Conference Day One: July 15 2008

9.00 Chairman’s Welcome And Opening Remarks

Tom Sangster Principal Jason Consultants Geneva Switzerland

AN OVERVIEW OF TRENCHLESS TECHNOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST

9.10 Minimizing Social And Environmental Costs Of Engineering Work:

Trenchless technologies as the preferred option for installation, rehabilitation and replacement of underground utilities in the Middle East.

• Raising awareness of green procedures associated with sewer and water network rehabilitation and their advantage of being an environmentally sensitive method of underground pipe rehabilitation
• Outlining practices and methods including ways to limit fuel consumption and how trenchless technology can reduce project costs
• Highlighting how trenchless methods are improving the environmental impact to surrounding communities and road users
• Addressing the rehabilitation methods available to public works and utility companies with reduced need for excavation

Dr Dec Downey Chairman ISTT

9.50 Raising Awareness And Changing Perception To Trenchless Technology In The Middle East

• How the increased awareness of trenchless technology in the Middle East is meeting market expectations
• New construction techniques in microtunneling, HDD, pipe jacking, auger boring and pipe ramming
• Addressing the rehabilitation methods available to public works and utility companies without the need for excavation

Khaled Mohammed Owais Senior Specialist Designer Dubai Municipality

11.00 Exclusive One-On-One Networking Opportunity

Meet, network and exchange business cards with fellow delegates and speakers who are experiencing the same challenges in construction. In this revolutionary, quick fire format, you can meet every single delegate and exchange best practice with those who have been successful in developing cost and time saving trenchless techniques in the region and abroad.

11.40 The Selection Of Materials And Methodologies For The Successful Rehabilitation Of Leaking And Defective Water Pipework Transmission And Distribution Systems

• Determining the most effective selection of material to ensure optimization in application
• Assessing the correct methodologies for the varying ground conditions in the Middle East.
• Understanding the cost benefits of rehabilitating leaking and defective water pipework

Robert Walters Chairman APS Engineering

Round Table Discussions

13.50 Ensuring That Project Managers, Planners And Designers Are Fully Aware Of All Available Options And Limitations

Participate in this exciting round table discussion with John Wheeler from Al Naboodah who has worked in the region in trenchless technology since 1975. John will be chairing a discussion on the most effective and cost saving application of trenchless methods specific for the Middle East region.

Being in this debate you will gain a practical understanding of all the costs and benefits associated with correct selection of trenchless technology which can be applied instantly to construction and project success.

Key Issues to be covered include:

• The need for soils data at tender stage, limitations such as length, cover, risk. Namely, a line on a drawing doesn’t mean it is possible/practical
• What key elements to identify before selecting what equipment to use
• Identifying previous challenges faced in the region and how these were resolved.
• Focus on the GCC: what are the most effective techniques in the area and what innovative equipment is producing effective results?

John Wheeler Divisional Manager, Microtunnelling & Directional Drilling Division Al Naboodah Specialist Services LLC

14.30 3rd Generation Microtunnelling - Innovations And Trends

• Recent technological innovations in microtunnelling to optimise cost effectiveness, safety and quickness.
• Extension of applications for microtunnelling machines.
• Construction of launch and reception shafts, especially in difficult ground conditions for microtunnelling purposes.

Mr. Swen Weiner Area Sales Executive, Business Unit, Utility Tunnelling Herrenknecht AG

MANAGING VARYING GROUND CONDITIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

15.30 Effective Monitoring And Maintenance Strategies To Minimise Pipeline Damage And Cost Due To Corrosive Soils

• Assessing the emerging asset management approaches to pipeline management
• Being able to assess and make decisions on how best to manage pipeline and being able to actively maintain the serviceability level
• Reviewing the cause of corrosion of pipework and best methods of inspection in the Middle East
• Looking at the methodology for using inspection technologies and rehabilitation in order to assess the condition of assets and make correct decisions

Tom Sangster Principal Jason Consultants, Geneva, Switzerland

16.10 Pipeline Shore Approaches By Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Technology

• Successful application for shore approaches construction
• Assessing the environmental aspects associated with trenchless design
• Economical comparison of HDD and conventional technologies
• Highlighting successfully completed projects

Hassanin Hashim Division Manager - HDD NSCC Drilltec

17.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks

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