How to Give Successful Plant Tours

Location:  Grand Ballroom A

Speakers:  Brian Kolden, P.E. – County Materials

Presentation Description

This presentation will describe the best practices that I have found to minimize problems and hazards, yet maximize the plant tour experience. I will walk you through a plant tour tailored to your particular audience and then open up the discussion to this audience on things they may have seen or done on similar plant tours.

Speaker Bio

Brian Kolden is a Technical Resource Engineer for County Materials Corporation. Brian’s main function is to educate and promote the use of concrete pipes and structures to the engineering, municipal and DOT communities. Additional roles include trouble shooting field issues and working out feasible solutions for all parties affected. Prior to joining County Materials Corporation, Brian spent 30 years on the contracting side working as an engineer on projects such as the Central Artery Tunnel Project (The Big Dig) in Boston, MA to the Deep Tunnel Project in Milwaukee, WI. Most of his career has been spent designing and installing earth support systems, large diameter structures and pipe systems and various infrastructure improvements. Brian earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He is a licensed professional engineer in civil with the State of Wisconsin.