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CONVENTIONREVIEW
CIGMAT 2022 Highlights Challenges,
Changes Major Cities Face
The University of Houston's 27th-annual Center for Innovative
Grouting Materials and Technology (CIGMAT), and
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Conference
and Exhibition was held March 2, at the University.
Titled, Infrastructure, Energy, Geotechnical, Flooding and
Sustainable Issues Related to Houston and Other Major Cities,
280 people were involved in the one-day event, with 14 invited
speakers and attendees representing owners, consulting
engineers, material supplies, contractors and academia.
Opening remarks made by C. Vipulanandan, Ph.D., P.E.,
professor and director of CIGMAT and Texas Hurricane
Center for Innovative Technology (THC-IT), focused on
the need for such a conference to highlight the population,
technology and economic growth and changes, and impact
of natural disasters, extreme weather, COVID-19 pandemic
over the past two years, and regulation that major cities, like
Houston, face.
The General Session focused on expanding the highway
transportation infrastructures, innovative solutions for public
works and the energy needs around the world for the next
few decades.
Varuna Singh, deputy district engineer, in the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT)-Houston, acknowledged
the city's high ranking, nationally, in traffic congestion
and discussed the many safety issues and some of the major
ongoing and near-future projects, valued at over several billion
dollars, to overcome these problems.
Also, topics related to environmental issues, maintenance
and funding for the department of transportation were discussed.
Michael Ereti, director of Capital Projects from the
City of Houston Public Works discussed some of the recent
updates on the construction management programs, debris
management and challenges after flooding and also the new
plans for continuing various City of Houston operations with
the growing population.
Sid Mebarkia, senior principal engineer-subsea pipelines
at Chevron, covered offshore deepwater oil production and
pipeline networks. It is very important to develop real-time
monitoring systems for the deepwater offshore pipelines to
ensure the production and transport of oil to the storage platforms
and ships. CIGMAT researchers are also addressing
challenges related to corrosion and preventing the buckling of
pipelines in the soft soil on the sea floor.
Four technical sessions then explored various topics and
issues through panel discussions.
C. Vipulanandan (left) with Commissioner Ramsey
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