No Dig India Show 2020

Trenchless Essential

No Dig India Show 2020

COVID pandemic has presented substantial challenges to construction industry in several ways wherein immense restrictions & preventive measures have become essential for recurring the health and safety of construction workers and existing buried infrastructure. These restrictions have enhanced the difficulty levels of operation at one hand but have also created opportunities for development and application of trenchless methods to overcome them.

Trenchless Technology provides methods, systems, and working procedures for a minimal human intervention in subsurface construction activities. It naturally helps in achieving adequate protections for all concerned & is an important tool for meeting HSE needs in the hands of construction industry stakeholders.

In these trying times, it is essential that the trenchless industry stakeholders should stand up together to meet the challenges posed by COVID, and present viable solutions to construction industry. Needless to mention, owing to grooving business volumes, these actions would also help trenchless stakeholders, to advance the trenchless applications, thereby gaining through this development, in addition to solving the problems.

To achieve such results, networking of trenchless solution providers with other construction industry constituents is essential. Indian Society for Trenchless Technology (IndSTT) the apex organization to promote trenchless technology in India, is honored to host the No-Dig India Show 2020 - Digital Conference & Exhibition on Trenchless Technology Applications in the Post Covid World from 1st to 5th December 2020. Aim of this event is to provide an online platform to construction industry stakeholders for networking with trenchless solution providers for idea exchange, problem solving, & knowledge gain in sub-surface construction in the post COVID world.

The event is partnered by EPCom - CEM- Purdue University, USA, International Infrastructure Solutions - LLC, USA, World Trade Center-Indianapolis (WTC-Indy), USA, North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT), USA, Buried Asset Management Institute - International (BAMI-I), USA, Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (CUIRE), USA, IKT, Germany, International Institute of Utility Specialist, Hongkong, Consulting Engineers Association of India, India.

To meet the chartered objectives show shall have the following components:

   I.   Virtual interactive conference comprising of a series of webinars on theme subject, highlighting the role of trenchless in post covid world and providing guidelines, operating procedures, standards, and economic parameters for the application of trenchless.

II.  Virtual interactive workshops from equipment manufacturers highlighting their products & services, equipment safety, productivity, operating procedures, and benefits of using OEM products and ser-vices and launching new products and services.

III.   Virtual interactive workshops from Project owners, highlighting project details, both completed as well as planned ones to provide inputs for other project owners in their projects, and to invite inputs/suggestion for planned projects.

IV.    Virtual interactive workshops from Consultants, highlighting project case studies of executed pro-jects and/or special techniques evolved/practiced by them.

V.     Online training programs on trenchless/allied fields for proficiency development and cultivation of professionals in the field of trenchless technology

VI.   Virtual live shows, demonstrating trenchless/allied techniques for enhanced understanding of the live show participants and clarification of their doubts in the highlighted trenchless techniques.

VII.  Virtual exhibition on event portal comprising of display of company video/presentation playing as and when the visitor clicks on the link on the event portal during the show period.

VIII.  Live interactive multi-channel digital booths for providing interactive sessions with the show visitors with the event exhibitors through video conferencing.

IX.    Live interactive multi-channel digital booths for project site / equipment manufacturing plant / al-lied location visits for the show participants.

X.   Live interactive Chat room to assist networking of show participants and providing interactive platform for discussing issues of interest and doubt clarification.

XI.   Virtual release of IndSTT Publications.

XII.   Launch of Trenchless educational portal for training and education in trenchless and allied field.

Main objectives of NDIS 2020 include following:

1.	Revising & releasing the Standard General Conditions for Construction Contracts Employing Trenchless Technology
2.	Revising & releasing Guidelines for Application of Special Condition of Contract in Construction Contract Employing Trenchless Technology
3.	Revising & releasing Schedule of Rates for Construction Contracts Employing Trenchless Technology 2021 (13th Edition)
4.	Revising & releasing Manual of Site Investigations for Trenchless Projects

Indian Society for Trenchless Technology