Bridge and Roadway Design Conference 2025
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Bridge and Roadway Design Conference 2025

Monday, April 14

Title

Presenter

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Corpus Christi Welcome

Mike Walsh, Corpus Christi District Engineer

No
TxDOT Project Development

Mo Bur, TxDOT Director of Project Development

No

TxDOT Project Delivery and Safety

Jessica Butler, TxDOT Director of Safety and Operations

Yes

Design Division Welcome

Jason Pike, Design Division Director

No

Bridge Division Welcome

Jamie Farris, Bridge Division Director Yes
Project Overview

Lynn Allison, FDLLC - Public Information Coordinator

No

Bridge Construction and Design Highlights

Chris Ursery, Arup

No

Mobile Mapping

John Dulski, Design Division and Alex Martinez, Design Division

Yes

Digital Delivery Pilot Project Update

Taylor Mansfield, Design Division

Yes

Intersection Control Evaluation (ICE) | Access Control - Release of Access, Management Best Practices

Matt Barland, Design Division | Stacy James, Design Division and Ken Mora, Design Division

Yes

Tuesday, April 15

Title Presenter PDF
Slope Stability For New Construction, Phased Construction, and Rehabilitation Alexis Barron, Bridge Division Yes
LRFD For Foundation Design Eddie Galbavy, Bridge Division Yes
Creating Useful Scour Documentation Yusuf Yurtas, Bridge Division Yes
Sub-Programs of Category 6 funds Paul Rollins, Bridge Division Yes
District Success via BMIP Mike Roetheli, Bridge Division Yes
Data Driven Asset Management Decisions Andrew Bush, Bridge Division Yes
Every Project is a Safety Project Gabrielle (Gabby) Lott, Design Division Yes
Safer by Design Doyeon Kim, Design Division and Ragab Mousa, Design Division Yes
Residential Driveway Temporary Signals in One Way Traffic Control Rafael Riojas, Traffic Division Yes
Bridge Deck Construction In Texas Daryn Sims, Bridge Division Yes
Specification Requirements for Preserving Steel Bridges Kevin Pruski, Bridge Division Yes
District Bridge Crews - Panel Discussion Victor Songer, Dallas District | Tino Trujillo, Dallas District | Leon Flournoy, San Antonio District | Mark Johnson, Maintenance Division Yes
Precast Alternates - Using the new standards, providing alternate designs in the plan set, and using the wide flange girders Sara Watts, Bridge Division Yes
Design of Long Span Bridges Using Spliced Girders Bushra Islam, Bridge Division Yes
Design of Long Span Bridges Using Steel Hayden Porter, Bridge Division Yes
Update on H&H Statewide Program | H&H and Bridges - PBLR Checklist and Scour Analysis | Stream Stats for Texas! Ab Maamar-Tayeb, Design Division | Edra Brashear, Design Division | Trenton Ellis, Design Divison | Ab Maamar-Tayeb, Design Division | Kristine Blickenstaff, USGS | Kara Garvin, USGS Yes
Life after NBI Updates and SNBI Implementation Bob Pearson, Bridge Division Yes
Observations and Trends in SNBI Items and Codings Scott Choate, Bridge Division Yes
District Bridge Inspection Practices - Panel Discussion Ashley Dubose, Beaumont District | Mark Burwell, Fort Worth District | Justin Ferguson, Paris District No
Research Update - Precast Columns, Nextgen Bridge Decks Jon Boleware, Bridge Division Yes
Lubbock ABC Project Spotlight - Rural Site Anthony Felderhoff, Bridge Division | Shelley Harris, Lubbock District Yes
Lubbock ABC project Spotlight - Urban site Mark Bourland, Bridge Division | Shelley Harris, Lubbock District Yes
Project Readiness: What does that mean? | When to use a Construction Management Plan (CMP) and the CMP SOP ‍Monica Gonzalez, Design Division | ‍Kelly Rodriguez, Design Division Yes
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 No
Tracking and Reporting Bridges Owned by a Local Government Biniam Aregawi, Austin District Yes
Off-System Bridge Maintenance John Tashi, City of Houston Yes
Agreements with Local Governments Rachel Larcom, Bridge Division Yes
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. Yes
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 Yes

Wednesday, April 16

Title

Presenter

PDF

Preserving Signature Bridges in Texas

Kevin Pruski, Bridge Division

Yes

Texas' Truss Inventory Jamie Griffin, Bridge Division | Niyi Arowojolu, Bridge Division

Yes

District Bridge Preservation Priorities - Panel Discussion

Roger Lopez, Houston District | Jeff Bush, Dallas District | Zilthai Soto, El Paso District | Armando Bosquez, Corpus Christi District

No

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

Yes

ADA Design Best practice | ADA and Green Ribbon Funding

Jamie Godwin, Design Division | Bill Macke, Design Division | Sam Lundquist, Kimley-Horn | Jennifer Loa, Design Division

No

Digital  Delivery at TxDOT: Progress Update | The Bridge Perspective |  A Look Forward

Jacob Tambunga, Design Division | Courtney Holle, Bridge Division | Adrian Martinez, Design Division Y