Northwest Luncheon – Edmonton, AB

Join us for an educational luncheon on the microtunnelling methods currently being used on the Lauderdale New Storm Trunk and Sanitary Trunk.

Lauderdale New Storm Trunk and Sanitary Trunk are under construction using microtunneling methods. The two TBMs are using the same working shaft. This presentation will introduce the project background, challenges, and the cooperation between owner and contractor on addressing the challenges through delegated design model.

Presenter: Chaoshi Hu, PhD, P.Eng,

Chaoshi Hu, PhD, P.Eng, is a structural engineer with EPCOR Water Services. He has 16 years’ experience in the design and construction of underground infrastructures; has designed and constructed 16 kilometers of drainage tunnels, and over 60 deep shafts. Delivered over $400M underground infrastructure projects.

He is volunteering in NASTT-NW Chapter as vice president. He has authored three papers at NASTT No-Dig Conference and WWC Conference.

Peiqian (Jan) Zheng, project manager with Shanghai Construction Group (Canada). Jan has over 10 years’ experience in underground and TBM/MTBM tunneling construction. And Jan has successfully delivered multiple drainage infrastructure projects for EPCOR.