Webinar: Best Management Practices for Waterstop Selection, Installation, and Inspection

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This course is intended to provide guidance on the proper selection and installation of waterstops for hydraulic structures. This course will discuss the various types and applications of waterstops and discuss the necessary design constraints such as site constraints, joint types, head pressures, and concrete clearances and cover. The course will emphasize the need for thorough structure detailing to ensure proper clearances and placement location are specified. The use of 3-dimensional modeling techniques will be discussed as a visualization technique to better detail complex joints. Most deficiencies regarding waterstops occur with the installation of the waterstops. Therefore, this course will highlight proper and improper installation placements and welding techniques. The course will discuss the benefits of using manufacturer welded unions, having properly-trained waterstop installers, input from the waterstop manufacturer, and having trained inspectors.

Five Learning Objectives of This On-Demand Webinar:

Importance of proper joint design and waterstop selection, installation, and inspection for concrete water-retaining structures
Waterstop types for concrete structures (e.g. PVC, hydrophilic, retrofits,etc.)
Waterstop selection based on joint type, head pressures, and clearances/cover
Waterstop detailing on construction documents and visualization techniques
Tips for waterstop installation including proper and improper waterstop placement

Speaker and Presenter Information

Joseph Kudritz, P.E.
Michael Baker International, Inc.
Water Resource Engineer

Mr. Kudritz is a water resources engineer with Michael Baker International, Inc. with 11 years of experience in dam rehabilitation design and construction. Over the course of his career, Mr. Kudritz has been involved in more than 20 dam rehabilitation projects and has been responsible for designing spillways, stilling basins, and control tower and outlet works. Mr. Kudritz has been involved on the design and detailing of concrete structures with an emphasis on waterstop placement and selection. Mr. Kudritz graduated from Geneva College with a B.S. in Civil Engineering.

Brian Afek, P.E.
Michael Baker International, Inc.
Senior Civil Engineer

Mr. Afek is a senior civil engineer with Michael Baker International, Inc. He has over 12 years of professional experience specializing in dam inspection, dam analysis, design of dam rehabilitation components, and construction management for high hazard dams. He has served as the project manager for multiple dam rehabilitation projects throughout the state of Ohio. Mr. Afek graduated with a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the Ohio State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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