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FOREMOST MICROTUNNELING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AT THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

February 1, 2012 - The Colorado School of Mines will once again be hosting the Pilot Tube Microtunneling/Microtunneling Short Course next week in Boulder, CO on February 7-10, 2012. In its 19th year, this event is considered one of the foremost educational opportunities in the microtunneling industry. Organizing directors are Timothy Coss, Microtunneling Research Institute and Dr. Levent Ozdemir, professor emeritus of the Colorado School of Mines.

The course’s four-day format dedicates the first day to the emergent field of pilot tube microtunneling and subsequent three-days to slurry microtunneling. A varied panel of experts will present such topics as design and bidding, site preparation, ground stabilization, shaft construction, case studies, pipe selection, production, equipment specifications as well as many other relevant and appropriate microtunneling subjects. Akkerman’s Troy Stokes will be presenting on pilot tube microtunneling and a project case study. Akkerman is providing a static display of a guided boring machine (GBM) system.

Microtunneling Achievement Awards will be presented to Rick Turkopp, HOBAS Pipe and Gary Huber, Permalok. The awards ceremony will take place at a banquet dinner featuring quest speaker Steve Leius, Seca Underground.

A complete course agenda and registration and travel information can be obtained at http://csmspace.com/events/microtunnel/.