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Texas Department of Transportation Design and Bridge Conference 2007
Texas Transportation: The Future is Today:
Tentative Program
[Updated July 17, 2007]
| MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007 | |
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| 8:00 am - 8:00 pm | Registration Bayview (1st floor) |
| 8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Speaker Preparation Room Partnership Boardroom (3rd floor) |
| 8:00 am - 2:30 pm | Consultant Workshop Corpus Christi Ballroom B (3rd floor) (TxDOT Only) |
| 9:00 am - 2:30 pm | District Hydraulic Engineer Workshop Corpus Christi Ballroom C (3rd floor) (TxDOT Only) |
| 9:00 am - 2:30 pm | Landscape Design Workshop Aransas (3rd floor) (TxDOT Only) |
| 10:00 am - 2:30 pm | District Bridge Engineer Meeting Corpus Christi Ballroom A (3rd floor) (TxDOT Only) |
| 3:00 pm - 5 :00 pm | Design/Bridge Business Meeting Corpus Christi Ballroom A & B (3rd floor) (TxDOT and FHWA Only) Welcome Mark A. Marek, P.E., Director, Design Division, TxDOT William R. (Randy) Cox, P.E., Director, Bridge Division, TxDOT Legislative Update Steve Simmons, P.E., Deputy Executive Director, TxDOT Remarks/Questions Amadeo Saenz, Jr., P.E., Assistant Executive Director, Engineering Operations, TxDOT |
| 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Exhibits Nueces Ballroom and Foyer (3rd floor) |
| 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception Corpus Christi Ballroom (3rd floor) (All Participants) |
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2007 | |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast Nueces Ballroom (3rd floor) |
| 7:30 am - 5:00 pm | Registration Laguna Madre (3rd floor) |
| 7:30 am - 5:00 pm | Speaker Preparation Room Partnership Boardroom (3rd floor) |
| 7:30 am - 5:00 pm | Exhibits Nueces Ballroom and Foyer (3rd floor) |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Opening Session Corpus Christi Ballroom A-C (3rd floor) (All Participants) Welcome Mark A. Marek, P.E., Director, Design Division, TxDOT William R. (Randy) Cox, P.E., Director, Bridge Division, TxDOT The Department: Then, Now and the Future Michael W. Behrens, P.E., Executive Director, TxDOT A Private Sector Transportation Design Perspective William Goldston, P.E., Chairman, Texas Council of Engineering Companies The True Goal of Bridge Aesthetics Fred Gottemoeller, P.E., A.I.A., Author of: Bridgescape: The Art of Designing Bridges |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break Nueces Ballroom (3rd floor) |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 noon | Concurrent Sessions (All Attendees Invited) ROW Acquisition, Access Management, and Utility Adjustment Corpus Christi Ballroom A (3rd floor) Bridge Design I Corpus Christi Ballroom B (3rd floor) Bridge Construction/Maintenance/Inspection I Corpus Christi Ballroom C (3rd floor) Project Development: Something Old, Something New Bayview (1st floor) |
| 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm | Lunch - On your own |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions (All Attendees Invited) Design Considerations Corpus Christi Ballroom A (3rd floor) Bridge Design II Corpus Christi Ballroom B (3rd floor) Bridge Construction/Maintenance/Inspection II Corpus Christi Ballroom C (3rd floor) Incorporating Unique Items into Your Project Bayview (1st floor) |
| 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Break Nueces Ballroom (3rd floor) |
| 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Concurrent Sessions (All Attendees Invited) Plan Development Tools Corpus Christi Ballroom A (3rd floor) Bridge Project Development Corpus Christi Ballroom B (3rd floor) Geotechnical Issues Corpus Christi Ballroom C (3rd floor) |
| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2007 | |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Continental Breakfast Nueces Ballroom (3rd floor) |
| 7:30 am - 12:00 noon | Registration Laguna Madre (3rd floor) |
| 7:30 am - 12:00 noon | Speaker Preparation Room Partnership Boardroom (3rd floor) |
| 7:30 am - 11:00 am | Exhibits Nueces Ballroom and Foyer (3rd floor) |
| 8:30 am - 10:00 am | Concurrent Sessions (All Attendees Invited) General Bridge I Corpus Christi Ballroom A (3rd floor) Consultant Contracts Corpus Christi Ballroom B (3rd floor) Think Outside Fund 6 Corpus Christi Ballroom C (3rd floor) |
| 10:00 am - 10:30 am | Break Nueces Ballroom (3rd floor) |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 noon | Concurrent Sessions (All Attendees Invited) General Bridge II Corpus Christi Ballroom A (3rd floor) Pavement Design Corpus Christi Ballroom B (3rd floor) Hydraulics Corpus Christi Ballroom C (3rd floor) |
| 12:00 noon | Conference Ends |
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