Senior Tech Talk

Senior Tech Talk

Sponsored by the Younger Member Group
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Kleinfelder, 1 Beacon Street Suite 8100, Boston, MA 02108
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Remote participation will be available through Zoom

Join us for a series of presentations focused on the management of various civil engineering-related projects in the Boston area. Q&A to follow.

Speakers:

Laureen Beintum, PE, Senior Project Manager, GEI, Consultants, Inc.
Laureen is a geotechnical project manager with 21 years of geotechnical consulting experience in Washington and Massachusetts.  She is currently the geotechnical project manager for MassDOT’s I-495/I-90 Interchange Improvement Design Build project and RIDOT’s I-95 NB Providence Design Build project.  Laureen completed her BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering at Tufts and Northwestern Universities. 

Topic:
The I-95NB Viaduct Design-Build Project includes nine bridge replacements/widenings and 13 new retaining walls over a 1 ¼ mile stretch of I-95NB in Providence, RI.  GEI performed an expediated exploration program in August 2020 and delivered geotechnical design recommendations for all bridges and walls, micropile design for four bridges, and design of two permanent retaining walls under a successful and aggressive design schedule.  Along the way, GEI participated in interdisciplinary review of design documentation, working collaboratively with the designers and contractor.  GEI continues to support the design build team during construction, which will be completed in 2024.

Dr. Britton Johnson, PhD, PE, ITS/Traffic Engineer, Kimley-Horn
Britton is a transportation engineer and project manager who specializes in delivering projects related to ITS and TSMO, connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), data analytics, and multimodal planning.

Topic:
The I-95 Variable Speed Limit Pilot project in Virginia introduces a novel congestion-prediction VSL algorithm that was derived from traffic flow theory and data analytics. Britton and her team designed the VSL algorithm, developed/integrated the software with VDOT, and are monitoring its performance since going live in June 2022. 

Anthony Richardson, PE, Project Manager, Jacobs
Anthony is a Project Manager with Jacobs Bridge Group with 13 years’ experience in the design, rehabilitation, rating and inspection of bridges. He has worked with various DOT’s including MassDOT and RIDOT, as well as working with the MBTA throughout his career. He has performed or managed the inspection of almost one thousand bridge structures in his career. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a B.S in Civil Engineering. 

Topic:
Jacobs bridge inspection group in the New England region currently has several NBIS bridge inspection contracts with state DOT’s. Our bridge inspection tasks include multiple ongoing projects with individual tasks ranging from the inspection of single span masonry arch bridges to more complex multi-span continuous steel box girders. Each assignment requires a unique approach for access and inspection to meet NBIS inspection requirements and ensure the DOT’s we are reporting back any defects found during the work. Our ongoing work frequently takes us to new locations throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as our group has inspected hundreds of structures for each DOT since the start of 2020.

Dave Burnett, PE, PMP, Project Manager, Environmental Engineer, CDM Smith
Mr. Dave Barnett has a bachelor’s in environmental engineering from the University of Connecticut, and a master’s in civil engineering from Northeastern University as well as a professional engineering license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Burnett specializes in water and wastewater conveyance including I/I and SSES studies, trenchless rehabilitation and replacement, and pipeline design. Outside of work, Dave is an avid skier, golfer, and ultra-runner.  

Topic:
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission initiated a 2021 study to locate sources of extraneous infiltration and inflow (I/I) in a neighborhood that has previously undergone multiple studies and rehabilitation efforts without the desired results. With conventional techniques already applied, a dyed water flooding program was implemented to detect if service lateral defects may be the source of I/I. Approximately 30% of the 44 properties tested exhibited a potential hydraulic connection.

Registration Deadline: Extended to Tuesday, April 11, 2023
$20 Members, $25 Non-Members, $10 Students

Information/Registration:
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