Week of Events
Monday, March 23, 2026
No events on this day.
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
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March 25, 2026 -Tour at Lockheed Martin's Mission Operations Support Area
Tour at Lockheed Martin's Mission Operations Support Area
Come with us on a group tour of the Mission Operations area at Lockheed Martin's Waterton campus where several Deep-Space missions are controlled and monitored. Due to access on Lockheed Martin property, the tour is limited to US persons (citizens and green card aliens.) A list of all attendees must be provided to Lockheed a week prior to the tour. The tour will meet at the Visitor Control building at 3:30 pm to process visitor badges prior to the event. The tour will start at 4:00 pm. Bldg: Visitor Control and Badging, 12257 S Wadsworth Blvd, Littleton, Colorado, United States, 80127
Thursday, March 26, 2026
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Friday, March 27, 2026
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March 27, 2026 -Workshop – Effective Electrical Grounds in Poor Soils in Boulder
Workshop – Effective Electrical Grounds in Poor Soils in Boulder
This Workshop is intended for electricians, engineers, designers, project managers, and contractors because it will describe and discuss the following information: - · The National Electrical Code (NEC) requires electrical systems to be effectively grounded. - · However, effective grounding is poorly understood, even by engineers, because soils are not understood and a soil resistance test is seldom performed. - · Soil types such as loam, sand, gravel, rocky soil, shallow soil over bedrock, and bare rock each require different approaches to achieve an effective electrical grounding - · Particular attention will be given to methods for designing effective grounding in poor soils and on rock. - · Soil resistance which is measured with 3-point resistance testing will be explained and demonstrated by - - - - - · There are 7 NEC approved methods of grounding electrodes, with concrete encased electrodes being the best, and 3 types of electrodes forbidden. - · Lightning protection grounding practices are very similar to electrical grounding but do have some differences in requirements and practices. - · Lightning protection grounding requirements and practices are presented in National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard 780 while the NEC is NFPA 70E. However, grounding on bare rock such as a mountain top requires some unusual practices. During this presentation, questions are encouraged and may even be required. Attendees will be sent a certificate for 7 Professional Development Hours (PDH) after the session. Co-sponsored by: James Mercier Speaker(s): James Mercier, Agenda: Friday March 27, 9 am to 5 pm including breaks and lunch. See the (https://drive.google.com/open?id=18_3-B2C4ECznXhw5u3j-a_tRQhzueNqu&usp=drive_fs). The Hotel can be booked through the (https://r5conferences.org/attendees/venue-travel/). Room: Bear Creek - 2nd Floor, Limelight Hotel, 1295 University Ave, Boulder, South Dakota, United States, 80302
Saturday, March 28, 2026
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Sunday, March 29, 2026
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