HDD Consortium’s

Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) Good Practices Guidelines Course  
November 9, 2011 – Jacksonville, Florida

You Need to Know HDD! Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) has become a workhorse that is used every day on utility construction projects. To be most effective in specifying, managing and inspecting utility construction projects, you need to know the in’s and out’s of HDD.

This course will help you to:

• Become familiar with HDD equipment and techniques
  
• Decide what projects would benefit from HDD techniques
  
• Design and specify to fully realize the advantages of HDD
  
• Supervise and inspect HDD construction
  
• Apply HDD to your real-world projects

Course Background: Due to the increasing use of HDD rigs across North America, the HDD industry released the HDD Good Practices Guidelines Manual that provides contractors, engineers and owners with an industry driven document prepared by experts in the field. The guidelines were developed by members of the HDD Consortium: DCCA, DCA, AEM, NUCA and NASTT Each course participant will receive a complimentary copy.

What You Will Learn: The Guidelines and training address all important aspects of HDD, from planning through construction:

• HDD Applications and Process
  
• HDD Equipment, Materials, Drilling Fluids
  
• Design (new Chapter 4 in 3rd ed., 2008)
  
• Bore Planning
  
• Safety
  
• Troubleshooting, Risk Reduction and Mitigation

Who Should Attend? Engineering consultants; utility engineers and managers; government engineers and public works managers; contractors; and others with responsibilities for imple¬menting or managing construction projects using trenchless construction techniques.

Course Instructors:

Dr. Samuel T. Ariaratnam, P.E. is a Professor in the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. He received his B.A.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo and his M.S. & Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His educational and research interests lie in the area of trenchless construction methods with an emphasis on Horizontal Directional Drilling and Pipe Bursting. Sam has published over 150 technical papers, holds three patents, and is active in numerous professional organizations. He served on the NASTT Board of Directors from 2001-2006. Currently, Dr. Ariaratnam serves as the Chairman of the International Society for Trenchless Technology. Additionally, he is a co-author of the Horizontal Directional Drilling Good Practices Guidelines and the Pipe Bursting Good Practices books with Dr. David Bennett. Dr. Ariaratnam is a registered professional engineer in the State of Arizona and the Province of Ontario.

Dr. Glenn Duyvestyn, P.E. is a Senior Trenchless Engineer with Hatch Mott MacDonald who brings 13 years of professional civil engineering experience in the trenchless field. He worked on some of the most challenging HDD, microtunneling, open shield pipe jacking, auger boring, pipe ramming and pipe bursting projects in North America, Australia and the Caribbean. His HDD design experience includes over 145,000-ft. of pipeline installations for water, wastewater, gas, and electrical conduits. He has a doctorate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada where his research focused on predicting ground movements during pipe bursting and HDD installations.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs): Educational programs offered by NASTT further your education, provide opportunities to get involved and gain knowledge of technical advances in your field, and in many cases are required in order for you to renew licenses or certifications. Earn valuable CEUs for your attendance and participation. (One CEU = 10 Professional Development Hours). By attending this course, you will earn 0.8 CEUs and receive a certificate issued by Louisiana Tech University.

Course Fee: $300 per person

Your course registration fee includes:

• Course handouts and complimentary copy of the HDD Good Practices Guidelines Manual
  
• Lunch
• Free pass to the Trenchless Road Show exhibits & outdoor demonstrations!
  
• CEU certificate issued by Louisiana Tech University
  
• Comprehensive, consensus-based information, non-commercial presentation
  
• Expert course instructors who are leaders in their respective fields and can help answer your questions not outlined in the course agenda

For Course Content Questions: Contact Angela Ghosh at NASTT. Phone: 703-217-1382 or 330-491-0058 or e-mail: aghosh@nastt.org. Visit NASTT’s web site at: www.nastt.org.