On-Demand Webinars

MANAGING UNANTICIPATED SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS IN THE FIELD: PART 3
Confident Characterizations When Budgets Matter Most

Budget consequences for erroneous well screen placements, excessive analytical or geotechnical laboratory work, speculative and substandard subsurface characterization and failing remediation systems coupled with competitive bidding have forced environmental project managers to more closely examine the process at which we approach subsurface investigations. Many problems may be avoided by simply "thinking on our feet" in the field and this webinar provides a processes and simple solutions.

This 90-minute webinar shows ways to identify and cope with unanticipated subsurface site conditions. It explains the benefits of "thinking on our feet" and addresses the common field problems that plague our industry. Attendees will benefit from this webinar by learning how adjusting field perspectives and procedures can improve meeting project objectives and control project costs by:

• Identifying unexpected conditions
• Consequently, how to cope with the necessary changes needed to meet project objectives
• Minimizing wasted drilling and field efforts that would have been performed based on erroneous project scope assumptions before actual field conditions were determined

Hydrogeologic field analysis is a project management style that supports making field decisions during field activities, making sense of subsurface samples from boring-to-boring, targeting meaningful monitoring well placements, and selecting geotechnical samples that are rational and diagnostic of actual site-specific conditions. The environmental and engineering industry can benefit from field analysis procedures that occur from boring-to-boring while weaving QA/QC into the fabric of a project helping ensure project profitability and reliability.

Learn to take the mystery out of the subsurface during this webinar and understand the story that the subsurface samples are telling.

This webinar will cover the following topics:

• How to identify unanticipated subsurface site conditions, and why it's important to the technical and financial outcome of the project.
• Consequences of not recognizing unanticipated subsurface conditions.
• Field documentation
• Field communication
• Helpful steps for field analysis, boring correlations, well screen placement and sample selection and testing.
• Roles and responsibilities of the project team
• Presenting to the client out-of-scope items and change orders when they are necessary to meet the project objectives and to save the client money in the long run.

This webinar is the third part in a Three Part Series in characterizing complex glacial sedimentary successions, but is applicable to any environmental or geotechnical project. Register for all three and receive a special reduced rate along with complimentary field tools by Midwest GeoSciences Group.