Speaker List
Opening Plenary Session
Tuesday, February 10 - 8:00am - 10:00am
- Tom Warne, President, Tom Warne and Associates, LLC
- Charlie Potts, 2008-2009 ARTBA Chairman & CEO, Heritage Construction & Materials
- Nirmal Kotecha, British Highways Agency
- Steven DeWitt, Chief Engineer, North Carolina Turnpike Authority
- Brian Blanchard, Chief Engineer, Florida DOT
Lunch Plenary Session
Wednesday, February 11 - 12:00pm - 1:15pm
- Tom Skancke, Commissioner, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
Closing Morning Plenary Session
Thursday, February 12 - 8:00am - 10:30am
- Michael C. Loulakis, President/CEO, Capital Project Strategies, LLC
- Declan McManus, Director, KPMG Global Infrastructure and Projects Group
- David C. Moylan, Managing Director, International Surety Practice Leader, Marsh USA, Inc.
Closing Plenary Session
Thursday, February 12 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
- Steven DeWitt, Chief Engineer, NC Turnpike Authority
Project Delivery and Construction Management
Tuesday, February 10 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Gerald Yakowenko
- Bob McCullouch, Greg Kicinski, and Louis Feagans, "The Project Management Process at the Indiana Department of Transportation"
- Mark Swatta, "Oregan's OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program"
- Jennifer Benefield and Warren Roberts "Design-Build: Unprecedented Public Involvement"
Alternative Procurement & Contracting Systems
Tuesday, February 10 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: Brian Blanchard
- Jae-Ho Pyeon, Ralph D. Ellis, Edward Minchin and Charles R. Glagola, “Traffic Impact on Project Time Performance during Incentive Construction Projects“
- Nasir Gharaibeh, Joe Button and Prashant Jalvi, “Case Studies of Design - Build Project Delivery for Highway Pavements“
- Weng Tam, Simon Santiago and Ken Smith, “Public Owner Construction Management: Differences in Management and Risk Allocation Approaches Between Traditional Design-Bid-Build and Long-Term Concession Projects“
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Tuesday, February 10 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: Steven DeWitt
- Ali Touran, Douglas Gransberg, Keith Molenaar and Kamran Ghavamifar, "Transit Project Delivery Methods: A Case Study Analysis"
- Maurice Masucci, "Owners' Guide to Alternate Project Delivery Systems"
- Gary Webster, "Public-Private Partnerships"
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Wednesday, February 11 - 8:00am - 9:45pm
Moderator: Stuart Anderson
- Ali Nejat, Stuart Anderson, Ivan Damnjanovic and Molly Gunby, “Alternative Contracting Methods To Accelerate Project Completion: Lessons Learned By State Transportation Agencies“
- Edward Minchin, Ralph D. Ellis, Jae-Ho Pyeon, Zohar Herbsman and Keith Molenaar, “Use of Innovative Contracting Methods by DOTs - Project Managers Speak“
- C. W. Ibbs and YingYi Chih, “A Qualitative Comparison of Alternative Project Delivery Systems for Transportation Projects“
Public Private Partnerships
Wednesday, February 11 - 8:00am - 9:45am
Moderator: Matt Girard
- Albert Amos and Marcelle Jones, "Due Diligence Tools for Evaluating PPPs"
- Michael Garvin, "FHWA Public-Private Partnership International Scan"
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Wednesday, February 11 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Thomas Bohuslav
- Bob Nairn, "P3's and the Public Sector Comparator Process"
- Matt Girard, "A Contractor's view on P3 procurement structure - What works, What doesn't"
- Frank Holzman, Texas Department of Transportation's PPP Program
Environmental Accountability
Tuesday, February 10 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: Gerald Yakowenko
- Elie H. Homsi, "Top-Down Bridge Construction Minimizes Environmental Impacts"
- Jeff Lewis, "Best Construction Management Practices for Environmental"
- Mary Jo Vobejda, "Contact Sensitive Solutions - What does it mean during construction?"
Risk and Risk Management
Wednesday, February 11 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: David Sillars
- Jon Tapping and Rein Lemberg, "San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge Replacement A Case Study in Program Risk Management"
- Danny Kahler, "Prioritizing Project Requirements Through Risk Engineering"
- Tiendung Le, Carlos Caldas and G. Edward Gibson, "Managing Risks In The Project Development Process For Transportation Infrastructure Projects"
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Wednesday, February 11 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: Keith Molenaar
- James Palmer, Hugh Caspe and Simon Fricker, "Minimizing Risk Inherent in Tunnel Projects"
- Eul-Bum Lee, Nadarajah Sivaneswaran and John Harvey, "CA4PRS: A Decision-support Tool for Rapid Highway Renewal Projects"
- David Sillars, "Risk Management from a Transit Perspective"
Quality Systems
Tuesday, February 10 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Bob Burns
- Douglas Gransberg and Keith Molenaar, "Quality Management Organizations for Design-Build Transportation Projects"
- Matthew McDole and Neil Thomson, "Quality through Design/Build - Experience form the E-470 Toll Road"
- David Brown, "Avoiding Pitfalls When Establishing Quality Oversight Programs"
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Tuesday, February 10 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: Tucker Ferguson
- Raymond Crawford and Charles (Pete) Hunter, "Construction Quality Manager Body of Knowledge"
- Raymond Mabey and David Norman, "Effecting Program Performance Improvements through Quality Management Oversight on the Oregon OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program"
- John Baranzelli, "ISO 9001:2000 Registration in the Transportation Construction Industry"
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Tuesday, February 10 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: Kris Betty
- Ray Brown, "Corps of Engineers QC/QA Procedures for Airfield Pavements"
- Katherine Holtz; Developing a Materials Acceptance Program for Alternative Delivery Projects to meet FHWA 23CFR 637 requirements (86-Pres)
- Bob Burns, "Quality Documentation using SharePoint"
Contractor Prequalification and Measurements
Wednesday, February 11 - 8:00am - 9:45am
Moderator: Sid Scott
- John Unbewust, Glenn Cheek and Michelle Reddin, "Building Success and Improving Quality through a Contractor Prequalification Program"
- David Sadler, "Florida Department of Transportation Prequalification System"
- Douglas Gransberg, NCHRP Synthesis 39-04: Performance Based Contractor Prequalification
Cost Escalation and Containment
Wednesday, February 11 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Rich Juliano
- Valerie Seidel, Mark Schneider and Paul Yacobellis, "Highway Construction Materials: 5 Year Cost Outlook based on Florida DOT's 14 Year Analysis"
- Devanshu Pandit, Stuart Anderson, Ivan Damnjanovic and Ali Nejat, "Assessment of Strategies And Methods To Reduce Construction Costs While Maintaining Quality"
- Pramen Shrestha and David Shields, "Effect of Design Cost on Highway Construction Project Performance"
- Rich Juliano, "Status of Cost Adjustment Provisions for Highway Commodities"
Construction Performance Specifications
Tuesday, February 10 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Ted Ferragut
- Ted Ferragut, "Performance Specifications - When and How to Use for your Contract Type"
- Jim Katsafanas; "Performance Specification for Traffic Management"
- Dave Merritt; "Status and Options for Alternative Pavement Type Bidding"
Project Controls
Wednesday, February 11 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: Stuart Anderson
- Tom Wiener and Timothy Malagon, "Project Controls for the Rebuilding of the I-35W Bridge Collapse"
- John Hildreth and Jonathan Drexler, "Plan Performance Index as a Measure of Schedule Deviation and Performance"
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Wednesday, February 11 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: Sid Scott
- Mo Dichari, "Constructing Context Sensitive Sustainable Solution (CS3) Bridges in the State of Oregon"
- W. D. Baldwin, "Developing and Implementing Mobility Management in Oregon"
- Danny Kahler, "Automated Development of As-Built Construction Schedules"
Technical Advancement
Wednesday, February 11 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Gene Hoelker
- Arun Shirole and Stuart Chen, "BrIM : An Innovative Approach to Managing Bridge Project Delivery"
- Ralph D. Ellis, Marc Hoit and Eric Forcael, "Integration of Information in Bridge Engineering for creating a Database Interchange for Bridge Designers based on the analysis and study of the information obtained from the FDOT"
- Kelly Strong and Manop Kaewmoracharoen, "Creating 3D Models from 2D Documents to Simulate Work Zone Constraints: A Test of Perceived Benefit to Cost"
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Wednesday, February 11 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: John Morse
- Francisco Cordova and Ioannis Brilakis, "Vision Tracking at Egnatia Odos Motorway: A Case Study"
- Lance A. Brown, "Automated Machine Guidance Systems"
Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer
Wednesday, February 11 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: Chris Schneider
- Rick Smith, ACTT - Fitting the "New" Definition of Construction Management
- John Hunter, SmartFIX40 Knoxville ACTT Project – Experiences & Lessons Learned
- John Bowman, I-40 Crosstown Oklahoma City ACTT Project - Experiences & Lessons Learned
- Larry Orcutt, ACTT the Project Delivery Tool – A Look Towards its Future
TRACK 3: Construction Projects
Highways for Life
Tuesday, February 10 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Mark Robinson
- Mark Robinson, Tom Fudaly, Jack Hofweber, Vance Johnson, and Lonnie Watkins "Performance Contracting for Construction and Maintenance: WHAT not HOW"
Performance Requirements
Tuesday, February 10 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: Sid Scott
- Mehmet Ozbek and Jesus de la Garza, "Development of Performance Warranties for Performance-Based Road Maintenance Contracts"
- Deepak Sharma and Qingbin Cui, "Big or Small, Does Warranty Contracting Warranties Equal Opportunity to All"?
- Sid Scott, "Guidelines for Pavement Warranties"
Inspection
Wednesday, February 11 - 8:00am - 9:45am
Moderator: Thomas Bohuslav
- Cindy Menches, Carlos Caldas, Chelsea Cohen and Yetendra Jangid, "Efficient Workload Reduction Strategies for Transportation Construction Inspection"
- Warren Roberts and Danny Kahler, "Crosstraining Traditional Construction and Materials Engineers and Inspectors as Quality Auditors"
- Danny Garcia, "Texas Department of Transportation Title - On-the-Job training Through Texas' Inspector Development Program and Mentoring Abstract"
Inspection Through Technology
Wednesday, February 11 - 10:15am - 12:00pm
Moderator: Ted Farragut
- Dave Merritt, "Improving Construction Control and Documentation with Intelligent Compaction"
- Dave Merritt, Ted Ferragut and Robert Rasmussen, "High-Speed Nondestructive Testing and Intelligent Construction Systems"
Safety
Wednesday, February 11 - 1:15pm - 3:00pm
Moderator: Bob Burns
- Jimmie Hinze, "Early Integration of Safety into Construction Projects"
- Matthew R. Hallowell, "Evaluating the Safety Impact of Design Alternatives"
Recruiting and Training the Workforce
Wednesday, February 11 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: TBD
- Jennifer Shane, Fernando Aveiga, Edward Jaselskis, "Improving Construction Workforce Productivity Through Multicultural Training"
- Candace Blair Cronin, "Addressing Transportation Construction Workforce Shortages"
- Jon Tapping, "Caltrans' Project Management Certificate Program for Transportation Professionals"
Construction Feedback Systems
Wednesday, February 11 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: Thomas Bohuslav
- Danny Shealy and James Triplett, "The Impact of Prequalification of Contractors in South Carolina" - Panel Discussion
Legal Issues Impacting Construction Management
Tuesday, February 10 - 3:30pm - 5:15pm
Moderator: Michael C. Loulakis
- Dan Becker, "Contract Changes Clause - The Change Order Process"
- Michael C. Loulakis, "What is the Current Legal Environment for Procuring and Contracting Large Public Projects?"
- Dennis M. Dayton, "Legal Issues Impacting Construction Management: The Owner's Perspective"