ASCE Transportation Conference -- Agenda

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Wednesday, October 31, 2012
8:00 - 8:30	Registration and Refreshments
	Morning Program General Session Presiding: Jason Holdorf, P.E., Missman, Inc.
8:30 - 8:40 AM	Welcome and Introductory Remarks Jason Holdorf, P.E., Chair, ASCE Transportation Committee

8:40 - 9:00	Iowa DOT Transportation Update Program highlights and Funding Paul Trombino III, P.E., Director, Iowa DOT, Ames, Iowa

9:00 - 9:30	Impact of Transportation Infrastructure for Economic Development: Project Case Study at Ankeny, IA Curtis Brown, Economic Development Director, and Paul Moritz, Public Works Director, City of Ankeny, Iowa

9:30 - 10:00	Impact of Transportation Infrastructure for Economic Development and Project Case Study at Nevada, Iowa Larry Stevens, P.E., HR Green Company, Des Moines, Iowa

10:00 - 10:20	Break

10:20 - 11:00	SSE Connector project at Des Moines, Iowa - NEPA to construction Scott Almeida, P.E., Kirkham Michael, Inc., Des Moines, IA; Pam Cooksey, P.E., Deputy City Engineer, City of Des Moines, IA.

11:00 12:00	CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
	Session A: Asset Management & Life Cycle Costs Presiding: Mark Mueller, P.E., HR Green, Inc Iowa DOT Strategy for Transportation Asset Management John Selmer, Iowa DOT Conventional vs. Sustainable Transportation Design Jennifer Winter, P.E., HR Green, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa Session B: Presiding: Jenifer Croat, P.E., Snyder & Associates ADA Design Requirements and Procedures with Project Implementation Case Study Donna Buchwald, P.E., Iowa DOT, Ames, IA; Carol J. Moser, Assistant City Attorney, City of Des Moines, IA. ADA Project Implementation - Case Study
12:00 - 1:00 PM	*Luncheon (Buffet Style)*

1:00 - 2:30 PM	Session C: Subgrade Analysis and Design Presiding: Mike Anthony, P.E. 1:00-2:00 New test methods for quality assessment of pavement foundations. Dave White, P.E., Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering and Center for Earthworks Engineering/Intrans, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. 2:00-2:30 Project Case Study: Burlington and Ft. Madison Airports (cement treated subgrade) Jim Riensche, Geomax Soil Stabilization, Inc., Iowa City, IA Session D: Presiding: Dan Smith, P.E., CH2M Hill 1:00-1:45 Scanning Technology for Corridor Planning - Static and Mobile Joe Bruno, P.E., ESP Associates, Charlotte, North Carolina 1:45-2:30 Corridor Modeling for Transportation Planning

2:30 - 2:50	Refreshment Break

	General Session Presiding: Jim Grove, P.E., FHWA
2:50 - 3:30	Role of Incentives to Improve Quality of Construction Tom Reis, P.E., Specifications Engineer, Iowa DOT, Ames, IA.

3:30 - 4:15	Statewide ITS Implementation - Iowa DOT Tim Simodynes, Iowa DOT

4:30	Conference Adjourn