2014 ARTBA Federal Issues Program Full Schedule

1. 2014 ARTBA Federal Issues
Program &Transportation
Construction Coalition Fly-In
PROGRAM OF EVENTS | June 9-11

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3. HOTEL INFORMATION
Mayflower Hotel
1127 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
LOBBY LEVEL
LOWER LEVEL
ARTBA
Registration
Desk

4. 2ND
FLOOR

5. 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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9. 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
SCHEDULE

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11. 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)
Presiding: 2014 ARTBA Chairman Doug Black, CEO,
John Deere Landscapes
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)
Presiding: 2014 ARTBA Chairman Doug Black, CEO,
John Deere Landscapes
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
continued
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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13. 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 11
9:00 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

14. ARTBA thanks the following sponsors for their generous support
of the Conference and Foundation Luncheon
PLATINUM
AECOM
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
CASE Construction Equipment
MARSH
McKee Risk Management, Inc.
Parsons Brinckerhoff
GOLD
Associated Pennsylvania Constructors
Caterpillar Inc.
HDR Engineering, Inc.
HNTB Corporation
Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.
Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers
Skanska USA Civil, Inc.
Volvo Construction Equipment
SILVER
Ammann & Whitney
Astec Industries, Inc.
CH2M HILL
Construction Industry Council
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.
Zachry Construction Corporation
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31. 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.
TM
Dr. 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.

32. 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 etarrant@artba.org or 202.289.4434.