TANK INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS, the nation's leading professional engineering firm specializing in the design, fitness-for-service evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of storage tank facilities, will be hosting an Advancements in Aboveground Storage Tank Management seminars at sites throughout the United States.

Advancements in Aboveground Storage Tank Management is an opportunity for tank owners, operators and engineers to increase their effectiveness in managing these capital assets. By participating in this seminar, you'll be brought up-to-date on the latest developments in storage tank management, including corrosion and emission control, inspection, regulatory compliance, rehabilitation, and repair..

Staying up-to-date in our ever-changing regulatory and technological environment is essential. Industry codes and standards are continually being revised.  These changes will affect both new and existing tanks. Tank risk can be managed effectively with a well-designed management program. Methods and technology are constantly changing--you need to stay current!

Who Should Attend?

This seminar will benefit the engineering, operations, maintenance, and management staffs of industrial and utility tank owners, and the engineering staffs providing technical services to these owners. Building officials and regulatory personnel responsible for these facilities will also benefit. This seminar is applicable to liquid and bulk storage including:

Pressure vessels and low temperature and cryogenic storage tanks will not be specifically addressed; however, many subjects covered in this seminar would be applicable to the management of those structures, too.

Enrollment Policy

Enrollment is limited. This seminar is offered without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin; however, we do reserve the right to decline the enrollment of representatives of specialized engineering and inspection firms that may be in direct competition with TANK INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS.

Course Objective

The purpose of this seminar is to familiarize the participant with solutions to the problems of maintaining tanks used in petroleum, chemical and other industrial facilities.  The principles of designing, constructing, and maintaining tanks for industrial facilities are applicable to all steel structures as long as environmental and use conditions are considered. The merits of an integrated approach to the maintenance of steel structures will become evident as the seminar progresses.

Course Description

Registration - 8:00 a.m. (local time)
Seminar - 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

These seminars will emphasize the creation and implementation of comprehensive tank maintenance programs and new tank design and construction. It will acquaint the attendee with developing maintenance and construction programs to plan and budget for the work, implementing inspection programs to gather information, and improving the decision-making processes. Also covered are cost-effective tank specifications, contractor selection, quality control, inspection equipment, and regulatory compliance. Recent and anticipated revisions to API industry standards will be integrated into the seminar.

What is Included?

Lunch and breaks are furnished. These informal contact times will provide opportunities for personal discussion with the seminar leaders and other participants concerning specific problems.

Lodging

Your enrollment confirmation will include information on the hotels which will serve as seminar sites. If you require overnight accommodations, lodging reservations can be made directly with the hotel. When making reservations, be sure to inform them that you are attending TANK INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS' seminar as some hotels offer discounted rates to attendees.

TANK INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Seminar facilities offer access for handicapped or disabled persons. Please notify the seminar coordinator in advance if these accommodations will be required.

Cancellation

Substitutions may be made up to and including the day of the seminar. Cancellations received more than 10 days prior to the seminar will receive a full refund, less a $50 processing fee. Cancellations 10 days or less prior to the seminar will be allowed to transfer the registration fee to another seminar site.

TIC Seminar Faculty

JOHN M. LIEB, P.E., is a nationally recognized expert in the design of plate structures, including specialty plate structures for petroleum, chemical, and granular industries throughout the world. He has over 29 years experience in the design and detailing of complex ground level and elevated plate structures including tanks certified to API 650 and API 620, stamped and non-stamped ASME pressure vessels, water storage tanks, and granular storage and handling systems. Mr. Lieb is active on the API Subcommittee on Pressure Vessels and Tanks, and several API Task Forces.  He is the Chairperson of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Structures for Bulk Solids Committee.  He is an ANSI/API 653 certified Aboveground Storage Tank inspector.  He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

STEVEN L. BRAUNE, P.E., is noted throughout the United States as an engineering specialist in structures and pressure equipment such as storage tanks, and pressure vessels.  Steve is a member of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Sub Committee on Pressure Vessels and Tanks.  He is an API 653 Certified Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector.  He is also actively involved in several American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) committees.  He has led seminars on tanks and vessels throughout the country.

STEPHEN W. MEIER, P.E., S.E. is Managing Principal at TIC. Mr. Meier is known throughout the industry as one of the foremost structural engineers in the design, construction, and rehabilitation of concrete and steel structures, with specialized expertise in seismic design. He serves on numerous industry standards, regulatory, and design committees including NEHRP, API, ACI, and AWWA. His professional emphasis has been on steel and composite elevated tanks, structural steel frames, and abnormal loading conditions due to blast, projectile impact, thermal gradients, and seismic events. He developed an innovative storage concept for liquefied natural gas storage facilities in a remote and environmentally difficult region in Norway. He led a group of professional engineers and planners in the design of a prestressed secondary containment and inner tank storage system in Malaysia.

RAYMOND E. PENNY, is noted throughout the industry for providing engineered solutions to international oil, gas, and petrochemical companies.  He has twenty-seven years experience with a leading construction company specializing in a range of steel plate structures worldwide.  He is skilled at building relationships, developing strategies, and finding solutions to storage and pipeline owners' varied needs.  He is an API 653 Certified Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector.

These instructors may be assisted by members of TIC's staff of civil, structural, or mechanical engineers, or NACE Certified Coating Inspectors.

 

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