1st International Conference on Transportation Construction Management

Preliminary Conference Program

Part 1. The Speaker List

Plenary Speakers

• Brian Blanchard, Director, Construction Division, Florida DOT
• Steven DeWitt, Chief Engineer, North Carolina Turnpike Authority
• Tom Warne, President, Tom Warne and Associates, LLC
• Tom Skancke, Commissioner, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commissioner
• Michael 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.

Technical Program

1.0 TRACK 1: DELIVERING PROJECTS

• Bob McCullouch, Greg Kicinski, and Louis Feagans, "The Project Management Process at the Indiana Department of Transportation"
• Mark Swatta, "Oregon's OTIA III State Bridge Delivery Program"
• Jennifer Benefield and Warren Roberts "Design-Build: Unprecedented Public Involvement"

Session 1.2 Alternative Procurement & Contracting Systems
Session 1.2a
Tuesday, September 9, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• Edward Minchin, Ralph D. Ellis, Jae-Ho Pyeon, Zohar Herbsman and Keith Molenaar, "Use of Innovative Contracting Methods by DOTs - Project Managers Speak"
• Nasir Gharaibeh, Joe Button and Prashant Jalvi, "Case Studies of Design-Build Project Delivery for Highway Pavements"
• C. W. Ibbs and YingYi Chih, "A Qualitative Comparison of Alternative Project Delivery Systems for Transportation Projects"

Session 1.2b
Tuesday, September 9, 3:30pm-5:15pm

• 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"

Session 1.2c
Wednesday, September 10, 8:00am-9:45am

• Ali Nejat, Stuart Anderson, Ivan Damnjanovic and Molly Gunby, "Alternative Contracting Methods To Accelerate Project Completion: Lessons Learned By State Transportation Agencies"
• Jae-Ho Pyeon, Ralph D. Ellis, Edward Minchin and Charles R. Glagola, "Traffic Impact on Project Time Performance during Incentive Construction Projects"
• 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"

Session 1.3 Public Private Partnerships
Session 1.3a
Wednesday, September 10, 8:00am-9:45pm

• YingYi Chih and YawKuang Chen, "A Comparison of Government Roles in Solicited and Unsolicited PPP Projects"
• Albert Amos and Marcelle Jones, "Due Diligence Tools for Evaluating PPPs"
• Matthias Ehrlich and Robert Tiong Lee Kong, "Modeling Economic Foreign Exchange Exposure in PPP Infrastructure Projects"

Session 1.3b
Wednesday, September 10, 10:15am-12:00pm

• 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

Session 1.4 Environmental Accountability
Tuesday, September 9, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• 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?"

Session 1.5 Risk and Risk Management
Session 1.5a
Wednesday, September 10, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• 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"

Session 1.5b
Wednesday, September 10, 3:30pm-5:15pm

• 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"

2.0 TRACK 2: CONTROLLING PROJECTS

• 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"

Session 2.1b
Tuesday, September 9, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• 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"

Session 2.1c
Tuesday, September 9, 3:30pm-5:15pm

• 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"

Session 2.2 Contractor Prequalification and Measurements
Wednesday, September 10, 8:00am-9:45am

• 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

Session 2.3 Cost Escalation and Containment
Wednesday, September 10, 10:15am-12:00pm

• 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"

Session 2.4 Construction Performance Specifications
Tuesday, September 9, 10:15am-12:00pm

• Ted Ferragut, "Performance Specifications - When and How to Use for your Contract Type"
• Steve Wilson; "Performance Specification for Traffic Management"
• Dave Merritt; "Status and Options for Alternative Pavement Type Bidding"

Session 2.5 Project Controls
Session 2.5a
Wednesday, September 10, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• Tom Wiener and Timothy Malagon, "Project Controls for the Rebuilding of the I-35W Bridge Collapse"
• Larry Myers, "The Effective Use of the Project Schedule as a Construction Management Tool"
• Danny Kahler, "Automated Development of As-Built Construction Schedules

Session 2.5b
Wednesday, September 10, 3:30pm-5:15pm

• Mo Dichari, "Constructing Context Sensitive Sustainable Solution (CS3) Bridges in the State of Oregon"
• W. D. Baldwin, "Developing and Implementing Mobility Management in Oregon"
• John Hildreth and Jonathan Drexler, "Plan Performance Index as a Measure of Schedule Deviation and Performance"

Session 2.6 Technical Advancement
Session 2.6a
Wednesday, September 10, 10:15pm-12:00pm

• 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"

Session 2.6b
Wednesday, September 10, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• Francisco Cordova and Ioannis Brilakis, "Vision Tracking at Egnatia Odos Motorway: A Case Study"
• Lance A. Brown, "Automated Machine Guidance Systems"

Session 2.6c
Tuesday, September 9, 3:30pm-5:15pm

• Rick Smith, West Monroe, and Tucker Ferguson, "Accelerated Construction Technology Transfer - How ACTT fits the "new definition of Construction Management"

3.0 TRACK 3: CONSTRUCTING PROJECTS

Session 3.1 Highways for Life
Tuesday, September 9, 10:15am-12:00am

• Mary Huie and Christopher Schneider, "Performance Contracting for Construction and Maintenance: "WHAT not HOW"

Session 3.2 Performance Requirements
Tuesday, September 9, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• 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"

Session 3.3 Inspection
Session 3.3a
Wednesday, September 10, 8:00am-9:45am

• 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"

Session 3.3b
Wednesday, September 10, 10:15am-12:00pm

• George Chang, "Improving Construction Control and Documentation with Intelligent Compaction"
• Dave Merritt, Ted Ferragut and Robert Rasmussen, "High-Speed Nondestructive Testing and Intelligent Construction Systems"
• Intelligent Compaction of Asphalt (Invited)

Session 3.4 Safety
Wednesday, September 10, 1:15pm-3:00pm

• David Dostaler, "Health and Safety Options in a Design-Build Environment"
• Jimmie Hinze, "Early Integration of Safety into Construction Projects"

Session 3.5 Recruiting and Training the Workforce
Wednesday, September 10, 3:30pm-5:15pm

• Fernando Aveiga and 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"

Session 3.6. Construction Feedback Systems
Wednesday, September 10, 3:30pm-5:15pm

• Danny Shealy, James Triplett and Kris Betty, "The Impact of Prequalification of Contractors in South Carolina" - Panel Discussion

• 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"