Asset Protection & Business Succession Strategies

Date: Tuesday, July 28 & Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Cost: $149 (includes log-in information for both days)

Business succession planning involves planning for the smooth continuation and success of a business from generation to generation. The general statistics quoted by experts say that only 30 percent of the business will survive to the second generation and just 10 percent will survive to the third generation. What are the reasons for this lack of success? There are five basic factors that affect the success or failure of the business succession:

• The senior generation does not spend enough time on succession planning
• The successor’s abilities don’t meet the company’s real needs
• Estate taxes
• Potential lawsuits
• The changing business environment

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Date : May 14, 2009
Time : 2:00 pm EST

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Soil Conditioning Solutions for TBM Excavation

TBM excavation has to successfully manage a variety of geological conditions. Since soil behavior is never perfect, soil conditioning additives are introduced in front of the cutter head to change the natural rheological characteristics in order to maintain optimal advance rates and/or stability to minimize or prevent ground movement on the surface.

This webinar will discuss these various ground conditioning agents and how they are used to aid in a successful excavation with respect to optimized advance rates and safety. BASF Construction Chemicals has worldwide experience in the proper design and execution of many soil conditioning programs and this webinar will cover such topics as:

• Changing the soil properties
  
• Torque and wear reduction at the cutter head
  
• Changing the soil permeability
  
• Benefit of anti-clay-agents
  
• Wear reduction on hard rock TBMs

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Injection Systems for Waterproofing and Stabilization of Rock and Soil

Unexpected water ingress during tunneling can escalate project costs and cause significant delays in the overall project timelines. To counteract the risks involved with such challenging ground conditions, the Underground Construction Group (UGC) of BASF's Construction Chemicals division offers expert advice and products across a broad range of injection systems designed to address a wide variety of tunneling situations. The choice of injection system is dependent on such factors as water quantity and pressure, rock and soil permeability and cohesiveness, construction sequence, and final water-tightness requirements of the completed structure. Both pre- and post-excavation grouting have found increasing acceptance within the underground tunneling industry and both methods have also shown that their proper applications will lead to an increase in tunneling efficiency and safety. BASF has experience in the proper design and execution of many injection programs and this webinar will cover such topics as:

• Introduction and overview of standards in pre- and post-excavation grouting
• Reasons for grouting in tunneling
• Functional requirements
• Types of injection materials
• Cement injection
• Chemical injection
• Grouting in high-pressure water conditions
• Overview of grouting equipment and requirements
• Case studies
• BASF products overview

Please join us for this informative and interactive web seminar. You will be able to ask questions throughout the event via instant messaging.

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