2025 North Dakota Transportation Conference
Agenda
March 4, 2025
07:00 AM - 05:00 PM
General Topic:
Registration Open
Event Center Entry Way
07:30 AM - 07:00 PM
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Vendor Booths & Exhibits
Hall B
09:00 AM - 09:05 AM
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Presentations of Colors
Hall A
09:05 AM - 09:20 AM
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Welcome & Opening Remarks Ron Henke
Hall A
09:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Presentation Topic:
FAR Part 31 Contract Cost Principles: A FAR-Out Review Paul Myklebust
Prairie Rose Room 103/104
09:30 AM - 09:55 AM
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Warranty Chip Seals: A View from the Road Chad Beggs, Eric Gaasland
Hall C
09:30 AM - 10:20 AM
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Parents Impact Teen Drivers Molly Schoen, Ryan Gellner, Theresa Thom
Hall A
09:30 AM - 09:55 AM
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Bridge Preservation and Rehabilitation Mary Boechler
Prairie Rose Room 101/102
09:30 AM - 10:20 AM
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Design and Construction of Drainage Improvements along I-94 in Valley City when Faced with Site Constraints and Surprises Brandon Barnes, Michael Johnson
Prairie Rose Room 105
09:55 AM - 10:20 AM
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Pavement Preservation Tom Wood
Hall C
09:55 AM - 10:20 AM
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Next Generation of Bridge Inspections: Navigating the New Standards Matt Luger
Prairie Rose Room 101/102
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
General Topic:
Networking
Hall B
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
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Balanced Mix Design on ND 14 Korey Bender, Steve McCarty, Zane Hartzog
Hall C
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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How to Navigate the BIL Maze and Creating Funding Road Maps for Your Priority Projects Mitchell Brouse, Paul Chellevold
Hall A
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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Forging Synergies: Collaboration for Urban Project Success Kayla Block-Torgerson, Kristen Sperry
Prairie Rose Room 101/102
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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Weather, Software, and Safety - NDDOT's Software Innovation for Traveler Information Mark Gallagher
Prairie Rose Room 103/104
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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Is a Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) Study right for your project? Brandi Popenhagen, Zach Bentzler
Prairie Rose Room 105
11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
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Transportive Tools for Smarter Paving Curt Dunn
Hall C
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
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Lunch
Hall B
01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Keynote Topic:
The Magic of Continuous Improvement: How Small Changes Create Big Impact Stuart MacDonald
Hall A
02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
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Monitoring and Mitigating Wildlife Vehicle Collisions Lawson Frey, Patty Cramer, Susan Felege, Wyatt Mack
Hall A
02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
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Lessons Learned: Construction Critical Path Method Schedules Greg Thelen, Justin Hyndman, Justin Oss, Ryan Beyer, Taylon Goddard
Prairie Rose Room 101/102
02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
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Communication First, Engineering Second Blue Weber, Cody Christianson, Mike Bittner
Prairie Rose Room 103/104
02:00 PM - 02:25 PM
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Back to Basics Tom Wood
Hall C
02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
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Construction Over Deep Compressible Soils (Twin Ports Interchange Ground Improvements) Brent Theroux
Prairie Rose Room 105
02:25 PM - 02:50 PM
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Cold In-Place Recycling Dan Schellhammer
Hall C
02:50 PM - 03:20 PM
General Topic:
Networking
Hall B
03:20 PM - 04:10 PM
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Geotechnical Risk and Monitoring Aspects of MnDOT’s TH35W Stormwater Storage Facility Joel Swenson, Michael Haggerty
Hall A
03:20 PM - 04:10 PM
Round Table Topic:
Tribal Coordination on Four Bears Bridge - 20th Anniversary Calvin Grinnell, Greg Semenko, Jeani Borchert
Prairie Rose Room 101/102
03:20 PM - 04:10 PM
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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
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Navigating Environmental on the Hwy 85 Widening Project: From Initial Studies to EIS Re-Evaluation and Beyond Kayla Block-Torgerson
Prairie Rose Room 105
03:20 PM - 04:10 PM
Round Table Topic:
Innovations in Asphalt Additives Jeff LeCorchick, Ryan Lynch, Steve McCarty
Hall C
04:20 PM - 05:00 PM
General Topic:
Governor Armstrong Kelly Armstrong
Hall A
05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Social Topic:
Social
Hall B
March 5, 2025
06:30 AM - 07:50 AM
General Topic:
Breakfast
Hall B
06:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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Registration Open
Event Center Entry Way
06:30 AM - 10:30 AM
General Topic:
Vendor Booths & Exhibits
Hall B
07:50 AM - 08:00 AM
General Topic:
Opening Remarks
Hall A
08:10 AM - 08:50 AM
Presentation Topic:
BNSF Railroad Bridge over the Missouri Mike Herzog
Hall A
08:10 AM - 08:50 AM
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Concrete Pavements (Jointing 101) Eric Ferrebee
Hall C
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
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Improving 52nd Avenue South for a Growing Fargo/West Fargo Community Adam Ruud, Jeremy McLaughlin, Nate Renner, Wes Keller
Hall A
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
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Enhancing Safety Along Busy Urban Corridors Deon Wawryzniak, Steve Strack
Prairie Rose Room 101/102
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
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Maps - The Information Superhighway Stephanie Weiand
Prairie Rose Room 105
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
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Building Smooth IRI Concrete Pavements Matt Fonte
Hall C
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
Round Table Topic:
The Supply Chain and How it Impacts Projects and Planning Brandon Beise, Dale Schwindt, Lindsay Bossert, Wade Thompson
Prairie Rose Room 103/104
09:50 AM - 10:30 AM
General Topic:
Networking
Hall B
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
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Design/Construction of US 85 from the Theodore Roosevelt National Park to McKenzie County Road 30 Greg Thelen, Jon Bach
Hall A
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
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Leveraging Non-Traditional Crash Factors to Predict Future Fatal and Life Changing Crashes Ben Pierce
Prairie Rose Room 101/102
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
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Planning, Pop-Ups & Projects - Leveraging Low-Cost Exercises Gabe Schell
Prairie Rose Room 103/104
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
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Public Engagement During the Stabilization of an In-town Landslide Aaron Grosser, Colter Schwagler
Prairie Rose Room 105
10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
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A Fresh Look at Concrete Pavement for Local Agencies John Adam
Hall C
10:55 AM - 11:20 AM
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SUE Coordination for 11th ST Underpass in Moorhead Isabel Panek, Jess Karls, Taylor Olson
Prairie Rose Room 103/104
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Closing Remarks Matt Linneman
Hall A
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Workshop Topic:
Consultant Administration Services (CAS) Training – PE & CE Contracts in 2025 Andy Ayash
Prairie Rose Room 103/104
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Workshop Topic:
Demo of Bridge Inspection & Inventory Software (InspectX) Matt Kurle
Prairie Rose Room 101/102