition to learning what “specific gravity” is and its relationship to the volume calculations in a mix design, you will learn about “aggregate absorption” to help manage moisture in your aggregates during batching and how to apply these concepts to mix design calculations.

Concrete Technology (John Kallemeyn, P.E. – Forterra)

Learn the basics of understanding the proportioning of materials, (cementitious, aggregate, water, and admixtures), to create wet or dry cast concrete for Pipe and Precast. Also included is a discussion of some of the most common “bad” things that can happen to concrete, such as ASR and Sulfate Attack, and how to avoid them.

Reinforcement (Mel C. Marshall – Mel C. Marshall Industrial Consultants Inc.)

We all know reinforcement makes our product stronger, more durable, and easier to handle.  But how does it accomplish all of this?  And why is it so important to be produced EXACTLY how the project plans specify?  Mel Marshall will discuss the purpose of reinforcing, the types and identifications, basic welding requirements, fabrication of cages, and the specifications that govern it.

Curing (Mel C. Marshall – Mel C. Marshall Industrial Consultants Inc.)

Proper curing is necessary for the production of quality concrete pipe and manholes.  Learn about the importance, and purpose, of moisture and temperature in the curing process, as well as ways to make curing more effective.

Calculations & Review for Quality School Test (Rich Brewster – Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.)

Pre/Post Pour Inspection(Rich Brewster – Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.)

This course covers equipment inspection, upkeep and documentation for pre and post-pour inspection of pipe and precast products. Critical areas such as form set-ups, reinforcement and damage inspection and brief look into Q-Cast requirements will also be discussed.

Concrete Production (Tom Umek – CAM Equipment Sales/Concrete Accessory Mfg.)

The production of consistent and high quality concrete is essential to all of the products that we make. This session will discuss the importance of proper material storage and handling, material and admix batching sequence, and the importance of compensating for aggregate moisture (again). We will review the various styles of mixers followed by a discussion of the transportation and pouring of concrete.

Consolidation (Tom Umek – CAM Equipment Sales/Concrete Accessory Mfg.) 

Proper consolidation of concrete in our forms, using various vibration methods, is critical to strength, appearance and durability of our products. We will discuss the basics of both amplitude and frequency of vibration, the various methods of vibration used in our industry as well as some of the effects of improper vibration. You’ll learn how to effectively consolidate concrete by removing the air and packing the aggregates as tightly as possible, by utilizing vibration.

Product Testing(Paul Krauss – Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates)

Learn about the proper methods to test pipe in Three-Edge Bearing (external load crushing strength) and learn about water-tightness testing and strength testing of joints. Test procedures for water tightness (air, vacuum, and hydrostatic), Off-Center Joint test and Joint Shear tests, and the gasketed Storm Sewer joint test will be discussed.

Repairs & Finishing (Paul Krauss – Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates)

Learn about pipe finishing and repairs. Does all damage need to be repaired? Learn what pipe damage should be repaired and procedures and materials used to complete both cosmetic and structural repairs.

Qcast Certification (Paul Krauss – Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates)

Most of us know why we should get Q-Cast certified but struggle with getting started or with improving our scores. To assist you with overcoming these problems, the ACPA has gone to the source with Paul Krauss, of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (WJE). WJE, experts in materials science engineering, is the third party auditing firm that conducts the Q-Cast Plant Certification annual inspections. Paul will give an insider’s view of what the Q-Cast inspector looks for when inspecting a plant for the first time and subsequent inspections.

This is an opportunity for the top 10 to present their safety improvement and to answer questions. The audience will vote on a ballot for their top three.

Packerhead Reinforcing  

General Reinforcement Concepts (Mel C. Marshall – Mel C. Marshall Industrial Consultants Inc.)

Reviewing the requirements of the ASTM Specifications as they pertain to the manufacture of reinforcing cages for RCP manufactured by the packerhead process.

Making ASTM Cages & ASTM Compliant In-plant Production Practices (Bill Washabaugh – Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.)

Reviewing the requirements of the ASTM Specifications as they pertain to the manufacture of reinforcing cages for RCP manufactured by the packerhead process.

Welding Reinforcement, Packerhead Cage Details and Recommendations (Bill Washabaugh – Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.)

Reviewing the requirements of the ASTM Specifications as they pertain to the manufacture of reinforcing cages for RCP manufactured by the packerhead process.

Review & Test (Bill Washabaugh – Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.)

Employment Law for Supervisors (Dan Sparr – Hancock Concrete Products, LLC)

As a Leader, you face potential legal situations on a daily basis.  Many changes have taken place in the employment law arena you should be aware of. This course will provide awareness of the environment you work within, and and how to recognize and address potential legal situations.  

Performance Management (Sean Bacon)

Be Uncommon – Being uncommon means more than taking risks or doing something differently, it means being consistent in your professional drive to create change while maintaining a high level or esprit de corps.

Fail Harder/Fail Faster – Mistakes are good for the “lessons learned” department of your mind.  Grant yourself permission to fail, secure in the knowledge that you will become better because of it.  Remove the ego, keep the confidence.

Concrete for Packerhead 

Packerhead Concrete: Not the Same Old Stuff (Jake Jyrkama – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division)

Troubleshooting Your Concrete (Jake Jyrkama – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division, Dave Tuchscherer – Forterra, & Scott Kennedy – Besser Company)

What to do When Your Pipe Doesn’t Look Right(Jake Jyrkama – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division, Dave Tuchscherer – Forterra, & Scott Kennedy – Besser Company)

Packerhead Concrete Review & Test

Evaluating Test Results (Rich Brewster – Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.)

A discussion on how the results of various tests performed on plastic concrete, hardened concrete, and finished products can be evaluated and utilized to increase efficiency, productivity, and quality in your plants.

Production Machinery Mechanicals (John Witte – HawkeyePedershaab)

While it is not possible to cover every single type of equipment that is used in North America and other parts of the world, there are some common issues that can be found in nearly every piece of equipment.  Most use hydraulics, some type of pneumatics, electrical power, along with many that have some form of automation.  These disciplines, although normally reserved for fully qualified personnel, will be covered in their basic form in order for the operator to be able to more readily diagnose a problem or to make adjustments that will improve the performance of the machine which in turn makes a better quality product. Individual sessions include the areas of Mechanicals and Basic Maintenance, Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Electrical and Automation, followed by review and testing for accreditation.   

Safety

Safety Every day, Being Safety Present (Jackie Winters – Forterra)

We are all trying to juggle many different things at once.  The most important thing that any manager can do is provide their employees with a safe work environment.  This needs to be done every day and hazards identified before it is too late.  This course will give you some ideas on how to identify hazards in a very short period of your day.  It will also address being prepared for the unexpected and effective training.

Slow Down to Speed Up (Brent Hilliard – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division)

This course will focus on two different concepts.  The first concept will deal with daily planning.  The Daily Planning meeting will be reviewed with topics to discuss from the day before as well as outlining the current day’s agenda.  This meeting will ensure any safety issues that happened the previous day can be discussed in detail as well as talk about any current safety concerns employees may have.
The second concept will deal with constructive safety discussions.  Many times, managers walk in on employees involved in unsafe conditions.  This section will detail how to address the situation at hand.  It will give managers a way to communicate their concern about the task while also gaining commitment and buy in from the employee.

Managing Serious Safety Issues & Review & Test (David (DJ) McKinney – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division)

This class takes managers through the process of developing rules for items that have the highest potential for severe injury, how to provide training for them, and how to apply accountability for their compliance.  This class provides indispensable knowledge and background for those who are in a leadership position.

Packerhead Production (Tom Umek – CAM Equipment Sales/Concrete Accessory Mfg.)

Packerhead Production

In Shop for Roller Head Maintenance (18” or 24” plus a 42” Roller Head), Review of Building Cages, Drycast Slump Test, and Live at the Packerhead Machine

Review and Questions from the Plant Tour and Demonstrations

Rollerhead Maintenance and Hydraulic and Electrical

Rollerhead maintenance from some of the best in the industry.

Packerhead Production Review & Test

Operations Management

Managing Your Batch Plant (Archie Heikkila – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division)

Concrete batch plant is the heart of the pipe plant. We all know how frustrating it is to deal with downtime caused by a maintenance issue; that’s not only affecting one of the pipe machines, but all of them! A poor maintenance and non-existing PM program will result in costly downtime, but it also negatively impacts the quality of concrete. Don’t let that happen to your concrete batch plant. This class outlines the batch plant operations from receiving of materials, all the way to transporting mixed concrete to the production area. Since there aren’t two precisely identical concrete batch plants, there’s no one comprehensive PM program for everyone to use. However, maintenance tips and ideas shared during the class will provide useful solutions to implement in all types of batch plants.

Managing Customer Expectations (David Medina – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division & Erik Varnadoe – Oldcastle Precast)

Does your sales team ever ask for the impossible (or at least the improbable)?  Where does it come from and why is everything such an emergency?  This course will discuss why our customers want what they want when they want it and what you can do as an operations employee to smooth out the process.

Quality & The Production Process (Mark Taylor – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division) 

Why is quality important in the production process? This class will outline the process controls that are needed to produce a quality product efficiently that will include pre-shift inspections, reinforcement, cage placement and post strip inspections. Proven best practices for each process control will be discussed that can improve the quality of the product and the efficiency of producing the product.

Adult Learning (Steve Smart – County Materials Corporation & Doug Holdener (American Concrete Pipe Association)

The Experiential Learning Model (ELM) is a framework for building a learning experience that takes students through a cycle of learning that deliberately visits each of the four different learning modes: concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. The starting point of the ELM is the learning outcome, which drives the ELM process.  The first two steps of the ELM are the concrete experience and publish/process.  Join us as we visit these two steps, observe successful applications of these two steps and create them for our own training.

Online Training (John Dutschmann – Forterra & Derek Light – Riner Materials)

We are excited to extend our training options to you in another way, beyond the classroom into your office through on-line training.  We will demonstrate the different ways that our on-line training generates a collaborative learning environment, similar to the classroom. So bring your creative thought and your computer as we work together to create on-line classes for your company.

Missed Opportunities (Al Hogan – American Concrete Pipe Association & Kelly Lloyd – Foley Products Company

Everyone wants their training events to strengthen existing relationships, create new ones and increase our industry’s market share.  Spend the last hour of this year’s Pipe School with us learning effective techniques for maximizing the impact of your training events.

Asset Management (Patrick Diviney, P.E. – City of Dallas Public Works Department)

Mr. Patrick Diviney is the Assistant Director – SRD for the City of Dallas Public Works Department.  Asset management is the strategic and systematic process of operating, maintaining, and improving physical assets with a focus on engineering and economic analysis based upon quality information. Asset management helps to identify a structured sequence of maintenance, preservation, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement actions that will achieve and sustain a desired state of good repair over the lifecycle of the assets at minimum practical cost.  Mr. Diviney will share the City of Dallas Public Works Department’s Asset and Data Management Plan, which provides attendees with a tool for making infrastructure investments and sound resource utilization decisions.  This class introduces asset and data management guiding principles and key components of asset and data management.

Bridge Inspection (Joe Echelle, P.E./ Shawn Davis – Oklahoma Turnpike Authority)

Mr. Joe Echelle is the Assistant Executive Director for Maintenance, Engineering, and Construction of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Mr. Shawn Davis is the Director of Construction at the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. The major goal of this class is to teach the skills of practicing bridge inspectors in fundamental visual inspection techniques; review the background knowledge necessary to understand how bridges function; communicate issues of national significance relative to the nations’ bridge infrastructures; re-establish proper condition and appraisal rating practices; and review the professional obligations of bridge inspectors.

Bridge/Culvert Replacement Strategies (Craig Stevens, P.E. – Delaware DOT)

Mr. Craig Stevens heads the Bridge Design Section for Delaware DOT, where he has worked since 2003.  This course will define what constitutes a “bridge” as far as DelDOT is concerned and show the impact that the failing corrugated metal pipes (CMPs) have on our bridge inventory.  The course will then illustrate and define the different types of failure we have seen with regards to our CMP inventory. After discussing the issue, this course will demonstrate how DelDOT tackled the issues with the hundreds of failing CMPs.  The course will show how we changed policies in our Bridge Design Manual and our Bridge Inspection Manual such that the issue will not occur again in the future.  Lastly, it will outline the different contracting methods and construction methods we employed to replace the failing CMPs.

Maintenance Condition Assessment (George Connor, P.E. – Alabama DOT)

Mr. George Connor began his career with the Alabama DOT in 1992 as a Bridge Rating and Load Testing engineer.  He was promoted to Deputy Director of Operations on December 1, 2016.  A quality management system depends upon good data, therefore the information collected must be consistent and dependable.  Developing a method for collecting roadway/drainage maintenance information in order to assess the overall condition of roadways/drainage assets provides the data to create a maintenance condition assessment.  A maintenance condition assessment allows public agencies to identify required funding levels, a strategy for prioritizing maintenance conditions and areas of excessively high or low maintenance.   

National Infrastructure Report Card (Travis Attanasio, P.E. – City of Haslet)

Mr. Travis Attanasio is the ASCE Texas Section Past Vice-President for Professional Affairs and, as such, oversees the Infrastructure Report Card committee.  ASCE advocates infrastructure and environmental stewardship and has developed an Infrastructure Report Card since 1998.  The most current national Report Card, published in March 2017, indicated an overall grade of “D+” across 16 categories.  ASCE Texas Section grades the state’s infrastructure an overall grade of “C-”.

National Standards Update (Josh Beakley, P.E. – American Concrete Pipe Association)

Mr. Josh Beakley currently serves as the Vice President of Engineering for the American Concrete Pipe Association, where he has worked for over twenty years. Ours is an everchanging world, and the standards utilized for the manufacture, installation, and design of buried pipe are changing with it.  Some changes are comprised of revisions to existing pipe standards, while other changes in the industry involve totally new standards.  This class will review recent changes to national standards that have the most effect on the buried pipe industry.

Post Installation Inspection (Alena Mikhaylova, Ph.D. – Rinker Materials)

Alena Mikhaylova is a Region Engineer for Rinker Materials covering South Texas and Louisiana. It’s in the owner’s best interest to know that all pipes in their system have been properly installed and were not damaged such that the pipe system is not compromised.  Post Installation Inspection (PII) provides the owner the information needed to determine whether proper installation occurred prior to project close-out or final acceptance.

Project Delivery Methods (Sarah Matin, P.E. – Rinker Materials)

Sarah Matin is a State Engineer for Rinker Materials where she provides technical assistance across the state of Florida. The design of a project can vary greatly based on schedule and contract requirements.  It is important to understand how contractor assumed risk also plays a part in design and required deliverables.  Underground infrastructure is a critical element in large scale projects, especially with the accelerated schedules associated with design build contracts.  It is important to understand how construction sequence, right of way availability, design changes, utility relocation, permitting, contract requirements and the all-encompassing unforeseen can affect underground infrastructure and component dependent systems.

Proper Pipe Installation and Design (Walt Catlett, P.E. – American Concrete Pipe Association and Derek Light, P.Eng. – Rinker Materials)

Mr. Walt Catlett is a Region Engineer for ACPA covering a multi-state region.  Mr. Derek Light is a Region Engineer for Rinker Materials covering North Texas and Oklahoma. As budgets for drainage structure replacements are decreased, the importance of proper culvert installation increases. Any organization capable of properly installing and maintaining storm drainage pipe provides a valuable service to the citizens they support. During this class, attendees will review the proper design, installation, and maintenance practices of storm drainage pipe.  Students will review current industry standards for both flexible and rigid pipe options.   

Quality Assurance/Quality Control (Paul Krauss, P.E. – Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates)

Mr. Paul Krauss is a Principal at WJE where his consulting activities include all aspects of concrete construction, rehabilitation and certification.  A comprehensive and established Quality Assurance/Quality Control Audit Program is essential to a successful final outcome. A good QA/QC program begins in the early phases from pre-planning to delivery of the final product. While plant managers are viewed as the key to a good quality product, all personnel involved in the all phases of the production of precast concrete products are expected to provide quality work.  This class highlights recommended procedures that State Highway Agency (SHA) or their representative can follow when shadowing the American Concrete Pipe Association (ACPA) QCast Program plant audits. It is understood that each SHA may have special local requirements based on their unique situation and resources. This guide is intended to form a baseline review that can be applied nationally. The ACPA certifies pipe and precast facilities through a quality program that requires the plants to conform to the industry standard ACPA QCast Plant Certification Manual. Plants are subject to annual third-party audits as part of this certification program.

Roadway Drainage (Chris Dailey, P.E. – Arkansas Department of Transportation)

Chris Dailey is a Senior Research Engineer in the Research Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation. Local road agency maintenance workers who understand the ways that proper asset and data management practices assist in maintaining and upgrading drainage features on their road system help avoid an unsafe condition.  Common roadway drainage problems that cause unsafe travel conditions can be eliminated with effective inspection methods and corrective action.  These methods will strengthen a road agency’s asset management program. Safety on streets and highways, bicycle trails, and sidewalks is essential to motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Drainage systems that remove storm water run-off from streets and highways are an integral feature of a safe system. Erosion along the roadway can also contribute to the severity of a crash or inundate crashworthy systems such as breakaway sign supports. Even headwalls, pipe ends and grates on drop inlets and pipe openings need to be safety treated when they are within the area an errant motor vehicle or bicycle can reach.

Sales

Engineering for Non-Engineers (Tryg Hoff, P.E. – American Concrete Pipe Association)

Engineering for Non-Engineers: aka Engineering for Dummies. This course will cover basic ideas like stress, strain, creep, viscoelasticity, constrained secant modulus, etc., with the goal of presenting them at a 101 level for easy understanding and in a format, that can be used when discussing our product and our competitors’ products.  The course is intended for those in Sales and Marketing, and perhaps those Engineers looking for a refresher.

The Value Proposition of RCP: Selling Our Advantages (Lukas Salyer – Forterra)

This class provides an excellent interactive discussion on Value vs Price and reviews the many attributes of RCP. The speaker will discuss and obtain help from the audience to identify why selecting and specifying concrete pipe and precast is a winning proposition for all stakeholders. 

Understanding Our Competition: Plastic Pipe (Don McNutt, P.E. – American Concrete Pipe Association)

This class will give a basic overview of the differences between rigid and flexible pipe. We will then move into a detailed description of each of the most common thermoplastic pipe products on the market today along with the manufacturer’s recommendations and ASTM requirements for installation. We will also discuss other significant considerations about the use of thermoplastic pipe. We will recommend strategies for talking to specifying engineers and wrap up with real world examples.

Refuting Competitive Claims (Jason Hewatt – Forterra)

How To Refute Competitive Claims is a session that identifies the tools and techniques available to sway the position of the estimator and construction project manager. The session leader will present slides with answers to common problems and rebuttals to challenges during presentations. A time-lapse rigid vs flexible installation video is examined to show why a rigid installation is both cheaper and faster, along with the savings attributed directly to the nature of the trench and concrete pipe.

Flip This Project (Kelly Lloyd, P.E. – Foley Products Company)

Is an intense session that focuses on after-bid actions that can be pursued to close a sale. It looks at tactics that a salesperson might be able to follow to help a designer or contractor build a better project, if concrete is specified before the deal is closed. Many advantages of concrete pipe are re-examined, along with bedding choices, cost-comparison tools and comparing the poured-in-place method and precast for constructing structures. Precast concrete box sections are reviewed for a wide variety of applications and site conditions. The presenter will give an overview of pipeline and culvert hydraulics to demonstrate arguments for downsizing with concrete.

Technical Marketing

Concrete Pipe Week Success (Jason Allen, P.E. – Mountain States Concrete Pipe Association)

The Mountain States Concrete Pipe Association recently hosted plant tours for 2018 Concrete Pipe Week, setting a record for attendance. A total of 850 people attended tours of six concrete pipe plants in Utah and Idaho throughout September, and we’re seeing a trend. In 2017, 550 people attended the six tours, up from 480 attendees in 2016. We will be discussing what is working in the Mountain States and share ideas to help improve plant tours and Concrete Pipe Week events nationwide.

Specification Writing  and Using the ACPA Model Specs – Case Studies  (Ashley Wilson, P.E. – Forterra)

This course will discuss case studies throughout the country where industry members have successfully revised specifications by using the ACPA Model Specs.

Iowa DOT Backfill Procedure (Wes Musgrove – Iowa DOT)

Flooded Backfill: Lower cost, higher quality. This session will cover Iowa DOT’s path to the use of flooded backfill. From recognizing pavement degradation issues at culvert crossings, to evaluation of the cause, to the results of the solution. Flooded backfill has provided benefits surpassing the expectation for Iowa DOT. 

How Your Competition Goes to Market (Jenn Christman, P.E. – Foley Products Company)

Learn the Ins and Outs of how your biggest competitors think. Learn their “tricks of the trade”. Face it, knowing your competition is almost as important as knowing your own products.

Understanding Pre/Post Installation Inspection (Jason Hewatt – Forterra and Al Hogan, P.E. – American Concrete Pipe Association)

A deep dive into the latest national standards for precast which are ASTM C1840 and AASHTO R-73.  This class is relevant to anyone who is an Owner, Inspector, Sales Rep, Installer, Production Personnel or Technical Marketer. 

ADS Specifications, What You Need to Know (Tannis Karklin – Inland Pipe, a Division of Lehigh Hanson Materials Limited)

This session is will help you get a better understanding of ADS product and specifications. This session will review current specifications, maximum and minimum cover in traffic applications, installation procedures and identify resources that help you in future designs. This presentation is for anyone looking to better understand ADS product and where to start if using it in a project.

Engineering

Eriksson Pipe 101 (Margarita Takou, Ph.D, American Concrete Pipe Association)

Eriksson Pipe is a computer program that performs the structural analysis and design of circular and horizontal elliptical reinforced concrete pipe. The input and output menu of the software will be presented in this course. Examples will be conducted in class for both direct and 3EB design.

Flexible Pipe Design (Riley Dvorak – Forterra)

“What’s ‘E prime’?” Plastic Pipe Design: Why it’s important and what we should know.
Concrete pipe has the luxury of utilizing the indirect design method for producing fill height tables by making simple assumptions. But can the same be done for plastic pipe? Only one design method exists for plastic pipe and that is the direct design method per AASHTO Section 12.12 which involves 35 variables, more than 20 calculations, and 5 separate design checks. This class will discuss the basics of what engineers should understand if they are going to specify plastic pipe.

Arch/Elliptical Pipe Indirect Design (Corey Fraser, P.E. – American Concrete Pipe Association)

More and more states and municipalities are using elliptical/arch pipe because they offer unique attributes over round pipe. Join us for a discussion of how to design elliptical and arch pipes using Indirect Methods and how they vary from traditional round pipe.

Special Design Topic:  Design of AREMA Box Culverts (Wayne Hodges, P.E. – Rinker Materials – Concrete Pipe Division)

Precast box culverts that are designed and manufactured in accordance with AASHTO and ASTM specifications have been commonplace for many years. Precast box culverts are also commonly specified on projects within railroad right-of-way, where they are often subjected to railway live loads. These box culverts are usually required to meet the specifications of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA). This course will cover the major design requirements for precast box culverts found in the AREMA Manual for Railway Engineering, and illustrate how they differ from the AASHTO and ASTM specifications. Also, an update will be provided on changes to the manual that are currently under consideration.

ASCE 27 – The Rewrite Explained (Don Lepley – Forterra)

As noted in the abstract, “This publication, Standard Practice for Direct Design of Precast Concrete Pipe for Jacking in Trenchless Construction, (ASCE 27-98), is applicable to precast concrete pipe of circular shape for jacking in trenchless construction of projects intended for the conveyance of sewage, industrial waste, storm water, and drainage. The standard covers the direct design method, manufacturing specification, jacking operation guidelines, and jacking force guidelines………
The trenchless industry is changing at a rapid rate with new innovations of means and methods introduced since the 2000 revisions of this standard.  Currently ASCE   27-00 is being cited as a guideline standard in project specifications regularly. The update of ASCE 36-15 “Standard Design and Constructions Guidelines for Microtunneling” prompted a collaboration between the ASCE   27 and    36 members to bring ASCE 27 into sync with the innovations within the trenchless industry. This presentation will provide guidance on the use of ASCE 27 as well as highlight notable updates throughout the publication.

RCP Design for Non-Standard Loading (Matt Jackson – Forterra and Corey Haeder – Forterra)

This course will provide guidance and examples for design of RCP for non-standard loading conditions including Railroad (AREMA), Airport (FAA) and other non-typical loads (cranes for example) using both the Indirect and Direct Design methods.  Design verification through back calculation of Three-Edge-Bearing Test loads will also be presented.