EW on Dredging Techniques & Constn for Ports & Term. , 1-3 Oct 26, SPR

Dear Industry collegaues About the Course Successful maritime construction projects require skilled contractors, consultants and clients, bound by a fair contract, who are willing and able to work together to resolve technical and management difficulties as they arise. This workshop aims to develop, amongst contracting partners, a constructive approach for planning, design and execution of dredging and maritime construction projects. It will highlight the capital intensive nature of maritime construction, in contrast with other civil works that are predominately labor intensive, and will consider the key issues in the preparation phase of such projects including site characterization, feasibility study, preliminary and detailed design, finance management, project administration and dispute resolution. Who to attend Dredging and maritime construction projects involve a wide range of skills and professional from different discipline. The target audience comprises of • Consulting Engineers, designers, resident engineers, site staff • Dredging contractors, project managers, site engineers • Legal counselors, construction lawyers and arbitrators • Insurers, projects financiers and financial managers • Advisors - dredging and maritime construction projects • Dredging officers (Deputy Conservators / Harbor Masters / Pilots / Hydrographic Survey Department Officers / Surveyors / Chief Engineers / Executive Engineers / Engineers (Civil Department of Ports, Law Officers of Ports, Inland Water Transport, Minor Ports, Maritime States) • Young Engineers, Dredging and Shipping Cadets and Maritime Students Course Outline • Historical evolution of dredging • Next-Generation Mega-Dredgers and Intelligent Operation System • Characteristics of Detailed Project Report • Contracts, Legislation and Engineer Determination • Planning and Execution of the Dredging Project • Rivers, Canals, Waterways Dredging • Maximizing Dredging Production: Process Control and Efficiency Optimization • Advanced Soil Cutting Technologies for Hard Ground Conditions • Dispute Resolution and Arbitration members Program Schedule Day 1 0900 to 1000 Hrs  Historical Evolution of Dredging  Transformation and Development in Dredging  Need of Dredging  Various Dredging Techniques 1100 – 1200 Hrs  Next-Generation Mega-Dredgers and Intelligent Operation Systems  Types of Modern Dredgers – advantages and disadvantages  Identification of Dredging Equipments for the Project  Combination of Dredges for Projects  Planning for Dredger Deployment 1200 – 1300 Hrs  Characteristics of Detailed Project Report  Interpretation of Detailed Project Report  Analysis of Detailed Project Report  Strata and Substrata information  Other Project Details 1300 – 1315 Hrs  Recap – Discussion 1315 – 1400 Hrs  Lunch Break 1400 – 1500 Hrs  Dredging and its significance  – Ports and Harbor – Inland Waterways – Rivers, Dams and Reservoirs  Equipments identification for the above projects 1500 – 1600 Hrs  Project Planning  Permission, Permits and Licence  Logistics Planning  Schedule of Works – Detailed Micro level planning  Design and Detailed Engineering 1600 – 1700 Hrs  Design of Tender Documents  Technical Specifications  Special Conditions of Contract  Project Specific contracts Day 2 0900 – 1000 Hrs  Technical Data and Information – Dredging Project – Bathymetry Data and Topography Data – Strata and Substrata Data – Climatic Conditions – Political Interference – Fishermen / Local Interference – Shipping Traffic – Cyclone information – Hydraulics, waves, currents, swell information 1000 – 1100 Hrs  Soil Analysis and Modeling  Production Calculation for Different Dredgers  Interpretation of Borehole Logs and other geotechnical data 1100 – 1200 Hrs  Advanced Soil Cutting Technologies for Hard Ground Conditions  Hard Clay and Soft Rock Dredging  High-Power Cutter Systems  Wear, Tooth Consumption and Maintenance Strategy  Pre-treatment and Fragmentation Methods 1200 – 1300 Hrs  Maximizing Dredging Production  Process Control and Efficiency Optimization  Cutter Torque Optimization  Slurry Density Control  Pump Matching and Power Utilization 1300 – 1315 Hrs  Recap – Discussion 1315 – 1400 Hrs  Lunch Break 1400 – 1500 Hrs  Schedule of Program  Planning of Schedule of Works  Methodology Approval  Revised Schedule of Works  Revised Methodology 1500 – 1600 Hrs  Handling Large Volume of Projects  Multiple Dredger Coordination  Booster Station Planning  Floating Pipeline Management  Production Monitoring and Control 1600 – 1700 Hrs  Potential Known and Unknown Risks  Geotechnical Risks  Weather and Marine Risks  Regulatory and Political Risks  Risk Allocation in Contracts Day 3 0900 – 1000 Hrs  Introduction to Basic Works Contract  Essentials of Contracts  Different Types of Contract  Engineer Determination  Contracts, Legislation and Risk Allocation 1000 – 1100 Hrs  Technical Specifications in Dredging Contracts  Special Conditions of Contract  Performance Guarantees  Liquidated Damages  Variation and Change Management 1100 – 1200 Hrs  Claims Management in Dredging Projects  Extension of Time (EOT)  Productivity and Delay Claims  Documentation and Record Keeping  Contract Administration Strategy 1200 – 1300 Hrs  Dispute Resolution Board – Alternate Dispute Resolution Mechanism  Role of DRB Members  Adjudication and Expert Determination 1300 – 1315 Hrs  Recap – Discussion 1315 – 1400 Hrs  Lunch Break 1400 – 1500 Hrs  Arbitration and Legal Recourse  International Arbitration Practices  Technical Expert Witness Role  Institutional Arbitration Procedures 1500 – 1600 Hrs  Case Studies in Dredging Disputes  Lessons Learned from International Projects  Risk Mitigation through Contract Structuring 1600 – 1700 Hrs  Discussion – Q and A  Integrated Technical and Contractual Clarifications Note: There shall be two tea / coffee breaks in a day; the timing can be mutually accepted for such breaks. About the Course Director (subject to final confirmation) Dr. Zhu Shengqing is a Lead Technical Expert at CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. and the founding director of the "Zhu Shengqing Innovation Studio" , specializing in advanced dredging equipment R&D and construction methodology optimization. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore , with his doctoral research focused on composite materials and impact dynamics. He served for seven years as a Plan Approval Engineer at the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) in Singapore, reviewing designs for FPSOs, FLNGs, and drillships, and contributed to ABS rule developments on composite repairs and non-linear finite element analysis. He is a Chartered Engineer with the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) , UK, and has authored multiple SCI-indexed papers in Composites Science and Technology and Composite Structures. He holds several Chinese national patents in marine structure design. At CCCC Tianjin Dredging, he leads pioneering research into high-wear-resistant composite cutter teeth, abrasion-resistant pipelines, and deep-sea mining systems. George Yesu Vedha Victor is from the 6th Batch of All India Dredging Cadre (AIDC) and obtained his Dredge Master Certificate of Competency. He is the General Secretary of Eastern Dredging Association India and Board Member of Eastern Dredging Association (Asia, Australia region). He obtained his Doctoral Degree from Indian Institute of Cultivation of Science, Calcutta.