Session #3: Get out of the “man-hole”

ON DEMAND RECORDING

Expires Wed Mar 5 2025.

Overview:

Materials and labour to maintain our infrastructure is climbing alarmingly, which adds to future development costs. As an Industry we need to find ways to reducing operational costs while providing increasing protection to the infrastructure. One directive should be to eliminate manholes and concrete chambers to house air valves, shut off valves etc. along the pipeline. To service an air valve inside a chamber can require 5-8 people, including flagmen, confined space entry tripod procedure, vac truck and so on. By installing air valves, as one example, with its own cannister servicing is done from the surface reducing labour costs significantly (to as low as one person if the air valve is installed on a blvd adjacent to the roadway.

  

At the completion of this one-hour OJT session, participants will be able to demonstrate the following:

• • • • • How air valves work
        • Typical chamber design for existing servicing
        • New direct bury design for both water and wastewater applications.

 

Facilitator: Gerry Gunn

 

Our facilitator is Gerry Gunn, Proprietor of Gunn Product Services.  Gerry graduated from the University of Waterloo and is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario (P.Eng).  Gerry began working with ARI, an air valve manufacturer in Israel, designing, advising, and installing air valves across eastern Canada.  New air valve designs and direct bury technology development has been at the forefront of this work.  Gerry has been a manufacturer sales agent for over 27 years and recently began representing H-Tec air valves, manufactured by Hawle Coporation of Bertles Garten Germany.  Gerry has also done air valve CEU training through OWWCO and municipalities at request.

 

 

 

Logistics:
These 1-hour virtual sessions are offered every alternate Thursday starting at 2:00 pm.  Sessions are complimentary to all OMWA members and the fee for non-members is $30.00 CAD plus HST per person per session.

Questions:
If you have any specific questions regarding this OJT session, please feel free to submit them when you register and we will provide them to the workshop facilitator.

The OMWA will provide a certificate recognizing participation in these On the Job Training sessions. Attendance may also qualify as a Continuing Knowledge Activity for the PEO PEAK program