LPESA Virtual Showcase 2022

The Louisiana Parish Engineers and Supervisors Association (LPESA) brings you the LPESA Virtual Showcase, a quarterly series eLearning opportunity hosted by the Louisiana LTAP Center.

LPESA Virtual Showcase is designed to provide professional development and networking opportunities for the LPESA members, associate members and partner organizations. Each quarter, we bring in an Associate Member of LPESA to present valuable information on relevant program(s), product(s), tools(s) and/or service(s) that may be of interest to the LPESA group and local communities across Louisiana. Topics include, but not limited to, public works, emergency preparedness, road safety, worker safety, road maintenance, construction, pavement preservation, railroad safety, local bridges, and more.

Participants will receive 1 PDH for each session attended.

Know Your Pipe

June 10, 2022 10:00 -11:15 A.M. (CST)

Presenters:
Don Conrad, Technical Resource Engineer, Foley Products Company
Alex Sherrod, Technical Representative, Precision Pipe & Products

Don Conrad, Technical Resource Engineer from Foley Products Company, will present a comparison and contrast of flexible and rigid pipe materials used in Storm Water Drainage Systems. A series of questions will be presented and answered on such topics as deflection, floatation, hydraulics, installation methods, resilience and life cycle costs of materials.

Alex Sherrod from Precision Pipe & Products and InfraSteel will address why engineers should look at alternative methods to rehabilitate culverts without impacting newly paved roads and commerce. He will highlight the trenchless rehabilitation of culverts and the use of smooth wall carbon steel culvert liners to provide maintenance-free solutions for culverts and bridge structures.