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Session 2451

INSTALLING SEWERS AND WATER MAINS: AN EDUCATIONAL CD-ROM

Purshotam Juriasingani, Dr. R. Bruce Robinson, Dr. Chris D. Cox Tetra Tech NUS, Inc./The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

A Paper for the 2000 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition

1. Introduction

The objective of this paper is to describe a CD-ROM based PowerPoint® presentation of the installation of sanitary sewers and water mains. This presentation is used in a senior-level design-oriented class on water distribution and wastewater collection systems required for Civil Engineering students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The paper will discuss the contents and organization of the presentation and give example screen shots.

2. Rationale for a CD-ROM based presentation of the installation of sanitary sewers and water mains

Students learn and understand best when they can visualize the facilities and processes that they are studying. Pictures and diagrams in textbooks help but they are few in number and lack dimensions of depth, time, and color. For a design-oriented class on water distribution and wastewater collection systems, students should have an understanding of and feel for how pipes are actually put into the ground and what materials and appurtenances are used. It would be very beneficial for students to actually visit construction sites, but the time required to do this is a strong barrier. The next best thing is to provide students a rich array of photos and videos that can be used in or out of class and shows all aspects of the installation. The hardware and software are readily available at modest cost for digitizing photos and videos and incorporating them into one of several available presentation software products. Moreover, the videos allow students to understand non-static aspects such as “belling” the pipe, tapping a pipe, and placing aggregate into the trench. An in class presentation of these kinds of details never fails to stimulate a barrage of questions.

3. Description of CD-ROM based presentation

Several local sewer line and water main construction sites were visited with permission by the Knoxville Utilities Board. Pictures and video were taken at these sites and digitized with a slide scanner and a video capture card. The pictures and video were then incorporated into a PowerPoint® slide presentation. The presentation has a total of 92 slides of which 17 are information and navigational slides, 64 are photos, and 11 are videos. The user clicks on arrows and buttons to navigate through the various slides and stages of the installation process.

To show how the presentation works, Figure 1 shows the main menu of the program which

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Juriasingani, P. K., & Cox, C. D., & Robinson, R. B. (2000, June), Installing Sewers And Water Mains: An Educational Cd Rom Of Construction Techniques Paper presented at 2000 Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri. 10.18260/1-2--8463