Program/Speakers

All speakers have been personally selected and are considered experts in their field.

Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Track One Track Two
6:45 am Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:20 am Opening Remarks
Robert Alger, CI President
President & CEO, The Lane Construction Corporation


ASCE Roebling Award Lecture
Lester M. Hunkele III, P.E., C.C.M
8:00 am Ownership Succession & Estate Planning
Peter Kutil, Managing Partner, King & King, LLP
8:00 am I-4 Corridor Design Build, FL
Tom Haisch,
Preconstruction Services Manager, Martin K. Eby Construction Co.
Kevin Stirewalt, Senior Project Engineer, Martin K. Eby Construction Co.
Mel Placilla, P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc.
Dan Hoyt, Superintendent, Lane Construction Corp.
8:45 am Automation and the Project Management Function
Christian Burger, President, Burger Consulting
8:45 am Hathaway Bridge Replacement Design-Build,Panama City, FL
Tom Boyle,P.E. Project Manager, Granite Construction
Bill Crittenden, JV Project Manager, Granite Construction
9:30 am Break – Exhibits Open
10:00 am Alternative Products in Bonding
Paul Healy, Executive Vice President, Willis Group
Bill Marino, Chairman & CEO, Allied North America
10:00 am FDR Drive Reconstruction, New York City
Dave Vosseller, Project Manager, Weeks Marine
10:45 am Optimizing Your Surety Credit
Bill Waters, Senior Vice President, CNA Surety
Dick Yeazel, Executive VP, Zurich NA
10:45 am The Port Authority of NY & NJ DowntownRestoration Program
Jerrold Dinkles, P.E., Program Manager, Downtown Restoration Program PANYNJ
11:30 am Top 10 Best Practices in Construction
Lee Smither, Director, FMI Corporation
11:30 am Rebuilding NYC Mass Transit - Recent Projects
Connie Crawford, Senior VP and Chief Engineer, Capitol Management Program, MTA NYC Transit
12:15 pm Lunch sponsored by Lane Construction Corporation

1:00 pm Keynote Address
The Honorable Mark R. Warner
Governor of Virginia

1:30 pm Using the Design-Build Format for Infrastructure Projects – Addressing Risk Management Needs for Owners and Contractors
Michael Loulakis, President,Wickwire Gavin, P.C.
Kris R. Nielsen, Chairman of the Board, Nielsen-Wurster Group
1:30 pm Knightdale Bypass Design-Build, NC
Paul Newman, Project Manager, Flatiron Structures
Martijn Bolster, Project Engineer, Flatiron Structures
Peter Graf, Senior Bridge Engineer, LPA Group
2:15 pm Building a "Margin Aggressive" Culture in Your Company
Lee Smither, Director, FMI Corporation
2:15 pm Replacement of the Cooper River Bridges
John B. Pohle, Assistant Proj. Mgr, Palmetto Bridge Constructors
Robert F. Clair Jr., Dir. of Engineering – Special Projects, SCDOT
3:00 pm Break – Exhibits Open
3:30 pm Managing Your Banking Relationship for Greater Access to Capital
Robert Frentzel, Senior Vice President, LaSalle Bank
3:30 pm What the CI-OSHA Alliance Means for You

T. Michael Toole, PhD, PE, Assistant Prof., Bucknell University
Lee Anne Jillings, Director, Office of Outreach Services & Alliances, OSHA
4:15 pm Conclusion

Thursday, May 13, 2004

Track One Track Two
7:00 am Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:00 am I-95/I-395/I-495 Interchange, VA
Larry Cloyed, Project Manager, Virginia DOT
Steven Tutunik, Director of Communications, Virginia DOT
8:00 am Marmet Lock, WV
George Mason, Engineering Manager, Kokosing/Fru-Con, LLC
8:45 am Woodrow Wilson Bridge, MD
Michael Fischer, Executive VP & COO, Construction Div., Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc.
8:45 am Charlotte Light Rail Program, NC
David Leard, Project Director, South and Northeast Corridors
9:30 am Break – Exhibits Open
10:00 am WMATA's Capital Construction Program
Dan Korzym, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Washington Metropolitan
Area Transit Authority
10:00 am Charlotte I-85 Design-Build, NC
Brian Webb, Construction Manager, Blythe Construction
Ron Graham, Resident Engineer, NCDOT
Elham Farzam,P.E., Design Manager, LPA Group
10:45 am WMATA Blue Line Extension to Largo, MD
Dave Edfors, District Manager, Lane Construction
Joe Lark, Assistant District Manager, Lane Construction
10:45 am Innovative Heavy Lift & Transport Solutions
Bill Halsband, VP, N. American Business Development, Mammoet
11:30 am WMATA New York Avenue Station Design-Build, DC
Damian Ruppert, Project Manager, Slattery Skanska
11:30 am High Performance Materials in Bridge Construction
M. Myint Lwin, Director, Office of Bridge Technology, FHWA
12:15 pm Lunch sponsored by Parsons Brinckerhoff

1:00 pm Keynote Address
The Honorable Ernest J. Istook, Jr.
Member of Congress, Fifth District-Oklahoma

1:30 pm Dulles Development D2 Program
Kenneth Vogel, Construction Manager, MWAA
1:30 pm National Air and Space Museum,
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
Mark Starkey, Project Manager, Hensel Phelps
2:15 pm Dulles Airport Tour or
National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center self tour


5:00 pm Tours and Seminar Conclude