Monday, February 22, 2016 PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES Short Courses, I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign, Illinois Lincoln Room 9:00 am 12:00 pm ADA Compliance Plan Short Course Instructors: Juliet Schoultz, P.E. ADA Policy Engineer, Bureau of Design & Environment Tim Peters Local Policy and Technology Engineer 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Flashing Yellow Arrows Short Course Instructors: Mike Dolde Senior Traffic Engineer CBB St. Louis, MO Randy Laninga Design and Planning Engineer Peoria, IL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 GENERAL SESSION, Illini Union, Illini Rooms ABC, William Buttlar, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 7:30 REGISTRATION, 210 General Lounge, Second Floor EXHIBIT & Continental Breakfast, Illini Ballroom Illini Union Building 9:00 Opening Remarks 9:10 We Reap What We Sow Kirk Brown, P.E. Senior Policy Advisor Hanson Professional Services, Inc. 9:30 e-construction Cliff Farr Engineer Manager of Construction Technology and Training Michigan Department of Transportation Lansing, MI 10:00 Intelligent Vehicle Technology Scott Shogan, P.E., PTOE Vice President WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff Detroit, MI 10:30 INTERMISSION 10:50 Fast and Furious-Rebuilding and Widening the I-90 West Corridor Jason Wenberg, P.E. Associate Civil Engineer Burns & McDonnell Engineering Martin Ross, P.E. Senior Vice President TranSystems Schaumburg, IL
11:20 Chicago-St. Louis High Speed Rail Program Francesco Bedini Jacobini Rail Project Manager 12:00 RECESS FOR LUNCH EXHIBIT OPEN, Illini Ballroom 1:30-4:30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON TECHNICAL BREAKOUT SESSIONS 4:30-7:30 Exhibit / Mixer / BBQ Dinner/ Prizes Illini Union, Illini Ballroom
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES Illini Union, Room 314 A and B Carl Puzey, Acting Bureau Chief of Bridges and Structures, Illinois Department of Transportation, 1:30 That s No Ordinary Bridge Caahlen McAttee Senior Project Manager HDR Lance Peterman Structures Section Manager HDR Ben Zeman Project Engineer HDR 2:10 Chicago s First Tied-Arch Bridge Robert Hong, P.E., S.E., P. Eng. Project Manager H.W. Lochner Soliman Khudeira, Ph.D.,P.E.,S.E. Project Director Chicago Department of Transportation 2:50 INTERMISSION 3:10 Implementing ABC on Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Projects Bala Sivakumar, P.E. Vice President/Director- Special Bridge Projects HNTB Corporation New York, NY
3:50-4:30 The Covered Bridge at Lake of the Woods: History, Design and Construction Sudarshan Krishnan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Structures The Illinois School of Architecture Champaign, IL
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION Illini Union, Room A Maureen Addis, Acting Bureau Chief of Design and Construction, Illinois Department of Transportation, 1:30 Lowering Pavement Evaluation Costs using Big Data William Buttlar Professor of Civil Engineering Bill Vavrik, Ph.D., P.E. Vice President & Principal Engineer ARA Champaign, IL 2:10 Extra Lanes in Effingham Mike Fox Supervising Field Engineer Effingham, IL 2:50 INTERMISSION 3:10 Bracketing Performance in Modern Asphalt Mixture Designs William Buttlar Professor of Civil Engineering 3:50-4:30 I-94 at Grand Avenue: The Ride before the Roller Coaster Lanyea Griffin, P.E. Executive Project Engineer Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Downers Grove, IL Rob Deming, P.E. Vice President Primera Engineers
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 TRAFFIC, OPERATIONS AND SAFETY Illini Union, Room B Catherine Batey, FHWA Division Administrator, 1:30 Adaptive System Control- Neil Street Kyle Armstrong Acting Engineer of Operation Ray Benekohal Professor of Civil Engineering 2:10 Crash Reconstruction Master Sergeant Dave Keltner Illinois State Police Effingham, IL 2:50 INTERMISSION 3:10 Statewide Incident Management Updates Teresa Haley, MPA Traffic Incident Policy Chair/Operational Training Manager Scott Kapton General Manager of Maintenance and Traffic Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Downers Grove, IL 3:50-4:30 Data Driven Safety Priscilla Tobias Bureau Chief, State Safety Engineer
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2016 LOCAL ROADS AND STREETS Illini Union, Room C Doug Staske, County Engineer, Vermilion County Highway Department, Oakwood, IL 1:30 Engineers in Action Rod Beadle Assistant Executive Director Engineers in Action Wheaton, IL 2:10 FHWA/IDOT Joint Process Review Program- LPA Phase 1 Processing Mike Staggs Engineering Team Leader/Local Programs Engineer FHWA, Illinois Division Greg Lupton Acting Local Project Implementation Engineer Central Bureau of Local Roads and Streets 2:50 INTERMISSION 3:10 Argyle Shared Street Design Janet Attarian Livable Streets Director Chicago Department of Transportation Jennifer Morales Associate Civil Engineer Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co. 3:50 Comprehensive Bicycle Master Planning Rita Black Planning & Community Development Director Champaign County Regional Planning Commission Gabe Lewis Transportation Planner Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 GENERAL SESSION, Illini Union, Illini Rooms A & B, Daniel Work, Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 7:15 EXHIBIT & Continental Breakfast, Illini Ballroom 8:00 Illinois Center for Transportation Update Imad Al-Qadi Director Illinois Center for Transportation Highlighted ICT Project: TBD 8:45 Implementing INVEST at the Illinois Tollway Bryan Wagner Environmental Policy and Program Manager Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Downers Grove, IL Brian Smith Environmental Lead AECOM 9:30 AWARD PRESENTATIONS 10:15 INTERMISSION 10:40 THE FEDERAL VIEW David Kim Associate Administrator for Policy and Governmental Affairs Federal Highway Administration Washington, D.C.
11:00 THE ILLINOIS VIEW IDOT Representative 11:20 THE TOLLWAY VIEW Greg Bedalov Executive Director Illinois State Toll Highway Authority Downers Grove, IL 11:40 THE LOCAL VIEW Craig Fink, P.E. Engineer Tazwell County Tremont, IL 12:15 ANNUAL LUNCHEON 12:40 Luncheon Presentation (Illini Room C) Drones and Rovers Josh Peschel Research Assistant Professor