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Managing Snow and Deicing Operations
Ottawa, ON
(Sep 13 - 14, 2010)
Course Code: 01-0913-2133
After Participating In This Course, You Will Be Able To:
• Plan cost effective snow management and de-icing programs
• Apply the latest advances in winter road maintenance to your own program
• Utilize forecasting methods that can put you ahead of the game
• Employ the knowledge of the environmental impact of winter operations in your own program
• Improve your storage of materials and utilization of equipment and personnel
• Enhance efficiency, economy and safety of your operations
Description
Roadway winter maintenance is a continuing challenge for all road authorities. Significant resources are mobilized and expended to manage snow and ice on roadways. Road authorities with responsibilities for road winter maintenance include public and private entities, such as municipal, provincial, and national transportation public works departments, large institutions and businesses, private sector contractors and road managers.
Snow and ice control, and the winter maintenance operation as a whole can be improved provided there is a strategy that is well-planned and efficiently executed. An effective winter maintenance strategy ensures that roads are maintained accessible and safe for all road users. In this course, you have an opportunity to learn practical solutions from the experience of practitioners in the snow management field, and to solve problems with them and other participants. Among the topics you explore are applicable standards, materials for snow and ice control, equipment, environmental impact issues, and jurisdictional questions.
Objective
To provide participants with a basic understanding of the elements of winter maintenance operations, as well as help to optimize their snow management programs based on best practice, and to plan effectively to achieve the desired outcomes at minimum cost.
Who Should Attend
Public and private sector works managers, managers of operations, supervisors, and maintenance superintendents, technical personnel responsible for snow and ice control programs; and municipal engineers.
Instructor: Mohamed Alkoka, P.Eng.
Program Outline
Day I
8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:20 Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method
8:30 Winter Maintenance - An Overview
• Benefits, constraints, level of service demands and safety objectives
9:00 Winter Maintenance Policies
• A discussion on approach for policy
• Why a policy is needed? The value in adopting winter maintenance policies
• What should be included in a policy
• Standards and procedures
10:00 Refreshments and Networking
10:30 Materials I
• Materials available for snow and ice control
• Material science, properties and limitations
• Salt, chlorides, acetates and abrasives
• Selecting the right material
• Effects on infrastructure
• Alternative de-icing chemicals
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Materials II
• Using liquids for snow and ice control
• Material Application techniques
• Pre-wetting and anti-icing
• Material Storage and handling
1:45 Road Weather Monitoring and Information Systems
• Weather monitoring for snow and ice control
• Road weather sensors and instruments
• Pavement condition monitoring and forecasting
• Road Weather Information Systems and ice-detection systems
• RWIS for Decision-making in winter operations
2:30 Refreshments and Networking
3:00 Data Collection, GPS & AVL
• Demystifying the terminology
• Data requirements for winter operations
• Data Collection and Spreader Controllers
• How to use GPS and AVL for winter operations
• Data collection and reporting technologies
4:30 Adjournment
Day II
8:30 Planning for an Integrated Operation
• Systematic approach for winter operations
• Winter maintenance policy implementation
• Level of service & salting/plowing operations
• Route planning and optimization
• Equipment and labour requirements
• Decision-making for operations
• Public relations and snow emergencies
10:15 Refreshments and Networking
10:45 Road Salt Management
• Road salt and environmental issues
• Elements of a salt management plan
• Salt management initiatives and best management practices
• Guiding principles for an effective Salt Management Plan
• Developing a template for a Salt Management Plan
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Equipment for Winter Road Maintenance
• Equipment Specifications
• Material spreading equipment
• Electronic spreader controllers
• Snow plowing equipment
• Pre-wetting and anti-icing equipment
• Equipment operators’ training
• Different types of equipment and their applications
• Advances and future trends
2:15 Refreshments and Networking
2:45 Contracting and Service Outsourcing
• Cost and reliability considerations, alternative service delivery
• The advantages and disadvantages of contracting
• How to use contracting to your advantage
• Examples and case studies of contracting
3:30 Case Studies
• Review of relevant case studies
• Discus examples for local application
4:00 Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes
1.2 CEU / 12 PDH
Faculty
Mohammed Alkoka
Mohamed Alkoka, PMP, P.Eng. has extensive experience with municipal roads having worked in various capacities within the City of Toronto, City of Ottawa, the former Region of Ottawa-Carleton, and as consultant. He participated in the introduction, implementation, and integration of new technologies, methods, material into roadway maintenance, especially winter maintenance.
Mohamed is a licensed Professional Engineer and a certified Project Management Professional, with over 20 years of combined engineering and project management experience. His experience spans the various aspects of roadway design, construction, outsourcing, contract management and road maintenance.
Mohamed has a variety of current and past professional affiliations as the American Public Works Association (APWA), World Road Association (PIARC), Transportation Association of Canada (TAC), and Municipal Engineers Association (MEA). Mohamed has served on various committees on winter maintenance, as well as chaired the Maintenance and Construction Standing Committee of TAC. Mohamed has a number of published papers and articles and has presented in a variety of public works conferences and professional gatherings.
The fee for this course is $1,195 + GST. If you register after August 13, 2010 the fee increases to $1,365 + GST.
Venue Information
Radisson Hotel Ottawa Parliament Hill
402 Queen Street
Ottawa, ON K1R 5A7
1 800 333-3333
On-Site Program
EPIC programs can also be delivered on-site at your premises. For more information on our on-site program, please contact Tim Chugh at 1-888-374-2338 ext. 242 or by email at tchugh@epic-edu.com.
Group Discounts, Cancellations And Withdrawals
Registration covers all program materials, refreshments during breaks and lunch but excludes accommodation. For organizations sending more than one participant, the following discounts to the course fee apply: 10% discount to the second, 15% to the third, 20% to the fourth and 25% to the fifth and subsequent registrations.
To withdraw from a course, you must send your request in writing with the official receipt to our office:
• Fifteen or more business days in advance: full refund less $50.00 administration charge.
• Five to fourteen business days in advance: non-refundable credit of equal value for any future EPIC seminar within one year.
Credits are transferable within your organization.
In case of an unexpected event occurring after this time, you may send someone else to take your place without any additional cost. If a speaker is not available due to unforeseen circumstances, another speaker of equal ability will be substituted. EPIC reserves the right to cancel or change the date or location of its events. EPIC's responsibility will, under no circumstances, exceed the amount of the fee collected. EPIC is not responsible for the purchase of non-refundable travel arrangements or accommodation or any associated cancellation/ change fees. To avoid any fees or charges, please call to confirm that the course is running before confirming travel arrangements and accommodations.
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