Infrastructure Summit & Short Courses
AUSTIN, TEXAS
November 7
(3:00 – 5:00 pm)
Reception follows
Sustainable Infrastructure Summit
+
Reception
$95
INCLUDED for all short course registrations
Panelists & Audience Interaction
** FOLLOWED BY RECEPTION **
Summit Partner:
IGS North America
November 8 – 9
(8:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Dinner & Tech Tour, Nov 8
Happy Hour, Nov 9
QA/QC of Geosynthetic Installation and GCL/CCL
(Prep course for GCI-ICP Exams)
$800
Optional GCI-ICP Certification Exams (Nov 10) – Requires Additional Fees
GOV RATE AVAILABLE
Instructors: Mark Sieracke, P.E., Sam Allen, and Dr. Jeffrey Kuhn, P.E.
2023 Technical Partner:
TRI Environmental
November 8 – 9
(8:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Dinner & Tech Tour, Nov 8
Happy Hour, Nov 9
$800
NEW COURSE!
GOV RATE AVAILABLE
Instructor:
Richard Thiel, P.E.
November 8 – 9
(8:00 am – 5:00 pm)
Dinner & Tech Tour, Nov 8
Happy Hour, Nov 9
$800
NEW COURSE!
GOV RATE AVAILABLE
Instructors: Jorge Zornberg, PhD, PE; Eli Cuelho, PE; Steve Williams; Dave Frazier; Matt Skinner; Eric Gonzales
2023 Technical Partner:
GeoSolutions Inc.
November 10
(8:00 am – 12:00 pm)
$350
The Marketing Course is held at the same time on November 10 as the GCI-ICP Certification Exams
Instructors: Sam Allen and Tamara Tuttle
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Richard Thiel, PE
Mr. Thiel is an engineer with over 30 years experience specializing in containment design applications for geotechnical projects, waste containment, secondary containment of fuel, and leach mining applications. He has participated extensively in the feasibility evaluation, permitting, design, and construction of waste facilities and surface impoundments. He is experienced at being an expert witness, performing design peer reviews, economic evaluations, failure analyses, design of liner systems with soils and geosynthetics, leachate management systems including pipelines an pump stations, geotechnical site reconnaissance and resource investigation programs, construction quality assurance (CQA), and assistance in developing state solid waste regulations.
David Shercliff
David Shercliff is a UK-based, Chartered Civil and Waste Engineer who has offered innovative geosynthetic solutions internationally across four decades. His background includes work highway and water treatment installations, waste management, and coastal designs. Currently, he is Chief Engineer for a drainage geocomposite manufacturer (ABG). David acts as an industry expert on international standards committees such as ISO and CEN. He has more recently been heavily involved in the Institution of Civil Engineers and International Geosynthetics Society Sustainability Committees contributing presentations including carbon calculations comparisons for a wide range of geosynthetic applications.
Mark Sieracke, PE
Mark Sieracke, P.E. is an industry-recognized expert in the fields of landfill design and CQA. Mark serves as a Principal and Solid Waste Practice Area Manager for Weaver Consultants Group. Mark has served as a Technical Reviewer of the US EPA Technical Guidance Document: Quality Assurance and Quality Control for Waste Containment Facilities (EPA/600/R- 93/182, Sept. 1993). He has served as a hands-on CQA practitioner, certifying engineer, and consultant for 1000+ acres of geosynthetic installations. He contributes routinely to landfill failure investigations and constructability reviews for design engineers. Mark serves on the Waste Management Inc. (WMI) Geosynthetic Task Force, creating the corporate standards for CQA.
Jorge Zornberg, PhD, PE
Dr. Jorge Zornberg, P.E. is Professor and William J. Murray, Jr. Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. He has more than 30 years in research and practice on topics such as retaining walls, reinforced soil structures, and roadway infrastructure. Dr. Zornberg served as president of the International Geosynthetics Society from 2010 – 2014 and has received many prestigious awards, including the Mercer Lecture, the IGS Service Award, ASCE’s Croes medal and Collingwood Prize, and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President George W. Bush.
Eric Gonzales
Eric Gonzales holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. Over the last 12 years, Eric has worked on a wide range of projects varying from municipal jobs, to TxDOT schematics, to large private developments. The past 5 years he has specialized in providing stormwater management and BMP solutions to engineers and developers, and has come up with custom designs in order to meet their detention and treatment requirements.
Tamara Tuttle
Tamara is a business consultant devoted to helping companies tell their story and increase their reach and profits, so they can grow healthy and give back to their communities. She has an international background and extensive experience in science and technical products sales, including geosynthetics for environmental applications like waste containment, water management, erosion control, and mining. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, her consulting focuses on business development and international strategy. Tamara helps customers to consolidate sales, communicate better their technical offerings, launch new products, and measure and manage their customer experience. On the international side, after doing business in 101 countries, she provides market research & intelligence, assists in entries to new territories, and facilitates business relationships where two or more countries, languages, and cultures are involved.
Eli Cuelho, PE
Mr. Cuelho has been involved with geosynthetic research and testing for more than 25 years. His project experience covers a wide variety of topics such as: geotechnical engineering, geosynthetic design, full-scale testing of roadway applications, pavement maintenance, and remote sensing and data acquisition. Eli is also directly involved in developing new test procedures for geosynthetics used in pavement and reinforcement applications. He currently serves as the chair of the TRB Geosynthetics committee.
Matt Skinner
Matt Skinner, MBA, CPESC, CESCL has over 20 years of experience with Erosion Control, Soil Remediation and Geosynthetics. His consulting designs have been successfully applied at hundreds of Superfund sites, mining reclamations, landfills & reservoirs. Matt also works to develop innovative water management solutions for site-runoff and overland flow challenges frequently faced in high-rain areas.
Steve Williams
Steve Williams works for ABT, Inc., a leading manufacturer of water management systems. For the last nine years, he has served as the Director of Environmental Products, consulting with design professionals on effective stormwater management solutions with an emphasis on water conservation, green infrastructure and sustainability.
Dave Frazier
Dave Frazier is the Vice President of Engineered Solutions with GeoSolutions, with a degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M. Over the last 22 years Dave has become one of the leading professionals in the design and use of geosynthetics for site civil applications. His vast experience relative to erosion control design, available materials, and up-and-coming methodologies contributes heavily to his knowledge of this industry. As a consultant it is imperative that he stay abreast of the changing market trends in order to remain ahead of the demand and specification requirement curves.
Jeffrey Kuhn, PhD, PE
Dr. Jeffrey Kuhn, P.E., is the Geotechnical Laboratory Director for TRI/Environmental, Inc. His doctoral work principally focused on alternative/evapotraspirative cover design and evaluation for the EPA, and he performed research with expansive clays for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Prior to joining TRI, he served as a consulting engineer, where he worked on the design and installation of the Circuit of the Americas Formula One Race Track over expansive clays with tight differential movement criteria. Since 2012, he’s led the expansion of TRI’s geotechnical laboratory capabilities and reach within the geotechnical community.
Sam Allen
Sam Allen is the Vice President of Texas Research International‘s (TRI) Geosynthetics Services Division. He has served as Chairman of ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Geosynthetic Institute (GSI). He is the elected president of the International Geosynthetics Society (IGS).
Much more than on-demand e-Learning or abbreviated seminars.
GeoU is THE relevant and comprehensive venue for detailed, application-oriented education.
FEATURING
- Central Texas Sustainability Summit
- 3 Engineering Short Courses
- 3 Networking Functions
- 1 Key Certification Opportunity
- Technical Tour of a Geotechnical & Geosynthetics Testing Lab
