December Meeting at Brown and Caldwell!
Hello, PUG Members,
Our December monthly meeting will be held at the Brown and Caldwell office in Walnut Creek! The address is 201 N Civic Dr Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and we will begin at 11:00 a.m. on December 12th, 2023. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.
The presentation will be provided by Vince Marano, from CMP Pipelines, and is titled, “Acquaint Acquarius In-Line Inspection of Pressure Pipes for Asset Management ”. The Acquaint Acquarius pipe inspection tool is from the Netherlands. It is an inline inspection soft foam pig that operates with a pipeline full of water and uses the water as a motive force. The main sensors are ultrasonic, an inertial mapping unit, a hydrophone, and a magnetic field wave unit. The Acquarius can inspect any type of pipe including metallic, non-metallic, and even AC pipe. The deliverables include xyz mapping, high-resolution measurements of wall thickness, joint angles and gap width, ovality, axial deformation, and more. Currently, Acquaint is performing over 1 inspection per week throughout the work. The Acquarius is a great tool to use to determine when and where any rehabilitation is needed on a pipeline sized between 8-inches to 54-inches.
Please RSVP using the Google Form link below by Monday, December 11th at noon
November Meeting – In Person at Brown and Caldwell!
Hello, PUG Members,
Our November monthly meeting will be held in-person, at the Brown and Caldwell office in Walnut Creek! The address is 201 N Civic Dr Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and we will begin at 11:00 a.m. on November 14th, 2023. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.
The presentation will be provided by Rowena Patenaude (Westlake Pipe and Fittings) and Brooks Ryan (Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association), and is titled, “Common Misconceptions of PVC Pipe”. The presentation will address typical questions that both non-users and users alike have about PVC pipe. Over 40,000 water and wastewater utilities in North America use PVC pipe. More than two million miles of PVC pipe are in service in North America; one million miles of water and one million miles of sewer pipe. This presentation draws on more than half a century of success that cities have had with PVC pipe in their systems.
Please RSVP using the Google Form link below by Monday, November 13th at noon
Registration for the PUG/NASTT October 2023 Training is now Open!
Hello PUG Members,
Our typical monthly meeting in October will be replaced by our annual PUG/NASTT Training. Check out our Workshops & Training page for more details! Space is limited, so sign up soon!
September Meeting – In Person at Brown and Caldwell!
Hello PUG Members,
Our September monthly meeting will be held in-person, at the Brown and Caldwell office in Walnut Creek! The address is 201 N Civic Dr Suite 300, Walnut Creek, CA 94596, and we will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday September 12th, 2023. Take the South Lobby elevator to the 3rd floor.
The presentation will be provided by Jeremy Hynum from McGuire & Hester and is titled, “USD Twin Force Main Project”. The presentation will provide a “boots on the ground” look at the installation challenges of fused HDPE using the recent USD Twin Force Main project as a case study.
Please RSVP using the Google Form link below by Monday, September 11th at noon
From USD Twin Force Main
Now Accepting Abstracts for the 2024 Sharing Technologies Seminar!
We are very pleased to now be accepting abstracts for our 32nd annual Sharing Technologies Seminar. The seminar will be held in Concord, CA, on Thursday, February 8th, 2024. Abstracts are due Friday Sept 29, 2023 by 5pm.
The objective of the SHARING TECHNOLOGIES SEMINAR is to share information amongst agencies and industry professionals. Topics for papers should relate to pipe technology in construction, rehabilitation or maintenance. Emerging technologies and trenchless construction processes are of special interest. Case histories and/or lessons learned during challenging projects and new technologies used to solve unusual situations are also good topics.
Technical papers will be requested upon acceptance of abstract.
See here for a link to the form.
