Program
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CIVIL ENGINEERING: LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF SUSTAINABILITY
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CECON 2021 Program* Details
10:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Welcome & Opening Keynote featuring Jean-Louis Briaud PhD, PE, D.GE, Dist.M.ASCE, ASCE President 2021 and Sean Merrell PE, RAS, POTE, F.ASCE, ASCE Texas Section President 2021
sponsored by Terracon Consultants
11:20 AM – 11:35 AM
Order of the Engineer Ceremony
11:35 AM – 12:00 PM
Networking Break with Exhibitors
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch with Day 1 Keynote: Virtual Tour of the $1.6B Bois d’Arc Lake Program by Adam Payne PE, CCM and Steve Long PE
sponsored by BGE, Inc.
1:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Break
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Breakout Sessions
- Start Your Proposal on the Right Foot: Practical & Strategic Tips to Create a Winning Proposal by Lacey Proffitt, CPC, MCLC
- Mobility 35 and Oak Hill Parkway by Susan Fraser PE, CFM
- Leadership and Engineering by Chris Steubing PE, CFF
- AGC and ASCE Panel Discussion with
• Steven Albright (Director of Government Affairs, AGC of Texas)
• Brian Manning PE (CEO, Mc2 Civil, Inc)
• Matthew Paggioli PE (Director of Contract Management, Webber, LLC)
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Panel: A TxDOT Divisions Town Hall featuring:
- Ryan Barborak PE, TxDOT Materials and Tests Division
- Roger Beall, Deputy Director at TPP Division
- Jason Duncan PE, Construction Division
- Susan Fraser PE, CFM, Mobility 35 PM
- Geir-Eilif Kalhagen, Director of Maritime Division
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Break
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
- Understanding Fiber Reinforced Concrete by Amanda Angelo
- Lessons Learned: Decision Making for Sustainable Projects and Careers by Dr. David Daniel PE
- Direct and Indirect Potable Reuse of Reclaimed Water Augmented with Excess Storm Water: A New Holistic Approach to Sustainable Water Resources Management for Central Texas? by Keisuke Ikehata PhD, PE
- The Art of Relationship Building: Networking 101 by Mindy Cersonek MBA and Glenn Graham PE
Break & head to the BBQ (transportation will be provided)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
BBQ, hosted by TCPA (Wonder World Cave and Adventure Park)
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM
Engineering Ethics Breakfast*: “Developing Your Moral (or is it “Ethical”?) Vocabulary” featuring Carlos Bertha PhD, A.M.ASCE
sponsored by Plastics Pipe Institute
*Qualifies for ethics PDH
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Break & Exhibitor Networking
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Breakout Sessions
- Houston Water Conservation Programs and What’s Next by Paula Paciorek
- Choosing the Right Products for Road Construction by Kelvin Reinhardt
- City of Missouri City Drainage Watershed Master Plan Update by Shashi Kumar & Jeremy Davis
- Devising the Design Storage Layer Thickness of Water Balance Cover by Md Jobair Bin Alam
Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM
Breakout Sessions
- The Future of Engineering – 2021 to 2061: What will Change and What Will Remain the Same by Gowen Dishman PE
- Oyster Creek Desnagging Project by Clay Forister PE, CFM
- Developing a regional flood communication and data collaborative in SE Texas by Liv Haselbach PE, PhD, F.ASCE, BCEE, LEED AP
- FHWA Flood Protection Requirements for Bridges over Water by Trenton Ellis PE
11:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM – 1:15 PM
Lunch & Day 2 Keynote: Houston Takes Action: Sustainability & Resiliency Planning by Carol Haddock PE (Houston Public Works Director and Former Member of ASCE Board of Direction)
sponsored by KCI Technologies, Inc.
1:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Break
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Sustainability and Resilience in Transportation within ASCE Region 6 featuring:
• Texas: Kirk D. Fauver (Planning & Research Engineer, FHWA – Texas Division)
• New Mexico: David D. Quintana PE (Chief Engineer, New Mexico Department of Transportation)
• Oklahoma: Kensey W. Russell PE, ASCE Region 6 Governor (HNTB)
• Moderator: Jerry B. Paz PE, ASCE Region 6 Director (Molzen Corbin)
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM
Breakout Sessions
- The Challenge of Urban Flooding by Steven Eubanks PE, PMP, CFM
- Sustainable Cement-Based Integrated Pavement Solutions by Greg Halsted PE
- Innovations in Material Quality Testing Reporting by Michael Jenkins
- Surveying 3D Scanning Options and Methods by Bill Swope
3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Break
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Legislative Panel Discussion featuring:
• Texas Representative Dennis Paul PE (District 129)
• Texas Representative J.M. Lozano (District 43)
• Texas Representative Alex Dominguez (District 37)
• Texas Senator Kel Seliger (District 31)
• And more!
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Networking Break
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
CECON Gala & ASCE Texas Annual Awards Ceremony
7:00 AM – 7:45 AM
Networking Breakfast in the hotel
7:45 AM – 8:00 AM
Break
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakout Sessions
- Sustainable Pavement Solutions Using Geosynthetics for Roadways by Stephen Archer PE
- Sustainable Design Utilizing Reality Capture by Will Ikerd PE
- Municipal Water Smart Meter Infrastructure (AMI) Evaluation, Selection, Finance and Installation by Patrick Lackey PE
- A Discussion on Design Build Projects in America (Panel) featuring:
• Chitra Foster PE, DBIA, ENV SP (Senior Project Manager, Burns & McDonnell)
• K. N. Gunalan PhD, PE, F.ASCE, D.GE (Past President of ASCE Global and Senior VP Transportation Alternative Delivery Americas, AECOM)
• Marlea Tichy PMP (Vice President of Business Development, Kiewit)
• Moderator: Robert Stevens PhD, PE, F.ASCE (Texas Section VP Technical, Past President of ASCE Global, and Executive VP at Arcadis U.S., Inc.)
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Break
9:15 AM – 10:15 AM
Breakout Sessions
- Financial Impact of Corrosivity / Lead and Copper Testing for New Water Sources by Terry Winn PE, BCEE, DWRE, F. ASCE
- Utility Management Geographic Information System (UMGIS) for Utility Coordination by Nima Ekhtari
- In-Place Rehabilitation – The Key to Sustainability? by Cameron Lobato PE, P.Eng & Ron DeVaux PE, MBA, MS
- Texas Capitol Complex Expansion Phase 1 – Retention System Design & Construction by Charles Luxford PE, SE
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Breakout Sessions
- The Incremental Rigidity Method by Rozbeh B. Moghaddam PE, PhD, M.ASCE
- Next Generation IoT Sensors and Technologies for Construction Industry by Anudeep Reddy Maddi PhD
- Freedom Day: Forget Retirement, Focus on Your Freedom by Jeff Kikel
- US 67 Corridor Master Plan: Public Engagement for Sustainability Planning by Marty Boyd CNU-A, Steve Linhart AICP, and Ram S. Maddali PE, AICP, PMP
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Break
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
Luncheon on the State of our Community Address, by ASCE & Texas Section Leaders:
- Lindsay O’Leary PE, CAE (ASCE Texas Executive Director)
- Sean P. Merrell PE (ASCE Texas President 2021)
- K. N. Gunalan PhD, PE, F.ASCE, D.GE (Past President of ASCE Global and Senior VP Transportation Alternative Delivery Americas, AECOM)
- Patrick Beecher PE (ASCE Texas President 2022)
12:30 PM – 12:45 PM
Break
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
Day 3 Keynote Panel: Raising the Grades for Infrastructure at Risk featuring:
sponsored by Cement Council of Texas
- Kathleen Jackson PE (Texas Water Development Board-TWDB, Board Member)
- Kevin Ward (Trinity River Authority, General Manager and Member of ASCE Industry Leaders Council)
- Warren Samuelson PE (TCEQ, Dam Safety Section, Manager)
- Moderator: Susan K. Roth PE, PMP (ASCE Texas Section Past President)
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Break
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Technical Tour of Texas State University Ingram School of Engineering
sponsored by Texas State University
*Confirmed Speakers as of August 16, 2021. All times are Central (CST). Final program subject to change.
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