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CECON 2014 is brought to you by the Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers in partnership with the Texas Concrete Pipe Association. CECON 2014 shifts focus from our tremendous past to tackling future civil engineering challenges as we continue to build a better world.
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Welcome to the inaugural year of the Texas Civil Engineering Conference (CECON) brought to you by the Texas Section of the
American Society of Civil Engineers in partnership with the Texas Concrete Pipe Association. Building on the momentum of our Centennial Celebration, CECON 2014 shifts focus from our tremendous past to the future challenges and how civil engineering will tackle these challenges as we continue to build a better world. CECON 2014 brings you three days of education and networking around three daily themes:
PORTS | TRANSPORTATION | ENERGY
CECON features presenters from government, regulatory agencies, academia, and private practice. In addition to the numerous sessions, there are many opportunities to network with old and new colleagues, including the Wednesday night barbeque sponsored by the Texas Concrete Pipe Association and the Thursday Luau Dinner and Awards Ceremony. We’re transforming the way we operate to continuously improve our ability to serve our members, as well as support the civil engineering profession. With this our inaugural year of CECON, we value your feedback on the conference program and format, and hope you will respond to the post-conference survey, which will be sent out via email. Certificates for Professional Development Hours (PDH) will be provided upon completion of the survey. We thank you for attending CECON and bringing your expertise to our gathering. You, as organization leaders, have the vision, the knowledge, and the experience to help us pave our way into the future. Throughout this conference, we ask you to stay engaged, keep us proactive and help us shape the future of civil engineering. We look forward to seeing you again next year in 2015!
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2014 Conference Planning Committee: Ronald M. Reichert (Rinker Materials) Exhibition Chair Committee Co-Chair LeAnne M. Napolillo PE, F.ASCE (HNTB) Committee Co-Chair Carol E. Haddock PE (City of Houston) Committee Co-Chair B. Andrea Cheng Ranft (Jones & Carter) Committee Co-Chair
Donald J.Anderson Jr. PE (TDInternational)
Melinda Luna PE (NTT DATA)
Lacey Bodnar EIT, CFM (Costello, Inc)
Rich L. Patrick PE (PSI)
Austin C. Brauel EIT (LanDev)
Brett A. Pope PE (Terracon)
Joe M. Cibor PE, D.GE (Cibor, Inc.)
Sara Prem (HNTB)
Kelly L. Dettmer (Jacobs)
Brian C. Ridley PE (Terracon)
Jason P. Ellison PE (Brown & Gay)
Richard Ruechhoeft PE (Port of Houston Authority)
Larry D. Goldberg PE (LanDev)
Kelly A. Snyder (Jacobs) Curtis R. Steger PE (Steger Bizzell)
Heather Guillen PE (Walter P. Moore) Liza Kirk John D. Garcia PE (CH2MHill)
Suzanne E. Wright PE (LJA Engineers)
Speaker Advisory Council
Representative Bill Callegari Jack Drake (Transportation Advocacy Group-Houston Region) D. Wayne Klotz PE, D.WRE, Pres.09.ASCE (Klotz Associates) Jeanne Kranz (K6 Strategies) Jeff Nielson (Houston Contractor’s Association) Tim Newton PE (President, ASCE Texas Section) Eric R. Potts (Freese & Nichols) Richard Zientek (Harris County, Transportation Policy Advisor)
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The Exhibit Hall is on Floor 3
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 Noon - 6 PM 7 - 9 PM
Conferee Lounge (Floor 2)
Exhibitor Move-in President’s Welcome Reception
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Exhibitor Move-in 7 - 9:30 AM Elissa (Floor 2) ASCE Texas Section Board of Direction Meeting 8:30 AM - 6 PM Registration Hours 9 AM - 6:15 PM Exhibit Hall Exhibit Hall Hours 10 - 11:15 AM Exhibit Hall SpacePort Panel 11:15 - 11:30 AM Exhibit Hall Break 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM Exhibit Hall Lunch with Keynote Speaker Kelvin Solco (FAA) 12:45 - 1 PM Break 1 - 2:30 PM CECON Sessions Elissa (Floor 2) Best Practices and Risk Assessment in Port Security Windjammer (Floor 2) Panama Canal Expansion on Texas Ports Spinnaker (Floor 1) NextGen Air Traffic Control 2 - 2:30 PM Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break 2:30 - 4 PM Exhibit Hall Multi-Modal Ports Panel 4 - 4:15 PM Break 4:15 - 5:15 PM CECON Sessions Elissa (Floor 2) Storm Surge Windjammer (Floor 2) Port of Houston Barbours Cut Wharf 1 Reconstruction Spinnaker (Floor 1) Pavement Panel 5:15 - 6:15 PM Exhibit Hall Reception 6:15 - 9 PM Meet in the Rear BBQ Dinner Sponsored by Texas Concrete Pipe Association Hotel Entrance Lobby of the San Luis Resort and Spa 6 - 9 AM
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Thursday, September 18, 2014 7 - 7:45 AM 7:45 - 8 AM 8 - 9 AM 9 - 9:30 AM 9 AM - 6:15 PM 9:30 - 11 AM
ASCE Texas Section General Membership Meeting Breakfast Break Exhibit Hall Escalation of Transportation Exhibit Hall Refreshment Break Exhibit Hall Hours CECON Sessions Elissa (Floor 2) Energy Impact on South Texas – Eagle Ford Shale Windjammer Freight/High Speed Rail Elissa (Floor 2)
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Spinnaker (Floor 1) 11:00 - 11:15 AM 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM Exhibit Hall 12:45 - 1 PM 1 - 2 PM Elissa, Windjammer (Floor 2) 2 - 2:30 PM 2:30 - 4 PM 4 - 4:15 PM 4:15 - 5:15 PM
Debate on the Calculation of Soil Swell Potential Vertical Rise Break Lunch with Keynote Speaker John Drobny (Port of NYNJ) Break CECON Sessions Lightning Rounds
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Refreshment Break Exhibit Hall Transportation Infrastructure Panel Exhibit Hall Break CECON Sessions Elissa (Floor 2) The Cost of Doing Nothing Windjammer Public Outreach: How to Talk to Legislators (Floor 2)
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Soft Costs of Construction Lawsuits
5:15 - 6:15 PM
Ballroom
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Reception in Exhibit Hall Luau Dinner and Awards Ceremony, followed by Fireside Chats Sponsored by Sterling Construction Company, Binkley & Barfield and LANDEV Engineers
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Networking Breakfast Sponsored by Reed Engineering Group
8 - 9 AM
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Engineering Challenges in the Mid-Stream Oil and Gas Industry Break Exhibitor Move-out CECON Sessions Texas Weather Patterns: Drought, Flood and Hurricanes LNG Energy Security
9 - 9:15 AM 9:15-10:30AM 9:15 - 10:30 AM Elissa (Floor 2) Windjammer (Floor 2) Spinnaker (Floor 1) 10:30 -10:45 AM 10:45 -11:45 AM
Exhibit Hall
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Geothermal Energy Break Energy/Water Nexus Panel Lunch, with Keynote Presentation by Bob Harvey (Greater Houston Partnership) Break Ocean Star Drilling Rig Tour
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IS HOUSTON READY FOR A SPACE PORT? 10 AM David Alexander, Director, Rice Space Institute John Roth, Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Space Systems Moderator: Jeannie Kranz
KEYNOTE LUNCH ADDRESS 11:30 AM
Kelvin L. Solco, PE, MBA, FES - FAA - Southwest Region Airports Division
NEXTGEN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM 1 PM
Ron Renk, Chief Technical Pilot of Navigation, United Airlines Kelvin Solco, P.E., MBA, FES - FAA, Regional Administrator, Southwest Region Airports Division Colin Rice, Senior Airport Planner, Houston Airport System Infrastructure Group Moderator: Eric Potts, Freese & Nichols
PANAMA CANAL EXPANSION EFFECTS ON TEXAS PORTS 1 PM BEST PRACTICES AND RISK ASSESSMENT IN PORT SECURITY 1 PM
John J. Drobny, Director of Security Projects (retired), Port of New York and New Jersey Marcus E. Woodring, Managing Director Health, Safety, Security,and Emergency Management (HSSE), Port of Houston Authority Moderator: Michael Sweeney, HNTB Chairman of Professional Services and Kevin Young, HNTB
MULTI-MODAL PORT PANEL DISCUSSION 2:30 PM
Mike Alford, TxDOT-Houston District Engineer Stephen DonCarlos, Mayor of Baytown and Port of Houston Commissioner Brenda Mainwaring, UPRR Vice President Public Affairs Allen Fletcher, Texas State Representative, District 130 Moderator: Tom Wendorf, HNTB
STORM SURGE 4:15 PM
Joseph M. Cibor, Principal, Cibor Geoconsultants Charles M. Penland, Senior Principal & Executive Director, Walter P Moore Col. Christopher Sallese, USA (ret), Dannenbaum Engineering Corportation Col. Len Waterworth, USA (ret), Texas A&M-Galveston Gary Myers, Brown & Gay Moderator: John D. Kennedy, Port of Houston Commissioner
PORT OF HOUSTON BARBOURS CUT WHARF 1 RECONSTRUCTION 4:15 PM Scott Bickel, Jacobs Engineering Bob Rogers, McCarthy Construction Roger Hoh, Port of Houston (Invited) Moderator: Gary Myers, Brown & Gay
CONCRETE PAVEMENT SOLUTIONS PANEL DISCUSSION 4:15 PM
Glenn Herold, National Engineer, Oldcastle Dr. Dan G. Zollinger, Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University Michael N. Plei, Technical Marketing Manager, Commerical Metals Company Corey Zollinger, Director of Paving Solutions, CEMEX U.S. Operations, and Chairman of Roller Compacted Concrete and Pavement Promotion and Research Council Moderator: Richard B. Rogers, Cement Council of Texas
BBQ Dinner Sponsored by Texas Concrete Pipe Association 6:15 PM Join the Texas Concrete Pipe Association for an evening of good food, music and cold beverages at the Lone Star Flight Museum. Meet us at the rear hotel entrance lobby between 6 and 6:30 PM. Shuttle buses will be available to provide transportation for the short ride to the museum. The event, sponsored by the Texas Concrete Pipe Association, is free and spouses and children are welcome.
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ESCALATION OF TRANSPORTATION 8 AM
THE COST OF DOING NOTHING 4:15 PM
ENERGY IMPACT ON SOUTH TEXAS (EAGLE FORD SHALE) 9:30 AM
SOFT COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION LAWSUITS 4:15 PM
Bill King, President & Director, Southwest Airport Services
Don Tymrak, City Manager, City of Karnes City (invited) Jason I. Reyes, Sergeant, Media and Communications, Texas Department of Public Safety Leodoro Martinez, Executive Director, Middle Rio Grande Development Council, and Chairman of the Eagle Ford Consortium Larry Davolina, City Administrator, Cotulla, Texas Moderator: Matthew Polanco, HNTB
FREIGHT/HIGH SPEED/BULLET TRAINS-DIFFERENCES? 9:30 AM Judge Robert Eckels, President, Texas Central Railway
DEBATE ON THE CALCULATION OF SOIL SWELL POTENTIAL VERTICAL RISE (PVR) WITH REGARD TO THEORETICAL VS. PRACTICAL
Sam Lott, Senior Vice President, Kimley Horn & Associates, Inc.
Curtis W. Martin, Ford Nassen & Baldwin, P.C.
Public Outreach: “How to Talk to Legislators” 4:15 PM
Colin Parrish, Principal, Government & Public Affairs, G&P Consulting
LUAU DINNER AND AWARDS CEREMONY 6:15 PM Sponsored By:
Mark J. Farrow, Senior Vice President, Geotechnical Engineer John Bryant
KEYNOTE LUNCH ADDRESS 11:30 AM
John J. Drobny, Director of Security Projects (retired), Port of New York and New Jersey
Lightning Round Presentations 1 PM
Daniel B. Hartman PE, F.ASCE, “Civil Engineering for HKN Energy, Iraq, 2012-2013” David F. Calabuig Sr. PE, “Performance Based Specifications” Jeff Speck, “Improving the Performance of Concrete using Internal Curing” Mark J. Farrow PE, “Mechanically Stabilized Earth Wall Design Disconnect” John N. Furlong PE, D.WRE, “Temporary Traffic Control Devices - a Moving Target” Danny L. Kahler PE “Digital Project Delivery” Marco Guzman, “Funding Challenges Facing the National Highway System”
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE PANEL 2:30 PM
Join us as we recognize the industry’s top leaders for their achievements. Emceed by Jack Drake, Founder and Chairman of Transportation Advocacy Group-Houston Region (TAG) Dinner includes a Hawaiian Luau with entertainment provided by “the Pride of the Pacific,”, followed by Fireside Chats, which are a celebration of our rich civil engineering heritage: FIRESIDE CHAT SESSION 1: DIVERSITY IN CIVIL ENGINEERING Terrence Jackson, Bexar County Engineer, Bexar County Public Works FIRESIDE CHAT SESSION 2: BRIDGE AESTHETICS Dean W. VanLanduyt, Bridge Engineer, TxDOT
Jim Murphy, Texas State Representative, District 133 Eric Donaldson, Hot Shot Delivery, Inc. James W. Koch, Director of Transportation Planning and Programming, TxDOT Brian Manning, Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, Sterling Construction Company & ASCE Technical Region Director Moderator: Jack Drake, Chair, TAG--Transportation Advocacy Group and Advisor to LAN--Lockwood Andrews & Newnam-Planners and Engineers
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ENGINEERING CHALLENGES IN THE MID-STREAM OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY 8 AM Lance Smith, Vice President of Operations and Engineering, Twin Eagle Energy
TEXAS WEATHER PATTERNS: DROUGHTS, FLOODS AND HURRICANES 9:15 AM Jeff Linder, Harris County Flood Control District
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Dr. Marcelo Sanchez, Texas A&M University
LNG Security 1 PM
Donald Anderson, TDInternational
ENERGY/WATER NEXUS 10:45 AM
Close interdependency between managing water and energy resources, including financing concerns. This panel discussion is hosted by ASCE-EWRI.
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON Noon
Bob Harvey, President and CEO, Greater Houston Partnership
TECHNICAL TOUR: OCEAN START OFFSHORE DRILLING RIG AND MUSEUM
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley
The museum features three floors of models and interactive displays illustrating the story of offshore oil and gas from seismic technology to exploration and production. A shuttle bus will be available to provide transportation for the short ride to the museum. Meet in the hotel lobby at 1:30 PM.
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Exhibitors
AMEC Environment & Infrastructure, Inc. Big River Industries, Inc. Cardno - Utilities Division Cement Council of Texas CECON 2015 Collier Consulting, Inc. CTS Cement Manufacturing Corporation Dredgit Environmental Corp. Five Star Products, Inc. FlowtitePipe Geopier Hanson Pipe & Precast Hayward Baker Horizon Environmental Services, Inc. Lime Association of Texas Loadtest Neenah Foundry Oldcastle Pavestone, LLC Radarview / Universal Construction Testing Rinker Materials Concrete Pipe Division SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine Texas Civil Engineering Conference-CECON2015 Texas Concrete Pipe Association Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc Trinity ES&C TRULINE Hybrid Sheet Piling System U.S. Foundry Versar, Inc. Weeks Marine, Inc.
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AWARD OF HONOR
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO STUDENTS The Award of Honor was established by the Tex- AWARD as Section-ASCE to be presented to a limited number of members of the Texas Section “in recognition of service to the Texas Section and outstanding professional achievement in civil engineering.”
GOVERNMENT CIVIL ENGINEER AWARD
This award is conferred on a subscribing member of the Texas Section employed by a governmental organization for meritorious service to the Texas Section and to one or more of the Section’s Branches.
HISTORY AND HERITAGE AWARD
This award is presented to an individual (not necessarily a member of the Texas Section) or Branch for making special contributions to recording and/or recognizing the history and heritage of civil engineering in Texas.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD
This award is conferred on a subscribing member of the Texas Section for meritorious service to the Texas Section and to one or more of the Section’s Branches upon recommendations of the Honors Committee.
This Award was established by the Texas Section Board of Directors in October 1999. It is conferred on a subscribing member of the Texas Section for meritorious service to the Texas Section through service to one or more of the Texas/Mexico Regional Conference’s Student Chapters (Clubs).
SERVICE TO PEOPLE AWARDS
This award is presented to a civil engineer (not necessarily a member of the Texas Section) who has distinguished himself or herself with special service to people. The award is intended to recognize civil engineers who bring credit to their profession through community activities that are visible to the general public.
EXCELLENCE IN JOURNALISM AWARD
The ASCE Texas Section Excellence in Journalism Award honors journalists for outstanding coverage of civil engineers, civil engineering projects and civil engineering issues. The media have tremendous impact on public opinion. Journalism that enhances public understanding of the role of civil engineers and the impact their designs have on water supply, transportation, public works projects and the environment can engage the public in the infrastructure initiatives that impact their communities.
OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT
The Texas OCEA Award may be given on an annual basis to a completed project that demonstrates the greatest contribution to civil engineering progress and to society which was designed and/or built in Texas.
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President Tim C. Newton PE KBR
President Curtis B. Beitel PE HDR Inc.
Past President John N. Furlong PE CH2M Hill
Past President Tim C. Newton PE KBR
President Elect Curtis B. Beitel PE HDR Inc. VP-Educational Eric L. Fisher PE TxDOT VP-Educational Elect Lawrence D. Goldberg PE LANDEV Engineers Inc.
President Elect Audra N. Morse PhD, PE Texas Tech University VP-Educational Lawrence D. Goldberg PE LANDEV Engineers Inc. VP-Educational Elect Brian D. Bresler PE Freese and Nichols
VP-Professional Patrick M. Beecher PE Terracon VP-Professional Elect Roman D. Grijalva PE
VP-Professional Roman D. Grijalva PE Brown & Gay Engineers
VP-Technical John D. Garcia PE CH2M Hill VP-Technical Elect Peter E. Falletta PE BSC Forensics Treasurer David J. Matocha Hanson Pipe and Precast
Secretary - Operations Manager VP-Technical Elizabeth Greenwood Peter E. Falletta PE BSC Forensics Communications Manager Annemarie Gasser VP-Technical Elect Edward M. Penton PE Data Manager Jacobs Engineering Lauren Marcotte Treasurer Curtis R. Steger PE Steger & Bizzell Engineering, Inc.
VP-Professional Elect M. Isabel Vasquez PE Huitt-Zollars
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Directors At Large 2013 - 2014 Brett A. Pope PE Terracon
Vanessa I. Rosales-Herrara PE TerraTech Engineering & Construction 2013 - 2015 Brad M. Hernandez PE URS Christina L. Hickey PE City of McAllen 2014 - 2015 John A. Tyler PE Pape-Dawson Melanie D. Gavlik PE Naismith Engineering
ASCE Texas Section Staff Executive Director Crespin Guzman PE
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CECON 2015 Call for Topics and Speakers CECON 2015 proposals will be accepted on each of these conference themes:
SUSTAINABILITY
SUSTAINABILITY WATER RESOURCES TRANSPORTATION Submissions for topics and speakers will be accepted through January 31, 2015. Submissions after this date will be considered for future speaking opportunities. Submit your ideas to: programs@ texascecon.org
WATER RESOURCES TRANSPORTATION Join us for CECON 2015