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CONTENTS
Chairman’s Message 3
Hall of Fame 4
LTAP/TTAP Clearinghouse 5
18th
Annual Young Executive Development Program 6
3rd
Annual Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation™ Workshop 7
Transportation Builder Institute 7
National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse 9
Safety Programs & Services 9
Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship 10
Awards 11
PRIDE 12
Globe 13
15th
Annual Roadway Work Zone Safety 15
Contractor Safety 16
TransOvation™ 17
Women Leaders 18
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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
ARTBA’s mission, dating back to its founding in 1902, has always been clear: grow and protect
the transportation construction market, while improving safety for industry workers and
motorists. This focus includes educating policymakers and the public about the need for
robust investment in all modes of transportation infrastructure.
The Transportation Development Foundation (TDF), ARTBA’s “sister organization,” plays a
critical role in this mission, ensuring the commitment remains strong and effective. To this
end, the Foundation implemented a wide-ranging program of work that delivered
outstanding results in 2013:
During the first week of June, YEDP fellows received an in-depth overview
of the federal legislative and regulatory processes. With more than 500 graduates, the YEDP is
the vehicle to prepare the industry for the future challenges it faces at the national and
state-levels.
The named in honor of the Astec Industries founder,
featured technology leaders from Google, Microsoft, IBM, Mercedes Benz and Toyota detailing how emerging “smart”
automotive technologies will interact and impact roadways. Recommendations from the workshop will be used by a
special ARTBA task force that is developing association policy to ensure the industry’s interests are represented in the
ongoing transition to “smarter” motor vehicles.
On the safety front, the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse continued to be the “industry’s go-to-
resource,” handling . The Foundation, through a variety of contracts with the
federal government and industry allies, also
Through six national awards programs, the ARTBA Foundation provided a platform to publicly recognize and honor
for excellence in community relations, work zone safety,
environmental protection, and innovation. Collectively, these programs help illustrate for the news media and
policymakers the many positive impacts of transportation investment.
Last, but certainly not least, industry firms or their foundations, labor unions, and AASHTO generously
to support the “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program.” As a result, we were able
to brighten the educational future for the children of our industry’s fallen workers.
Please read through this annual report for details on these many accomplishments. See how the Foundation is helping advance
the association’s mission and making a major difference in the lives of many. We commend the leadership and commitment of
the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and staff, and appreciate the industry firms and organizations that supported the
ARTBA-TDF during the year. Thank you all for working together on behalf of the transportation construction industry!
Leo Vecellio, The Vecellio Group
West Palm Beach, Fla.
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HALL OF FAME
The “Transportation Development Hall of Fame” honors individuals or families from the public and
private-sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development and
demonstrated exceptional leadership over their lifetime in two categories.
Transportation Design & Construction Industry Innovators: Honors the men and
women who discovered or created a “game changing” product or process that significantly advanced
transportation design, construction and/or safety. It seeks to honor the original innovator.
Transportation Design & Construction Industry Leaders (Individuals or
Families): Recognizes men, women and families who have made significant contributions—
beyond just having successful businesses or careers—that have notably helped advance the interests
and image of the transportation design, construction and safety industry.
FAR LEFT: , founder of Astec Industries
in Chattanooga, Tenn.
LEFT: (posthumously),
founder of Ammann & Whitney Consulting Engineers,
now based in New York.
FAR LEFT: , a senior vice president,
Parsons Brinckerhoff in Naples, Fla.
LEFT: ., (posthumously), the long-time
CEO of the Utility & Transportation Contractors
Association of New Jersey, in Allenwood.
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LTAP/TTAP CLEARINGHOUSE
The Local Technical Assistance Program
(LTAP) and Tribal Technical Assistance
Program (TTAP), is composed of a network of
58 centers—one in every state, Puerto Rico and
regional centers serving tribal governments.
The centers enable local counties, parishes,
townships, cities and towns to improve their
roads and bridges by supplying them with a
variety of training programs, an information
clearinghouse, new and existing technology
updates, personalized technical assistance and
newsletters.
Under the ARTBA Foundation’s management, the Clearinghouse bolstered its program of work
through a new interactive website and in fulfilling more than 10,000 requests for information, and
producing 10 downloadable podcasts.
Local & Tribal Technical
Assistance Program
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18TH
ANNUAL YOUNG EXECUTIVE
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The 18th
annual Young Executive Development Program (YEDP), held June 3-6, was the largest
class ever with 50 industry executives participating. They were provided with a three-and-a-half day
introduction to the federal legislative and regulatory process. The YEDP included visits with federal
agency officials, legislators and congressional staff to discuss the highway/transit authorization
bill, and offered an overview of ARTBA’s role in representing the industry’s interests in the Nation’s
Capital.
2013 YEDP Class
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3RD
ANNUAL DR. J. DON BROCK
TRANSOVATION™ WORKSHOP
Technology leaders from Google, Microsoft,
IBM, Mercedes Benz and Toyota detailed
emerging “smart” automotive technologies and
how they will interact with roadways to a select
group of during the third annual “Dr. J. Don
Brock TransOvation™ Workshop,” held in
late-October in San Jose, Calif. The event,
named after the pioneering founder of Astec
Industries, offers a learning experience for key
transportation design, construction and
management executives who want to position
their industry and their firm or agency as leaders
in a rapidly changing world.
Participants were tasked with developing a
proposed policy framework, business plan and political narrative that could be used by ARTBA to
ensure the transition to “smarter” motor vehicles is safe and efficient and that the industry’s
interests are represented as new policies for the transition are developed. The workshop
recommendations will serve as a platform for discussion by a special ARTBA task force that is
developing association policy on this issue.
TRANSPORTATION BUILDER INSTITUTE
Through the Transportation Builder Institute’s
Project Management, Scheduling and Safety
Academies, the ARTBA Foundation successfully
provided real-world and customized
professional development and training to
dozens of transportation design, construction
and safety executives.
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The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse hosted “Best Practices in Work Zone Safety” at the 2013
Local Transportation Management Virtual Conference & Innovation Showcase.
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NATIONAL WORK ZONE SAFETY
INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE
The National Work Zone Safety Information
Clearinghouse ( ),
the world’s largest online safety resource with
information in seven languages, provided a
broad array of services for industry
professionals and public officials. The facility handled more than 175,000 information requests
and sponsored the “Best Practices in Work Zone Safety” educational component of the “Local
Transportation Management Virtual Conference & Innovation Showcase.”
SAFETY PROGRAM & SERVICES
Through a variety of training contracts with the Federal Highway Administration, Occupational
Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and ARTBA Foundation-sponsored courses, the
association and its partners offered safety training to more than 6,000 industry professionals
during the year.
Other notable safety programs included the:
Creation of several new versions of the highly-acclaimed safety training course, “Preventing
Runovers and Backovers,” based on a decade of research conducted by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety & Health, ARTBA and industry partners.
Development of several new guidance documents providing “best practices” for local
transportation officials related to flagging operations and temporary traffic control on gravel
and other low-volume roads.
Launch of a new coalition to effectively address OSHA’s proposal on crystalline silica.
Development of a new, learning management system, hosted on the Work Zone Safety
Information Clearinghouse website, allowing industry members to take accredited online
safety courses.
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HIGHWAY WORKER MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP
Six students from around the country were named recipients of the “Lanford Family Highway
Worker Memorial Scholarship,” the first-of-its-kind program that provides post-high school
financial assistance to the children of highway workers killed or disabled on the job.
The 2013-14 class included:
From left to right:
Vybav Hiraesave
University of Delaware
(chemical engineering)
Lyndsay Morgan
Florida Gulf Coast University
(athletic training)
Haley Ward
University of Southern Indiana
(biology)
From left to right:
Dallas Jones
Indiana Institute of Technology
(computer science)
Grant Horn
Lincoln College of Technology
in Kentucky
(automotive diesel technology)
Alexis Keefe
Bentley University near Boston
(business degree)
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AWARDS
More than 40 industry firms and agencies were recognized for excellence through six main awards
programs:
PRIDE: Community Relations & Public Relations
Globe: Environmental Protection
TransOvation™: Project-related Innovation
Women Leaders in Transportation Design & Construction: Public & Private
Sector Professionals and Students
Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness: Public Education, Training, Technology &
Innovation
Contractor Safety: Corporate Safety Programs (As measured by their “OSHA Recordable
Rate.”)
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PRIDE AWARDS
Winners in two categories included:
Community Relations:
O.C. Jones & Sons, Inc.: “TLC for Kids Sports” (California)
The Shelly Company, an Oldcastle Materials Company: Themed Truck Program
“Rolling Billboards” (Ohio)
FIGG: “South Norfolk Jordan Bridge” (Virginia)
Tilcon New York, Division of Oldcastle Materials for its “Community
Involvement Program.”
Public-Media Relations/Education: Public Sector
Utah Department of Transportation, I-15 CORE Communications Team: “I-15
Corridor Expansion Public Information Program”
Texas Department of Transportation & HNTB: “U.S. 290 Program”
Community Relations: First Place: O.C. Jones & Son, Inc.
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GLOBE AWARDS
The honorees included:
Category: Bridges (Projects <$10 Million)
Rosales + Partners, Freese and Nichols, Inc., Schlaich Bergermann and Partner, and
Rebcon, Inc.: “Phyllis J. Tilley Memorial Pedestrian Bridge” (Texas)
Category: Bridges (Projects >$10 Million)
FIGG: “South Norfolk Jordan Bridge” (Virginia)
Category: Major Highway (Project <$100 Million)
Reeves Construction Company, West Division, Georgia Department of
Transportation (GDOT) and Lehigh Technologies: “Highway 247, Bibb and Houston Counties”
Category: Major Highway (Project >$100 Million)
NorthGate Constructors (Joint Venture of Kiewit and Zachry Construction): “The
Dallas Fort Worth Connector Project”
LBJ Infrastructure Group and Trinity Infrastructure: “The LBJ Express Project”
(Texas)
Category: Public Transit
Regional Transportation District and Denver Transit Construction Group:
“Regional Transportation District’s West Rail Line”
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Category: Bridges (Projects <$10 Million): First Place: Rosales
& Partners, Freese and Nichols, Inc., Schlaich Bergermann and
Partner, and Rebcon, Inc.
Category: Major Highway (Project <$100 Million):
First Place: Reeves Construction Company, West Divsion,
Georgia Department of Transportation and Lehigh
Technologies.
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15th
ANNUAL ROADWAY WORK ZONE
SAFETY AWARDS
The 15th
annual Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards were presented at a September 9
luncheon during ARTBA’s National Convention. There were winners in two categories:
“Outreach Campaigns:” Recognizes efforts to promote safety through public and employee
focused education campaigns
DBi Services, LLC, “National Work Zone Safety
Week Billboard & High School Outreach Program”
Missouri Department of Transportation,
“Don’t Zone Out” Campaign
Texas Department of Transportation, “Be Safe.
Drive Smart Campaign”
Utah Department of Transportation, “I-15 CORE
Lane Split Education Campaign”
“Training Programs:” Honors efforts to promote worker safety on the jobsite
DBi Services, LLC, “Work Zone SafetyTraining Program”
Maryland State Highway Administration, “Traffic Manager’s Training
Course”
North Texas Tollway Authority, “Maintenance Department Safety
Program”
Provo River Constructors, a Joint-Venture Company for the
“I-15 Corridor Expansion Project”
Left to right: ARTBA-TDF Chairman Leo Vecellio, Vecellio Group, Inc., Todd Jensen,
I-15 CORE project director, Utah Department of Transportation, and Bob Johnson,
Granite Construction.
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CONTRACTOR SAFETY
Winners demonstrated a low “OSHA Recordable Rate” as measured against benchmark metrics
established by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and awards were presented in three categories, based
on the number of employee hours worked:
Tilcon, Inc., Wharton, N.J.
Superior Construction Company Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla.
Granite Construction Company, Watsonville, Calif.
From left to right: ARTBA-TDF Chairman Leo Vecellio, Vecellio Group, Inc. with Contractor Safety
Award Winner Mike Donnino, Granite Construction, and Bob Johnson, Granite Construction.
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TRANSOVATION™ AWARDS
The second annual TransOvation™ Awards, presented October 28 in San Jose, Calif., honor
“innovative transportation infrastructure-related products, services, technologies and techniques
introduced over the past five years that can be documented to provide a high return-on-investment
by: improving transportation safety; saving transportation users and taxpayers time and/or money;
or making our transportation infrastructure more environmentally sustainable.”
2013 winners included the:
Utah Department of Transportation & Provo River Constructors for “Innovative
Contracting: Fixed-Price, Best Design Procurement,” on the I-15 Corridor Expansion project
in central Utah.
Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development and the Louisiana TIMED Managers,
a joint venture of GEC Inc., Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., and THE LPA GROUP for the
“Louisiana TIMED Program,” a state-wide transportation infrastructure revitalization effort.
Oregon Department of Transportation’s “Environmental Programmatic Permitting for OTIA
III State Bridge Delivery Program,” an environmental programmatic permitting and streamlining
process that helped the state repair and replace 300 highway bridges in under 10 years.
Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development: “Louisiana TIMED Program.”
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WOMEN LEADERS
The “Women Leaders in Transportation Design & Construction Awards” were presented during the
ARTBA National Convention in two categories:
The Ethel S. Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award: Named after ARTBA’s executive
director from the mid-1920s, it is given to individuals who have demonstrated outstanding
leadership, long-term service in the industry’s public or private sectors and dedication to the
advancement of innovation and other women leaders.
president, Cotter Consulting, Inc.
director of North America Highway and Bridges, CH2M HILL
The Future Industry Spotlight Award: Recognizes students enrolled in
undergraduate or graduate studies at a U.S. college or university who have achieved an
outstanding academic record and demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills within
and outside of the academic environment.
Texas A&M University—Texas Transportation Institute
ARTBA-TDF Chairman Leo Vecellio, Vecellio
Group, Inc., with Susan Martinovich, CH2M HILL.
Anne Edwards-Cotter, Cotter Consulting, Inc.,
with Leo Vecellio, Vecellio Group, Inc.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ARTBA-TDF
STAFF
Leo Vecellio
(Chairman)
Chairman, President
& CEO
Vecellio Group
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Charlie Potts
Chairman of the
Board
Heritage Construction
& Materials
Indianapolis, Ind.
Steve Wright
President
Wright Brothers
Construction
Charleston, Tenn.
Matt Jeanneret
Executive Director
Pete Ruane
President & CEO
ARTBA
Washington, D.C.
Doug Black
President
J3L, LLC
Atlanta, Ga.
Brad Sant
Executive Director of
Safety & Education
Rich Wagman
Chairman
G.A. & F.C. Wagman
York, Pa.
Tom Hill
CEO
Summit Materials
Denver, Colo.
Paul Yarossi
President
HNTB Holdings
New York, N.Y.
Larry Tate
Worldwide Product
Manager
Caterpillar Inc.
East Peoria, Ill.
Gene McCormick
Senior Vice President
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Naples, Fla.
Bill Cox
President
Corman Construction
Annapolis Junction,
Md.
Garry Higdem
President
Parsons Construction
Group
Westminster, Colo.
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ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
The ARTBA-TDF was established in 1985 as a 501(c)3 tax-exempt entity to support research,
education and public awareness. Corporate and personal contributions to support the activities of
the Foundation may be tax-deductible. The Foundation’s Federal Tax Identification Number is
52-6283894.
Contacts:
, executive director
executive director, safety & education
, program manager
