Electrical Safety, Technical and Mega Projects Workshop 

October 24 - 26, 2005

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Hosted By: Northern Canada & Southern Alberta Sections of IEEE

SCHEDULE

Schedule At A Glance (Microsoft Word format) 

Sunday
October 23		 Workshop Times Monday
October 24		 Tuesday 
October 25		 Wednesday
October 26
  6:45 - 7:15 am Authors Meeting Authors Meeting Authors Meeting
  7:00-8:00 am Breakfast  Breakfast  Breakfast 
  8:00-8:10 am Workshop/Day 1 Introduction  Day 2 Introduction  Day 3 Introduction 
  8:10-11:55 am A.M. Technical Sessions: 
TECHNICAL

High Resistance Grounding - History

Hazardous Area Classification - Methods, 
OH&S, Common Mistakes (Key: Vince Rowe)

Predictive and Low Maintenance Arc Resistant MV Starters

Circuit Integrity Cables for Petro-Chemical
Fires

 A.M. Technical Sessions:
SAFETY

Bad Day At The Office: Guessing How It Can Get Worse ( Key: Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer)

Arc Flash Hazard Analysis & Design Suggestions

Induction Generator Incident

Part of the Solution: Moving Forward with Arc Flash PPE (Key: Dr. Tom Neal)

Switching Procedures: Elements to Consider
 

 A.M. Technical Sessions:
MEGA-PROJECTS 

Cables, Jackets and Applications

Safety in Transition

Temporary Power

Good/Bad on Mega-Projects
 
  12:00-1:00 pm Lunch Lunch Lunch
  1:00-5:00 pm P.M. Technical Sessions:
TECHNICAL

ARC Free Low Voltage MCC

 Grounding and GF Protection of Multiple Generator Systems

Objective Codes - A Regulator's Perspective

Selective Coordination

 P.M. Technical Sessions:
SAFETY

Lighting Safety

Critical Issues for Clothing and PPE in the Electric Arc (Key: Hugh Hoagland)

Case Study - Transformer Incident

NFPA 70E - Practical Implementation

"Grubs Not Moles" - Mole Whacking vs Grub Hunting in Electrical Safety (Key: Mike Doherty)
 

 P.M. Technical Sessions:
MEGA-PROJECTS

The Use of Variances in Large Projects

Mega Projects - Construction Perspective

Modular Wiring in Large Projects

Mega-Projects, Codes & Products
 
 
Registration
(4:00-9:00) 		5:00-6:00 pm Author's Questions/Discussion Vendor Exhibition
(5:00-8:00)		 Author's 
Questions/Discussion		 Vendor
Exhibition
(5:00-7:30)


Author's Questions/Discussion
Committee Wrap-Up Meeting
 (5:30-7:30)
6:00-7:00      
7:00-8:00   Workshop Social
(7:00-10:00)		  
8:00-9:00        
  9:00-10:00        
Detailed Agenda (Microsoft Word format)
 
Day 1 - Technical 
Monday, October 24, 2005 
Item Title Presenter Duration Start Finish Room
  Authors Meeting Authors 30 6:45 7:15 7
  BREAKFAST   60 7:00 8:00 9
i) Workshop Introduction - Chairman Tim Driscoll 10 8:00 8:10 8
ii) Day 1 Introduction Richard Loiselle 5 8:10 8:15 8
1 High Resistance Grounding - History Dave Murray, John Dickin 50 8:15 9:05 8
2 Hazardous Area Classification - Methods, OH&S, Common Mistakes Key - Vince Rowe 50 9:05 9:55 8
iii) MORNING BREAK   20 9:55 10:15  
3 Predictive and Low Maintenance Arc Resistant MV Starters Mary Groff, Eldridge Byron 50 10:15 11:05 8
4 Circuit Integrity Cables for Petro-Chemical Fires Robert Konnik 50 11:05 11:55 8
iv) LUNCH   65 11:55 1:00 9/19/20
5  ARC Free Low Voltage MCC Leo Pronk 50 1:00 1:50 8
6 Grounding and GF Protection of Multiple Generator Systems David Shipp 50 1:50 2:40 8
v) AFTERNOON BREAK   20 2:40 3:00  
7 Objective Codes - A Regulator's Perspective Rene Leduc 50 3:00 3:50 8
8 Selective Coordination Bryan Johnson, Kevin Arnold 50 3:50 4:40 8
vi) Wrap Up Richard Loiselle   4:40 4:50 8
9 Author's Questions/Discussion Authors   5:00 6:00 8
vii) Vendor Exhibition     5:00 8:00 10/11/12

Detailed Agenda (Microsoft Word format)

Day 2 - Safety
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Item Title Presenter Duration Start Finish Room
  Authors Meeting Authors 30 6:45 7:15 7
  BREAKFAST   60 7:00 8:00 9
i) Day 2 Introduction Mike Doherty 5 8:00 8:05 8
1 Bad Day At The Office: Guessing How It Can Get Worse Key - Dr. Mary Capelli-Schellpfeffer 50 8:05 8:55 8
2 Arc Flash Hazard Analysis & Design Suggestions Bryan Johnson, Kevin Arnold 50 8:55 9:45 8
ii) MORNING BREAK   20 9:45 10:05  
3 Induction Generator Incident Bill Loar, Rex Bickford 10 10:05 10:15 8
4 Part of the Solution: Moving Forward with Arc Flash PPE Key - Dr. Tom Neal 50 10:15 11:05 8
5 Switching Procedures: Elements to Consider Shahid Jamil 50 11:05 11:55 8
iii) LUNCH   65 11:55 1:00 9/19/20
6  Lighting Safety Mick Walton, George Brady, Richard Loiselle, Tim Driscoll 50 1:00 1:50 8
7 Critical Issues for Clothing and PPE in the Electric Arc Key - Hugh Hoagland 50 1:50 2:40 8
iv) AFTERNOON BREAK   20 2:40 3:00  
8 Case Study - Transformer Incident Bert Neish, Tim Driscoll 10 3:00 3:10 8
9 NFPA 70E - Practical Implementation Terry Becker 50 3:10 4:00 8
10 "Grubs Not Moles" - Mole Whacking vs Grub Hunting in Electrical Safety Key - Mike Doherty 50 4:00 4:50 8
v) Wrap Up Mike Doherty   4:50 5:00 8
11 Author's Questions/Discussion Authors   5:00 6:00 8
vi) Vendor Exhibition     5:00 7:30 10/11/12
vii) Workshop Social     7:00 10:00  

Detailed Agenda (Microsoft Word format)

Day 3 - Mega-Projects
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Item Title Presenter Duration Start Finish Room
  Authors Meeting Authors 30 6:45 7:15 7
  BREAKFAST   60 7:00 8:00 9
i) Day 3 Introduction  George Brady 5 8:00 8:05 8
1 Cables, Jackets and Applications  Rob Roberton, Vince Rowe 50 8:05 8:55 8
2 Safety in Transition  Bill Loar, Jeff Krukowski 50 9:00 9:50 8
ii) MORNING BREAK   20 9:50 10:10  
3 Temporary Power  Darin Hucul, Ernie Wirtanen 50 10:10 11:00 8
4 Good/Bad on Mega-Projects  Chris Dedeurwaerder 50 11:05 11:55 8
iii) LUNCH  Tim Driscoll 65 11:55 1:00 11/12
5 The Use of Variances in Large Projects  Mike Sheath 50 1:00 1:50 8
6 Mega Projects - Construction Perspective tba 50 1:55 2:45 8
iv) AFTERNOON BREAK   20 2:45 3:05  
7 Modular Wiring in Large Projects  Randy George, Rob Roberton 50 3:05 3:55 8
8 Mega-Projects, Codes & Products  Marty Cole 50 4:00 4:50 8
v) Wrap Up George Brady   4:50 5:00 8
9 Author's Questions/Discussion Authors   5:00 6:00 8
9 Committee Wrap-Up Meeting Committee   5:30 7:30 19/20

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