1st International Workshop on Geotechnical Engineering in Permafrost Regions Related to Pipeline Construction

October 1-4, 2006
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska USA

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Program

October 1 Pre-workshop Excursion - Alyeska pump station, Delta Junction

October 2 in Room 401 at IARC
[Download all presentations from October 2 - zip archive - 154.9MB]
      8:00 - 9:00 Registration
      9:00 - 9:10 Welcome Speech by Chancellor Jones
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      9:10 - 9:30 Opening Speech by The Honorable Senator Murkowski
      9:30 - 9:50 Opening Speech by The Honorable Secretary Bodman, U.S. Department of Energy or his designee
      9:50 - 10:50 Keynote Speech “The Alaska Gas Pipeline—Research and Planning”
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      10:50 - 11:10 Coffee/refreshment
      11:10 - 12:10 Keynote Speech ”Experience of Gas Pipeline in West Siberia”
      12:10 - 13:00 Lunch in Room 501 IARC
      13:00 - 14:00 IARC Tour
      14:00 - 15:40 Technical presentations on ground ice prediction
[Download Part 1 presentations - zip archive - 134.4MB]
      15:40 -16:00 Coffee/refreshment
      16:00 - 16:30 Discussion
      18:30 Dinner

October 3 in Room 401 at IARC
[Download all presentations from October 3 - zip archive 251.3MB]
      9:00 - 10:40 Technical presentations on bending moment at permafrost boundary
[Download Part 2 presentations - zip archive - 118.1MB]
      10:40 - 11:00 Coffee/refreshment
      11:00 – 11:30 Discussion
      11:30 - 12:30 Lunch in Room 501 IARC
      12:30 - 14:10 Technical presentations on bending moment reduction technology
[Download Part 2 presentations - zip archive - 23.5MB]
      14:10 - 14:30 Coffee/refreshment
      14:30 – 15:00 Discussion
      15:00 - 16:40 Technical presentations on permafrost and surrounding environment detection technology
[Download Part 4 presentations - zip archive - 109.7MB]
      16:40 - 17:10 Discussion
      17:10 - 17:30 Summaries

October 4th
Post Workshop Excursion - CRREL Permafrost Tunnel, gas pipeline test site, and others