BAMI-I - Buried Asset Management Institute – International

2024 Global Buried Asset Management Congress
2024-11-14 08:00 - 2024-11-16 17:00 UTC
November 14 – 16, 2024
LOCATION: INDIANAPOLIS, USA

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WEBINAR - Health and Risk Monitoring System – A Discussion on New Tools Available for Buried Asset Management
2024-11-06 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | BAMI-I Webinar Platform, United States
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Webinar: Transforming Pipeline Asset Management with BrainDrip’s HRMS
Join us for a FREE webinar on November 6th at 1:00 PM to explore the future of pipeline asset management.
Mike Peters, a leading expert from BrainDrip and IQ4H2, will discuss their innovative Health and Risk Monitoring System (#HRMS) and how it’s revolutionizing the industry.
Key takeaways

Learn about advanced sensor technology for pipelines.
Understand the benefits of continuous monitoring.
Discover how BrainDrip’s HRMS improves safety and efficiency.

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ABSTRACT
BrainDrip has developed an advanced Health and Risk Monitoring System (HRMS) for use in pipeline and energy storage applications. This presentation will highlight the advanced sensors currently being deployed on pipeline systems and how they will significantly shift how we view asset management. In addition, the team will highlight some of their own innovations within the pipeline asset management space while discussing embedded sensors within composites and why continuous monitoring will be the future. Finally, the team will discuss what it takes to get products like the HRMS in the ground and present what a field deployed systems architecture will look like.
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MIKE PETERS
Member and Team Principal, Braindrip & IQ4H2
Mike is a Member and Team Principal at IQ4H2. He is a leading subject matter expert (SME) in hydrogen systems integration, safety, and optimization. At IQ4H2 he leads tasks related to quality assurance, data management, safety, test programs, and product compliance for BrainDrip’s Innervated Tubular Composite (ITC). In his previous role, he worked for over a decade as an applied researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). While at NREL, he gained expertise on projects from hydrogen production to end-use and everything in-between. His previous roles have led to numerous advances of hydrogen technologies including demonstrating electrolyzers as distributed energy resources (DERs) within the grid, leading a medium-/heavy-duty modeling and hardware test program for Class 8 trucks, and leading a 30+ partner hydrogen blending project for the U.S. Department of Energy. Mike and his IQ4H2 team will be exponentially extending BrainDrip’s market lead as designers, engineers, developers, and implementors of innovative products for the safe and effectual distribution and storage of highly compressed hydrogen.

Cory Kreutzer
Member & Technical Director IQ4H2, a subsidiary of Braindrip, llc.
Cory Kreutzer is a member and technical director for IQ4H2, a subsidiary of Braindrip, llc. Cory is a subject matter expert (SME) in hydrogen systems integration and has diverse background in mechanical engineering, chemistry, computational science, and business. Cory has an extensive history in applied research and development on energy systems including system design, safety assessment, product development and optimization, and control system design, with an emphasis on renewable energy systems. His role at IQ4H2 is focused on safety, optimization, and acceleration of hydrogen systems with an emphasis on the advancement of Braindrip’s novel composite pipeline technology. This includes the incorporation and advancement of pipeline health monitoring through advanced sensor systems. Prior to working at IQ4H2, Cory worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory as a group manager and research engineer for the hydrogen infrastructure team. Prior to that, he worked professionally on a range of topics including electric vehicle climate control technologies, biomass cookstove development and manufacturing, and natural gas internal combustion engine performance. Cory holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from the Colorado School of Mines and masters degree in mechanical engineering from Colorado State University.
About BrainDrip, LLC
BrainDrip, LLC, and its subsidiary IQ4H2, are leaders in hydrogen systems development and asset management solutions. Committed to fostering talent and innovation, BrainDrip is a proud sponsor of the GBAMC Scholarship Program. The company’s core values include:

Excellence and Innovation
Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Transparent and open communication
Work-life balance
Accountability
Passion for delivering unparalleled value

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WEBINAR - Using Asset Management to Move Utility Leaders to Action - [2024 Congress Preview!]
2024-10-17 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Zoom, United States
2024 Global Buried Asset Management Congress Preview Webinar Series!
This webinar will help you gain the knowledge and skills to effectively communicate the value of asset management to your governing board. You will be better able to understand how to:

Translate complex technical data into clear, concise, and persuasive arguments for investment.
Articulate the consequences of inaction and the benefits of proactive asset replacement.
Build consensus and secure buy-in for critical infrastructure projects.

This webinar provides some of the essential foundation for understanding the ‘why’ behind proactive asset management. Then, join us at the 2024 Congress to learn the ‘how’ and gain best practices, practical tools and techniques for implementing successful asset management strategies.
Register now and ensure your utility can deliver reliable and safe service for years to come!
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Webinar Abstract

Asset management is a system utilities can use to anticipate when key assets must be replaced. It helps utilities serve their customers better and remain in compliance with regulations. Asset management, however, is only useful if utilities use the results to make proactive asset replacements. Replacing assets is a long and expensive process. Utility governing boards need to give their consent for capital projects, but these governing boards often don’t understand the importance of individual assets nor the terminology of asset management. This webinar will describe how utility staff can “translate” the results of asset management into language that governing boards will understand and act upon.
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Bio
Glenn Barnes is the Director of Water Finance Assistance, a training and technical assistance organization dedicated to building the financial and managerial skills of drinking water and wastewater utility employees. He has worked for more than 15 years with utilities of all sizes across the country. Glenn’s work focuses on rate setting, asset management, affordability, increasing bill payments, accessing infrastructure funding, water loss and conservation, and workforce retention. All the work of Water Finance Assistance is rooted in data analysis, allowing utility staff to make informed and objective decisions to improve their sustainability and to serve their communities for years to come. Glenn is based in North Carolina.
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Small City, Big Impact Webinar Presented By Tom Iseley
2024-09-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom, United States
Small City, Big Impact
Developing an Efficient and Practical Asset Management Model for Small Utilities
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This presentation will provide an overview of a newly launched project aimed at creating a practical and efficient Asset Management Plan (AMP) for small utilities in Indiana.
Sponsored by the Indiana Finance Authority (IFA), this initiative is led by BAMI-I in collaboration with the Alliance of Indiana Rural Water (AIRW), focusing on helping small communities like Switz City meet state regulations and manage their water and wastewater infrastructure effectively.

We will walk through

how the project originated
the process of securing sponsorship from the IFA
collaborative efforts involved in its development.

The presentation will also outline the next steps for implementing the project, detailing its future goals and long-term potential to create a replicable asset management model for utilities across the USA.
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Tom Iseley, Ph.D., P.E., Dist. M. ASCE, PWAM
​​Beavers Heavy Construction Distinguished Fellow
​​Professor of Engineering Practice
Purdue University
Chair, BAMI-I Board of Directors
Dr. Tom Iseley has over 40 years of experience in the planning, design, and construction of underground infrastructure systems. During the past 40 years, he has maintained an international leadership position in trenchless technology. In 1989, Dr. Iseley established the Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) at Louisiana Tech University. He is a founding director of the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT). In 2004, he established BAMI (Buried Asset Management Institute), non-profit professional organization, committed to providing training and certification for water infrastructure asset management.
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Indiana Water Summit
2024-08-21 - 2024-08-22 | Biltwell Event Center in Indianapolis, 950 S White River Pkwy Dr W, Indianapolis, IN, 46221, United States
📣Registration is now open for the 7th Annual Indiana Water Summit, happening on August 21-22 at the Biltwell Event Center! This year’s summit will bring together experts and stakeholders to lay the groundwork for state- and regional-level water planning, tackling complex issues that affect our water supply.
But that’s not all! You’ll also have the chance to join Friends of the White River for a unique “River School” float experience on August 23, limited to just 32 spots and exclusive to Water Summit attendees.
Don’t miss this opportunity to get up close and personal with Indiana’s beautiful waterways and learn more about the state’s water challenges.
Register now at bit.ly/watersummit2024

22nd Utility Investigation School
2024-04-01 - 2024-04-05 | TxDOT Campus, 6230 E. Stassney Ln., Austin, TX, 78744, United States
UIS 2 DAY Registration

UIS 5 DAY Registration

UIS Sponsorship

TxDOT Campus6230 E. Stassney Ln.Austin, TX 78744 United States

UIS Sponsorship

The Buried Asset Management Institute – International (BAMI-I) & ASCE’s Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI) have teamed up to conduct the 22nd ASCE UESI / BAMI-I UIS School in 2024. We are also thrilled to collaborate with TxDOT, who has graciously provided the venue for this event. Our heartfelt thanks go to TxDOT for their support and partnership, which plays a crucial role in making this educational opportunity possible.This short course will give practitioners the knowledge and tools to provide competent utility investigations in accordance with accepted national standards (ASCE 38) and to defend against claims through this knowledge and its documentation. In addition to the classroom lectures, practical sessions will be held where participants will be offered hands-on experience with the GPR, PCL, and etc. This 5-day school will be taught by the foremost experts in the geophysics and subsurface utility engineering field.
BODY OF KNOWLEDGE DOCUMENTS COVERED

ASCE 38-22: Utility Investigation and Documentation Standard
ASCE 75-22: Utility “As-Builting” and Utility Record Drawing Standard
PA Act 50 Utility Damage Prevention Statute – Design Tickets
ASCE Subsurface Utility Engineering for Municipalities: Scope of Work and Pre-Qual Criteria
EJCDC Contract Documents

This UIS school has been designed for

Engineers and surveyors and project managers providing deliverables that include results and depictions of utility investigations.
Consulting engineers, Employees of utility companies, state DOTs and local highway agencies, regulatory agencies, local governments, etc.
Design engineers for infrastructure projects with significant expected utility congestion

We will offer 2 options the the 22nd UIS students:
April 1-2, 2024 (2 Days)
What every Project Owner, Designer, and Constructor Needs to Know About Utilities on their Projects This 2 day school will explain the risks that existing utilities present on infrastructure projects of all kinds, and practices to help stakeholders mitigate and manage those risks. It will explain newly issued national engineering standards and how those standards are incorporated in state and federal infrastructure initiatives. If you own, manage, design, or build infrastructure projects, this 16 hr PDH Course is for you.
April 1-5, 2024 (5 Days)
What every Project Owner, Designer, and Constructor Needs to Know About Utilities on their Projects -AND Geophysics and Utility Investigation Tools, Pipe and Cable Locators, Ground Penetrating Radar: Single and Multi-Channel, Time-Domain Electromagnetics, Magnetometers, Elastic Wave Methods and more This 5 day school is designed to provide the licensed professional and their staff involved with utility investigations knowledge necessary for being in professional responsible charge of a utility investigation practice. If you practice in the realm of subsurface utility engineering, this 40 hr PDH school is for you.
For additional questions, please contact Wei Liao at Liao186@purdue.edu

TxDOT Campus6230 E. Stassney Ln.Austin, TX 78744 United States

UIS 2 DAY Registration

UIS 5 DAY Registration

UIS Sponsorship

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