The Western Dredging Association and the Texas A&M Center for Dredging Studies present: Why We Dredge
WEDA XXVIII: The Western Dredging Association 28th Annual Meeting and the TEXAS A&M 39th Annual Dredging Seminar June 8 – 11 2008 St. Louis Airport Marriott Hotel St. Louis Missouri
Sunday June 8 2008
8:00 am-5:00 pm – Exhibitor Setup Grand Ballroom
10:00 am-5:00 pm – Registration Atrium
11:00 am – Golf Tournament Normandie Golf Club
7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Reception Grand Ballroom
EACH DAY
6:30 am-5:00 pm – Registration
6:00 am-5:00 pm – Exhibits
6:30 am-7:30 am – Hosted Breakfast
6:30 am-5:00 pm – Speaker Ready Room
8:00 am-10:00am – Spouses Breakfast
MONDAY JUNE 9 MORNING
Opening Ceremonies
8:00-8:10 – William Hanson WEDA President Opening Remarks and Introductions
8:10-8:20 – Mayor of St. Louis
8:20-8:40 – USACE St. Louis District Engineer
Texas A&M Dredging Seminar
Technical Sessions
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Session 1A: Management of Contaminated Sediments
Chair: Dr. R. Randall Texas A&M University
Session 1B: Dredging Research
Chair: Dr. B. Edge Texas A&M University
12:00-1:30 p.m. – Hosted Lunch
AFTERNOON
1:30-5:00 p.m.
Session 2A: Environmental Aspects of Dredging
Chair: Dr. R. Randall Texas A&M University
Session 2B: Dredging Studies and Projects
Chair: Dr. B. Edge Texas A&M University
TUESDAY JUNE 10 MORNING
WEDA XXVIII Technical Conference Sessions
8:30 am-12:00 p.m.
Session 3A: Navigational Dredging
Chair: Barry Holliday Dredging Contractors of America
Session 3B: Ashtabula River Remediation
Chair: R. Weber NRT Inc.
AFTERNOON
12:00 pm-5:00 p.m. – Site Tour: Luhr Bros. Tower Rock Stone Quarry
EVENING
7:00 pm-9:00 pm – Conference Dinner in the Grand Pavilion Ballroom
WEDNESDAY JUNE 11 MORNING
Technical Sessions
8:30-10 a.m.
Session 4A: Contracts and Construction Management
Chair: Ancil Taylor Bean Stuyvesant LLC
Session 4B: Dredging and Dewatering
Chair: Don Hayes Louisiana State University
10:30 am-12:00 pm
Session 5A: Survey and Data Management
Chair: Nadia Lombardero ANAMAR Environmental Consulting Inc.
Session 5B: Dredged Material Disposal
Chair: John Verduin Anchor Environmental
WEDNESDAY NOON 12:00-1:30 pm – Hosted Lunch
12:30-1:00 pm – Luncheon Speaker
1:00-1:30 pm – President’s Report and Annual Membership Meeting
AFTERNOON Technical Panels
1:30-3:00 pm
Session 6A: WEDA Environmental Commission – Making It Happen: Management of Dredged Material and Sediment in the Watershed
Chair: C. Vogt Consultant
Panel: Molly Madden U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Jeff Waters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; David Knight Great Lakes Commission; Frank Hamons Port of Baltimore
Session 6B: WEDA Safety Commission session to devise the WEDA Safety Award criteria. Those interested in participating should sign up at the registration desk before Wednesday morning.
Session 6C: USACE National Dredging Program Overview
Chair: Tom Verna USACE
3:00-3:30 p.m. – Closing Ceremonies
3:00-3:10 pm – William Hanson Closing Remarks
3:10-3:20 pm – Best Paper Award presented by Ram Mohan Anchor Environmental and and Barry Holliday Dredging Contractors of America
3:20-3:30 pm – Door prizes – Larry Patella
EXHIBITORS – GRAND BALLROOM by booth number
2 – CETCO
3 – Lloyds Register – Fairplay
4 5 – Western Dredging Association see ad page 19
6 – Infrastructure Alternativessee ad page 29.
7 – EA Engineering Science & Technology
9 – Hemisphere GPS
10 – ARC Surveying & Mapping see ad page 7
11 – Taylor Engineering Inc.
13 – TenCate Geotube
14 – Aqua Survey Inc.
15 – Protex Fasteners Ltd.
16 17 – Ellicott Dredges LLC
18 – Reson Inc.
19 – Naylor Pipe Company see ad page 27
20 – Rotonics Mfg. Inc. see ad page 22
22 – Anamar Environmental Consulting Inc.
23 24 – CIBA Specialty Chemicals
25 – Department of Civil Engineering Texas A&M University
26 – International Dredging Review
27 – Tri-Flo International Inc. see ad on page 33
28 – Evans-Hamilton Inc.
29 30 – US Corporation Vosta Inc.
32 – Collins Engineers Inc.
33 – Dredge Technology Corporation see ad page 30
35 – Timco Industries Inc.
36 – Damen Dredging Equipment B.V.
37 – Del Tank & Filtration Systems
38 – Dredging Supply Co. Inc. see ad page 30
39 – Campbell Scientific Inc. see ad page 35
40 – Kruse Controls Inc. see ad page 13
41 – Metso Minerals see ad page 37
42 43 – Odom Hydrographic Systems see ad pages 20 & 21
45 46 – Hagler Systems see ad page 10
47 – Salem Republic Rubber Co. see ad page 30
48 – HYPACK Inc. see ad page 14
50 – Moffatt & Nichol see ad page 29
51 52 – Cable Arm Clamshell see ad page 9
53 54 – SNF Environmental see ad page 11
55 – ICAN-OPS
Conference Organizing Committee Lawrence M. Patella Executive Director Western Dredging Association Ram K. Mohan Chair Technical Paper Committee Robert E. Randall Member Technical Paper Committee and editor of the conference proceedings Stephen Garbaciak Jr. Member Technical Paper Committee
