In addition to the live Poster Session featured at the 2022 Pipe School, you have the opportunity to check out the posters online. Whether it is additional items the presenter has to offer or if you just want another view at the poster.
Accelerated Precast Construction
John Dutschmann
Ameritex
Precast concrete products expedite construction, saving time and money in the field.
Afinitas AccuTrack Provides Metrics That Matter
John Witte
Afinitas
The Afinitas AccuTrack production tracking system offers comprehensive data collection and real-time production updates to maximize manufacturing efficiency.
Afinitas Connect Optimizes Remote Services
John Witte
Afinitas
With Afinitas Connect we connect our techs through an app to your onsite team member’s mobile device for an augmented reality video session.
ASTM C1840 Updates & Improvements
Al Hogan, PE
American Concrete Pipe Association
Learn about the upcoming changes and improvements to ASTM C1840.
Bid Questions – Are You Monitoring Them?
Clark Wantoch, PE, MS, MBA, PWLF
Wisconsin Concrete Pipe Association
The goal of this poster is to teach awareness of proposed pipe type changes at bid opening and suggestions for addressing the requests.
Cage Positioner Device
Grant Fluent & Scott Kennedy
Besser
Besser’s automatic cage positioner devices have many benefits including automation that saves time, money, and labor. Learn all about it!
Comparative Load Test
Jeff Hite
Rinker Materials
The comparative load test provides a demonstration that compares the strength of concrete pipe to polypropylene pipe with zero side support.
Concrete Pipe Sustainability
Riley Dvorak, PE
Forterra Pipe and Precast
This poster compares GHG emissions of Concrete Pipe to other drainage products.
Concrete Pipe Assists Manassas Park Residents
Hank Gottschalk
Concrete Pipe and Precast, LLC
Twin corrugated metal pipes (CMP) failed during a rain event impacting 400 residents. Learn how CP&P received a request for pipe replacement and was able to provide a quick turnaround.
Dog Loves Concrete Pipe
Ron Reichert
Ameritex Pipe
People love dogs. Dogs love concrete pipe. Who can resist dogs playing in concrete pipe?
Drycast Box Production
Steve Childs
Turner Corporation
This poster illustrates the methods used to produce drycast box culvert.
Engineering Association Engagement
Alec Parliament, PE
Foley Products Company
Building relationships with ASCE branches can help develop relationships with consultants, municipality professionals, and DOT engineers.
Evacuation Routes & Critical Roadways
Trygve Hoff, PE, ENV SP
American Concrete Pipe Association
Evacuation routes, interstates, and other roadways located in flood prone areas are critical assets for evacuations.
Evaluation and Acceptance of Precast Drainage Products
Taylor Lacy, PE
& Matthew Johnson, PE
Tennessee Department of Transportation
Learn about the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) R73 Standard Practice used to evaluate precast concrete pipe, box culverts, manholes, and drainage inlets.
Excavation and Trench Safety: Protective Measures
Danielle Hancock, EIT
Forterra Pipe and Precast
Learn how OSHA requirements can protect workers during excavation and trench operations.
Excavation and Trench Safety Soil Classification
Melitza Avila & David Matocha
Forterra Pipe and Precast
OSHA requires that the type of soil in the trench is determined as Stable Rock, Type A Soil, Type B soil, or Type C soil using at least two methods of the following: Visual, Thumb Penetration, Pocket Penetrometer, and Plasticity.
Fire Adapted Communities
Corey Fraser, PE
American Concrete Pipe Association
The Fire Adapted Communities Manual establishes preparedness best practices for communities located in fire prone areas.
Forterra Pipe: Reef of Opportunity
Charles Piwowarski
Forterra Pipe and Precast
Beginning in 2009, Forterra Pipe & Precast facilities began repurposing off-inventory pipe and precast to use as a fish habitat in the form of artificial reef material.
Indefinite Service Life – Better Culvert Materials
Britt Marchman
Forterra Pipe and Precast
Description coming soon.
Inlets in Storm Sewer Design
Ashley Wilson, PE
Ameritex Pipe
Learn more about stormsewer design and how it addresses placing, alignment, spacing and capacity.
Is Your Pipe Going to Float?
Don McNutt, PE
American Concrete Pipe Association
This poster illustrates risk associated with different pipe materials with regards to flotation when buried…
Let Us Help With Your Heavy Lifting
John Washabaugh, B.S. Business Administration and Marketing
Northern Concrete Pipe, Inc.
There are numerous infrastructure materials from which to choose. It is incumbent to choose wisely, and we offer durable and sustainable infrastructure options which will outlast all other sewer and culvert options!
Marketing and Social Media Trends For 2022
Ashley Kizzire, M. Ed.
Advancing Organizational Excellence (AOE)
Participants will gain insight from a concrete-industry marketing professional on the top ways to reach your audience.
Nashville Specifications and Inspections Standards
Michael Kusch
Foley Products
Learn about good policy, specifications, and inspection requirements of Metro Water Services in Nashville, TN.
Nature Based Solutions
Tyler Ortergo, PE & MS
Forterra Pipe and Precast
“Nature Based Solutions” are featured prominently in recent major funding programs. Does the concrete industry have a role to play?
OSHA’s Focus Four
Walt Catlett, PE
American Concrete Pipe Association
Learn about OSHA’s focus four hazards that cause a majority of injury in highway construction.
Packerhead Cleanout System
Grant Fluent & Scott Kennedy
Besser
Learn about Besser’s pit cleanout system that ensures the pit is always clean, eliminates manual labor, and time can be better spent producing.
Pipe Culvert Flotation – Risks & Solutions
Jennifer Schaff, PE
County Materials
In the right geotechnical conditions, storm pipe products are at risk of flotation. Learn about the risks and solutions.
Post Installation Inspection Demonstration
John Susong
Rinker Materials
Learn about the importance for post installation inspection for newly installed pipes prior to the owner accepting the drainage asset.
Power of Presentations
Palisha Sthapit
Rinker Materials
This poster highlights the importance of giving effective presentations and how to influence people.
Prestressed Bridge Design & Manufacturing
Joseph Updike, EIT
Forterra Pipe and Precast
This poster session will highlight the manufacturing processes, as well as design considerations of precast or prestressed bridges.
Protecting Venice Beach With a New Force Main Sewer
Luis Santana
Hamilton Kent
Geneva Pipe and Precast and Hamilton Kent team up to provide 1,710 linear feet of Class V precast concrete jacking pipe with O-ring gaskets for high-profile sewer line at Venice Beach.
Quality is Our Recipe
Ileisa Lambert
Forterra Pipe and Precast
Every ingredient in the design and manufacturing of concrete pipes serves a specific purpose! Learn how our recipe produces quality.
Sealed with Conseal
Chad Curtis
Conseal
ConSeal was entrusted to aid in the design of a relocated water main and interceptor sewer parallel on the West side of the Great Miami River in Dayton, Ohio.
Solutions for Failing Culverts
Jennifer Harrell, PE, ENV SP
American Concrete Pipe Association
This poster discusses the process and steps needed in making better decisions on solutions to culvert failures.
South Bend Hydro-Electric Plant Uses Precast Box Culvert
Steve Smart
County Materials
Learn how a triple run of 16′ x 14′ box culverts were used for intake structures at the University of Notre Dame Hydro Electric Plant in downtown South Bend, IN.
Thick Lifts: Improve Safety & Efficiency
Doug Holdener, PE
American Concrete Pipe Association
Concrete pipe allows for thicker lifts above the springline. This can reduce embedment labor time and improve safety.
Trenchless Microtunneling & Jacking
Don Conrad, PE
Foley Products Company
Learn about the many benefits of trenchless installation, and the four general methods of installation.
Utility Conflict Resolution
Alex Aldridge
Rinker Materials
Learn how coordination and location of utility conflicts can minimize impacts in storm pipe construction.
Utility Coordination
Ashley Isaacson
Bio Clean Environmental
In this poster you will learn about utility coordination and the process that takes place from the project planning stages to post-construction phases.
Veterans Parkway Project
Scott Hofer
Oldcastle Infrastructure
Learn about the South Dakota Department of Transportation Veterans Parkway Project (Rice Street to Interstate 90 in Sioux Falls) that was chosen as the recipient of the 2021 American Concrete Pipe Association Project Achievement Award.
Water Power is Impressive
Rich Brewster
Northern Concrete Pipe
See how this precast box culvert endured the strength of the 500-year flood event in 2020.
Working with Different Entities
Samuel Gallagher, PE
Forterra Pipe and Precast
An insight into working with legislators and municipality engineers to flip projects from specifying plastic pipe to RCP.
WSDOT Hydraulics Manual Updates
Luke Assink
WS Department of Transportation
The Hydraulics Manual provides detailed information on hydrologic and hydraulic analysis related to highway design.