Meeting Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Meeting Time: 6:00 p.m.
Meeting Location: Joe C. Thompson Conference Center Dining Room, UT-Austin Campus
Program Title: Round Rock Prechlorinated Pipe Bursting – Do’s
and Don’ts
Program Speaker: David Freireich, City of Round Rock
The meeting cost is $20 ($5 for students) and includes an initial "meet and greet" period with free beverages, a dinner meal followed by a short business meeting, and a 20-30 minute informative technical program. You may pay at the door with cash or check or pay in advance by credit card.
The Joe C. Thompson Conference Center is located on The University of Texas at Austin campus between Red River and San Jacinto, just south of 26th Street. Free parking is available at the southwest corner of 26th and Red River (enter from Red River). Location Map
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PROGRAM ABSTRACT
The City of Round Rock recently replaced three and one-half miles of
Asbestos Cement (A/C) waterline using pre-chlorinated pipe-bursting technology.
In November 2007, the City of Round Rock started construction activities to
replace 6”, 8”, and 12” A/C waterline in the Greenlawn Place Subdivision.
Construction was completed at the end of February 2008, with only site
restoration and project close-out remaining. Project activities also included
replacement of 325 single and double water service connections to the
residential homes. Mr. Freireich’s presentation will cover water line pipe
bursting technology, project experience gained for application on future
projects, and correlations of this technology to sanitary sewer line pipe
bursting.
SPEAKER BIO
After receiving his Bachelors of Science Degree in Civil Engineering
from the University of Texas in Austin in 1982, David Freireich began his
engineering career at the Texas Water Development Board in Austin as a Project
Manager in the Construction Grants Division. He received his MBA from Texas
State University in 1988, and his Texas professional engineering registration in
1989. He gained additional experience in utility operations and consulting civil
engineering, and later worked in the storm water pipe and products industry
before coming to the City of Round Rock in 2004. He is currently the Senior
Utility Engineer with the City of Round Rock overseeing a part of the water and
wastewater CIP including facility rehabilitation, new water and wastewater
infrastructure, and reclaimed water projects.