TANK INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS, the nation's leading professional engineering firm specializing in the design, maintenance, and rehabilitation of water storage facilities, will be hosting Water Storage Tank seminars.

These seminars will provide tank owners, maintenance and operations personnel, engineers, and inspection personnel with the information necessary to design and implement tank maintenance and seismic upgrade programs where applicable, including the special concerns encountered in lead-paint abatement projects. Attendees will also be alerted to anticipated changes in AWWA D100-96 and AWWA D102-97 Standards, current environmental regulations, and recent technological advancements in the cleaning and coating of steel structures.

 

Who Should Attend?

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 for water storage and water and wastewater treatment plants. The principles of designing, constructing, and maintaining tanks for water 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
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 the bidding process, contractor selection, quality control, inspection equipment, and lead-paint abatement. Aspects of the most recent release of AWWA D100 and D102 will be integrated into the seminar.
What is Included?
Each seminar participant will receive a course text which includes the seminar outline, several papers pertaining to new and existing tanks, and other industry information.
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
Sleeping rooms are the responsibility of the individual attendees. Your enrollment confirmation will include information on the hotel that will serve as the seminar site. 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.
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
STEVEN P. ROETTER, P.E., Managing Principal, Tank Industry Consultants, holds a BSCE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and has an MBA from Indiana University. He is a registered professional engineer and has been actively involved in chairing and presenting papers and tutorials at SSPC Lead Paint Abatement Conferences and Annual Meetings. Mr. Roetter has authored a number of technical papers including a Manual for Steel Tank Inspection for the U.S. Navy and a chapter on Rehabilitation and Maintenance of Steel Water Storage Tanks in ASCE's "Water Supply System Rehabilitation." He is a member of the AWWA Tank Manual Task Force, and an instructor at the Purdue University Corrosion Short Course.
STEPHEN W. MEIER, P.E., S.E., Managing Principal of TIC. Mr. Meier is noted 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.
GREGORY R. "CHIP" STEIN, P.E., Managing Principal of TIC, is responsible for scheduling and overseeing all work conducted by TIC's staff of civil, mechanical, and structural engineers. He also supervises TIC's continual development and refinement of environmental and safety information, procedures, and training. Chip is actively involved in numerous industry activities and is sought after as a featured speaker at conferences and tutorials throughout the United States. He was named the 1998 Young Engineer of the Year by the Indiana Society of Registered Professional Engineers.

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 24 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 task forces on external pressure and frangibility issues, stainless steel tanks, and settlement acceptance criteria. He is an ANSI/API 653 certified Aboveground Storage Tank inspector.

Members of TIC's staff of civil, structural, or mechanical engineers, or NACE Certified Coating Inspectors may assist these instructors.

 

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