2025 North Dakota Transportation Conference

Agenda

March 4, 2025
Time
Type
Title
Room
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM General Topic: Registration Open Event Center Entry Way 07:30 AM - 07:00 PM General Topic: Vendor Booths & Exhibits Hall B 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM General Topic: Welcome & Opening Remarks Hall A 09:30 AM - 10:20 AM Presentation Topic: Weather, Software, and Safety - NDDOT's Software Innovation for Traveler Information Mark Gallagher Prairie Rose Room 103/104 09:30 AM - 10:20 AM Presentation Topic: Balanced Mix Design on ND 14 & Transformative Tools for Smarter Paving Curt Dunn, Korey Bender, Steve McCarty, Zane Hartzog Hall C 09:30 AM - 10:20 AM Round Table Topic: The Supply Chain and How it Impacts Projects and Planning Brandon Beise, Dale Scwindt, Lindsey Bossert, Nick West Prairie Rose Room 105 09:30 AM - 10:20 AM Presentation Topic: Forging Synergies: Collaboration for Urban Project Success & Design and Construction of Drainage Improvements along I-94 in Valley City when faced with Site Constraints and Surprises Brandon Barnes, Kayla Block-Torgerson, Michael Johnson Prairie Rose Room 101/102 09:30 AM - 10:20 AM Presentation Topic: How to Navigate the BIL Maze and Creating Funding Road Maps for Your Priority Projects Mitchell Brouse, Paul Chellevold Hall A 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM General Topic: Networking Hall B 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Presentation Topic: Zero Crashes, Faster Response: How GCP is Powering Data-Driven Road Safety Peter Carlson Prairie Rose Room 103/104 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Presentation Topic: Warranty Chip Seals & Pavement Prservation Tom Wood Hall C 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Presentation Topic: Parents Impact Teen Drivers Ryan Gellner Hall A 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Presentation Topic: Is a Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) Study right for your project? Brandi Popenhagen Prairie Rose Room 105 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Presentation Topic: Bridge Preservation and Rehabilitation & Next Generation of Bridge Inspections: Navigating the New Standards Lindsey Bossert, Mary Boechler Prairie Rose Room 101/102 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM General Topic: Lunch Hall B 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM Keynote Topic: Keynote Stuart MacDonald Hall A 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM Presentation Topic: Geotechnical Risk and Monitoring Aspects of MnDOT’s TH35W Stormwater Storage Facility Michael Haggerty Prairie Rose Room 105 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM Presentation Topic: Communication First, Engineering Second Blue Weber, Cody Christian, Mike Bittner Prairie Rose Room 103/104 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM Presentation Topic: Lessons Learned: Construction Critical Path Method Schedules Greg Thelen, Justin Hyndman, Taylor Goddard Prairie Rose Room 101/102 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM Presentation Topic: Roadkill Study Hall A 02:00 PM - 02:50 PM Presentation Topic: Back to Basics & Cold In-Place Recycling Dan Schellhammer, Tom Wood Hall C 02:50 PM - 03:20 PM General Topic: Networking Hall B 03:20 PM - 04:10 PM Presentation Topic: Construction Over Deep Compressible Soils (Twin Ports Interchange Ground Improvements) Brent Theroux Hall A 03:20 PM - 04:10 PM Round Table Topic: Innovations in Asphalt Additives Ryan Lynch, Steve McCarty Hall C 03:20 PM - 04:10 PM Presentation Topic: Tribal Coordination on Four Bears Bridge - 20th Anniversary Jeani Borchert Prairie Rose Room 101/102 03:20 PM - 04:10 PM Presentation Topic: Geographic Distribution of Motor Vehicle Collisions Involving Pedestrians Resulting in Fatal, Major and Minor Injuries in Winnipeg (2012-2020). Jairo Viafara Prairie Rose Room 103/104 03:20 PM - 04:10 PM Presentation Topic: Navigating Environmental on the Hwy 85 Widening Project: From Initial Studies to EIS Re-Evaluation and Beyond Kayla Block-Torgerson Prairie Rose Room 105 04:20 PM - 05:00 PM General Topic: Governor's Office - Tentative Hall A
March 5, 2025
Time
Type
Title
Room
06:30 AM - 08:00 AM General Topic: Breakfast Hall B 06:30 AM - 10:30 AM General Topic: Registration Open Event Center Entry Way 06:30 AM - 10:30 AM General Topic: Vendor Booths & Exhibits Hall B 08:00 AM - 08:10 AM General Topic: Opening Remarks Hall A 08:10 AM - 08:50 AM Presentation Topic: BNSF Railroad Bridge over the Missouri Hall A 08:10 AM - 08:50 AM Presentation Topic: Concrete Pavements (Jointing 101) Eric Ferrebee Hall C 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM Presentation Topic: Improving 52nd Avenue South for a Growing Fargo/West Fargo Community Jeremy McLaughlin Hall A 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM Presentation Topic: Enhancing Safety Along a Busy Urban Corridor in Bismarck Deon Wawryzniak Prairie Rose Room 101/102 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM Presentation Topic: FAR Part 31 Contract Cost Principles:  A FAR-Out Review Paul Myklebust Prairie Rose Room 103/104 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM Presentation Topic: Maps - The Information Superhighway Stephanie Weiand Prairie Rose Room 105 09:00 AM - 09:50 AM Presentation Topic: Building Smooth IRI Concrete Pavements Matt Fonte Hall C 09:50 AM - 10:30 AM General Topic: Networking Hall B 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Presentation Topic: Design/Construction of US 85 from the Theodore Roosevelt National Park to McKenzie County Road 30 Greg Thelen, Jon Bach, Josh Olson Hall A 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Presentation Topic: Safety Leveraging Non-Traditional Crash Factors to Predict Future Fatal and Life Changing Crashes Ben Pierce Prairie Rose Room 101/102 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Presentation Topic: Planning, Pop-Ups & Projects - Leveraging Low-Cost Exercises & SUE Coordination for 11th ST Underpass in Moorhead Gabe Schell, Isabel Panek, Jess Karls, Taylor Olson Prairie Rose Room 103/104 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Presentation Topic: Concrete Paving for Non-State Agencies Brian Zuroff, Jared Gross Hall C 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM Presentation Topic: Public Engagement During the Stabilization of an In-town Landslide Aaron Grosser Prairie Rose Room 105 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM General Topic: Conference Closing Remarks Matt Linneman Hall A