U.S. Army and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Military Water Well Drilling All Hands Meeting – Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

U.S. Army and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Military Water Well Drilling All Hands Meeting – Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Abstract

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Army Geospatial Center (AGC) and U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood School House is pleased to announce an All Hands Meeting with the military water well drilling units from the Army National Guard (ARNG), Air Force, and Navy.  The event will focus on collaboration between the USACE AGC Environmental Resources Branch (ERB) and the military well drilling units. The agenda includes topics related to drilling methods, well construction, drilling mud, water well supplies, data collection, and well development in the contiguous United States (CONUS) and outside the contiguous United States (OCONUS). Representatives from the well drilling industry are invited to display and distribute material or information pertaining to drilling products, supplies, or services to help inform/support military drilling units.

Additional participants include representatives from the USACE Drilling Production Centers, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) – Research Drilling Program, U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and USACE Mobile, Alabama District.   

Where: U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood School House - Missouri

When: Oct. 22 & 23, 2024

Time: Oct 22nd - 0830 – 1600 CDT, Oct 23rd – 0830 – 1400 CDT.

Seating Availability: Seating is limited to 30 (RSVP required)

Please note, there will not be a virtual / remote option for vendors to attend.

Who Should Attend

We invite the industry to attend this event to share information on their products pertaining to drilling equipment, drilling mud, drilling techniques, and related to water supply well installation. Vendors will be provided space to setup a booth to interact and distribute information to DOD personnel during breaks and before and after meeting sessions.  Please note, all participation is voluntary.

Background

The Army Geospatial Center’s Environmental Resources Branch operates under DOD Directive 4705.01 and is required to support the DOD on the location, quantity, and quality of land-based water resources. A major component of this directive includes assisting military well drillers. This meeting provides an opportunity for ERB to interact with well drilling units and to invite industry to illustrate available products that could be utilized. We will provide an overview of our mission and discuss topic related to the following NAICS code:

• 237110 - Water well drilling, digging, boring or sinking (except water intake wells in oil and gas fields)
• 333132 – Water well drilling machinery manufacturing

This event will offer an opportunity for networking, information sharing and gathering between vendors and the well drilling units in the ARNG, Air Force, and Navy. We are particularly interested in companies with expertise in the specified NAICS code who can support our diverse range of projects and initiatives.

Please RSVP by September 15, 2024, to confirm attendance for this event. Kindly provide the names and contact information of attendees from your organization, along with any specific topics or questions you would like addressed during the event.

We look forward to your participation and if you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at AskTeamWater@usace.army.mil.

The Army Geospatial Center Office of Small Business program goal is to maximize the opportunity for small business to participate in the execution of the Army Geospatial Center mission.  The Army Geospatial Center takes pride in fully supporting the government policy of placing a fair proportion of contracts with eligible Small, Small Disadvantaged, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, Woman Owned, and HUBZone businesses.  

Full event details are forthcoming.

RSVPs Required no later than September 15, 2024– with seating limitation of 30:

• RSVP to:  AskTeamWater@usace.army.mil

• RSVP Information must include: 

Attendee Names:

Phone:

Email Address:

Company:

Specific topics or questions you would like addressed during the event:

Point of Contact:

Joseph Montrella

Geologist – USACE Army Geospatial Center

(703) 969-3085

joseph.j.montrella@usace.army.mil

HIGH-LEVELTENTATIVE AGENDA

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

• Welcoming Remarks, Introductions, Group (DOD) Team Building

BREAK

• Army Geospatial Center – Overview of Water Resource Database
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Drilling Production Centers

LUNCH

• All Things Drilling – Roundtable  
• U.S. Navy Hydrogeologist – Drilling Success Stories / Experiences

BREAK

• Army Geospatial Center - Military Engineering and Survey Support – ENFIRE Kit
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Geologist – Experiences working with Military Drilling Units.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

• Well Logs – Field Data Collection
• U.S. Geological Survey – Research Drilling Program

LUNCH

• Drilling Mud Training & Demonstration