Schedule

Thu
Oct 30
7:45-8:25 am Registration

Morning Session

Presiding:  Jason Holdorf, Chair, ASCE Transportation Committee

8:25-8:30 am Welcome

Jason Holdorf, Chair, ASCE Transportation Committee

8:30-8:45 am IDOT Director Welcome/Update

Scott Marler, Director, Iowa Department of Transportation

8:45-9:45 am I-35/80 & US6 (Hickman Road) Interchange Reconstruction

Nathan Carhoff, PE, Civil Engineer, Snyder & Associates, Inc.

9:45-10:30 am SMART Traffic Routing with Efficient & Effective Traffic Systems (STREETS)

Chandra Ravada, Director of Transportation, Planning and Transit Services, East Central Intergovernmental Association

10:30-10:45 am Break

10:45-11:30 am Iowa DOT Super Two Corridors

Krista Billhorn, District Planner, Iowa Department of Transportation

11:30-12:15 pm Mobilizing for Safety: Comprehensive Safety Action Planning for the Des Moines Area

Marcus Coenen, AICP, PTP, Senior Planner, Des Moines Area MPO

12:15-1:15 pm Luncheon

 

 

Afternoon Session

Presiding: Jim Grove, Iowa ASCE Transportation Committee Member

1:15-2:00 pm If You Build It, Will They Come? The State of Passenger Rail in Iowa

Dan Bilka, President, All Aboard Northwest and Nick Fratzke, Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments; Christopher Krebill, President, Iowa Association of Rail Passengers (IARP)

2:00-2:45 pm Stony Creek Emergency Bridge Replacement

Kevin Hagen, PE, Project Manager, AECOM and Dan Kimball, PE, CPESC, Project Manager, AECOM

2:45-3:00 pm Break

3:00-3:45 pm Transportation Improvements to Accommodate the Cedar River Flood Control System

Michael Kurek, PE, Senior Project Manager, HDR Engineering, Inc. and Rob Davis, City of Cedar Rapids

3:45-4:45 pm Why Do Good People Make Bad Decisions? (Professional Ethics)

Katherine Golden, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, M. A. Mortenson Company