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Past Meetings

2024

  • Sept. 10, 2024 – David Martin, President of Arizona Chapter of Associated General Contractors (AGC) and Patrick Stone, Transportation Officer at Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) — What is Being Done to Prepare for the Proposition 479 Vote this Fall?
  • June 11, 2024 – Payton Cooke, PE, Traffic Engineer at WSP — Turning the Corner: Discover Protected Intersections
  • May 14, 2024 – Nicole Moon, APR, Public Involvement Manager at WSP and Marcy McMacken, Outreach Project Manager/Public Information Officer for Major Projects at ADO — Road to Success: The Importance of Public Involvement in the I-10 Broadway Curve Improvement Project
  • April 9, 2024 – Carmelo Acevedo, Myrna Bondoc, Allen Hathcock, PE, and Eric Weston — Alternative Delivery Contracting Methods – Integrated (Progressive) Design Build
  • Feb. 13, 2024 – Don McLean, PLEng, FIES and Suzanne Lansford, PE — Roadway Lighting Design Update
  • Jan. 9, 2024 – Seth Chalmers, PE, Director of Traffic Engineering Group at Dibble — Rural Road Safety and “Frankenstein” Guardrail and Suggestions and Recommendations.

2023

  • Dec. 12, 2023 – Michael Pal – Chief Transportation Officer at Valley Metro — Successfully Hosting Mega Events: A Transit Perspective
  • Nov. 14, 2023 – Jennifer Toth – Director at Arizona Department of Transportation — State of the State: Mission, Vision, Values, Long-Range Plan, Projects (I-17 & I-10)
  • Oct. 10, 2023 – Sara Howard – Arizona Department of Transportation — Recently Completed SR 303L Interchange at 43rd and 51st Avenue
  • Sept. 12, 2023 – Alex Gerke and Zakery Peterson — Unearth the Secrets of Deep Foundations in Arizona: Rock Springs Streets Bridge over UPRR Project
  • June 14, 2023 – Mihir Thakkar, Senior Vice President at Transdev North America — Driving into the Future: Exploring the Advancements in Autonomous Vehicles
  • May 9, 2023 – Anthony Casselman, Chief Legislative Liaison at ADOT — Legislative Update
  • April 11, 2023 – Jessica Mefford-Miller, CEO, Valley Metro — Valley Metro/Transit Update
  • Mar. 14, 2023 – Greg Lingor, Senior Project Manager, HDR and Matt Lacey, Project Manager, Kiewit — CMAR Delivery of I-15 Virgin River Bridge #1, the Longest Steel Girder Span in Arizona History and a Mini Update on I-17 Flex Lanes Project
  • Feb. 14, 2023 – Tauny Woo, PE, LEED AP; Robert “Louie” Lewis; and 2nd Lt Leah Wiegers, Luke Air Force Base — Luke Air Force Base - Civil Public Works Planning, Designing, Constructing, and Maintaining in Comparison to State, County, and Cities Approach to Infrastructure Management
  • Jan. 10, 2023 – Chris Bridges, Transportation Planning Manager, City of Goodyear, Arizona — City of Goodyear Transportation Master Plan Update

2022

  • Dec. 13, 2022 – Dianne Kresich, ADOT Research Center Manager and EV Charging Infrastructure Deployment Plan Deputy Project Manager — ADOT’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan
  • Nov. 8, 2022 – Annette Riley, P.E., ADOT P3/Major Projects Team Project Manager — I-17 Widening/Flex Lanes
  • Oct. 27, 2022 – 2022 Arizona ASCE/ASHE Annual State Conference
  • Sept. 13, 2022: John Bullen, Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Transportation Economic and Finance Program Manager — Extension of Proposition 400: HB 2685 Veto and the Need for Enabling Legislation
  • August 16, 2022: Brittney Farr, Senior Director of Engagement and Administration Denton County Transportation Authority (Texas) — Transportation Solutions to Combat Human Trafficking
  • May 10, 2022: Kini L.E. Knudson, Director, City of Phoenix Street Transportation Department — Vision Zero
  • April 12, 2022: Jimmy Naujokaitis, PE, ADOT Senior Resident Engineer — I-17 Drainage Project Update
  • March 8, 2022: Audra Koester Thomas and John Bullen, Maricopa Association of Governments — Update on the Extension of Prop 400 and Regional Transportation Priorities
  • Feb. 8, 2022: Susanna Struble, Assistant Town Engineer/CIP Manager, Town of Gilbert — Town of Gilbert Update
  • Jan. 11, 2022: Mark Melnychenko, Transportation Director, City of Scottsdale — City of Scottsdale Update

2021

  • Dec. 14, 2021: Tony S. Abbo, PE, PTOE City of Glendale Traffic Engineer — City of Glendale Update
  • Nov. 9, 2021: Mohamed Youssef, PE, PTOE Interim Public Works Director, Town of Queen Creek — Solving the Transportation Puzzle in Queen Creek
  • Oct. 12, 2021: Suzanne Lansford PE, Owner/Principal, Town Lighting Engineers — Roadway Lighting: How Low Can You Go?
  • Sept. 14, 2021: Bob Draper, PE, LEED AP, CM Engineering and Facilities Director Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority — Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Update: Long Range Plan, PMGA Skybridge
  • July 13, 2021: Dave Locher, PE, ADOT TSMO Systems Maintenance Manager and Susan Anderson, PE, PTOE, ADOT Assistant State Engineer — I-17 Wrong Way Detection
  • June 8, 2021: Sara Howard, PE, Resident Engineer – ADOT Deer Valley Construction Office and Jeremy Neuman, PE, Transportation Project Manager - HDR — Happy Valley and I-17 Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI)
  • May 11, 2021: Jose Aguilar, PE, ENV SP, WSP — Arizona State Infrastructure Report Card
  • April 13, 2021: Erik Guderian, Deputy Transportation Department Director - Engineering, City of Mesa — 2020 Mesa Moves Bond Program
  • Mar. 9, 2021: Scott Smith, CEO Valley Metro — Light Rail Transit (LRT) Program Update
  • Feb. 9, 2021: Dallas Hammit, ADOT Deputy Director for Transportation/State Engineer and Karla Petty, FHWA Arizona Division Administrator — Panel Discussion on the Arizona Council for Transportation Innovation (ACTI)
  • Jan. 12, 2021: Victor Yang, PE, Transportation Engineer Manager, ADOT TSM&O — Integrated Corridor Management - The L101 Mobility Project

2020

  • Dec. 8, 2020: Suresh Raghavendra, AECOM Program Manager — City of Phoenix Transportation 2050 (T2050) Program Status
  • Nov. 10, 2020: Bret Anderson, ADOT Transportation Program Manager — ADOT 5-Year Plan
  • Oct. 13, 2020: KellyAnne Gallagher, Executive Director, The Commuter Rail Coalition — Commuter Rail in the Valley of the Sun
  • Sept. 15, 2020: Brian Dagsland, Stacy & Witbeck —Tempe Streetcar Update
  • Aug. 18, 2020: Karla Petty, AZ Division Administrator, FHWA, Ammon Heier, Area Engineer, FHWA Project Delivery, Toni Whitfield, Operations Engineer, FHWA System Performance — Advancing Transportation Innovation in AZ — ACTI, Increased Federal Share for Innovation & Smart Work Zones
  • July 14, 2020: John Bullen, Transportation Economic & Finance Program Manager, Maricopa Association of Governments — Update on the MAG Region Funding Picture & the Economic Impact of COVID-19
  • June 9, 2020: Tafwachi C. Katapa, PE - ADOT Project Manager, Gary Melita, PE – Design Project Manager - Stanley Consultants, Inc., Brian Riley, PE – Project Engineer - Stanley Consultants, Inc., and Dan Shiosaka, PE, SE – Lead Structures Engineer - Stanley Consultants, Inc. — State Route 24 Interim Phase II Project Updates
  • May 12, 2020: David Martin, President, Arizona AGC — Arizona Horizontal Construction Market’s Response to COVID-19
  • April 14, 2020: Kerry Wilcoxon, ADOT, State Traffic Safety Engineer, TSMO Division, Donna Lewandowski, ADOT, Bicycle & Pedestrian Program Coordinator, Marta Gerber, Stanley Consultants, Traffic Engineering Dept. Manager — AZ Strategic Traffic Safety Plan & AZ STEP
  • March 10, 2020: Jordan D. Feld, CM, AICP, Deputy Aviation Director - Planning & Environmental, City of Phoenix Aviation Department — Sky Harbor Planning Update – CAMP & Land Reuse Strategy
  • Feb. 11, 2020: Tony Santana, Valley Metro PM; Andrew Haines, Jacobs Design PM; Gary Sanders, Kiewit/McCarthy PM; and Chris Loveys, Valley Metro Systems Lead — Valley Metro Northwest II Update
  • Jan. 14, 2020: Steve Mishler, PE, DBIA, ADOT Design Manager – Major Projects — South Mountain Freeway — Project Delivery Challenges & Lessons Learned

2019

2018

2017

2016

  • Dec. 13, 2016: Mason Williams, Transportation Sponsor & Jeremiah Hoeflich, Project Manager – Kiewit – SR-51/SR-101 Black Mountain Project (PDF: 3.31MB)
  • Nov. 8, 2016: Faisal Saleem, MCDOT ITS Branch Manager & SMARTDrive Program Manager – AZTech 20: A Celebration of AZTech’s First 20 Years (PDF: 3.11MB)
  • Oct. 11, 2016: Yung Koprowski, P.E., P.T.O.E., Lee Engineering - ITE Unsignalized Intersection Improvement Guide (UIIG) (PDF: 2.88MB)
  • September 13, 2016: Robert Samour, Sr. Deputy State Engineer, Operations, ADOT – Update on South Mountain Freeway (PDF: 2.12MB)
  • June 14, 2016: Kent Groh, LS, Bowman Consulting; Michael Banta, RLS, Hoskin Ryan; Monica Farrell, Eco3D; Jim Kennilly, RLS, Eco3D – US of AZ Formation and Group & “The Fastest Form of Measurement Known”
  • May 10, 2016: Jennifer Toth, P.E., Transportation Director, County Engineer, MCDOT – Looking to the Future - Connected Vehicles and the Changing Face of Transportation & MCDOT Update (PDF: 3.38MB)
  • April 12, 2016: Michael Andazola, P.E., Project Manager, ADOT and Keith Dahlen, P.E., Design Engineer, Kleinfelder & Lee Hulbert, Construction Engineer, FNF – US 89 Landslide, Bitter Springs, AZ – Mitigation Design and Construction
  • March 8, 2016: Wulf Grote, Director, Planning and Development, Valley Metro – Valley Metro Update & Tempe Modern Streetcar
  • February 9, 2016: Brent Cain, P.E., Division Director, Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O), ADOT – New ADOT TSM&O Division
  • January 12, 2016: Wylie Bearup, P.E., Ph.D., Professor of Practice/Executive Director, Del E. Webb School of Construction, Arizona State University – Ethics in the Construction Industry

2015

  • December 8, 2015: Mike Kies, Assistant Director, Multimodal Planning Division, ADOT – I-11 Update (PDF: 3.88MB)
  • November 10, 2015: Karla Petty, Arizona Division Director, FHWA – Beyond Traffic
  • October 13, 2015: Ray Dovalina, P.E., Street Transportation Director & Kini Knudson, P.E., City Engineer & Street Transportation Assistant Director, City of Phoenix – Moving Forward with Prop 104 Monies - MovePHX (PDF: 3.96MB)
  • September 15, 2015: Eric Cylwik, Sundt Construction – 3D Modeling for Highway Projects (PDF: 3.94MB)
  • May 12, 2015: Jennifer Toth, MCDOT Director and County Engineer – MCDOT Update
  • April 14, 2015: Jim Oswell, Director of Program Services, Hill International – 3D Modeling - A Case for a Unified Work Breakdown Structure
  • March 10, 2015: Chris Halpin, Skanska & Karen Hobbs, Gannett Fleming – Perryville T.I. Project
  • February 10, 2015: Elijah Williams, PE, EPS Group – SR-347/UPRR Grade Separation (PDF: 6.47MB)
  • January 13, 2015: Rob Samour, Senior Deputy State Engineer, Operations, ADOT – SR-202 South Mountain Freeway Update - Innovative Project Delivery Process and the Progress Made to Date (PDF: 1.26MB)

2014

  • December 9, 2014: Paul Basha, Transportation Director, City of Scottsdale – Transportation in Scottsdale – Past and Present
  • November 11, 2014: Steve Boschen, Deputy State Engineer, Project Delivery Arizona Department of Transportation – AASHTO “Green Book” Update
  • October 14, 2014: Karla Petty, Arizona Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration – Collaboration and Innovation to Leverage Resources
  • September 9, 2014: Albert Romano, Vice President, Hill International, SAME Phoenix and The Infrastructure Security Partnership Past Chair; and Bill Anderson, Director and COO, The Infrastructure Security Partnership – The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP)
  • June 10, 2014: Jack Sellers - Member of State Transportation Board, ADOT & Councilmember, City of Chandler – The Economic Challenges and Benefits for Arizona's Transportation Infrastructure (Powerpoint: 5.25MB)
  • May 13, 2014: Paul Driver, Engineering Supervisor, MCDOT and Jack Lorbeer, Planning Division Manager, MCDOT – Joint MCDOT Planning Division and Project Management / Construction Division Presentation
  • April 8, 2014: Scott Waterman, Denver Transportation Operations Manager and Tom Melton, Transportation Structural Director, Wilson & Company – Advancing Technology through Innovation: I-70 & Pecos Street Interchange Project, Denver, CO
  • March 11, 2014: Chris Kmetty, Construction Engineering Manager, Markham Contracting Co. Inc., Kristen Parrish, Senior Sustainability Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability Assistant Professor, Del E. Webb School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (ASU), Jennifer Toth, Deputy Director for Transportation/State Engineer, ADOT – Sustainability Goals for Highway Projects and a Brief Safety Message
  • February 11, 2014: Mark A. Glock, P.E., Deputy Street Transportation Director, City of Phoenix; Marty Monsegur, Senior Project Manager, Heavy Civil Division, Haydon Building Corp.; Sam H. Malekooti, P.E., R.L.S., Senior VP/Principal, Premier Engineering Corp. – Sonoran Boulevard
  • January 14, 2014: Chuck English, Vice President Southwest Division Manager, Hunter Contracting – Tucson’s Houghton Road Construction (PDF: 2.06MB)

2013

  • December 10, 2013: Chris Chaffee, Construction Manager, Valley Transit Constructors; Marc Ahlstrom, Deputy Engineer, City of Mesa; Rob Antoniak, Public Involvement, Valley Metro – Light Rail Extension
  • November 12, 2013: Ray Dovalina, Assistant Street Transportation Director; Mark Melnychenko, Special Projects Administrator - City of Phoenix – Complete Streets
  • October 8, 2013: Jennifer Toth, State Engineer, ADOT – Safety & Program Delivery
  • September 10, 2013:  Karla Petty, District Administrator for the FHWA – Innovation (PDF: 144KB)
  • June 11, 2013: Ron Mortimer, P.E., Principal, Horrocks Engineers – Diverging Diamond Interchanges (PDF: 6MB)
  • May 14, 2013: Al Kattan, P.E., MCDOT Division Manager, Project Management and Construction – The Northern Parkway
  • April 9, 2013: Jeff Hamilton - Hunter Contracting, Jordan Hamula - DBA Construction, Inc., Alfred Erives - MCDOT – Innovative Construction Methods Panel Discussion
  • March 12, 2013: Chaun Hill, ADOT VPM – ADOT Urban Project Management Design/Construction Program Update
  • February 12, 2013: Duane Eitel, Traffic Engineer - North Operations Center, City of Casa Grande – The Sun Corridor Casa Grande MPO (Powerpoint 4.01MB)
  • January 8, 2013: Rick Ellis, Engineering Division Manager, Pima County – Pima County DOT Update - PCDOT Update (Powerpoint 102KB)

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