STRUCTURES PROJECT MANAGERS

SEMINAR

HOUSEKEEPING

Speaker Biography

SEAN MEDDLES

Sean is a Bridge Standards Engineer in the Structural Engineering office at ODOT and his duties include:

1. Maintaining Standard Bridge Drawings, Design Data Sheets and Plan Insert Sheets

2. Maintaining ODOT Bridge Design Manual

3. Serving as a member of Structures Subcommittee for ODOT CMS

Speaker Biography

DAVE TRAINI

Dave has over 20 years of experience in managing, designing and reviewing highway structures and was the Assistant Administrator for Bridge Design in the Office of Structural Engineering at ODOT – Central Office

He is qualified as a Level 3 bridge designer and has extensive knowledge in hydraulics, foundation, and all aspects of structural design. He is a charter member of the Value Engineering design team evaluating projects that cost in excess of 25 million and was recently appointed as a member of ODOT’s Design/Build steering committee

Speaker Biography

JEFF GRIFFIN

Jeff has worked for B&N since 1981 and is a Project Manager in the Transportation Division 

He has been involved with the design, review, or management of bridge projects for the majority of his 24 year career 

He has reviewed preliminary and final plan submittals for hundreds of projects across Ohio as part of ODOT's bridge replacement program

Speaker Biography

RICK ENGEL

Rick has served with the ODOT for over 29 years and his experience includes involvement in the design of over 2000 bridge and retaining wall projects

As the Administrator for the Office of Structural Engineering for two years, he had managing oversight of the OSE

Rick has served on numerous committees affiliated with TRB, NCHRP, and AASHTO Technical Working Groups. He also was Project Manager for 25 geotechnical research efforts

The past 4 years have been spent with EL Robinson Engineering

Speaker Biography

HEIDI NUNEMAKER

Heidi has served as Management Analyst Supervisor at ODOT for nearly 4 years and also serves as the railroad coordinator and liaison

She formulates policy and operational procedures for statewide guidelines for administration and coordination of highway construction projects that affect railroad systems; reviews and interprets administrative code, Ohio Revised Code, and federal code pertaining to railroad/highway guidelines

Speaker Biography

HEIDI NUNEMAKER - Continued

In addition, she manages programs, prepares &/or reviews necessary engineering, construction and accounting documents, reviews encumbrance estimates for railroad work, and writes, distributes, and ensures authorization of all railroad construction agreements and pertinent special clauses

She also prepares periodic reports utilizing railroad coordination database to track projects through project development

Speaker Biography

TRAVIS BUTZ Travis Butz has worked for B&N for 8 years and is a bridge

designer in B&N's Columbus office

His work has focused mainly in the design of ODOT bridges and bridges for Ohio counties

He has performed hydraulic analyses on numerous Ohio bridges and was a co-presenter for the "The Application of HEC-RAS to Bridge Sites Short Course" presented by the Ohio LTAP Center in 2000 and 2001

Speaker Biography

JOHN SHANKS

John has 24 years experience in structural engineering and is a project manager and lead designer in the Bridge Design Section of B&N's Columbus office

For the past 17 years he has been involved in designing, reviewing, or managing bridge projects for ODOT and other agencies

He has reviewed hundreds of ODOT bridge preliminary and final plan submittals as part of B&N's plan review contracts with ODOT

Speaker Biography

TOM BOLTE

Tom has worked for B&N for 24 years and is Director of the Bridge Group in B&N's Columbus office

Most of his career has involved designing, reviewing, or managing ODOT bridge projects

He has reviewed hundreds of ODOT bridge preliminary and final plan submittals as part of B&N's plan review contracts with ODOT

Speaker Biography

MIKE KILLIAN

Has worked as a Bridge Design Engineer at Burgess & Niple for the past 12 years

Recently, Mike has worked on a statewide load rating project as a consultant to the ODOT Office of Structural Engineering

Through that project as well as other projects both nationally and internationally, Mike has loaded rated upwards of 1,300 structures

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