Dry Piney Wildlife Project

2025 Pipe School Encore

Speaker:  Peter Stinchcomb - WYDOT Presentation Description: The Wyoming Department of Transportation along with the Wyoming Game and Fish and many NGO partners have teamed up and used concrete box culverts and a concrete arch culvert to increase the safety of Wyoming’s highways for not only its users but wildlife as well. Presentation objectives: • […]

Understanding Cracking in RCP

2025 Pipe School Encore

Speaker:  Joe Romanyk, EIT - County Materials Presentation Description: In this presentation, a discussion on cracking of reinforced concrete pipe will occur. Cracks are an intended design feature in reinforced concrete. A discussion on the theory of reinforced concrete design and how it relates to RCP crack control will occur. Attendees will learn about the […]

Post-Installation Inspection

2025 Pipe School Encore

Speaker:  Melitza Avila - Rinker Materials Presentation Description: Join me to explore post-installation inspection guided by National Standards such as AASHTO and ASTM. These inspections validate proper installation and structural integrity, offering Owner's assurance before project close-out or final acceptance. Speaker Bio: Melitza Avila is a Technical Resource Specialist based out of the East Coast […]

Emergency Culvert Replacement – NY Rt. 7

2025 Pipe School Encore

Speaker:  Ratan Huda, P.E., MSSE - NYDOT Presentation Description: Emergency Culvert Replacement - NY Rt 7 over Hoosick River Overflow – Project Highlight - In the Fall of 2023 NYS DOT purchased emergency box culverts and stockpiled them in a maintenance yard. - Fast forward to the Winner of 2024, a CMP culvert failed on […]

Unrivaled Durability of Concrete Pipe

2025 Pipe School Encore

Speaker:  Karen Thompson - Concrete Pipe Association of Australasia Presentation Description: Unrivaled Durability of Concrete Pipe Proven The Australian Concrete Pipe Association has in recent years conducted field investigation and laboratory analysis of aged installed concrete pipe to provide evidence of the products unrivalled durability in stormwater pipelines. Findings confirm: - Standard assumptions around corrosion […]