Plant Tour
Rinker MaterialsLocation: Rinker Materials Buses will load at the Embassy Suites Convention Center parking lot. 6:25am - 1st bus leaving 6:35am - 2nd & 3rd bus leaving 6:45am - 4th & […]
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Packerhead Production – Wednesday
Frisco 8Location: Frisco 8 Description This course will guide you through the entire manufacturing process of making reinforced concrete pipe on a Packerhead machine. We will go through an overview of […]
Differentiate Yourself Through Personal Branding
Frisco 3, 4, 5Location: Frisco 3, 4, & 5 Speaker: Michael Kremer - American Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description All too often we focus so much on the product or service that we […]
Calculations & Review
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description:
Safety Management – Wednesday 1
Frisco 9Location: Frisco 9 Description The safety courses offered this year will focus on proper fall protection, proactive environmental management and safety is a personal responsibility.
Durability
Speakers: Glenn Clayton, P.E. - IL Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description The seven major durability concerns of concrete pipe will be discussed, including freeze-thaw, velocity-abrasion, acids, sulfates, chlorides, alkali-silica reaction, […]
Data Visualization Best Practices
Frisco 3, 4, 5Location: Frisco 3, 4, & 5 Speaker: Ashley Kizzire - Advancing Organizational Excellence (aoe) Presentation Description When used properly, charts and graphs are a very effective way to communicate data. […]
Pipe Show – Wednesday – Lunch
Frisco 6Location: Frisco 6 VIEW THE EXHIBITOR LIST The Pipe Show is a trade show created exclusively for the concrete pipe industry and is open for all Pipe School attendees. With […]
Pre/Post Pour Inspection
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description:
Safety Management – Wednesday 2
Frisco 9Location: Frisco 9 Description The safety courses offered this year will focus on proper fall protection, proactive environmental management and safety is a personal responsibility.
PowerPoint Workshop
Frisco 3, 4, 5Location: Frisco 3, 4, & 5 Speaker: Tryve Hoff, PE - American Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description Powerpoint can be a powerful tool in the communication toolbox for most engineers […]
Training Victories
Frisco 3, 4, 5Location: Frisco 3, 4, & 5 Speaker: Palisha Sthapit - Rinker Materials Presentation Description The Texas Concrete Pipe Association's Technical Marketing Committee, led by John Dutschmann, developed a training strategy […]
QC & Box Production
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description: This course will guide you through the entire manufacturing process of making reinforced concrete boxes. We have cages, we have concrete and now we must put […]
Operations Management – Wednesday
Frisco 9Location: Frisco 9 Description This course will lay the foundation for ensuring effective plant operations. We will discuss plant limitations and strengths in personnel, machinery, inventory and shipping. The objective […]
Concrete Production
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description:
Machinery Workshop – BESSER – Wednesday
Frisco 8Location: Frisco 8 Description Machinery workshop taught by Besser.
Machinery Workshop – HawkeyePedershaab – Wednesday
Frisco 8Location: Frisco 8 Description Machinery workshop taught by HawkeyePedershaab
Pipe Installation
Speaker: Matt Childs, PE - Turner Presentation Description “Pipe Installation” will be an interactive presentation of the best practices of gravity Pipe installation. Students will have the opportunity to discuss […]
Pipe Show – Wednesday – Lunch
Frisco 6Location: Frisco 6 VIEW THE EXHIBITOR LIST The Pipe Show is a trade show created exclusively for the concrete pipe industry and is open for all Pipe School attendees. With […]
Repairs & Finishing
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description:
Box Production 1
Frisco 8Location: Frisco 8 Description This course will guide you through the entire manufacturing process of making reinforced concrete boxes. We have cages, we have concrete and now we must put […]
Operations Management – Thursday 1
Frisco 9Location: Frisco 9 Description This course will lay the foundation for ensuring effective plant operations. We will discuss plant limitations and strengths in personnel, machinery, inventory and shipping. The objective […]
Fish Passages & Velocity Considerations
Frisco 2Location: Frisco 2 Speakers: Luke Assink - WSDOT & Corey Fraser - CPNW Presentation Description WSDOT Fish Passage Projects involve complex construction conditions with severe time constraints. Learn how WSDOT and […]
Design Verification Through Plant QC
Frisco 1Location: Frisco 1 Speakers: Rich Brewster - Northern Concrete Pipe Presentation Description Discuss what quality control steps are taken in the plant to make sure that products meet or exceed […]
Infrastructure Committee
Frisco 1Location: Frisco 1 Speakers: Riley Dvorak, P.E. (Forterra), Rick Traylor, P.E. (Rinker), Kim Spahn, P.E. (ACPA) Presentation Description The ACPA Infrastructure Committee’s (IC) primary focus is improving the position of […]
Engage Your Specifiers
Frisco 3, 4, 5Location: Frisco 3, 4, & 5 Speaker: Don Conrad, PE (Forterra) | Al Hogan, PE (American Concrete Pipe Association) Presentation Description Obtaining useful specifications requires building relationships with specifiers and […]
Turner Diagonal Interchange Project in Kansas City, KS
Frisco 2Location: Frisco 2 Speaker: Jason Van Nice, P.E. - KDOT Presentation Description: The Kansas Department of Transportation’s Turner Diagonal: Partnering for Growth project in Kansas City brought together public and […]
Case Studies
Frisco 3, 4, 5Location: Frisco 3, 4, & 5 Speaker: James Ensign, PE, CFM (Bergmann) | Jim Washabaugh (Northern Concrete Pipe) Presentation Description Enclosed in 1926, Allen Creek now sees frequent stormwater events […]
Product Testing
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description:
Introduction to Asset Management
Frisco 2Location: Frisco 2 Speaker: Trygve Hoff, P.E. - American Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description At its heart, Asset Management is a business concept. Used successfully in asset heavy businesses, such […]
QCast – Part 1
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description:
Box Production 2
Frisco 8Location: Frisco 8 Description This course will guide you through the entire manufacturing process of making reinforced concrete boxes. We have cages, we have concrete and now we must put […]
Operations Management – Thursday 2
Frisco 9Location: Frisco 9 Speakers: Description This course will lay the foundation for ensuring effective plant operations. We will discuss plant limitations and strengths in personnel, machinery, inventory and shipping. The […]
Engineering Ethics
Frisco 2Location: Frisco 2 Speaker: Tryg Hoff, P.E. Presentation Description Ethics is more than just an ideal for Engineers, it is the foundation of our profession. This course will explore the […]
Government Relations for Beginners
Frisco 3, 4, 5Location: Frisco 3, 4, & 5 Speaker: Patrick Tarlton - Texas Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description Coming soon! Speaker Bio Coming soon!
QCast – Part 2
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description:
Machinery Workshop – BESSER – Thursday
Frisco 8Location: Frisco 8 Description Class taught by the BESSER team.
Machinery Workshop – HawkeyePedershaab – Thursday
Frisco 8Location: Frisco 8 Description Class taught by the HawkeyePedershaab team.
Chairman’s Quality & Safety Award’s Lunch
Frisco 7, 8, 9Location: Frisco 7, 8, & 9 The Award Luncheon will recognize the Journeyman, Mel Marshal Award, QCast, Chairman’s Safety and Quality Award Winners.
Final Exam
Frisco 7Location: Frisco 7 Description: The final exam to pass the Quality School. It's a 90 minute proctored exam.
Asset Management
Speakers: Jason Peek, P.E. - JEO Consulting Group Presentation Description Many organizations are missing huge opportunities to improve efficiencies and return on investment due to lack of understanding asset management […]
Worker Safety
Speaker: Lance Simmons - TXDOT Presentation Description As our highway infrastructure ages, many transportation agencies are focusing on rebuilding and improving existing roadways. This means more roadwork is being performed on […]
Know Your Pipe
Speaker: Don Conrad, PE - Forterra Presentation Description Brief review of the infrastructure industry. Review of the fallacies concerning pipe. Presentation of questions and answers to the following topics: Flexibility, Installation, […]
Trenchless Installation
Speakers: Alex Aldridge - Rinker Materials Presentation Description Do you have a project in a congested area with lots of objects in the way? Are you wanting to install a […]
Box Culvert Design
Speakers: Ashley Wilson, P.E. AmeriTex Presentation Description: Everything from the initial bidding of a project to the final design, there will be information that benefits sales, estimating, engineering and everyone in […]
Buoyancy & Pipe Flotation
Speaker: Don McNutt, P.E. Presentation Description This presentation provides guidance for pipe installation using national standards and specifications. Attendees will learn the basics of proper pipe installation and how to […]
Pipe Joints | Sealants | Connectors
Speaker: Alan Siebenthaler - Hamilton Kent Presentation Description With the growing importance, specification and inspection of watertight concrete pipe projects, having a good understanding of the various joint designs, gaskets, […]
Post-Installation Inspection
Speakers: Al Hogan, P.E. - ACPA Presentation Description PII and evaluation of installed pipe has been and continues to be an important topic of discussion we all need to have […]
Box Installation
Speaker: David Matocha - Forterra Pipe & Precast Presentation Description Coming soon! Speaker Bio David Matocha is a Senior Technical Services Manager for Forterra Pipe & Precast. He manages the […]
Precast Culvert Case Study
Presenter: Brad Williams - ALDOT Presentation Description This presentation is about a case study of a successful application of a Precast Culvert for the State of Alabama. The use of […]
Soils 101
Speakers: Feras El-Ghussein P.E. - Forterra Presentation Description The beginning of most construction projects, and all too often, the detrimental failures of these projects are the soils which they sit […]
Resilient Culvert Design
Presenter: Jesse Beaver - SG&H Presentation Description: Resilience and Sustainability are hot topics in today’s infrastructure conversation. Yet engineers are forced to rely on claims by individual industries about the […]
Nature Based Solutions
Speaker: Tyler Ortego, P.E. Presentation Description Federal infrastructure spending is increasingly addressing issues of sustainability and resilience. Buzzwords such as "Nature Based Infrastructure", "Engineering with Nature", "Ecosystem Services", "Green Infrastructure" […]
Trench and Excavation Safety
PaliSpeakers: Palisha Sthapit, Rinker Materials Presentation Description One of the most dangerous types of work is trenching, with approximately 40 construction worker fatalities every year. This workshop focuses on the hazards […]
Virtual Plant Tour
More information coming soon!
Resilience & Sustainability Programs
Presenter: Jim Pappas - DelDOT Presentation Description As a low-lying state, water is an area of great concern for Delaware. How our infrastructure is impacted has a significant effect on […]
Urban Flash Flooding Solutions
Frisco 2Speaker: Andrew Trelease, P.E., CFM - RFCD Presentation Description Damage from flooding is among the costliest and deadliest natural disasters in the United States and worldwide. Learn how the Regional […]
New ACPA Member Attendee Orientation
Gateway EastLocation: Gateway East Speaker: TBD Presentation Description: Registered ACPA Members Only
Opening Ceremonies Welcome | Keynote Speakers
Regency BallroomLocation: Regency Ballroom Welcome to the 2023 Pipe School! Hear from the Chairman of the Board, ACPA President, and two keynote speakers as they kick the week off with messages […]
Keynote Speakers
Welcome to the 2023 Pipe School! We will be joining in live around 1:45pm CST to hear from two keynote speakers as they kick the week off with messages of […]
Quality School Introductions
Regency A and BLocation: Regency A and B Speaker: Rich Brewster - Northern Concrete Speaker Bio: Rich Brewster is Director of Quality Control for Northern Concrete Pipe, based in Bay City, Michigan. He’s been […]
Performance Management – Monday
Grand Ballroom FLocation: Grand Ballroom F Speaker: Champman & Co. Leadership Institute - Partner with Afinitas Presentation Description: Regardless of the product or service, all organizations have two things in common: they employ […]
Drycast Reinforcement
Grand Ballroom GLocation: Grand Ballroom G Speaker: Bill Washabaugh - Northern Concrete Speaker Bio: Bill works at Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc. in Michigan, a family owned business for over 64 years. He […]
Type 1L Cement
Grand Ballroom ALocation: Grand Ballroom A Speakers: Joe Clendenen - LafargeHolcim Presentation Description With a renewed emphasis on sustainable construction, the industry needs to continue to stay informed on various product transitions […]
What Are You Looking for In a Pipe Joint Specification
Grand Ballroom BLocation: Grand Ballroom B Speakers: Larry Mauck, P.E., - Pretech Corp Presentation Description This presentation will take a practical look at specifications for reinforced concrete pipe (RCP) joints, primarily focused […]
NDOT’s Road to Resiliency
Grand Ballroom CLocation: Grand Ballroom C Speaker: Jenica Keller, P.E., - NDOT Presentation Description More information to come! Speaker Bio Over the past 26 years, Jenica has worked in several positions within […]
Cementitious Material
Grand Ballroom HLocation: Regency A and B Speaker: John Kallemeyn, P.E. - Rinker Speaker Bio: John Kallemeyn is a 2008 graduate of University Minnesota Duluth with BS degree in Chemical Engineering. He is […]
Post Installation Inspection (PII)
Grand Ballroom BLocation: Grand Ballroom B Speaker: Al Hogan, P.E. - American Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description: There are no "Silver Bullets" in the Lone Ranger world of Pipe Material Selection, however, […]
Know Your Competition
Grand Ballroom ALocation: Grand Ballroom A Speaker: Don McNutt, P.E. - American Concrete Pipe Association Presentation Description This class will give a basic overview of the differences between rigid and flexible pipe. […]
Accelerated Bridge Construction
Grand Ballroom CLocation: Grand Ballroom C Speakers: Jonathan Karam, P.E. and Santiago Rodriguez, M.C.E., P.E. - DelDOT Presentation Description: Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) has been a hot topic in the Transportation industry. […]
Aggregates
Regency A and BLocation: Regency A and B Speaker: John Kallemeyn, P.E. - Rinker Speaker Bio: John Kallemeyn is a 2008 graduate of University Minnesota Duluth with BS degree in Chemical Engineering. He is […]
Pipe Show – Monday
Grand Ballroom D and ELocation: Grand Ballroom D and E VIEW THE EXHIBITOR LIST The Pipe Show is a trade show created exclusively for the concrete pipe industry and is open for all Pipe […]
Rigid vs Flexible Pipe
Grand Ballroom BLocation: Grand Ballroom B Speaker: Alex Aldridge, P.E. - Oldcastle Infrastructure Presentation Description Do you know what is involved in the design of storm pipe for your projects? Would class […]