2023 E-Week Seminar Series
We Are Back After a 3 Year Hiatus
Friday, February 24, 2023, 7:30AM to 5:00PM
Grapevine Banquets
333 Dick Road, Depew, New York 14043
7 PDHs Available
(31 PDHs programs from which to choose!)
- Civil
- Environmental/Regulatory
- Structural
- Mechanical
- Electrical
Register online at www.erieniagarape.org/events
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Cost:
NSPE Members (Any Chapter) - $79.00
Non-NSPE Members - $299.00
Students (Non-Volunteers) - No PDHs - $40.00
First time NSPE/NYSSPE Members - Free
Questions - Contact Muffett Mauche George
at 716-491-7400 or mmauche@chacompanies.com
Keynote Lunch Presentation:
Worker Safety on Construction Sites
speaker: Mr. Alexander Grigorenko
Division of Safety and Health's On-Site Consultation Program
New York State Department of Labor
Approximate Schedule:
7:15AM-8:00AM – Continental Breakfast and Registration
(Please do not arrive before 7:15 am)
8:00AM-9:00 AM – Session 1 (1 PDH)
9:15 AM-10:15 AM – Session 2 (1 PDH)
10:15AM-10:45AM – Coffee Break
10:45 AM-11:45 AM – Session 3 (1 PDH)
11:45AM-1:15PM – Lunch & Lunch Speaker (1 PDH)
1:15PM-2:15PM – Session 4 (1 PDH)
2:30PM-3:30PM – Session 5 (1 PDH)
3:30PM-3:45PM – Soda Break
3:45 PM-4:45PM – Session 6 (1 PDH)
Program as of February 1, 2023 consists of the following presentations & authors:
Civil - Montezuma Wetlands Enhancement Project - Jay Pokines - NYS Canal Corp.; Secondary System Upgrades at Buffalo Sewer Authority Bird Island Facility - Jamie Johnson AECOM; NFTA Light Rail Extension - Jeff Amplement - NFTA & Scot Sibert - WSP; Ice Management and Water Control for Winter Power Production on the Niagara River - Mike Asklar -NYPA; Long-Term Hydropower Forecasting Model for St. Lawrence River Matt Carney - NYPA; Scopes of Services, A Key Element of Design Professionals Contracts - Kevin O'Beirne - HDR
Environmental - Consumer Products and Sustainability - John Novotny - Corning Inc.; Green Infrastructure Lessons Learned - Joy Kuebler JKLA Studios; Lead Service Line Compliance under New Lead and Copper Rule - April Kellerhouse - NYSDOH; Get Alarmed about Carbon Monoxide - Todd Crawford - NYSDOH; West Valley Demonstration Project - Dan Meess - WVDP and NYSDOT Updated Hydraulic Vulnerability Assessment Manual - Lallman Rambali - NYSDOT
Electrical - Electric Vehicles Personal Transportation - Nick Gilewski - CONED; History of Western NY Electric System - Leonard Fiume - NG (retired)/ AECOM; Implementation of New Renewable Generation to NYS Transmission Grid; Rajesh Kumar - NYPA; Electrical Equipment Maintenance Methods - Frank Silvernail- Silvernail Engineering; System Protection of Transmission networks - Past, Present,& Future - Louis Sieter - National Grid; and Transformer Insulating Fluids - Sheldon Kennedy - Niagara Transformer
Mechanical - The Flight of Five Erie Canal Historic Lock Restoration - Josh Repp - Bergmann/Collier Associates; Niagara Project Maintenance and Modernization Initiatives - Tim Poe, Eustace Mendez & Tony Dell'Isola - NYPA; NYS Canal Corp Rehabilitation Projects - History, Geology and Structures - Greg Johnson - Bergmann/Collier Associates & Mike Mann - McMahon & Mann Consulting Engineers; Energy Planning & Mechanical Design - Chonghui Liu - Popli Design Group; Vischer Ferry Dam Project - Andrew Sumner - NYPA;
Structural - High Performance Link Slabs for Bridges - Keith Harlock & Wes Frechette - WSP; Blessings of Disaster: A Bridge to Initiate Discussions Toward a More Resilient Society - Michel Bruneau - UB; Interactive Snow Load Workshop (ASCE 7-16) - Robin Closs - Building Restoration Consultants Unlimited; Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridge Columns for Seismic and Corrosion Induced Damage - Ravi Ranade - UB; Design for Diaphragm Action - Jason Curry - Hilti; and Meeting and Exceeding Sustainability Targets using Concrete Admixtures - Phil Matisak - Master Builders.
