INTRODUCTION TO SEMINAR

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STRUCTURES PROJECT MANAGERS SEMINAR
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HOUSEKEEPING
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• Speaker Biography
• SEAN MEDDLES
• Sean is a Bridge Standards Engineer in the
  Structural Engineering office at ODOT and his
  duties include
• Maintaining Standard Bridge Drawings, Design Data
  Sheets and Plan Insert Sheets
• Maintaining ODOT Bridge Design Manual
• Serving as a member of Structures Subcommittee
  for ODOT CMS

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• Speaker Biography
• DAVE TRAINI
• Dave has over 20 years of experience in
  managing, designing and reviewing highway
  structures and was the Assistant Administrator
  for Bridge Design in the Office of Structural
  Engineering at ODOT Central Office
• He is qualified as a Level 3 bridge designer
  and has extensive knowledge in hydraulics,
  foundation, and all aspects of structural design.
  He is a charter member of the Value Engineering
  design team evaluating projects that cost in
  excess of 25 million and was recently appointed
  as a member of ODOTs Design/Build steering
  committee

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• Speaker Biography
• JEFF GRIFFIN
• Jeff has worked for BN since 1981 and is a
  Project Manager in the Transportation Division 
• He has been involved with the design, review,
  or management of bridge projects for the majority
  of his 24 year career 
• He has reviewed preliminary and final plan
  submittals for hundreds of projects across Ohio
  as part of ODOT's bridge replacement program

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• Speaker Biography
• RICK ENGEL
• Rick has served with the ODOT for over 29 years
  and his experience includes involvement in the
  design of over 2000 bridge and retaining wall
  projects
• As the Administrator for the Office of
  Structural Engineering for two years, he had
  managing oversight of the OSE
• Rick has served on numerous committees
  affiliated with TRB, NCHRP, and AASHTO Technical
  Working Groups. He also was Project Manager for
  25 geotechnical research efforts
• The past 4 years have been spent with EL
  Robinson Engineering

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• Speaker Biography
• HEIDI NUNEMAKER
• Heidi has served as Management Analyst
  Supervisor at ODOT for nearly 4 years and also
  serves as the railroad coordinator and liaison
• She formulates policy and operational
  procedures for statewide guidelines for
  administration and coordination of highway
  construction projects that affect railroad
  systems reviews and interprets administrative
  code, Ohio Revised Code, and federal code
  pertaining to railroad/highway guidelines

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• Speaker Biography
• HEIDI NUNEMAKER - Continued
• In addition, she manages programs, prepares
  /or reviews necessary engineering, construction
  and accounting documents, reviews encumbrance
  estimates for railroad work, and writes,
  distributes, and ensures authorization of all
  railroad construction agreements and pertinent
  special clauses
• She also prepares periodic reports utilizing
  railroad coordination database to track projects
  through project development

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• Speaker Biography
• TRAVIS BUTZ
• Travis Butz has worked for BN for 8 years and
  is a bridge designer in BN's Columbus office
• His work has focused mainly in the design
  of ODOT bridges and bridges for Ohio counties
• He has performed hydraulic analyses on
  numerous Ohio bridges and was a co-presenter for
  the "The Application of HEC-RAS to Bridge Sites
  Short Course" presented by the Ohio LTAP Center
  in 2000 and 2001

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• Speaker Biography
• JOHN SHANKS
• John has 24 years experience in structural
  engineering and is a project manager and lead
  designer in the Bridge Design Section of BN's
  Columbus office
• For the past 17 years he has been involved in
  designing, reviewing, or managing bridge projects
  for ODOT and other agencies
• He has reviewed hundreds of ODOT bridge
  preliminary and final plan submittals as part of
  BN's plan review contracts with ODOT

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• Speaker Biography
• TOM BOLTE
• Tom has worked for BN for 24 years and is
  Director of the Bridge Group in BN's Columbus
  office
• Most of his career has involved designing,
  reviewing, or managing ODOT bridge projects
• He has reviewed hundreds of ODOT bridge
  preliminary and final plan submittals as part of
  BN's plan review contracts with ODOT

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• Speaker Biography
• MIKE KILLIAN
• Has worked as a Bridge Design Engineer at
  Burgess Niple for the past 12 years
• Recently, Mike has worked on a statewide load
  rating project as a consultant to the ODOT Office
  of Structural Engineering
• Through that project as well as other projects
  both nationally and internationally, Mike has
  loaded rated upwards of 1,300 structures

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