TACERA Conference
October 17 – October 19, 2017

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

7:30 am to 5:00 pm / Registration
8:00 am to 8:15 am / Opening Remarks and Announcements – Bryan Neaves, PE – TACERA President
Morning Moderator – Charlie Hastings Morning Moderator – Joseph Jackson
8:15 am to 9:00 am / Pavement Distresses SPS Bridge System
“the sandwich bridge deck”
Tom Flowers w/ Ergon John Holt w/ TxDOT
9:00 am to 9:15 am / Break /
Session A / Session B
9:15 am to 10:00 am / General Hot Mix Information
Larry Welch w/ Texas Asphalt Pavement Association / Non Continuously
Bound Granular
Pavement Structures
Jaime Miller w/ Wilco
10:00 am to 10:45 am / Compaction of Hot Mix
Larry Welch w/ Texas Asphalt Pavement Association / Are Your Signs Legal?
Keith Johnson TxLTAP
10:45 am to 11:00 am / Break
11:00 am to 11:30 am / Hot Mix Types In Texas
Larry Welch w/ Texas Asphalt Pavement Association / Update on Section 404
Nationwide Permits
Chris Hamilton w/ Peloton Land Solutions
11:30 am to 12:00 pm / Hot Mix Types In Texas
Larry Welch w/ Texas Asphalt Pavement Association / Environmental 101 for
County Road Management
Matt Patyk w/ Dunaway Associates
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm / Lunch (On Your Own)
1:30 pm to 1:40 pm / Announcements
Bryan Neaves, PE – TACERA
President
Afternoon Moderator – Yancy Scott / Announcements
Afternoon Moderator – Tony Alvarez
1:40 pm – 2:30 pm / Managing Weeds, Brush,
And Mowing on Right-of-Ways
Frank Kelley w/ Roadside Inc. / Surface Prep Before
Laying Hot Mix
Larry Welch w/ Texas Asphalt
Pavement Association
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm / Break
2:45 pm to 3:45 pm / Ethics for Professional Engineers
George Hartman
w/ Texas Board of Professional Engineers / Troubleshooting Hot Mix
Larry Welch w/ Texas Asphalt Pavement Association
3:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Break
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm / Update on the Texas Central Bullet Train
Alan Greer w
Texas Central / Board of Director’s Meeting
Closed Session
5:15 pm to 6:30 pm / Early Bird Reception
Networking Opportunity

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

7:30 am to 5:00 pm / Registration
Session A / Session B
8:00 am to 8:05 am / Announcements
Bryan Neaves, PE – TACERA President
Morning Moderator – Wes McDougal / Announcements
Morning Moderator – Joe Trammel
8:05 am to 9:05 am / TCDRS
Richard Ashcraft
Member Services Field Representative / TCDRS
COMBINED WITH SESSION A
Richard Ashcraft
Member Services Field Representative
9:05 am to 9:20 am / Break
9:20 am to 10:20 am / Challenges in Communicating with the Public
Marc Shepherd w/TxLTAP /
Distracted Driving
Sheree Norton-Ward - TxLTAP
10:20 am to 10:40 am / Break
10:40 am to 12:00 pm / Intersection Design/Traffic Circles
Hardik Shah w American Structurepoint / Hot Mix Lab/Plant
Virtual Tour
Jon Peters w
Vulcan Materials co.
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm / Lunch (Sponsored meal)
1:30 pm to 1:40 pm / Announcements
Bryan Neaves, PE – TACERA
President
Afternoon Moderator – Charlie Hastings / Announcements
Afternoon Moderator – Joseph Jackson
1:40 pm – 2:30 pm / “We’ve got a Dam Problem”
Joe Trammel, P.E. Tarrant County Engineer / Asphalt Pavement Rehabilitation
Mark Richardson & John Martinez w/Uretek USA, Inc.
2:30 pm to 2:45 pm / Break
2:45 pm to 3:45 pm / Maintaining Pavements in a Changing Climate
Scot Gordon, P.E. w/dtsgis / Emergency Preparedness
Marc Shepherd w/TxLTAP
3:45 pm to 4:00 pm / Break
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm / Pavement Distresses and Repair Alternatives on Expansive Soils
Scot Gordon, P.E. w/dtsgis / The Montgomery County GIS Plan
George Culver
Director of GIS
LJA Engineering, Inc.
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm / Social Networking

Thursday, October 19, 2017

7:30 am to 10:00 pm / Registration
8:00 am to 8:05 am / Announcements – Bryan Neaves, PE – TACERA President
8:05 am to 9:00 am / TACERA business meeting; NACE Update – Tony Alvarez, Awards – Joseph Jackson, Scholarship Report and By-Laws – Joe Trammel, Officer Elections – Bryan Neaves, PE
9:00 am to 9:15 am / Break
Morning Moderator - Chad Davis
9:15 am to 10:00 am / Hurricane Harvey Documentation and Photos.
Bobby Hall, P.E. – Chambers County Engineer
10:00 am to 10:20 am / Break
10:20 am to 11:30 am / Texas Legislative Update
Jim Allison
11:30 am – 12:00 pm / Final Review and Announcements
Bryan Neaves, PE – TACERA President