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Hi, my name is Elizabeth Burkhart

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and I'm the Chair of
the PORTS 19 Conference

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here in Pittsburgh this week.

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Our technical tour today is
of the lock and dam here,

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because so many Port Engineers

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are from coastal ports,

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and they don't know about

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the inland system and

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the importance of the projects there.

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So, we're very excited to be here,

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we really appreciate the hospitality

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from the corps.

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- We do work on the waterways

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of this country and in Canada,

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from the Mississippi River to the east,

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and so, it's a great example

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of accomplishing projects

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and, actually, our company
worked on this project.

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We did studies back in the late nineties

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for looking at the walls

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and how they could be reused.

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And then we designed the upper guard walls

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that have been constructed already

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a few years ago.

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We did the predecessor designs

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for what's out there now
with the coffer boxes

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and that sort of thing.

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We designed coffer boxes with
gas panels inside of them.

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So, seeing this again
after quite a few years,

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has been wonderful

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and I think they're doing

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a great job out here and
it's good to see this project

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finally getting to completion.

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- Our technical tour today
is of the lock and dam

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because so many of our
Coastal Port Engineers

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have never seen one and really need to see

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how important the river system is

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for our nation's navigation system.