Keynote Address:
The New National Enrichment Facility
Mike Lynch, Vice President/Project Manager Louisiana Energy Services
A look at the future design and construction activities of the new National Enrichment Facility in New Mexico. LES is the organization that is designing and building the new National Enrichment Facility in New Mexico.

Executive Panel:
Hot Topics in the Department of Energy
This executive panel will present and lead a discussion on current PAAA and Quality initiatives in the Department of Energy.

Panelists and Presentations:
Department of Energy Quality Assurance Update (PPT, 410 KB)
Frank Russo, DOE, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Performance Assessment, EH-3

Office of Price-Anderson Enforcement Update (PPT, 138 KB)
Steve Sohinki, DOE, Office of Price Anderson Enforcement, EH-6

SESSION M23:
National Association of Home Builder Research Council’s National Housing Quality Certification Program – Perspectives From a Homebuilder and a Trade Contractor (PPT, 494 KB)
David Howell, Director, Daily Units Processing for KB Home,
Robin Schumacher, Vice President of IBH Foundations, LLC
Michael Patrick, Marketing Manager for Lanehart Electric
Luncheon Speaker: Robert Dominquez, Jr., President, Ambreco Contracting, Belton, TX

SESSION M31:
ISO 14001:1996 to ISO 14001: 2004 Transition. (PPT, 309 KB)
Jim Melloni, TUV America, Environmental Business Manager

SESSION M32:
Quality Challenges with the Construction of the First Large Nuclear Facility in the Past 10 Years (PPT, 1.43 MB)
Jim McCormick-Barger, DOE, ORP

Management of Change to Facility Design (PPT, 127 KB)
B.W. (Ben) Marguglio, Consultant.

SESSION M33:
What Gets Measured Gets Improved – Benchmarking the Engineering & Construction Industry (PPT, 1.99 MB)
Dr. Steve Thomas Associate Director, Construction Industry Institute (CII) and Director of the CII Benchmarking & Metrics Program

SESSION M41:
Managing Security Pragmatically (PDF, 1.41 MB)
Paul Lightburn, Supply Chain Security Specialist, LRQA

Improving the Lab Audit Process with Integrated Electronic NELAC-Style Software. (PPT, 5.27 MB)
Richard Amano, President/Principal Chemist, Laboratory Data Consultants (LDC)

Five Criteria for Establishing Reliability and Credibility in the Reporting Process (PPT, 621 KB)
Russell Thornton, Director EHS and GHG & Sustainability Certification, Det Norske Veritas (DNV)

SESSION M42:
NQA-1 Review (PPT, 57 KB)
Robert G. Burns, QA Manager, Shaw Stone & Webster

QA Program for the New National Enrichment Facility (PPT, 79 KB)
Warren Dorman, QA Director, Louisiana Energy Services (LES)

SESSION M43:
Process Industry Practices - Working in Harmony - Improving Capital and Maintenance Efficiency (PPT, 1.99 MB)
Bernie Ebert Director of Process Industry Practices, PIP

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Executive Panel: EMS Today: ISO 14001:2004 Changes and Emerging Certification Issues
The panel will present an assessment of Environmental Management Systems issues currently. First, the changes to the 2004 version of ISO 14001 will be described and their implications discussed. Lessons learned from early audits to ISO 19011:2004 will also be discussed and current trends outlined. Second, several emerging and current issues relating to ISO 14001 certification will be described, including auditing regulatory compliance, auditor competence, and the general credibility and effectiveness of the certification process.

Panelists and Papers:

EMS Today: Emerging Issues (PPT, 317 KB)
Gary L. Johnson ( U.S. EPA, Quality Staff, Research Triangle Park, NC)

Environmental Management System Standards: ISO 14001:2004 (PPT, 86 KB)
Milton J.R. Kowalewski (JR Consulting Services, Balch Springs, TX)
Terrell Horne

Executive Panel:
Nuclear Power Perspectives: Measuring Performance and New Plant Development
In the early 90s the NRC's method of assessing plant performance needed improvement to become more understandable, objective, and responsive to licensee performance. This panel will review the self-examination and actions of the NRC, and describe the process of working with NEI and a selected set of pilot plants to establish a more objective and effective means to assess performance. The process by which performance measures have further evolved will also be described, as well as the changes to those indicators. The status of new plant development will also be discussed. Time will be provided for questions on these and other nuclear industry topics.

Panelists and Papers

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (PPT, 2.17 MB)
Linda Smith - Chief, Engineering Branch, Division of Reactor Safety, NRC Region IV

The Reactor Oversight Process: Development and Results (PPT, 959 KB)
and
Creating the Business Environment for New Nuclear Plants:
Financing, Regulatory, Workforce, and Manufacturing/Supplier Issues (PPT, 809 KB)
Tom Houghton - Nuclear Energy Institute

Nuclear Plant Operation under NRC Reactor Oversight Program (PPT, 5.83 MB)
Jim Hill - Nuclear Management Company

SESSION T23:
Development and Use of Design Standards and Web-Based Programs to Facilitate and Improve Design Processes (PPT, 55.46 MB)
Debra Hebisen Quality Assurance Manager for Dallas Area Rapid Transit
Charles Kanapicki Quality Assurance Manager for ACT 21, a Joint Venture General Engineering Consultant to DART

Luncheon Speaker:
Dr. James Walker
From Columbia to Discovery: Understanding the Impact Threat to the Space Shuttle
The loss of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003 was caused by the impact of foam insulation on the leading edge of the wing. The foam strike created a hole in reinforced carbon-carbon panel 8 that led to excessive heating during re-entry, loss of the integrity of the left wing, and subsequent loss of the vehicle and crew. In the two and a half years following the accident there was a concerted effort to understand the impact threat to the space shuttle system, before the launch of space shuttle Discovery on July 26, 2005. The effort was a large one, and was essentially comprised of five integrated parts. The presentation reviews the extensive experimental and modeling efforts related to impact in the return to flight program and includes test and simulation videos. Finally, impact related results from STS -114 are presented: ice formation on the pad during the first launch attempt, the on-orbit inspection, the tile gap fillers, the torn fabric blanket, and the post-flight inspection of the Orbiter upon its safe return August 9, 2005.

SESSION T31:
Identifying, Moderating, and Managing High Risks (PPT, 8.22 MB)
Mr. Roy Lebel, Quality Manager, Brookhaven National Laboratory

SESSION T32:
U.S. Army Initiatives and Accomplishments in Quality Program Management and Lean Six Sigma. (PPT, 7.28 MB)
Improving Army Quality
Diane Meyer, US Army, Army Material Command (AMC) Quality Federation Customer Liaison

U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (PPT, 2.84 MB)
(ARDEC) Lean/Six-Sigma
Paul Chiodo, Director, Quality Engineering and System Assurance, Chairman AMC Quality Federation, RDECOM-ARDEC, US Army

SESSION T33:
Texas Department of Transportation “High Five” Project (PPT, 46.54 MB)
Tom McKinnon Inspector / Project Photographer
Praxedis Garza P.E. Area Engineer for Northwest Dallas County
Maurice Pittman P.E. Assistant Area Engineer

SESSION T41:
Adaptive Management: Environmental Remediation Perspectives (PPT, 12.79 MB)
Dr. Marcia Davies, Director, HTRW CX, U.S.Army Corps of Engineers

Integrating Performance Measures and Quality Systems (PPT, 2.58 MB)
Jeff Worthington, U.S.EPA

SESSION T42:
Energy Efficiency/Conservation - An Imperative to the US Energy Policy (PPT, 1.15 MB)
Sal Hassanien, Ph.D, P.E, CEM, Quality Manager, Energy Partnership & Services, DTE
Saied Gouda, D.Engineering, P.E, Director, DTE Energy

SESSION T43:
Model – Centered Quality Assurance (PPT, 1.39 MB)
Daniel Kahler Senior Civil Engineer, Bridgefarmer & Associates