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Technical Sessions - September 2016

MORNING SESSION - Hosted by Construction Institute @ 11:00 AM 

Topic: Cellular Concrete

Speaker: Nico Sutmoller - Aerix Industries

Nico Sutmoller is the Lightweight Fill Specialist for Aerix Industries. He works in conjunction with the technical staff in providing his knowledge and experience with numerous geotechnical, civil and structural issues, including unacceptable soil settlement, lateral load reduction, slope stabilization and reducing loads over buried utility issues. Nico joined Aerix Industries as a Lightweight Fill Specialist with a special emphasis in geotechnical applications. 

Since the 1990s, Nico has worked on a multitude of commercial and infrastructure lightweight fill projects throughout the United States and the Caribbean. He also has an extensive amount of geofoam experience in the ultralight weight fill markets and has written extensively on the use of lightweight fill materials as a solution. 

Throughout the country, Nico is a frequent guest speaker at various ASCE Chapters, Geotechnical conferences, USACE districts, numerous DOTs, P3 ventures, including various General Contractors, Engineering and Architectural firms. 

Nico also works with specialty contractors, sub-contractors and general contractors to install the Aerix technologies including the Aerix patented pervious cellular concrete technology. 

Aerix Industries is the global leader in lightweight cellular concrete and advanced engineered foam solutions. Aerix Industries has been providing advanced engineered foam solutions to the construction, mining, roofing, manufacturing, and ready mix industries since the 1940s. The innovative product line includes protein, synthetic, and hybrid formulas engineered to produce the most stable preformed foam in the industry allowing for controlled density and meeting desired compressive strengths based on project requirements. Aerix Industries recently obtained a patent for the introduction of pervious cellular concrete technology, which can be used to stabilize soils without disturbing or redirecting natural water flow as is required in other light weight fills. 

AFTERNOON TECHNICAL SESSION - Hosted by T&DI @ 1:10 PM

Topic: Project Update and Lessons Learned on the SH183 Midtown Express Project

Speaker: David Sparrow -  Kiewit

Shortly after graduating from the University of British Columbia in 2007, David joined Kiewit as an field engineer on the $550M DBFO Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project located North of Vancouver, BC.  Since then, David has worked on several large Design Build transportation and energy projects, including the $2.4B Port Mann Highway 1 Improvement Project, $500M Mildred Lake Mine Replacement Project and the $847M SH183 Managed Lanes Project. David has held roles as a field engineer, superintendent, project engineer, contract admin manager, and design coordinator. David is currently the Design Coordination Manager on the SH183 Midtown Express project in Dallas, TX.