ACEC Nebraska NDOT Partnership Workshop

Join us for a FULL Day at the 2019 ACEC NE – NDOT Partnership Workshop – October 23, 2019

Abbreviated Schedule

8 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 am | Welcome

State of NDOT    Kyle Schneweis, PE, Director | Nebraska Department of Transportation

Civil & Environmental Engineering Department Update  Elizabeth "Libby" G. Jones, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering | University of Nebraska College of Engineering

FHWA Update    Joe Werning, Division Administrator | Federal Highway Administration

State of ACEC    Mike Piernicky, PE, PTOE | ACEC Board President, Vice President | Olsson

Matt Reiffer, Senior Director Transportation Programs, | ACEC National

CONCURRENT SESSIONS (NEW! Choose only one Track to attend)

TRACK 1: PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

• Community Engagement & Transportation in Valentine NE – A Case Study
  Presented by Mike Owen & Jason Prokop, NDOT
• Visualization Tools for Getting your Point across to the Public –
  Presented by Stacey Roach & Brad Wilken, Olsson
• Effective Communication with the Public – Right Size & Method for the Project
  Panel Discussion featuring:
  Stephanie Rittershaus, HDR
  Tony Dirks, PE, Alfred Benesch & Company, ACEC NE State Director
  Sarah Soula, NDOT
  Barbara Shuck, Everest Marketing Services, LLC

TRACK 2: POLICY

• Lincoln South Beltway Financing
  Presented by Khalil Jaber, Lyn Heaton, Steve McCullough; NDOT
• National Political Landscape & Federal Policy
  Presented by Matt Reiffer, ACEC National
• Protecting Critical Civil Infrastructure Against Impact from Commercial Vehicles
  Presented by Chen Fang, Graduate Research Assistant, Mid-America Transportation Center, UNL

Ethics & Lunch   Professional Ethics: Operating in an Ethical Vacuum

Presented by Kate Speck, PhD, MAC, LADC, University of Nebraska

Afternoon Sessions:

2019 Historic Flooding: Cause, Response, and Recovery | Mark Traynowicz, NDOT
2019 – A Wet Year for the Hall County Highway Department | Steve Riehle, Hall County
2019 Flood Update | Jodi Gibson, NDOT
Financial Impact of ER | Amy Starr, NDOT
Process & Procedure – Lessons Learned: Panel Discussion with Jim Knott, Mike Owen, Kevin Domogalla; NDOT; Mary Burroughs, FHWA
Overview of Flood Research at the Mid-America Transportation Center | Laurence Rilett, Ph.D., PE, Professor of Civil Engineering, UNL & Director of UNL Mid-America Transportation Center
NDOT Updates - LPA, Partnership Small Groups & Partnering Opportunities

4:30 | Reception