ASTM Participation

Location:  Grand Ballroom C

Speaker:  Jimmy Farrell – ASTM

Presentation Description

This presentation is aimed at educating attendees on ASTM International and our standards development process. ASTM committees are made up of volunteer members who participate in all aspects of an industry, and the more voices that participate, the more relevant the standards will be to the marketplace. Once and understanding is created on ASTM the organization, we will then give an overview of Committee C13 on Concrete Pipe to demonstrate how the committee is addressing all areas of standardization in the concrete pipe, concrete box sections and concrete manhole sections used for constructing sewers, culverts, irrigation and drainage systems, low pressure pipeline systems, and for factory-made compression and self-energizing joints.

Now that attendees know how to participate, two case studies will be shared by an ASTM member, highlighting: a need for standardization, how that idea got brought to C13, the way a task group works together to turn the need into a standard, the ASTM balloting process shaping the content of the standard to be relevant in industry, and finally its application as an approved document.

Speaker Bio

Jimmy Farrell is a manager in the Technical Committee Operations Division of ASTM International, one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world.

In his role, Jimmy has direct responsibility for the standards development activities within Committees C04 on Vitrified Clay Pipe, C28 on Advanced Ceramics, D37 on Cannabis and C13 on Concrete Pipe. By bringing together industry and manufacturers, consumers, testing labs and regulators within Committee C13, Jimmy manages the technical committee that addresses the formulation and review of specifications, methods of test and definitions for concrete pipe, concrete box sections and concrete manhole sections used for constructing sewers, culverts, irrigation and drainage systems, low pressure pipeline systems, and for factory-made compression and self-energizing joints. As well as development and review of practices and guides covering design installation, testing, economic evaluation, inspections, rehabilitation, maintenance, and all other post installation and performance matters of concrete pipe systems and products listed above.

Jimmy earned his bachelor’s degree in Communications Journalism from Shippensburg University.