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UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
July 13-15, 2021 | Music City Center | Nashville, TN | UCTonline.com
Let's Plan to Meet (and Learn), For Real!
It's time to get back to in-person learning and networking and the
Underground Construction Technology International Conference
& Exhibition (UCT) is the place! Join your colleagues and friends
Tuesday, July 13-Th ursday, July 15 at the Music City Center in
Nashville, Tenn., for much needed face-time and training.
UCT is the premier meeting place for business-minded
professionals in the underground utility infrastructure market.
Th e focus is on the total industry - trenchless and open-cut
construction and rehabilitation. Th e program includes interactive
presentations, panel discussions, and we are excited to bring new
and re-imagined elements to make your experience even better
than previous shows!
New for 2021 is the UtiliTech Conference, being held in
conjunction with UCT. UtiliTech is for the natural gas utility
industry and features a program track on Tuesday, July 12 and
Wednesday, July 13, and exhibits.
Also new for 2021 are the CIPP 50th Celebration education
track and the Pioneers of CIPP awards and reception taking place
on Tuesday. Th e track will look at the 50-year history of CIPP and
the reception and awards ceremony, developed by a CIPP industry
committee, will honor Bob Aff holder of SAK and CIPP founder,
Eric Wood (honored posthumously).
Th is year, sewer and water professionals will be able to select
from two keynote presentations on Tuesday. Scott Potter, with
Nashville Water Services will kick off the Sewer Construction/
Rehabilitation Track at 8:30 a.m. and Richard Th omasson, P.E.,
a trenchless technology advocate for more than four decades,
will lead off the new CIPP 50th Celebration track.
Horizontal directional drilling professionals will have a
dedicated track and will see the return of the popular HDD
Roundtable - a forum for candid conversations among contractors.
Wednesday evening, the HDD industry will network during the
HDD Hall of Fame induction ceremony and reception.
You've seen him in the RehabZone, you've seen him leading
educational sessions and now you can see him during a special
luncheon in his honor - the 2021 Most Valuable Professional
of the underground infrastructure industry, George Kurz, P.E.,
DEE! Kurz, of Nashville, Tenn., has 43 years of experience in state
and local government, sewer service contracting and consulting
engineering. For 30 years, he has focused on the development
of a strategic approach for eliminating infi ltration and infl ow
(I&I) in municipal sewer systems and standardizing methods for
measuring eff ectiveness of rehabilitation using fl ow monitoring.
Th e following pages highlight your UCT experience. See the full
program, secure your hotel room and register at UCTonline.com.
We are super excited to see your face at UCT in Nashville - soon!
Karen E. Francis
UCT Convention Director
Dates
Monday, July 12
Tuesday, July 13
Wednesday, July 14
Thursday, July 15
Registration
10 a.m.-5 p.m.
7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
7:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
SHOW HOURS
UCT Education
NONE
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
8:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
8:30 a.m.-10 a.m.
Specialty Training
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
8 a.m.-12 p.m.
NONE
NONE
Exhibit Hall
Exhibitor move-in: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Exhibits open: 12-5 p.m.
12-4 p.m.
8:30-11 a.m.
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