Engineering and Geoscience in the Forest Sector
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
GEOTECHNICAL SLOPE STABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND MONITORING FOR PIPELINE APPLICATIONS
Doug Dewar PEng
9:00 -10:15 am
The presentation will detail the application of typical geotechnical methods of assessing and monitoring slope instabilities including photogrametric methods, slope inclinometers, GPS surveying, traditional surveying, InSAR and LIDAR in a pipeline context. There will be a discussion of assessing and monitoring the direct impacts of slope instabilities on pipelines including smart pigs, cut-outs and vibrating wire/fibre optic strain gages. Typical remedial measures will also be discussed.
1.25 PDH - Informal
TERRAIN STABILITY INITIATIVES BY THE JOINT PRACTICES BOARD
Glynnis Horel PEng, Tom Millard PGeo
10:45 - 11:15 am
Terrain stability in forest development is an area of practice overlap between APEGBC and ABCFP members. The Joint Practices Board (JPB) has undertaken three initiatives to address this overlap. The background for this issue is discussed, and the initiatives undertaken by the JPB are described. The Guidelines for Management of Terrain Stability in the Forest Sector is targeted at forest professionals who have responsibility for managing forest resources. These guidelines set out principles for deciding when and where Terrain Stability Assessments (TSA's) should be done, and for managing terrain stability when TSA's are not done. The second initiative is revisions to APEGBC's existing Guidelines for Terrain Stability Assessments in the Forest Sector, to update the document and to include forest professionals. The third initiative is development of skill sets required to undertake TSA's; this revises and expands upon a 2002 JPB document. This session will examine these three initiatives undertaken by the Joint Practices Board.
0.5 PDH – Informal
GUIDELINES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE FOREST SECTOR - FOREST ROADS
Gino Fournier PEng RPF, Greg Pearson RPF
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
This seminar is an update on the issues for discussion of the Guidelines.
0.75 PDH - Informal
TULSEQUAH CHIEF MINE: A UNIQUE CHALLENGE FOR TERRAIN STABILITY
Timothy Smith PGeo EngL
1:45 - 2:30 pm
The Tulsequah Chief mine is located in the coastal mountain range in northwest BC, sixty miles east of Juneau. The terrain is rugged, relatively young and unstable. There is no land access to the mine and developing the infrastructure to access the ore provided very unique challenges from a terrain stability and risk management perspective. This presentation will discuss several of the slope and hydro-geomorphic hazards that had to be dealt with to ensure that the mine was not only economic, but workers’ safety and mine infrastructure was not compromised.
0.75 PDH - Informal
ROLE OF BEDROCK ON RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Jack Whittles PGeo EngL
2:30 - 3:00 pm
The main purpose of this presentation is to increase awareness of the role of bedrock as a contributing factor to the development of landslide-prone terrain. Several case studies are presented to show this relationship and discussion will also focus on how an understanding of bedrock characteristics can facilitate management decisions for road building and forest harvesting in landslide prone terrain.
0.5 PDH - Informal
DEGIFS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
3:30 – 4:45 pm
1.25 PDH - Participation
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