Day 1:
Monday 4/14/25
12:00 - 1:00PM
Participant Check-In
1:00 - 3:00PM
Welcome and General Session:
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom A and B
Corpus Christi Welcome, Mike Walsh, Corpus Christi District Engineer
TxDOT Project Development, Mo Bur, TxDOT Director of Project Development
TxDOT Project Delivery and Safety, Jessica Butler, TxDOT Director of Safety and Operations
Design Division Welcome, Jason Pike, Design Division Director
Bridge Division Welcome, Jamie Farris, Bridge Division Director
3:00 - 3:30PM
Break
3:30 - 5:00PM
BRG Breakout Session 1: Bridge Project Spotlight - Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge
Location: Water Garden B
Project Overview, Lynn Allison, FDLLC - Public Information Coordinator
Bridge Construction and Design Highlights, Chris Ursery, Arup
DES Breakout Session 1: Digital Plan Development
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom C
Mobile Mapping, John Dulski, Design Division and Alex Martinez, Design Division
Digital Delivery Pilot Project Update, Taylor Mansfield, Design Division
DES Breakout Session 2: Safety in Design Part I
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom D
Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE), Matt Barland, Design Division
Access Control - Release of Access, Management Best Practices,
Stacy James, Design Division and Ken Mora, Design Division
5:00 - 7:00PM
Welcome Reception (Light Snacks and Cash Bar)
Day 2:
Tuesday 4/15/25
7:30 - 8:30AM
Breakfast
8:30am -10:00am
BRG Breakout Session 1: Geotech
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom C
Slope Stability For New Construction, Phased Construction, and Rehabilitation, Alexis Barron, Bridge Division
LRFD For Foundation Design, Eddie Galbavy, Bridge Division
Creating Useful Scour Documentation, Yusuf Yurtas, Bridge Division
BRG Breakout Session 2: Informed Bridge Management
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom D
Sub-Programs of Category 6 funds, Paul Rollins, Bridge Division
District Success via BMIP, Mike Roetheli, Bridge Division
Data Driven Asset Management Decisions Andrew Bush, Bridge Division
DES Breakout Session: Safety in Design Part II
Location: Water Garden B
Every Project is a Safety Project, Gabrielle (Gabby) Lott, Design Division
Safer by Design, Doyeon Kim, Design Division | Ragab Mousa, Design Division
Residential Driveway Temporary Signals in One Way Traffic Control, Rafael Riojas, Traffic Division
10:00am-10:30pm
Break
10:30am-12:00pm
BRG Breakout Session 1: Bridge Construction and Maintenance
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom C
Bridge Deck Construction In Texas Daryn Sims, Bridge Division
Specification Requirements for Preserving Steel Bridges Kevin Pruski, Bridge Division
District Bridge Crews - Panel Discussion Victor Songer, Dallas District | Tino Trujillo, Dallas District | Leon Flournoy, San Antonio District | Mark Johnson, Maintenance Division
BRG Breakout Session 2: Bridge Design
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom D
Precast Alternates - Using the new standards, providing alternate designs in the plan set, and using the wide flange girders, Sara Watts, Bridge Division
Design of Long Span Bridges Using Spliced Girders, Bushra Islam, Bridge Division
Design of Long Span Bridges Using Steel, Hayden Porter, Bridge Division
DES Breakout Session: Hydrology & Hydraulics - Community of Practice
Location: Water Garden B
Update on H&H Statewide Program, Ab Maamar-Tayeb, Design Division | Edra Brashear, Design Division
H&H and Bridges - PBLR Checklist and Scour Analysis, Trenton Ellis, Design Divison
StreamStats for Texas! Ab Maamar-Tayeb, Design Division | Kristine Blickenstaff, USGS | Kara Garvin, USGS
12:00pm-1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm-3:00pm
BRG Breakout Session 1: Bridge Inspection
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom C
Life after NBI Updates and SNBI Implementation, Bob Pearson, Bridge Division,
Observations and Trends in SNBI Items and Codings, Scott Choate, Bridge Division
District Bridge Inspection Practices - Panel Discussion,
Ashley Dubose, Beaumont District | Mark Burwell, Fort Worth District | Justin Ferguson, Paris District
BRG Breakout Session 2: Bridge Design
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom D
Research Update - Precast Columns, Nextgen Bridge Decks, Jon Boleware, Bridge Division
Lubbock ABC Project Spotlight - Rural Site, Anthony Felderhoff, Bridge Division | Shelley Harris, Lubbock District
Lubbock ABC project Spotlight - Urban site, Mark Bourland, Bridge Division | Shelley Harris, Lubbock District
DES Breakout Session: Delivering Projects for Letting Part I
Location: Water Garden B
Project Readiness: What does that mean?
Monica Gonzalez, Design Division
When to use a Construction Management Plan (CMP) and the CMP SOP,
Kelly Rodriguez, Design Division
Project Readiness - Panel Discussion,
Dwayne Halbardier, Design Division | Micah Shaw, Design Division |
Kelly Rodriguez, Design Division |
Diana Rogerio, San Antonio District | Kylan Francis, Lubbock District
3:00pm-3:30pm
Break
3:30pm-5:00pm
BRG Breakout Session: Bridges Owned by Local Governments
Location: Water Garden B
Tracking and Reporting Bridges Owned by a Local Government, Biniam Aregawi, Austin District
Off-System Bridge Maintenance, John Tashi, City of Houston
Agreements with Local Governments, Rachel Larcom, Bridge Division
DES Breakout Session 1: FHWA Delegation
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom C
Delegation of Major/Other Projects, IAJRs, and Design Exceptions - Panel Discussion,
David Magana, Design Division | Ana Montemayor, Design Division | Jennifer Book, Design Division | Khalid Jamil (IAJR), Design Division.
DES Breakout Session 2: Delivering Projects for Letting Part II
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom D
Plan Quality - Panel Discussion,
Micah Shaw, Design Division | Taylor Mansfield, Design Division | Roy Garcia, Austin District | Brandon Vinson, Amarillo District | Zelma Myers, Fort Worth District
Day 3:
Wednesday 4/16/25
7:30am -8:30am
Breakfast
8:30am -10:00am
BRG Breakout Session: Programmatic Approach to Bridge Preservation
Location: Water Garden Room
Preserving Signature Bridges in Texas,
Kevin Pruski, Bridge Division
Texas' Truss Inventory,
Jamie Griffin, Bridge Division | Niyi Arowojolu, Bridge Division
District Bridge Preservation Priorities - Panel Discussion,
Roger Lopez, Houston District | Jeff Bush, Dallas District | Zilthai Soto, El Paso District | Armando Bosquez, Corpus Christi District
DES Breakout Session 1: Streams and Structures
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom C
Overview of Fluvial Geomorphology and a Tale of Two Bridges: FM 68 at the Sulphur River (PAR) and FM 787 at the Trinity River (BMT) Rose Marie Klee, Design Division | Katie Vick, Paris District | Lisa Collins, Beaumont District
DES Breakout Session 2: Using Category 10 Funding
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom D
ADA Design Best practice, Jamie Godwin, Design Division | Bill Macke, Design Division | Sam Lundquist, Kimley-Horn
ADA and Green Ribbon Funding Jennifer Loa
10:00am-10:30pm
Break
10:30am-12:00pm
General Session: How Digital Delivery is Shaping the Future of Project Development
Location: Henry Garrett Ballroom A and B
Digital Delivery at TxDOT: Progress Update, Jacob Tambunga, Design Division
Digital Delivery at TxDOT: The Bridge Perspective, Courtney Holle, Bridge Division
Digital Delivery at TxDOT: A Look Forward, Adrian Martinez, Design Division
