Agenda

* PDHs issued for professional

engineer license renewal

** Certified public water supply operator continuing

training hours and PDHs issued for professional engineer license renewal

 Wednesday, May 21, 2008 

7:00 a.m.       Exposition Opens Registration &

                    Continental Breakfast

7:30  to 9:00 a.m.         Leadership Breakfast

8:00  to 2:30 p.m.         Loader Competition

8:00 to 12:00 p.m.        Technical/Educational Sessions

11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.   Lunch (included with Day Pass)

2:00 p.m.                      Loader Awards & Prize Drawing

2:30 p.m.                      Exposition Floor Closes

ROOM #1:          Storm Water Management &     

                      Water Resources

                      Moderator: Jorge Cruz, Village of Wilmette

*9:00 am         Converting Degraded Streams into

                          Community Assets

                     Ted Gray, Living Waters

                     Consultants

*10:00 am        Bio Swales

                      Linda Huff & Jeremy Reynolds,

                      Huff & Huff

*11:00 am       Treatment Wetland Design for

                      MWRD alongn the Des Plaines River

                      George Schober, V3

*1:00 pm         Environmental Issues and

                      Designs/Practices for the I-355

                      Extension

                      Rocco Zucchero & Angela LaPorte,

                      Illinois Tollway

ROOM #2:            Municipal Engineering

Moderator: Eduardo Gasca,

Burns & McDonnell

*9:00 am           High Definition Surveying, HDS

                       Steve Magnusen, Gewalt-Hamilton

*10:00 am         A Case Study: St. Charles' First

                       Street Historic Downtown Project

                       Greg Chismark,

                       Christopher B. Burke Engineering

*11:00 am        Traffic Signals for Public Works

                      Officials: Current Technologies,  

                      Design, Operations & Maintenance

                      Mike Magnuson, HLR Engineering

*1:00 pm         Update Your Out of Date Standard

                      Specifications

                      Greg Goldbogen,

                      Lake County Public Works

ROOM #3:         Roadway Engineering

                      Moderator: Robert Rollings,

                      Bollinger, Lach & Associates, Inc.

*9:00 am         White Topping and Pervious     

                      Concrete, A Storm Water Solution

                      Randal Riley, American Concrete

                      Paving Association

                      John Reed, Illinois Ready Mixed

                      Concrete Association

*10:00 am        Full Depth Reclamation/Recycling &

                      Base Stabilization Methods

                      Steven Christiansen, Asphalt Zipper

*11:00 am        Cable Stay Bridge Project

                      Jay Behnke, State Testing-North

                      Avenue

*1:00 pm         New Asphalt Specification: IDOT

                     Style (2008 Hot Mix Asphalt   

                     Specification Enhancements; Illinois

                     Implementation From National

                     Research) Tim Murphy, Murphy

                     Pavement Tech

Thursday, May 21, 2008

7:00 a.m.             Exposition Opens

                          Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 to 2:30 p.m.  Snow Plow Competition

8:00 to 12:00 p.m. Technical/Educational Sessions

11:30 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch (included with Day Pass)

2:00 p.m.             Snow Plow Awards & Prize

                          Drawings

2:30 p.m.             Exposition Floor Closes

ROOM #1:            Water Supply

                          Moderator: Brian Jack,

                               Village of Oak Park

*9:00 am             Water System Corrosion

                          Protection

                          Chuck Lawrence,

                          A, B & H/Donohue

**10:00 am          Water Main Flushing

                          John Van Arsdel, M.E. Simpson

**11:00 am          Installing Ductile Iron Pipe Using

                               Horizontal Directional Drilling

                         Aaron Cohen,

                         Apollo Trenchless, Inc.

ROOM #2:           Public Works Management

                              Moderator: Jim Bessler,

                        City of Macomb

9:00 am             Needs Analysis and Master

                        Planning for Public Works Facilities

                             Mark Bushhouse,

                        Williams Architects

10:00 am            Establishing Work Groups for

                        Performance and Efficiency

                             Suzette Eggleston,

                        City of Evanston

*11:00 am         Context Sensitive Principles for

                       Projects Other Than

                       Transportation

                             Robert Lewis, Stanley Consultants

ROOM #3:          Fleet

                       Moderator: Norm Russell,

                       Village of Villa Park

8:30 am            Municipal Fleet Managers

                       General Meeting

9:00 am            Growing a Green Fleet

                            Rich Gunther, General Motors

                       Corporation - General Motors 2008

                       Green Fleet Line

10:00 am           Biodiesel from Cooking Oil

                            Vince Olsen, Village of Algonquin

11:00 am           Hydraulic Lubricants and System 

                            Maintenance

                            Chuck Daniels, Parent Petroleum

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