SEPT. 19–20, 2018
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
2018 DICEP Presenters
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Casey Dinges, Senior Managing Director
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• “Making the Grade – ASCE’s 2017
Infrastructure Report Card”
– Presentation, Discussion and Q&A
Silas Nichols, P.E., Principal, Geotechnical
Bridge Engineer
United States Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration, Office
of Infrastructure
• “An Owner’s View on The Benefits of Driven
Piles in Infrastructure”
FEATURED PRESENTERS
Alexander Filotti, M.B.A., P.E., Risk Controller
Underpinning & Foundation Skanska, Inc.
Skanska USA Civil
& Richard Kalson, Esq., Partner, Litigation
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
• “An Engineer’s Role in Mitigating Risk on Pile Driving
Projects. An Operational and Legal Perspective.”
Sam Sternberg III, P.E., Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Dan Brown and Associates, PC
• “Reducing Risk through Pre-bid Load Testing:
A Case Study of the I-10 Mobile River Bridge”
Dr. Richard Hartman, Principal
Hartman Engineering
• “Central Susquehanna Valley Transportation
Project (CSVT)”
Dr. Jim Collin, Ph.D.
The Collin Group, Ltd.
• “Research, Design, and Construction – The Evolution
of Column Supported Embankment”
Kathryn A. Petek, Ph.D., P.E., Associate
Shannon & Wilson, Inc.
• “Large Diameter Open End Piles: Applications and
New Research”
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