2014 fip program of events

2014 ARTBA Federal Issues Program & Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-InPROGRAM OF EVENTS | June 9-11

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HOTEL INFORMATION

Mayflower Hotel1127 Connecticut Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

(t) 202.347.3000

ARTBA Registration Desk:Mayflower Hotel Lobby Level

Meeting Rooms:Lobby Level: State, Senate,

Promenade, Chinese room and

Grand Ballroom

2nd Floor: Delaware, Georgia,

Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,

South Carolina, North Carolina,

Virginia, Rhode Island,

New Hampshire, New York and

New Jersey

Lower Level: Colonial room

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SCHEDULE

Monday, June 9

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Transportation Officials Division (Senate room: lobby level)

Presiding: Eric Seibring, county engineer, Piatt County, Ill.

Public Private Partnerships Division (North Carolina room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Thomas Stoner, vice president, H.W. Lochner, Inc.

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Transportation Development Foundation Trustees

(Rhode Island Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Leo Vecellio, chairman & CEO, Vecellio Group, Inc.

12:30 – 4:00 p.m. Young Executive Development Program (State room: lobby level)

Presiding: Kenyon Gleason, vice president, development &

field operations, ARTBA

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Contract Administration Committee Meeting with

Federal Highway Administration (Chinese room: lobby level)

Presiding: Jeff Clyde, vice president, administration,

W.W. Clyde & Co.

Speaker: Jerry Yakowenko, contract administration team leader,

FHWA

2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Transportation Safety Advisory Council (Virginia room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Taylor Bowlden, manager, federal government affairs,

3M

Sponsor: Trinity Highway Products

Bridge Policy & Promotion Council (South Carolina Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Ted Zoli, senior vice president, HNTB Corp.

Speakers: Romeo Garcia, acting bridge & tunnel construction

engineer, FHWA; and Bala Sivakumar, P.E., vice president,

director-special bridge projects, HNTB Corporation

Research & Education Division (Georgia Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Dr. R. Clark Graves, program manager for pavements,

materials & geotech, Kentucky Transportation Center

Nominating Committee (New Hampshire Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Steve Wright, president, Wright Brothers

Construction Co., Inc.

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2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Ports & Waterways Council Meeting (New Jersey Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Will Spielvogel, chief operating officer,

Jay Cashman, Inc.; and Pierce Homer, transportation director,

Moffat & Nichol

3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Executive Committee (Senate Room: Lobby level)

Presiding: 2014 ARTBA Chairman Doug Black, CEO,

John Deere Landscapes

Sponsor: HCSS

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Environmental Committee Meeting with Federal Officials

(Rhode Island Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Kevin Thomas, environmental services manager,

RBF Consulting; and Jeff Nelson, president, David Nelson

Construction Co.

4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Joint Young Executive Development Program &

Young Executive Leadership Council (State Room: Lobby Level)

Presiding: David Harwood, senior vice president & director of

strategic business sectors, Terracon

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Council of State Executives (South Carolina Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Pat Goss, executive director, Wisconsin

Transportation Builders Association

Co-Sponsors: UTCA of New Jersey and

Construction Industry Council

Women Leaders in Transportation Design & Construction

Council (Rhode Island Room: 2nd floor)

Presiding: Melissa Tooley, director, Southwest Region University,

Transportation Center, Texas A&M Transportation Institute

6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Reception (Chinese Room: Lobby Level)

Co-Sponsors: CASE Construction Equipment,

Parsons Brinckerhoff, Association of Equipment Manufacturers,

AECOM, McKee Risk Management, Inc. and MARSH

SCHEDULE

Monday, June 9

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Tuesday, June 10

7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Contractors Division (Colonial Room: Lower Level)

Presiding: Jeff Clyde, vice president, administration,

W.W. Clyde & Co.

Speaker: Butch Waidelich, associate administrator for

infrastructure, FHWA

Co-Sponsors: Wright Brothers Construction Co., and

Herzog Contracting Corp.

Planning & Design Division (Rhode Island Room: 2nd Floor)

Presiding: Matt Cummings, senior vice president, AECOM

Sponsor: Ammann & Whitney

Materials & Services Division (Georgia Room: 2nd Floor)

Presiding: Mike Flowers, president, American Bridge Company

Speaker: Hari Kalla, P.E., director, center for accelerating

innovation, Federal Highway Administration

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Young Executive Development Program (Senate Room: Lobby level)

9:30 – 9:45 a.m. Networking Break (Grand Ballroom Foyer: Lobby level)

Co-Sponsors: H.W. Lochner, Inc., and Astec Industries, Inc.

9:45 – 11:00 a.m. General Sessions (Grand Ballroom: Lobby level)

Dave Bauer, senior vice president of government

relations, ARTBA

Nick Goldstein, vice president of environmental &

regulatory affairs, ARTBA

Dr. Alison Premo Black, chief economist and

senior vice president, ARTBA

Co-Sponsors: HNTB Corporation, Volvo Construction

Equipment, HDR Engineering, Inc., Ritchie Brothers

Auctioneers, Skanska USA Civil, Inc., and Associated

Pennsylvania Constructors

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Tuesday, June 10

Tuesday, June 10

Transportation Construction Coalition Washington Fly-In

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ARTBA Board of Directors Meeting (Grand Ballroom: Lobby Level)



Co-Sponsors: Caterpillar Inc., Zachry Construction Corp., and

CH2M HILL

Young Executive Development Program (Senate Room: Lobby Level)

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ARTBA Foundation Awards Luncheon

(Colonial Ballroom: Lower level)



Co-Sponsors: Vecellio Group, Inc., W.W. Clyde & Co.,

George Harms Construction Co., Inc., and

Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.

2:30 – 5:00 p.m. TCC Legislative Briefing (Grand Ballroom: Lobby Level)

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. TCC Capitol Hill Reception* (Longworth House Office

Building: Room 1100 House Ways and Means Committee room)

*Buses will depart for the TCC Capitol Hill Reception from the Mayflower hotel lobby entrance starting at 5:00 p.m.

SCHEDULE

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Begins after ARTBA Program

ARTBA members will join executives from 29 national associations and labor unions for

briefings by congressional transportation leaders and Capitol Hill events.

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SCHEDULE

7:00 – 7:30 a.m. TCC Breakfast (Grand Ballroom: Lobby Level)

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Meetings with Members of Congress (Off-site)

9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Young Executive Development Program (New York room)

8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Young Executive Development Program (Massachusetts room)

Transportation Construction Coalition Washington Fly-In

6th Annual Transportation Construction Law & Regulatory Forum

Additional YEDP Sessions

Continued

ARTBA Headquarters Building

Wednesday, June 119:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Pre-registration is required. Followed by a networking reception.

Check at the ARTBA registration desk for more details.

Wednesday, June 11

Wednesday, June 11

Thursday, June 12

ARTBA thanks the following sponsors for their generous support of the Conference and Foundation Luncheon

PLATINUMAECOM

Association of Equipment Manufacturers

CASE Construction Equipment

MARSH

McKee Risk Management, Inc.

Parsons Brinckerhoff

GOLDAssociated Pennsylvania Constructors

Caterpillar Inc.

HDR Engineering, Inc.

HNTB Corporation

Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.

Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers

Skanska USA Civil, Inc.

Volvo Construction Equipment

SILVERAmmann & Whitney

Astec Industries, Inc.

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George Harms Construction Co., Inc.

H.W. Lochner, Inc.

HCSS

Herzog Contracting Corp.

Ohio Contractors Association

Trinity Highway Products

UTCA of New Jersey

Vecellio Group, Inc.

Wright Brothers Construction Co., Inc.

W.W. Clyde & Co.

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2014 ARTBA FOUNDATION AWARDS DEADLINES

Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation Award

Submission Deadline: August 29

Launched in 2012, the TransOvation Awards

honor innovative transportation

infrastructure-related products, services, tech-

nologies and techniques introduced over the

past five years that can be documented to

provide a high return-on-investment by: im-

proving transportation safety; saving transpor-

tation users and taxpayers time and/or money;

or making our transportation infrastructure

more environmentally sustainable.

TMDr. J. Don Brock

Women Leaders in Transportation Design &

Construction

Submission Deadline: July 11

This annual awards program honors “extraor-

dinary efforts of individuals, companies and

public agencies that have demonstrated

leadership and dedication to innovation in

the transportation construction field as well

as the promotion of women leaders within

the industry.”

Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness

Submission Deadline: July 18

It recognizes outstanding efforts to help

reduce roadway work zone accidents, injuries

and fatalities. The awards are divided into

these categories: outreach campaigns, safety

training and innovations in technology.

ARTBA-Foundation Contractor Safety Awards

Submission Deadline: August 1

ARTBA Foundation’s “Contractor Safety

Award” promotes the concept that worker

safety and health is a core value of the trans-

portation design and construction industry.

2014 KEY ARTBA MEETINGS & EVENTS

National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates

July 16, Washington, D.C.

26th Annual Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation Conference

July 16-18, Washington, D.C.

ARTBA Council of State Executives Summer Meeting

July 30-August 1, Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, Lake Geneva, Wis.

ARTBA National Convention

September 7-9, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation™ Workshop & Awards Program

November 17-19, Redmond, Wash.

Regional Meetings

Western: Dec. 1-2, Tucson, Ariz.

Central: Dec. 3-4, Detroit, Mich.

Southern: Dec. 8-9, Birmingham, Ala.

Northeastern: Dec. 10-11, Washington, D.C.

For sponsorship information, contact ARTBA Vice President of Meetings

& Events Ed Tarrant at [email protected] or 202.289.4434.