AEG Sacramento Chapter October 22 Meeting
Please join us on Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at Aviator’s Restaurant. We will be hosting Ron Skaggs from Condor Earth, who will be giving a presentation titled “Design and Construction of Two Mile Bar Tunnel for Oakdale Irrigation District“. Register Now!
Abstract:
This presentation will discuss the planning, design, and construction management aspects of the recently completed Two Mile Bar Tunnel, a 6000-ft long water conveyance tunnel in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Tuolumne and Stanislaus counties. Geotechnical aspects of tunnel design and construction will be covered, including site geology, geotechnical baseline conditions, construction management of changed ground conditions, and design changes due to encountered ground conditions.
Speaker Bio:
Ron Skaggs is Principal Engineer and Vice President of Engineering of Condor Earth, an employee-owned geotechnical and environmental consulting firm with offices in Sonora, Stockton, and Rancho Cordova, California. Mr. Skaggs obtained a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from California State University, Fresno, and a Master of Engineering from University of California, Davis. Mr. Skaggs is a licensed Civil Engineer in California and Nevada, Geotechnical Engineer in California, and a licensed Hazardous Waste Contractor in California.
2019 Calendar of Events
| Date | Event |
| January 22 | January Meeting Speaker: Dr. William Kane, PG, PE Talk: Flexible Debris Flow Nets for Post Wildfire Debris Mitigation in the Western United States Location: Aviators, Sacramento |
| February 22 | Taber Ranch Foundation Drill Class Annual Taber Ranch one day course for undergraduate students. |
| February 26 | February Meeting Speaker: Jeremy Lancaster, CEG Talk: Post-Fire Debris Flows of 9 January 2018, Thomas Fire, Southern California: The California Geological Survey’s Efforts to Map Inundation, Depth, Velocity, Initiation Areas, Precipitation, and Damages and Costs Location: Aviators, Sacramento Registration |
| March 29 – March 30 | 2019 Geo Symposium and Field Expo Expo Theme: A Geo-Resilient Sacramento: State of the Practice and State of the Art Location: Lions Gate Hotel, A Trademark Collection by Wyndham, 3410 Westover St, McClellan Park, CA 95652, USA Event Page |
| April 12 | Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarships Deadline Deadline: Friday, April 12th More Info Here |
| April 23 | Annual Student Night Theme: Student poster presentations, student-professional interaction and networking, AEG presentation of scholarship recipients Location: Old Spaghetti Factory, Sacramento |
| May 28 | May Meeting Speaker: Adam Malsam Talk: Falls, Flows, and Slides: Maccaferri’s Unique Solutions to Geohazard Mitigation Location: Aviators, Sacramento |
| June | No June Meeting |
| July | No July Meeting |
| August 27 | August Happy Hour Location: Kupro’s Craft House Event Page & Registration |
| September 24 | No September Meeting |
| October 21 | EERI/ASCE-GI/AEG Short Course Short Course Theme: California Building Code Update for Geologists and Engineers Location: Citizen Hotel Event Page & Registration |
| October 22 | AEG October Meeting Speaker: Ron Skaggs, PE, GE, QSD Talk: Design and Construction Management of a 6,000 ft Water Conveyance Tunnel for Oakdale Irrigation District Location: Aviators, Sacramento Event Page & Registration |
| November | No November Meeting |
| December 11 | Annual Joint GRA/AEG Holiday Meeting – 2019 NGWA McEllhiney Lecture Speaker: Gary L. Hix Talk: Drilling Disasters and What Can We Learn Location: Aviators, Sacramento Event Page & Registration Coming Soon |
