NASSCO Report – NASSCO Exchange Events are Back

NASSCO Exchange events are one-day educational sessions that feature many of the industry resources developed by NASSCO’s dynamic technical committees.

NASSCO committee members work diligently throughout the year to achieve NASSCO’s mission to set standards for the assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure and to assure the continued acceptance and growth of trenchless technologies. They do this by building awareness of aging underground infrastructure through education, technical resources and advocacy.

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This Fall the NASSCO Exchange will be coming to Indianapolis and the Detroit area:

• Nov. 3, 2022: NASSCO’s Motor City Exchange | Henry Ford Museum | Dearborn, Michigan
• Nov. 15, 2022: NASSCO’s Circle City Exchange | NCAA Hall of Champions & Conference Center | Indianapolis, Indiana

NASSCO Exchange Agenda

Free to municipal employees, the event also includes breakfast, lunch, and an interactive format that encourages retention of the information presented. Attendees will receive CEU/PDH credits, and while the Keynote speakers will be unique to each city, the schedule and curriculum will be identical for each event.

• 7:30 a.m.
  Breakfast
• 8:00 a.m.
  Welcome and Keynote Speaker:
  Detroit: To be announced
  Indianapolis: Jeff Harrison, President and CEO, Citizens Energy Group
• 9:00 a.m.
  NASSCO’s Government Relations Committee will provide an overview of federal and state funding of underground infrastructure and a guided discussion of the Build America / Buy America Act and how it impacts the underground infrastructure industry.
• 9:30 a.m.
  NASSCO’s Infrastructure Condition Assessment Committee will share 2023 updates to NASSCO’s Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP) Version 8, which will include coding for pressure pipe, as well as a review of the Committee’s recently released PACP QA/QC document.
• 10:30 a.m.
  NASSCO’s Infiltration Control Grouting Committee (ICGC) will walk through the Committee’s Grouting Unified Safe Operating Practices Program (USOPP) and introduce a new online exam available to test an individual’s basic knowledge of grouting safety.
• 11:45 a.m.
  Lunch
• 1:00 p.m.
  NASSCO’s Pipe Rehabilitation Committee will share a video on the basics of spiral wound technology and review the features and benefits of spiral wound technology based on the NASSCO Spiral Wound Pipe Liner Performance Specification Guideline.
  2:00 p.m.
  NASSCO’s Pressure Pipe Committee will provide an overview of various trenchless rehabilitation technologies available for force mains and will review a matrix of pressure pipe rehabilitation options that details structural classifications, diameter ranges, typical values, and more.
• 3:15 p.m.
  NASSCO’s Health and Safety Committee will share recent concerns regarding styrene used in the CIPP process and present findings from third-party research results to date, along with specific recommendations to keep workers and the environment safe.
• 4:30 p.m.
  Adjourn

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To register for NASSCO Exchange Events, please visit NASSCO.org/Events. To learn more about NASSCO and the many other impressive NASSCO committee accomplishments, please visit NASSCO.org/Committees.

Sheila Joy is the executive director of NASSCO.