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Technical Session A – Continental Ballroom A – Lobby level
Technical Session B – Continental Ballroom B – lobby level
Technical Session C – Continental Ballroom C – lobby level
Tuesday June 4, 2019 |
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| 7:30 am | – | 6:30 pm | Registration Desk Open – Lobby Level, just past business center | |||
| 12:00 pm | – | 5:30 pm | Exhibitor Move In, International Ballroom, 2nd floor | |||
| 12:30 pm | – | 3:30 pm | Pre-Conference Architecture Tour & Lunch on Chicago’s First Lady – view details | |||
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SHORT COURSES – view all details |
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| 8:00 am | – | 12:00 pm | WEDA’s Dredging 101 Course, Continental Ballroom A, Lobby level, Instructor Dr. Donald Hayes (ERDC) | |||
| 1:00 pm | – | 5:00 pm | Bathymetric Multibeam Mapping for Dredge, Continental Ballroom A, Lobby level, Instructor Mike Mutschler (Seahorse Geomatics, Inc.) | |||
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BENEFICIAL REUSE WORK GROUP MEETING | (Marquette, 3rd floor) |
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| 8:00 am | – | 2:00 pm | Beneficial Reuse Work Group Meeting – WEDA BU Work Groups members only | |||
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PRE-CONFERENCE TECHNICAL TOUR – view all details |
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| 12:15 Pm | – | 3:30 pm | Pre-Conference Technical Tour & Lunch – onboard Chicago’s First Lady – details | |||
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ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION MEETING | (Marquette, 3rd floor) |
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| 3:00 pm | – | 6:00 pm | Environmental Commission Meeting – open to all current WEDA members | |||
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WELCOME RECEPTION | (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 6:30 pm | – | 9:30 pm | Welcome Reception / Ice Breaker | |||
Wednesday June 5, 2019 |
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EXPO HALL OPEN | (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 7:30 am | – | 5:00 pm | view layout | Reserve a booth | |||
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BREAKFAST | (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 7:30 am | – | 8:30 am | Breakfast Buffet | |||
OPENING PLENARY | (Continental Ballroom A, B, C) |
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| 8:30 am | – | 9:30 am | Opening Plenary | |||
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BREAK | (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 9:30 am | – | 10:00 am | Coffee & Refreshment Break | |||
TAMU/ERDC PLENARY SESSION: WORKING TOGETHER ON FINDING WAYS TO PARTNER FOR THE BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES (Continental Ballroom A, B, C) | Co-Chairs: Ram Mohan, Ph.D., Texas A&M/Anchor QEA; Jeff King, Ph.D., USACE ERDC |
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| 10:00 am | – | 10:20 am | National Perspective – Tony Friona, Liaison to the Great Lakes, ERDC | |||
| 10:20 am | – | 10:40 am | Regional Perspective – LTC Dan Hayden; Deputy Commander Chicago District | |||
| 10:40 am | – | 11:00 am | Environmental Perspective – Jim Killian, Environmental Management, Office of Great Lakes Waters | |||
| 11:00 am | – | 11:20 am | Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Perspective – Scott Cieniawski, Chief Remediation Branch, USEPA GLNPO | |||
| 11:20 am | 11:50 pm | Facilitated Panel Discussion | ||||
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LUNCH | (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 11:50 am | – | 12:40 pm | Plated Lunch | |||
| 12:40 pm | – | 1:10 pm | WEDA’s Environmental & Safety Awards | |||
| 1:10 pm | 1:40 pm | Best Paper Awards | ||||
SESSION 1A | (Continental Ballroom A – Lobby level)`USACE Beneficial Use Success Stories | Co-Chairs: Jeff King, Ph.D., USACE ERDC; Ram Mohan, Ph.D., Texas A&M/Anchor QEA |
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| 1:50 pm | – | 2:20 pm | 1a-1 | State of Ohio – Ron Kozlowski, Chief of Programs & Project Management, Buffalo District | ||
| 2:20 pm | – | 2:50 pm | 1a-2 | Regional Sediment Management/ Waukegan Harbor – Kaitlyn McClain (Invited), Planner, Chicago District | ||
| 2:50 pm | – | 3:20 pm | 1a-3 | Cat Island – Marie Strum, Chief of Engineering and Technical Services, Detroit District | ||
SESSION 1B – Contracting/Risk | CHAIR: SAM MORRISON |
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| 1:50 pm | – | 2:10 pm | 1b-1 | Successful Construction Management, presented by Eric Dievendorf | ||
| 2:10 pm | – | 2:30 pm | 1b-2 | Dredging Information System (DIS) Update, presented by Alexandra Schafer | ||
| 2:30 pm | – | 2:50 pm | 1b-3 | Miami Harbor Deep Dredge Project: A Reappraisal Reveals Same Results, presented by William F. Precht | ||
| 2:50 pm | – | 3:10 pm | 1b-4 | Dredge Contracts Claims: Experience from the Trenches, presented by Joseph L. Katz, Esq. | ||
SESSION 1C – Sediment Management | Chair: Janet Kirkton |
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| 1:50 pm | – | 2:10 pm | 1c-1 | Sustainable Sediment Solutions: Stabilization of Contaminated Sediment – presented by Victor Magar | ||
| 2:10 pm | – | 2:30 pm | 1c-2 | Innovative Modifications to Existing Confined Disposal Facility for Cost-Effective Disposal of Contaminated Sediment – presented by Kristin Searcy Bell | ||
| 2:30 pm | – | 2:50 pm | 1c-3 | A 10-Year Outlook on Dredge Demands of US Ports & Harbors of the Great Lakes, presented by Craig Harley | ||
| 2:50 pm | – | 3:10 pm | 1c-4 | Making Cases for Adaptive Sediment Management, presented by Sean Burkholder | ||
BREAK (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 3:20 pm | – | 3:40 pm | Coffee & Refreshment Break | |||
SESSION 2A – TAMU/ERDC – State Beneficial Use Success Stories | Co-Chairs: Ram Mohan, Ph.D., Texas A&M/Anchor QEA; Jeff King, Ph.D., USACE ERDC |
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| 3:40 pm | – | 4:05 pm | 2a-1 | Duluth Superior Harbor/AOC work and beyond – Dan Breneman, State Program Administrator, MPCA | ||
| 4:05 pm | – | 4:30 pm | 2a-2 | Illinois Beach State Park – Diane Tecic, Coastal Management Program Director | ||
| 4:30 pm | – | 5:00 pm | 2a-3 | Unity Island (First 204 constructed on the GL) – Tony Friona, Buffalonian since 1967 | ||
SESSION 2B – Environmental Issues | CHAIR: KAT PRICKETT |
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| 3:40 pm | – | 4:00 pm | 2b-1 | Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Mitigation for the Bonner Bridge Replacement Project, presented by Phillip Todd | ||
| 4:00 pm | – | 4:20 pm | 2b-2 | The Presence of Microplastics in Bottom Sediments from US Waterways, presented by Burton Suedel | ||
| 4:20 pm | – | 4:40 pm | 2b-3 | Development of a Risk-based Framework for Assessing and Managing Dredge-induced Underwater Sounds, presented by Andrew McQueen | ||
| 4:40 pm | – | 5:00 pm | 2b-4 | Treatment Expanding Dredged Material Management Alternatives, presented by Paul Schroeder | ||
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END OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS FOR WEDNESDAY |
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| 5:00 pm | – | 6:00 pm | Young WEDA / Exhibitors Appreciation Hour, International Ballroom, 2nd floor | |||
| 6:15 pm | – | 8:30 pm | Young WEDA Reception at Kitty O’Shea’s Irish Pub, lobby level Hilton | |||
Thursday June 6, 2019 |
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EXPO HALL OPEN (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 7:30 am | – | 5:00 pm | 85 expo booths | view layout | Reserve a booth | |||
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BREAKFAST (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 7:30 am | – | 8:30 am | Breakfast Buffet | |||
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WOMEN OF WEDA BREAKFAST (Continental Ballroom Foyer) |
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| 7:30 am | – | 8:30 am | Women of WEDA – Open to all Female WEDA members | webpage | |||
SAFETY COMMISSION PLENARY – Project Highlights, including the Engagement of Transportation Partners in Award Winners’ Safety Cultures (Continental Ballroom A, B, C) |
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| 8:30 am | – | 9:30 am |
Safety Commission Plenary: Project Highlights, including the Engagement of Transportation Partners in Award Winners’ Safety Cultures. Panel Moderator: Julie Hile, Hile Group and WEDA Safety Commission Chair |
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BREAK (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 9:30 am | – | 10:00 am | Coffee & Refreshment Break | |||
SESSION 3A – Beneficial Reuse | CHAIR: SHELLY ANGHERA |
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| 10:00 am | – | 10:20 am | 3a-1 | A New PIANC Standard for the Beneficial Use of Dredged Material – presented by Victor Magar | ||
| 10:20 am | – | 10:40 am | 3a-2 | Regional Sediment Management Solutions In Southern California: How did we get here and why?, presented by Steve Cappellino | ||
| 10:40 am | – | 11:00 am | 3a-3 | Regional Sediment Management Solutions In Southern California: A 20 year summary of beneficial reuse and some thoughts moving forward, presented by Shelly Anghera | ||
| 11:00 am | – | 11:20 am | 3a-4 | Design and Permitting for Lake Apopka Sediment Dredging and Material Placement Projects, St. Johns River Water Management District, Lake & Orange County, Florida, presented by Joe Wagner | ||
| 11:20 am | – | 11:40 am | 3a-5 | Ensuring Sustainable Marine Transportation by Beneficially Using Dredged Material to Support Marsh Ecosystems in Coastal New Jersey, presnted by W. Scott Douglas | ||
SESSION 3B – Environmental Dredging | CHAIR: LORI BROWNELL |
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| 10:00 am | – | 10:20 am | 3b-1 | Cleanup of Contaminated Sediment – “How Much Will It Cost?” and “Who Should Pay?”, presented by Jason Dittman | ||
| 10:20 am | – | 10:40 am | 3b-2 | Ashland/NSP Lakefront MGP Site Upland and Sediment Remedial Action, presented by Denis Roznowski | ||
| 10:40 am | – | 11:00 am | 3b-3 | Bank Remediation and Restoration for a Time Critical Removal Action with Water Control Structure Removal, presented by Joseph Caryl | ||
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Challenges Associated with Dredging Small Waterways in Urban Settings, presented by Jim Hutchens | ||
| 11:20 am | – | 11:40 am | 3b-5 | Monitoring Effectiveness of Pilot-Scale Sediment Caps in a Dynamic Sand Riverbed, presented by Tony Delano | ||
SESSION 3C – Innovative Equipment and Techniques | CHAIR: RICH WEBER |
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| 10:00 am | – | 10:20 am | 3c-1 | Innovative Technology Saves 100-Year-Old Panama Canal Locks, presented by Tom Stephens | ||
| 10:20 am | – | 10:40 am | 3c-2 | Improving Waterway Network Maintenance Using Dredge Portfolio Optimization Methods, presented by Drew Allan Loney | ||
| 10:40 am | – | 11:00 am | 3c-3 | CFD Simulation and Scale Model Testing of a New Dredge Pump Design, presented by Robert Visintainer | ||
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3c-4 |
A Useful Technology to Solve or Mitigate Artificial Reservoir Sedimentation, presented by Francesco Galante | ||
| 11:20 am | – | 11:40 am | 3c-5 | Applicability of dredge types in reservoir maintenance dredging, presented by Mark Winkelman | ||
LUNCH (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 11:45 am | – | 1:20 pm | Lunch Buffet | |||
SESSION 4A – Beneficial Reuse Panel – Great Lakes | CO-CHAIRS: WALTER DINICOLA AND DAVID EMERMAN |
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| 1:30 pm | – | 1:50 pm | 4a-1 | Current Great Lakes Dredged Material, presnted by David Emerman | ||
| 1:50 pm | – | 2:10 pm | 4a-2 | Cleveland Harbor Advancements in Beneficial Reuse and Sediment Management: Case Study, presented by Nicholas LaPointe | ||
| 2:10 pm | – | 2:30 pm | 4a-3 | Case Study – Cleveland Harbor, presented by Jason Ziss | ||
| 2:30 pm | – | 2:50 pm | 4a-4 | Integrating Wetland and Marsh Creation of Dredged Material, presented by Scudder Mackey | ||
| 2:50 pm | – | 3:10 pm | 4a-5 | Facilitated Discussion on Path forward?, lead by David Emerman and Walter Dinicola | ||
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SESSION 4B – Improving Dredge Safety | CHAIR: JULIE HILE |
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| 1:30 pm | – | 1:50 pm | 4b-1 | Harnessing Leading Indicator Data for Sustainable Safety Excellence, presented by Margaret Davis | ||
| 1:50 pm | – | 2:10 pm | 4b-2 | Who, Me? I Had No Idea! Multiple Cause Incident Analysis As A Driver of Systems Safety Engagement, presented by Julie Hile | ||
| 2:10 pm | – | 2:30 pm | 4b-3 | Using Hindcast Weather Data to Predict the Available Time for Safe Dredging Operations, presented by Michael MacNicoll | ||
| 2:30 pm | – | 2:50 pm | 4b-4 | Aiding Navigation through Centralizing Information Dissemination, presented by, presented by Alexandra Schafer | ||
| 2:50 pm | – | 3:10 pm | 4b-5 | Combating Modern Day Distractions with Adaptive Safety Cultures – Margaret Davis | ||
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SESSION 4C – Dredging Research & Education | CHAIR: ROBERT RAMSDELL |
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| 1:30 pm | – | 1:50 pm | 4c-1 |
Production Estimation of Water Jets and Cutter Blades in Drag Heads, presented by Sape A. Miedema |
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| 1:50 pm | – | 2:10 pm | 4c-2 | Thin-Layer Placement Sediment Deposition Model, presented by Donald Hayes | ||
| 2:10 pm | – | 2:30 pm | 4c-3 | Environmental Dredging & Restoration Former Zephyr Oil Refinery, presented Pat Faesslar | ||
| 2:30 pm | – | 2:50 pm | 4c-4 | Cutter Head Spillage when Dredging Sand or Gravel (CHSDSG), presented by Sape A. Miedema | ||
| 2:50 pm | – | 3:10 pm | 4c-5 | Risk Characterization from Sediment Released During Dredging Operations, presented by Joe Gailani | ||
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BREAK (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 3:10 pm | – | 3:40 pm | Break – Ice Cream Social | |||
SESSION 5A – Beneficial Reuse II | CHAIR: DANA TRIERWEILER |
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| 3:40 pm | – | 4:00 pm | 5a-1 | Indiana Harbor and Canal CDF Center Dike Expansion Pilot Test, presented by Aaron Wright | ||
| 4:00 pm | – | 4:20 pm | 5a-2 | Sediment reuse for wetland creation and open space restoration in an underserved community of San Francisco: Case Study of Yosemite Slough, San Francisco Bay, presented by Jane Deni Chambers | ||
| 4:20 pm | – | 4:40 pm | 5a-3 | Dredging and Beneficial Use of Sediments from the Delaware and Raritan Canal, New Jersey, presented by Travis Merritts | ||
| 4:40 pm | – | 5:00 pm | 5a-4 | A Synergistic Approach to Restoring the Caminada Headland, presented by Amanda Taylor | ||
SESSION 5B – Sea Level Rise/ Shoreline Protection | CHAIR: ALAN ALCORN |
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| 3:40 pm | – | 4:00 pm | 5b-1 | Shoreline Protection of Historic and Coastal Resources at Brunswick Town/ Fort Anderson, presented by Phillip Todd | ||
| 4:00 pm | – | 4:20 pm | 5b-2 | Community-Based Beneficial Use for Sea Level Rise: A Co-Benefits Strategy for Dredged Material Management, presented by Isaac Hametz | ||
| 4:20 pm | – | 4:40 pm | 5b-3 | Select Shoreline Considerations During Sediment Dredging, presented by Kendrick Jaglal | ||
| 4:40 pm | – | 5:00 pm | 5b-4 | Sustainable, Combined Remedies and Restoration of the Onondaga Lake Shoreline, presented by Dan Rockefeller | ||
SESSION 5C – Dredging Research & Education | CHAIR: DONALD HAYES |
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| 3:40 pm | – | 4:00 pm | 5c-1 | A Comprehensive Training Approach to Marine, Aerial and Land Surveying at Northwestern Michigan College, presented by Hans van Sumeren | ||
| 4:00 pm | – | 4:20 pm | 5c-2 | A study on the Clay Adhesion Factor, presented by Xiuhan Chen | ||
| 4:20 pm | – | 4:40 pm | 5c-3 | Numerical Modelling of Slurry Transport for Coarse Particles, presented by Xiuhan Chen | ||
| 4:40 pm | – | 5:00 pm | 5c-4 | Principles of Production Engineering Models, presented by Robert Ramsdell | ||
END OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS FOR THURSDAY |
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| 5:00 pm | – | 6:00 pm | Young WEDA / Exhibitors Appreciation Hour, International Ballroom, 2nd floor | |||
| 6:15 pm | – | 7:15 pm | GALA Reception – International Ballroom, 2nd floor | |||
| 7:30 pm | – | 9:30 pm | GALA Dinner – International Ballroom, 2nd floor | |||
Friday June 7, 2019 |
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EXPO HALL OPEN (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 7:30 am | – | 12:00 pm | Expo Hall open | |||
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BREAKFAST (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 7:30 am | – | 8:30 am | Breakfast Buffet | |||
PLENARY: The Great Lakes: Remediation and Restoration of Our National Treasure (Continental Ballroom A, B, C) |
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| 8:30 am | – | 8:45 am | Winning the Battle: Restoring the Health of the Great Lakes Areas of Concern, Amy Pelka, EPA | |||
| 8:45 am | – | 9:00 am | Sediment Remediation at Great Lakes Areas of Concern: EPA and its Partners, Scott Cieniawski, EPA | |||
| 9:00 am | – | 9:15 am | Zephyr Refinery Sediment Remediation Project, Heather Williams, EPA | |||
| 9:15 am | – | 9:30 am | We Have to Win This Battle: Keeping Asian Carp Out of the Great Lakes, Jeff Zuercher, USACE | |||
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BREAK (International Ballroom, 2nd floor) |
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| 9:30 am | – | 10:00 am | Coffee & Refreshment Break | |||
| 10:15 am | – | 2:30 pm | Exhibitor Tear Down | |||
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SESSION 6A – Dredge Quantity, Surveying & Mapping | CHAIR: AARON WRIGHT |
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| 10:00 am | – | 10:20 am | 6a-1 | Development of an Automated Hopper Dredge Mechanical Ullage Sensor Measurement System as a Contract Payment Basis, presented by Tim Welp | ||
| 10:20 am | – | 10:40 am | 6a-2 | Real Time Production Efficiency Based on Combination of Non-Nuclear Density and Magnetic Flow Instrumentation, presented by Ken Primrose | ||
| 10:40 am | – | 11:00 am | 6a-3 | Geospatial Modeling and Suitability Analysis for Beneficial Use: An Integrated Approach, presented by Isaac Hametz | ||
| 11:00 am | – | 11:20 am | 6a-4 | Marine Geophysical and Geological Investigation for Improvement Dredging of Boston Harbor: Subsurface Mapping with Complete Coverage of Reflection Seismic Surveys and Few Targeted Borings, presented by W. Bruce Ward | ||
| 11:20 am | – | 11:40 am | 6a-5 | Estimation of Dredgeabilty from High-Resolution Marine Reflection Seismic, presented by Daniel A. Rosales Roche | ||
SESSION 6B – Environmental Dredging II | CHAIR: KENDRICK JAGLAL |
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| 10:00 am | – | 10:20 am | 6b-1 | Estimating Turbidity and Suspended Sediment Concentrations Using an Unmanned Surface Vehicle, presented by Justin L. Wilkens | ||
| 10:20 am | – | 10:40 am | 6b-2 | Reducing Environmental Exposures from Dredging Contaminated Sediment, presented by Rob Webb | ||
| 10:40 am | – | 11:00 am | 6b-3 | Challenges and Considerations for Selection of Underpier Remediation Approaches, presented by Dan Berlin | ||
| 11:00 am | – | 11:20 am | 6b-4 | Innovative Treatment of Wood Waste Impacted Sediments Using Reactive Amendments and DGT Passive Porewater Sulfide Testing Techniques, presented by Dan Berlin | ||
| 11:20 am | – | 11:40 am | 6b-5 | Sequencing Bucket Dredging Operations to Manage Residual Sediments, presented by Donald Hayes | ||
SESSION 6C – Sediment Management II | CHAIR: KARIN OLSEN |
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| 10:00 am | – | 10:20 am | 6c-1 | Baltimore Harbor Confined Aquatic Disposal Pilot Project, presented by Karin Olsen | ||
| 10:20 am | – | 10:40 am | 6c-2 | Optimizing the Storage Capacity of a Confined Disposal Facility in Savannah Harbor, Georgia – Seven Years of Intensive Management of Dredged Sediments, presented by Kwasi Badu-Tweneboah | ||
| 10:40 am | – | 11:00 am | 6c-3 | Emergency Dredging of a Terminal Tanker Dock Due to Impacts from the Recent Back-to-Back Hurricanes in the Northeast Florida Area, presented by Kwasi Badu-Tweneboah | ||
| 11:00 am | – | 11:20 am | 6c-4 | City of Renton Cedar River Flood Control Maintenance Project – Dredging Planning, Design and Permitting, presented by Shane Phillips | ||
| 11:20 am | – | 11:40 am | 6c-5 | New Sediment Storage Areas for Jacksonville Port Authority, Duval County, Florida, presented by Joe Wagner | ||
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CLOSING SESSION (Continental Ballroom A, Lobby Level) |
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| 11:50 am | – | 12:30 pm | Closing Session / WEDA Membership Meeting / Best Booth Awards | |||