Conference

Sharing the Experience: Uniting Michigan with Asset Management

                          CONFERENCE AGENDA

Morning Session

7:30 – 8:00 AM:  Registration & Breakfast            

8:00 – 8:10 AM:  Welcome and Opening Comments & Introductions – Bob Slattery,     TAMC Emcee

8:10 – 8:30 AM:  Asset Management in Michigan’s Every Day: How We’ve Been Doing as a State – Joanna Johnson, TAMC Chair

8:30 – 9:30 AM:  Reporting 2017 Michigan Road Conditions: What Was Observed… and Other Interesting Observations – Gil Chesbro, TAMC and Joanna Johnson, TAMC Chair

9:30 – 10:15 AM:  2017 Michigan Bridge Conditions: What the Data Means to You – Beckie Curtis PE, Michigan Department of Transportation & TAMC Bridge Committee Chair 

10:15 – 10:30 AM:  Networking Break

10:30 – 11:15 AM:  Bridge Bundling Program: An Asset Management Tool You Can Use – Beckie Curtis PE, Michigan Department of Transportation & TAMC Bridge Committee Chair

11:15 – 12:00 PM:  Panel Conversation: Strategies for Preserving Your Roads – Monica Ackerson, Michigan Road Preservation Association, Industry Representatives from Fahrner Asphalt Sealers, LLC and Strawser Construction, Inc.

12:00 – 1:00 PM:  Lunch

Afternoon Session

1:00 – 2:00 PM:  How Culvert Inventorying and Assessment Can Make Michigan Better – Scott Bershing/Chris Gilbertson, Michigan Technological University

2:00 – 2:15 PM:  Networking Break

2:15 – 3:15 PM:  Michigan Infrastructure Council & Water Asset Management Council: Where They Intersect with the TAMC and What that Means for Road-owning Agencies – Therese Empie, Office of Governor Rick Snyder, Jessica Moy, Michigan Infrastructure Council, Kelly Green, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Joanna Johnson, TAMC Chair

3:15 – 3:30 PM:  Summary/Closing – Bob Slattery & Joanna Johnson, TAMC

To Register: Contact the Michigan Local Technical Assistance Program at the Center for Technology and Training at 906-487-2102, ctt@mtu.edu, or online at:

https://ctt.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/component/events/event/767

For lodging reservations, please contact the Ramada Inn of Marquette at 1-906-228-6000.   

For information about the 21st Century Infrastructure Commission Regional Infrastructure Pilot Reporting and Culvert Inventory Program please visit the website.  View the executive summary (PDF).

For more information:
Roger Belknap
Asset Management Coordinator
belknapr@michigan.gov
517-335-4580