Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) provides designers and engineers with the tools to determine how the existing infrastructure will be affected by a project so they can make adjustments and plan ahead to minimize impacts. This workshop will give an overview of SUE tools, techniques and applications. It will discuss CI/ASCE 38-02: Standard Guidelines for the Collection and Depiction of Existing Subsurface Utility Data published in 2003. The standard is the backbone for the practice of SUE.
Keynote speaker is Jim Anspach, co-creator of the ASCE 38-02. Jim is considered the “father” of Subsurface Utility Engineering. He served as Principal/Owner of the first national SUE company in the US for 20 years before entering private practice as an educator guiding students at U.S. and U.K Universities, consultant, researcher, and expert witness. He has served the industry in many capacities through the years, and is recognized as a leader in the utility damage prevention industry. Jim is currently the ASCE’s spokesman on utility engineering issues.