4:00 PM (1.0 PDH)
Tensar Seminar: Working
Platform Design
Presented by Mr. Willie Liew with Tensar Corp
ABSTRACT: Design a working platform to support heavy construction equipment on a project site with soft or marginal soil can be challenging and costly. Geogrid-stabilized working platform has been proven to provide a safe and cost-effective solutions over soft ground. A review of the bearing capacity design methodology as well as design considerations for working platforms will be presented.
BIO: Willie Liew is a registered Professional Engineer with 22 years of experience in design, technology, sales and project management of geotechnical applications using geogrid. Willie is the Application Manager for Tensar International and lead the commercial and technical initiatives for applications involving soft ground. Willie graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia with MS in Geotechnical Engineering and hold multiple patents for grade separation solution applications.
5:00 PM (1.0 PDH)
Welded Wire Mesh Applications
Presented by Mr. Sean Palmer with C.E. Shepherd Company, L.P.
ABSTRACT: CE Shepherd Co., LP presents welded wire gabion systems and security fencing applications . We will discuss today’s industry standards for manufacturing of welded wire gabions and fencing mesh. This presentation takes a close look at various applications, wire selection for diverse environments, field installation practices, and case studies on performance.
BIO: Sean Palmer’s current position is in Business Development and Outside Sales for the U.S. Territory at CE Shepherd Co., L.P. located in Houston, Texas. He represents the Welded Wire Division for the U.S and works closely with engineers, architects, and clients to educate them on today’s manufacturing standards for welded wire gabions and fencing products. Sean’s diverse background for the last 20+ years has been in the commercial construction industry as a Superintendent and Project Manager, operational management for a furniture retail chain, as well as some experience in sales and consulting. During previous tenures, he has had the pleasure and honor of building several local projects (E.G. UHCL – Clear Lake @ Pearland Campus, Shady Crest Baptist Church - Pearland, UHCL – Arbor Expansion Project – Phase 1 & 2, Performance Contractors – Rosharon location, etc.) for his father’s general contracting firm, Palmer Construction, LLC. That being said, Sean successfully worked for his own father! He was selected by a National Corporate Committee for Haynes Furniture to re-establish standard operating procedures nationwide due to the 25-30% increase in production he accomplished in Dallas at The Dump Furniture Company. However, Sean’s greatest accomplishment by far, and his instrument for change in the world, is his marriage to wife Teresa, and their incredible children, Zachary, Marisa, and Elijah. Teresa and Sean share their faith in Jesus Christ, an undying love for this country, and the belief that anything worth having, is also worth working hard to get it. Sean’s favorite quote is by Sam Houston, “Do right, and risk the consequence.”