Underground Infrastructure - April 2023 - 32

CONVENTIONPREVIEW
2022 Year of Growth,
Diversification for NASSCO
NASSCO (National Association of
Sewer Service Companies) expects to
have a very productive year in 2023. The
groundwork was set in 2022, when the
association did an excellent job of recovering
from " COVID fatigue, " according
to association President Max Gowdy,
" when members and staff adopted new
ways to communicate, conduct business
and achieve goals "
The most obvious adjustment was
NASSCO's move to virtual training of
its Pipeline Assessment Certification
Program (PACP) and Inspector Training
Certification Program (ITCP).
" This
move, "
Gowdy continued,
" changed the way we do business and, in
fact, virtual sessions are now more common
than in-person training. The need
to invest in a learning management system
has opened the door for NASSCO
to offer other training and certification
programs, including the Grouting Safety
Training Program that was launched in
2022, with more to follow. "
NASSCO continues to anchor itself
as the industry source of education,
technical resources and advocacy for the
underground industry, he added.
" This is accomplished largely by
our highly active committees, " he said,
" NASSCO is also attracting members
from all areas of the trenchless industry,
including contractors, consulting
engineers, public agencies, manufacturers,
suppliers, and Associates - those
involved in the underground infrastructure
industry but not falling within any
of the other categories.
" Because of NASSCO's representation
of the entire industry, " Gowdy
explained, " we are able to capture and
distill knowledge from every aspect of
our industry to help us achieve our mission
to set standards for the assessment,
maintenance and rehabilitation of underground
infrastructure, and to assure
the continued acceptance and growth of
trenchless technologies. "
NASSCO President Max Gowdy
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Gowdy's summary of the 2022 accomplishments
included reviewing,
reconsidering and revising NASSCO's
five-year strategic plan by its board,
staff and consultants. While many of
the tactics were updated and new ones
added, basic three-pronged goals were
established:
* Grow NASSCO's training and
education programs
* Expand the library of technical
resources
* Advocate that the underground
infrastructure industry remains
relevant and important to move
NASSCO forward
Achieving goals
Working to achieve these three goals, in
2022 NASSCO expanded its educational
programs by presenting some of the
top committee achievements in 2021
to regional audiences via NASSCO'S
Exchange Programs. Presentations
on the topics of safety, spiral-wound
technology,
grouting
safe
operating
practices, pressure-pipe rehabilitation,
and updates to PACP Version 8 were
presented in November 2022 at " Motor
City Exchange " (Detroit), and " Circle
City Exchange " (Indianapolis). NASSCO
will expand this program to four
areas in 2023.
In addition to the many technical
resources published in 2022, including
specification guidelines, technical videos
and industry-wide webinars, NASSCO
also advocated for artificial intelli
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