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2008 Transportation Short Course:
Tentative Program

Session 2
Construction I
Tuesday, October 14
Room: 224 MSC

Program and Session Chair: Thomas R. Bohuslav, P.E., Construction Division, TxDOT
Session Co-Chair: Stuart Anderson, P.E., TTI

  Moderator: Robert Ratcliff, P.E., Atlanta District, TxDOT
1:30 - 2:00 pm Building Bridges from the Top Down (Bridge Project in North Carolina)
Elie Homsi, P.E., Flatiron

2:00 - 3:00 pm Practices for Reconstruction of the Interstate Highway System
Larry Coyle, P.E., San Antonio District, TxDOT
(presentation available upon request)

John Obr, P.E., Waco District, TxDOT
(presentation available upon request)

Doug Pitcock, P.E., Williams Brothers Construction Company, Inc.
(presentation available upon request)

3:00 - 3:30 pm BREAK
  Moderator: Paul Hoelscher, P.E., Abilene District, TxDOT
3:30 - 3:55 pm Making Timely Decisions on Construction Projects
Zack Burkett III, Zack Burkett Company

3:55 - 4:10 pm Working with Contractors (How to Work Better, Together)
Joe Gaytan, P.E., Corpus Christi District, TxDOT
(presentation available upon request)

4:10 - 4:30 pm Marsha Sharp Freeway
Bryan Wilson, P.E., Lubbock District, TxDOT
(presentation available upon request)

4:30 - 5:00 pm Lessons Learned on I-10, Katy Freeway
Greg Ranft, P.E., Houston District, TxDOT
(presentation available upon request)

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