2014 ARTBA Annual Report		 1
2014
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Chairman’s Message					 3
Market Development					 6
Market Protection					 10
Providing Industry Leadership 				 11
Awards Programs	 			 	 12
Networking & Business Development Opportunities	 14
Value-Enhanced Services					 18
Executive Committee					 19
Membership Application					 21
Table of Contents
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T
he achievements outlined in the pages
of this Annual Report are a reflection
of ARTBA’s commitment to its core
mission: growing and protecting the
transportation construction market.
ARTBA’s leadership activities through the
“Transportation Makes America Work”
(TMAW) grassroots lobbying and
communications program, and in
partnerships with like-minded industry
coalitions, yielded solid results on the
industry’s behalf during 2014.
We helped ensure that Congress:
fully-funded MAP-21 with a $700 million
increase in highway investment and $100
million increase for public transit; passed a
short-term Highway Trust Fund patch that
prevented federal funding for new projects
from shutting down October 1; and enacted
the first multi-year authorization for federal
waterway and ports infrastructure funding in
seven years.
In terms of protecting the transportation
construction market, ARTBA “had your
back.” We filed formal comments over 35
times on proposed regulations from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
U.S. Department of Labor and its
Occupational Safety & Health
Administration, and the U.S. Department
of Transportation (U.S. DOT). We helped
positively impact the final proposal on the
U.S. DOT Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) program, and took legal
action in a potentially precedent-setting DBE
case in Illinois. The association also earned
an important victory when a final EPA
regulation did not include the “one-size-
Chairman’s Message
fits-all” requirements on stormwater runoff
that the industry had long opposed.
ARTBA’s advocacy extended to the safety
arena with the hosting of an industry
summit at CONEXPO-CON/AGG on
best practices to avoid work site incursion
fatalities and injuries.
The association continued to implement key
elements of the ARTBA Strategic Planning
Committee report. This included: 1) the
launch of the new “Transportation
Investment Advocacy Center™” to help
build and support a nationwide network of
stakeholders most interested in moving the
funding needle at the state and local levels; 2)
hosting the inaugural “National Workshop
for State & Local Transportation Advo-
cates;” and 3) the rollout of a new, respon-
sively-designed TMAW website containing
info-graphs to communicate the value of
transportation investment in new ways.
Of course, none of these successes could
have been achieved without the strong and
steady support of ARTBA’s volunteer leaders
and state contractor affiliates.
Please take a few minutes to read through
the pages that follow. And thank you for
your continued support! We know you will
be with us in 2015 as ARTBA continues to
lead the charge on a permanent Highway
Trust Fund fix and the passage of long-term
reauthorization bill that increases federal
investment in America’s surface
transportation infrastructure.
Nick Ivanoff
Ammann & Whitney
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2014 Highlights ARTBA welcomed the following
companies and agencies into its
membership ranks:
•	 Acrow Corporation of America
•	 Anderson Columbia Company, Inc.
•	 Assn. of County Engineers of
Alabama
•	 AZZ Galvanizing
•	 Branch Highways, Inc.
•	 Casco Bay Steel Structures
•	 Cinnovas Development Group, LLC
•	 Construction Partners, Inc.
•	 Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.
•	 David Evans and Associates, Inc.
•	 Hanson Professional Services
•	 ICA Engineering, Inc.
•	 John Deere Construction &
Forestry Comp
•	 Kubota Tractor Corporation
•	 Larson Design Group
•	 Laser Technology, Inc.
•	 McCarey Landscaping, Inc.
•	 Minnesota County Engineers
Association
•	 Mississippi Association of County
Engineers
•	 Move Texas Forward
•	 NAI Cranes
•	 Project Footage, LLC
•	 RK&K
•	 Road Safety Systems, LLC
•	 Royal Truck & Equipment
•	 Sabra Wang & Associates, Inc.
•	 Saul Ewing LLP
•	 Street Light Data
•	 Superior Construction Co., Inc.
•	 TenCate Geosynthetics
•	 Terra Site Constructors, LLC
•	 The Northeast Maglev LLC
•	 Viewpoint Construction Software
•	 Vinci Concessions
•	 Webber, LLC
•	 WH Pacific, Inc.
•	 Wichita State University
Enactment of the first federal ports and waterways investment law in seven
years.
Passage of an appropriations bill that fully-funded MAP-21 with a $700 million
increase in federal highway investment.
Approval of a temporary Highway Trust Fund fix that prevented an October 1
shutdown of highway and transit investment to the states.
Submitted comments more than 35 times to federal agencies presenting the
transportation construction industry’s views relating to implementation of
MAP-21 and in response to an onslaught of proposed regulations.
Achieved a long-time industry goal when the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) issued new stormwater runoff regulations that did not include
controversial “one size fits all” requirements. ARTBA was successful in explaining
to EPA that on certain projects the proposed standards could have resulted in up
to $1 million in additional costs.
Played the principal industry leadership role in the 25-month federal
rulemaking process relating to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
program that culminated in October with final rules revisions announced by U.S.
Department of Transportation. The agency repeatedly referenced comments
submitted by ARTBA and its chapters about the impacts of the proposed changes
on project costs and the ability of contractors to bid on future federal-aid
projects. The rule changes were wide-ranging, but in some cases not as severe
as originally drafted in large parts because of strong opposition from ARTBA
and its allies.
Expanded the scope of the “Infostructure™” webinar series with a variety of paid
and free learning sessions on economic market conditions, Disadvantaged
Business Enterprise program “best practices,” ethics and compliance,
indemnification, construction contract site condition risk, and surety bonding
on P3 projects.
Provided about 2,000 industry professionals from across the U.S. and the world
with a forum for networking and policy discussions at 16 ARTBA-hosted
or-supported events.
Successfully recruited nearly 40 firms and public agencies into the ARTBA
membership fold.
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2014 New Initiatives
Launched the “Transportation Investment Advocacy
Center™”—a first-of-its kind education program
and internet-based information resource
(www.transportationinvestment.org) to help
stakeholders successfully grow transportation
infrastructure resource levels through legislation and
ballot initiatives.
Hosted the first-ever “National Workshop for State &
Local Transportation Advocates in the Nation’s Capital.
Transportation construction executives, “better roads
and transportation” professionals, state legislators, and
chamber of commerce officials from 22 states participated.
Utilized latest technologies to roll out the all-new digital
“Washington Newsline” and new ARTBA flagship website
(www.artba.org) so that they are responsive to mobile
devices and contain social media sharing capability.
Unveiled a new “Transportation Makes America Work”
website and social media campaign featuring
compelling info-graphics that show the value of
transportation infrastructure investment and its impact
on health and safety, children, family budgets, American
quality of life and the economy.
Produced and distributed an ARTBA’s economics
team-generated report on America’s structurally deficient
bridges that was intended to draw public and
congressional attention to the need to fix the
Highway Trust Fund. The report generated hundreds of
television, radio and news articles, including the lead
story in “USA Today.”
Initiated and managed through the ARTBA co-chaired
Transportation Construction Coalition a first-of-its-kind
study examining the macroeconomic benefits of federal
highway investment to the total U.S. economy.
Produced and widely distributed two comprehensive
reports: an analysis of the potential impacts of the 2014
elections on the future of the nation’s surface
transportation programs; and the results of more than
90 Election Day ballot initiatives seeking to increase state
and local transportation investment.
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Market Development
Fixing the Highway Trust Fund without generating any new revenue would require the equivalent of
Congress passing and the president signing a 2013-level Murray-Ryan budget deal every year just to
maintain current highway and transit program investment levels, ARTBA President Pete Ruane Feb. 12
told a Senate panel.
Annual Transportation Appropriations Bill
ARTBA worked successfully early in the year to help build support for a final
government-wide spending measure to fund all federal discretionary programs
for the remainder of FY 2014.
The proposal largely adhered to the highway and public transportation
investment commitments established in the 2012 MAP-21 surface transportation
law by providing: $40.3 billion
for highway investment and
$10.7 billion for public
transportation. It also included
$3.35 billion for the Airport
Improvement Program, $1
billion for Amtrak capital and
debt service grants, and $600
million for the U.S. Department
of Transportation’s TIGER grant
program, which supports inter-
modal transportation projects.
Highway Trust Fund
Through an integrated public
affairs campaign, grassroots
advocacy by volunteer leaders
and state contractor chapters,
and a continual government
affairs team presence on Capitol
Hill, ARTBA helped avoid a
potentially devastating
Highway Trust Fund shutdown.
Absent congressional action,
federal highway and transit
investment to the states would
have stopped on October 1.
“Peter Ruane,
president of the
American Road and
Transportation
Builders Association,
is one of Washington’s
most forceful advo-
cates for infrastruc-
ture spending.”
—“CQ Roll Call”
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The ARTBA “Transportation Makes America Work” (TMAW) lobbying and
advocacy communications program, supported financially by 40 industry firms
and organizations, was the unique vehicle for pushing the industry policy agenda
on Capitol Hill and at the state level.
ARTBA thanks these 2014
Transportation Makes America
Work Program supporters:
•	 Caterpillar Inc.
•	 Kiewit
•	 Oldcastle Materials, Inc.
•	 AECOM
•	 Fluor Enterprises, Inc.
•	 CH2M HILL
•	 Granite Construction Company
•	 John Deere
•	 Martin Marietta Materials
•	 Parsons Brinckerhoff
•	 Tennessee Road Builders
Association
•	 The Heritage Group
•	 The Vecellio Group
•	 Williams Brothers Construction
•	 The Lane Construction
Corporation
•	 Skanska USA Civil, Inc.
•	 Travelers Bond
•	 Wright Brothers Construction Co.
•	 Lockton Companies
•	 3M
•	 Beaver Excavating Co.
•	 Kentucky Association of
Highway Contractors
•	 Terex Corporation
•	 Terracon
•	 G.A. & F.C. Wagman
•	 Zachry Corporation
•	 Carolinas AGC
•	 Connecticut Road Builders
Association
•	 John. S. Lane Corp.
•	 Ohio Contractors Association
•	 Gannett Fleming, Inc.
•	 Adams Construction Co.
•	 Edw. C. Levy, Co.
•	 Rogers Group
•	 Summers Taylor
•	 Volkert, Inc.
•	 Oxford Construction Company
•	 Gerken Paving, Inc.
•	 Luck Stone
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ARTBA unveiled a new TMAW website and social media campaign to
provide members of Congress with plenty of sound bites to support their efforts
to provide a sustainable, long-term revenue stream for future highway and transit
investments through the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). It featured infographics
that show the value of transportation infrastructure investment and its impact
on health and safety, children, family budgets, American quality of life and
the economy.
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Among the other key TMAW programs:
To draw congressional attention to the state of the nation’s bridge
inventory, ARTBA prepared and released a national and state-specific
report showing Americans cross 63,000 structurally compromised
bridges more than 250 million times each day. The analysis drew
hundreds of national and local news stories, including a front-page
story and map in “USA Today.”
To support the“member-to-member”efforts of some of our key
allies on Capitol Hill, ARTBA partnered with the American Public
Transportation Association to commission seven state polls on public
attitudes toward federal transportation investment in states with key
House and Senate leaders. The results were shared with the targeted
offices and released in a series of grassroots media events.
To help build industry grassroots activism, at CONEXPO in
Las Vegas, we distributed 50,000 marketing pieces for the
“Transportation Construction Advocate” mobile app, which is
downloadable in the iTunes and Google app stores.
To help support policy goals shared by industry allies, TMAW
also financially supported the coordinated coalition advocacy
activities of the 31-member organization TCC, the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce-led “Americans for Transportation Mobility,” the “Ameri-
can Infrastructure Alliance,” and The Road Information Program.
To keep the heat on key members of the Senate Finance Committee
from both sides of the aisle, ARTBA Chairman Nick Ivanoff wrote a
post-election op-ed that appeared during November in major daily
newspapers around the country and called on Congress to work
quickly in finding find a permanent solution for the Highway
Trust Fund.
“The [American Road & Transportation Builders Association] report comes
against the backdrop of growing cries of alarm that the federal
Highway Trust Fund, normally used to pay for road and transit projects,
could be insolvent by the fall unless Congress acts.”
—April 25 Page 1“USA Today”story about ARTBA’s structurally
deficient bridge report
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Ports & Waterways Infrastructure Investment Law
In June, President Obama signed legislation to make new federal
investments in ports and waterways. The $12.3 billion Water
Resources Reform & Development Act of 2014, which had
widespread bipartisan support in both houses of Congress,
authorized Army Corps of Engineers dredging, port, inland
waterway, levee, dam, and flood and natural disaster mitigation and
recovery construction and engineering projects. It also included
policy provisions to speed-up the project delivery process and
authorizes dozens of specific projects throughout the country.
ARTBA and its Ports & Waterways Council, and the ARTBA
co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition, were strong
advocates for the measure’s final passage.
ARTBA“has been vocal
about the need for a
long-term transportation
bill and has helped lead
the lobbying push
on Capitol Hill.”
–“Politico”
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Market Protection
A decision by the U.S. EPA to revoke a valid Clean Water Act permit from a mining
operation in West Virginia could remove certainty in the permitting process and have
ripple effects on the ability of public agencies and private firms to deliver urgently-
needed transportation improvement projects for the nation, ARTBA Senior Vice
Chairman Nick Ivanoff testified July 15 before a House subcommittee.
Regulatory Advocacy
ARTBA continued to make sure the industry’s voice was heard
regarding the ongoing implementation of MAP-21 and on a flurry
of regulatory proposals. The association submitted comments more
than 35 times to federal agencies on: project-related environmental
reviews, silica, workplace injury and illness reporting, “Waters of the
U.S.,” wage garnishment, P3s, fuel economy standards, Keystone XL
Pipeline, categorical exclusions and ozone standards.
ARTBA achieved a long sought after industry goal when the U.S.
EPA issued new stormwater runoff regulations that did not include
controversial “one size fits all” requirements. Originally, EPA had
wanted to include a single, uniform standard for runoff on all con-
struction sites, meaning that a project in an extremely wet area would
be treated the same as one in an extremely dry area. In a variety of
forums, ARTBA consistently explained to EPA and other decision
makers that on certain projects the proposed EPA standards could
add up to $1 million in additional costs.
Coal Ash Victory
In good news for taxpayers and the environ-
ment, the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy’s (EPA) late December decision not to
regulate fly-ash, a byproduct of coal combus-
tion to produce electricity, as a “hazardous
material,” will help save American taxpayers
$105 billion over the next 20 years. That,
research by ARTBA’s Foundation found,
would be the additional cost to build roads,
bridges and airport runways if fly-ash, widely
recycled as a pavement mix additive, was not
available as a building material. ARTBA had
been actively engaged in the regulatory and
legislative debate in Washington over the
fly-ash designation since 2007.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Program & Litigation
ARTBA took the leading industry role in
the 25-month federal rulemaking relating
to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
(DBE) program.
Upon releasing the final rule revisions late
in the year, the U.S. Department of
Transportation repeatedly referenced
comments submitted by ARTBA and its
chapters, and specifically cited a nationwide
survey coordinated by ARTBA in which
nearly all contractors expected that proposed
rule changes would add costs to projects,
while nearly half planned to bid on fewer
federal-aid projects. The rule changes were
wide-ranging, but in some cases not as
severe as originally drafted, largely because
of strong opposition from ARTBA and its
allies. The association also educated
members about the final changes, hosting a
series of webinars with FHWA officials and
construction lawyers.
On another DBE-related front, ARTBA filed
an amicus brief on the industry’s behalf
in a federal lawsuit over questionable and
politically-influenced administration of the
DBE program in Illinois.
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“I applaud ARTBA for creating this resource [the Transportation
Investment Advocacy Center]. We are all trying to come up with a
solution to the looming transportation infrastructure crisis.”
—Tina Grady Barbaccia, editor-at-large,“Better Roads”
Transportation Investment Advocacy Center
In March, ARTBA Chairman Doug Black announced the
start-up of the “Transportation Investment Advocacy
Center™” (TIAC), a first-of-its kind, dynamic education
program and internet-based information resource.
The program is aimed at helping private citizens,
legislators, organizations and businesses successfully
grow transportation infrastructure resources at the state
and local levels through the legislative and ballot
initiative processes.
The cornerstone of TIAC is its website:
www.transportationinvestment.org, which features
nearly 40 detailed case studies of recent
transportation funding campaigns—both successful
and unsuccessful—mounted in more than two dozen
states. It includes the actual television, radio and print
ads, polling data, and media and coalition strategies
used in the campaigns, and an overview of funding and
financing mechanisms utilized to support state and local
transportation programs.
Council of University Transportation Centers
Under contract, ARTBA continued to provide
management support to the Council of University
Centers (CUTC), an organization of nearly 100
university-based transportation research centers that
conduct cutting-edge research into transportation
construction, management and policy issues, and help
educate and train thousands of students each year.
ARTBA managed CUTC’s day-to-day activities, and
many CUTC members are actively involved leaders in
ARTBA’s Research & Education Division.
Women Leaders Council
The Women Leaders
Council (WLC), now led by
Jihane Fazio, project manager
for transportation at AECOM,
continued to focus on
implementation of its strategic
plan, with development of
content on the ARTBA website, awards program, and
webinars with industry women leaders. The WLC also
co-sponsored a mentor program with the ARTBA Young
Executive Leadership Council, met twice at major
ARTBA events, and is focused on the promotion of
transportation construction careers to K-12 students.
Bridge Council
The Bridge Policy & Promotion Council met twice in
2014 and heard presentations from notable speakers,
including: Romeo Garcia, a top Federal Highway
Administration bridge engineer who spoke about
accelerated bridge construction; Bala Sivakumar, an
HNTB vice president who discussed bridge preservation;
and Mike Keever, a California Department of
Transportation deputy division chief who provided an
update on the state’s program.
Providing Industy Leadership
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ARTBA Award
Established in 1960 and the
association’s highest honor,
the ARTBA Award recognizes
individuals for their outstanding
contributions that have
advanced the broad goals of the
association. The sole recipient
was: Paul Yarossi, president
and chief executive officer,
HNTB Holdings.
Industry leaders from around the nation were recognized for their outstanding leadership as part of
ARTBA’s annual awards program, which included:
Awards Programs
Division Awards
ARTBA Division Award winners, who were selected by their peers, included:
Nello L. Teer, Jr. Award (Contractors): Pete Getchell, PKF-Mark III, in Newtown, Pa.
Guy Kelcey Award (Planning & Design): Matt Cummings, senior vice president, AECOM, Philadelphia, Pa.
Paul F. Phelan (Materials & Services): Wendell Hirschfeld, vice president, business development, Hirschfeld
Industries, San Angelo, Texas
John “Jake” Landen Memorial Highway Safety Award (Traffic Safety Industry): Priscilla Tobias (public sector),
Illinois Department of Transportation state safety engineer; and Jim Keaton (private sector), Lindsay Transportation
Safety director of business development (retired)
S.S. Steinberg Award (Research & Education Division): Dr. Imad L. Al-Qadi, founder professor of engineering and
director of the Illinois Center for Transportation, and the Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering
Laboratory (ATREL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
P3 Entrepreneur of the Year: Russell Zapalac, chief planning and project officer, Texas Department of
Transportation
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P3 Entrepreneur of the Year: Russell Zapalac (center), chief planning and project officer, Texas Department of Transportation.
Nello L. Teer, Jr. Award (Contractors): Pete Getchell, PKF-Mark III. (left).
Paul F. Phelan Award (Materials & Services): Wendell Hirschfeld,
vice president, business development, Hirschfeld Industries (left).
John“Jake”Landen Memorial Highway Safety Award (Traffic Safety
Industry): Jim Keaton, Lindsay Transportation Safety director of
business development (left).
Guy Kelcey Award (Planning & Design): Matt Cummings,
senior vice president, AECOM, (left).
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Networking &
Business Development
Opportunities
ARTBA provided about 2,000
industry professionals from
across the U.S. and the world
with a forum for networking
and policy discussions at these
16 events:
•	 Federal Issues Program
•	 26th
P3s in Transportation
Conference
•	 National Workshop for State
& Local Transportation
Advocates
•	 “Local Transportation
Management Virtual
Conference & Innovation
Showcase” (LōTrans™ 2014)
•	 National Convention
•	 Transportation Construction
Coalition Fly-In
•	 Dr. J Don Brock
TransOvation™ Workshop &
Exhibit
•	 6th
Annual Transportation
Construction Law &
Regulatory Forum
•	 Four regional meetings
•	 “Engineering Issues”
breakfasts/lunches at the
four AASHTO regional
meetings
Meetings
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Federal Issues Program & Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In
More than 400 ARTBA members and industry executives came to the Nation’s Capital in early June for the
Federal Issues Program and Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In, respectively. These events provided an
opportunity to meet with federal agency officials, and a forum to hear from members of Congress about pending
transportation legislation. Participants also met with their representatives and senators to press for action on the
Highway Trust Fund and reauthorization of MAP-21.
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6th
Annual Legal Forum
In a program that continues growing in terms of attend-
ees and scope of content, more than 40 transportation
design and construction professionals, and attorneys
June 11 gathered in Washington, D.C., for ARTBA’s 6th
Annual ARTBA Transportation Construction Law &
Regulatory Forum. Key topics of discussion included:
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program com-
pliance, P3s and surety bonding, organizational conflicts
of interest, design build, and environmental issues.
Inaugural National Workshop for State &
Local Transportation Advocates
Building broad coalitions, developing strong
partnerships with the governor, state
legislators and public agency officials, and
creating an integrated communications
plan that delivers consistent messages to the
public about the value and benefits of the
resulting infrastructure improvements are
three keys to success in boosting transporta-
tion investment at the state and local level.
Those were among the consistent messages
delivered by speakers July 16 during the
inaugural “National Workshop for State &
Local Transportation Advocates,” held in the
Nation’s Capital. Transportation construction
executives, “better roads and transportation”
professionals, state legislators, and chamber
of commerce officials from 22 states
participated in the event, hosted by the
Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™.
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National Convention
More than 250 people attended the ARTBA National Convention in southern California in September for policy
briefings on the Highway Trust Fund and MAP-21 reauthorization, a market conditions report, division and policy
council meetings, and to hear from an all-star panel of industry leaders with their perspectives on the current
business climate. The program also included a dinner to celebrate the election of new ARTBA Chairman
Nick Ivanoff, the Executive Committee officers, and the Board of Directors.
Virtual Conference
Nearly 170 federal, state, and local transportation
officials along with private sector transportation
construction professionals registered for the third annual
“Local Transportation Management & Safety Virtual
Conference (LōTrans™).
The December 10 event, accessed from a desktop or
laptop computer, included sessions on asset
management, state and local trends in transportation
funding, best practices in maintaining unpaved roads,
snow removal, flagging on low volume roads, temporary
traffic control measures on gravel roads, and encore
presentations on road work zone safety.
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Value-Enhanced Services
ARTBA’s field team and other
senior staff visited more than 40
states to deliver presentations at
industry meetings for hundreds
of executives on transportation
development issues and to
provide grassroots training.
Membership was also value-
enhanced by these “core”
services and benefits:
•	 Redesigned and mobile
friendly digital “Washington
Newsline,” flagship
www.artba.org, and
“Transportation Makes
American Work” website
(www.tmaw.org). All of
these communications
are responsive to mobile
devices and featured
Facebook, LinkedIn,
YouTube, Google+ and
Twitter icons to allow
sharing of the latest news
stories and pictures with
a user’s own social media
networks.
•	 Economics and market
intelligence reports and
analyses for industry firms
and state contractor chapters.
•	 “Transportation Builder”
magazine
•	 Annual Leadership
Directory & Buyers’ Guide
•	 Safety training and
professional development
courses
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Western Region Vice
Chairman
Steve McGough
Chief Operating Officer
HCSS
Sugar Land, Texas
Northeastern Region
Vice Chairman
Dave Gehr
Senior Vice President
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Herndon, Va.
Vice Chairman At-Large
John R. Kulka
Consultant
HRI, Inc.
State College, Pa.
Vice Chairman At-Large
Melissa Tooley
Director
Southwest Region
University Transportation
Center, Texas A&M
Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University
System
College Station, Texas
Senior Vice Chairman
David S. Zachry
President & CEO
Zachry Construction
Corporation
San Antonio, Texas
Vice Chairman At-Large
Scott L. Cassels
President
Kiewit Infrastructure
Group, Inc.
Executive Vice President
Kiewit Corporation
Omaha, Neb.
Central RegionVice Chairman
Kathi Holst
President
Roadway Construction &
Maintenance Services
Warrenville, Ill.
Vice Chairman At-Large
Michael Donnino
Senior Vice President,
Group Manager
Granite Construction
Company
Lewisville, Texas
Treasurer
Thomas W. Hill
Chief Executive Officer
Summit Materials, LLC
Denver, Colo.
Chairman
Nick Ivanoff, P.E.
President & CEO
Ammann & Whitney
New York, N.Y.
Vice Chairman At-Large
Paul Acito
Vice President & General
Manager
3M Traffic Safety &
Security Division
St. Paul, Minn.
Southern RegionVice Chairman
Thomas S. Elmore
President
Eutaw Construction Co., Inc.
Aberdeen, Miss.
Vice Chairman At-Large
Ward Nye
President&CEO
Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
Raleigh, N.C.
First Vice Chairman
Robert E. Alger
President &CEO
The Lane Construction
Corporation
Cheshire, Conn.
Secretary
Pete Ruane
President & CEO
ARTBA
Washington, D.C.
2014 Executive Committee
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Planning & Design
Division President
Tim Faerber
President, HNTB Advantage
HNTB Corporation
Chicago, Ill.
AEM Representative
Ron DeFeo
Chairman & CEO
TEREX Corporation
Westport, Conn.
Transportation Officials
Division President
Paul Gruner
County Engineer
Montgomery County
Engineer’s Office
Dayton, Ohio
Past Chairman’s Council
Chairman
James R. Madara, P.E.
Senior Vice President
Gannett Fleming, Inc.
Allentown, Pa.
ARTBA-TDF Board of
Trustees Vice Chairman
Paul A. Yarossi
President & CEO
HNTB Holdings Ltd.
HNTB Corporation
New York, N.Y.
Contractors Division
President
Jeffrey R. Clyde
President
W.W. Clyde & Co.
Springville, Utah
Public-Private Partner-
ships Division President
Matt Girard
COO
Plenary Concessions
Denver, Colo.
Research & Education
Division President
Lily Elefteriadou
Kisinger Campo Professor of
Civil Engineering
University of Florida
Gainesville, Fla.
Council of State
Executives Chairman
Mike Pepper
Executive Director
Mississippi Road Builders
Association
Jackson, Miss.
Young Executive
Leadership Council
Chairman
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Ranger Construction
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Vecellio Group, Inc.
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2014 ARTBA Annual Report

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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 1 2014 Annual Report
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    2 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report Chairman’s Message 3 Market Development 6 Market Protection 10 Providing Industry Leadership 11 Awards Programs 12 Networking & Business Development Opportunities 14 Value-Enhanced Services 18 Executive Committee 19 Membership Application 21 Table of Contents
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 3 T he achievements outlined in the pages of this Annual Report are a reflection of ARTBA’s commitment to its core mission: growing and protecting the transportation construction market. ARTBA’s leadership activities through the “Transportation Makes America Work” (TMAW) grassroots lobbying and communications program, and in partnerships with like-minded industry coalitions, yielded solid results on the industry’s behalf during 2014. We helped ensure that Congress: fully-funded MAP-21 with a $700 million increase in highway investment and $100 million increase for public transit; passed a short-term Highway Trust Fund patch that prevented federal funding for new projects from shutting down October 1; and enacted the first multi-year authorization for federal waterway and ports infrastructure funding in seven years. In terms of protecting the transportation construction market, ARTBA “had your back.” We filed formal comments over 35 times on proposed regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Labor and its Occupational Safety & Health Administration, and the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT). We helped positively impact the final proposal on the U.S. DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program, and took legal action in a potentially precedent-setting DBE case in Illinois. The association also earned an important victory when a final EPA regulation did not include the “one-size- Chairman’s Message fits-all” requirements on stormwater runoff that the industry had long opposed. ARTBA’s advocacy extended to the safety arena with the hosting of an industry summit at CONEXPO-CON/AGG on best practices to avoid work site incursion fatalities and injuries. The association continued to implement key elements of the ARTBA Strategic Planning Committee report. This included: 1) the launch of the new “Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™” to help build and support a nationwide network of stakeholders most interested in moving the funding needle at the state and local levels; 2) hosting the inaugural “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advo- cates;” and 3) the rollout of a new, respon- sively-designed TMAW website containing info-graphs to communicate the value of transportation investment in new ways. Of course, none of these successes could have been achieved without the strong and steady support of ARTBA’s volunteer leaders and state contractor affiliates. Please take a few minutes to read through the pages that follow. And thank you for your continued support! We know you will be with us in 2015 as ARTBA continues to lead the charge on a permanent Highway Trust Fund fix and the passage of long-term reauthorization bill that increases federal investment in America’s surface transportation infrastructure. Nick Ivanoff Ammann & Whitney
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    4 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report 2014 Highlights ARTBA welcomed the following companies and agencies into its membership ranks: • Acrow Corporation of America • Anderson Columbia Company, Inc. • Assn. of County Engineers of Alabama • AZZ Galvanizing • Branch Highways, Inc. • Casco Bay Steel Structures • Cinnovas Development Group, LLC • Construction Partners, Inc. • Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. • David Evans and Associates, Inc. • Hanson Professional Services • ICA Engineering, Inc. • John Deere Construction & Forestry Comp • Kubota Tractor Corporation • Larson Design Group • Laser Technology, Inc. • McCarey Landscaping, Inc. • Minnesota County Engineers Association • Mississippi Association of County Engineers • Move Texas Forward • NAI Cranes • Project Footage, LLC • RK&K • Road Safety Systems, LLC • Royal Truck & Equipment • Sabra Wang & Associates, Inc. • Saul Ewing LLP • Street Light Data • Superior Construction Co., Inc. • TenCate Geosynthetics • Terra Site Constructors, LLC • The Northeast Maglev LLC • Viewpoint Construction Software • Vinci Concessions • Webber, LLC • WH Pacific, Inc. • Wichita State University Enactment of the first federal ports and waterways investment law in seven years. Passage of an appropriations bill that fully-funded MAP-21 with a $700 million increase in federal highway investment. Approval of a temporary Highway Trust Fund fix that prevented an October 1 shutdown of highway and transit investment to the states. Submitted comments more than 35 times to federal agencies presenting the transportation construction industry’s views relating to implementation of MAP-21 and in response to an onslaught of proposed regulations. Achieved a long-time industry goal when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued new stormwater runoff regulations that did not include controversial “one size fits all” requirements. ARTBA was successful in explaining to EPA that on certain projects the proposed standards could have resulted in up to $1 million in additional costs. Played the principal industry leadership role in the 25-month federal rulemaking process relating to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program that culminated in October with final rules revisions announced by U.S. Department of Transportation. The agency repeatedly referenced comments submitted by ARTBA and its chapters about the impacts of the proposed changes on project costs and the ability of contractors to bid on future federal-aid projects. The rule changes were wide-ranging, but in some cases not as severe as originally drafted in large parts because of strong opposition from ARTBA and its allies. Expanded the scope of the “Infostructure™” webinar series with a variety of paid and free learning sessions on economic market conditions, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program “best practices,” ethics and compliance, indemnification, construction contract site condition risk, and surety bonding on P3 projects. Provided about 2,000 industry professionals from across the U.S. and the world with a forum for networking and policy discussions at 16 ARTBA-hosted or-supported events. Successfully recruited nearly 40 firms and public agencies into the ARTBA membership fold.
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 5 2014 New Initiatives Launched the “Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™”—a first-of-its kind education program and internet-based information resource (www.transportationinvestment.org) to help stakeholders successfully grow transportation infrastructure resource levels through legislation and ballot initiatives. Hosted the first-ever “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates in the Nation’s Capital. Transportation construction executives, “better roads and transportation” professionals, state legislators, and chamber of commerce officials from 22 states participated. Utilized latest technologies to roll out the all-new digital “Washington Newsline” and new ARTBA flagship website (www.artba.org) so that they are responsive to mobile devices and contain social media sharing capability. Unveiled a new “Transportation Makes America Work” website and social media campaign featuring compelling info-graphics that show the value of transportation infrastructure investment and its impact on health and safety, children, family budgets, American quality of life and the economy. Produced and distributed an ARTBA’s economics team-generated report on America’s structurally deficient bridges that was intended to draw public and congressional attention to the need to fix the Highway Trust Fund. The report generated hundreds of television, radio and news articles, including the lead story in “USA Today.” Initiated and managed through the ARTBA co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition a first-of-its-kind study examining the macroeconomic benefits of federal highway investment to the total U.S. economy. Produced and widely distributed two comprehensive reports: an analysis of the potential impacts of the 2014 elections on the future of the nation’s surface transportation programs; and the results of more than 90 Election Day ballot initiatives seeking to increase state and local transportation investment.
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    6 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report Market Development Fixing the Highway Trust Fund without generating any new revenue would require the equivalent of Congress passing and the president signing a 2013-level Murray-Ryan budget deal every year just to maintain current highway and transit program investment levels, ARTBA President Pete Ruane Feb. 12 told a Senate panel. Annual Transportation Appropriations Bill ARTBA worked successfully early in the year to help build support for a final government-wide spending measure to fund all federal discretionary programs for the remainder of FY 2014. The proposal largely adhered to the highway and public transportation investment commitments established in the 2012 MAP-21 surface transportation law by providing: $40.3 billion for highway investment and $10.7 billion for public transportation. It also included $3.35 billion for the Airport Improvement Program, $1 billion for Amtrak capital and debt service grants, and $600 million for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER grant program, which supports inter- modal transportation projects. Highway Trust Fund Through an integrated public affairs campaign, grassroots advocacy by volunteer leaders and state contractor chapters, and a continual government affairs team presence on Capitol Hill, ARTBA helped avoid a potentially devastating Highway Trust Fund shutdown. Absent congressional action, federal highway and transit investment to the states would have stopped on October 1. “Peter Ruane, president of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, is one of Washington’s most forceful advo- cates for infrastruc- ture spending.” —“CQ Roll Call”
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 7 The ARTBA “Transportation Makes America Work” (TMAW) lobbying and advocacy communications program, supported financially by 40 industry firms and organizations, was the unique vehicle for pushing the industry policy agenda on Capitol Hill and at the state level. ARTBA thanks these 2014 Transportation Makes America Work Program supporters: • Caterpillar Inc. • Kiewit • Oldcastle Materials, Inc. • AECOM • Fluor Enterprises, Inc. • CH2M HILL • Granite Construction Company • John Deere • Martin Marietta Materials • Parsons Brinckerhoff • Tennessee Road Builders Association • The Heritage Group • The Vecellio Group • Williams Brothers Construction • The Lane Construction Corporation • Skanska USA Civil, Inc. • Travelers Bond • Wright Brothers Construction Co. • Lockton Companies • 3M • Beaver Excavating Co. • Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors • Terex Corporation • Terracon • G.A. & F.C. Wagman • Zachry Corporation • Carolinas AGC • Connecticut Road Builders Association • John. S. Lane Corp. • Ohio Contractors Association • Gannett Fleming, Inc. • Adams Construction Co. • Edw. C. Levy, Co. • Rogers Group • Summers Taylor • Volkert, Inc. • Oxford Construction Company • Gerken Paving, Inc. • Luck Stone 2014 ARTBA Annual Report 7 ARTBA unveiled a new TMAW website and social media campaign to provide members of Congress with plenty of sound bites to support their efforts to provide a sustainable, long-term revenue stream for future highway and transit investments through the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). It featured infographics that show the value of transportation infrastructure investment and its impact on health and safety, children, family budgets, American quality of life and the economy.
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    8 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report Among the other key TMAW programs: To draw congressional attention to the state of the nation’s bridge inventory, ARTBA prepared and released a national and state-specific report showing Americans cross 63,000 structurally compromised bridges more than 250 million times each day. The analysis drew hundreds of national and local news stories, including a front-page story and map in “USA Today.” To support the“member-to-member”efforts of some of our key allies on Capitol Hill, ARTBA partnered with the American Public Transportation Association to commission seven state polls on public attitudes toward federal transportation investment in states with key House and Senate leaders. The results were shared with the targeted offices and released in a series of grassroots media events. To help build industry grassroots activism, at CONEXPO in Las Vegas, we distributed 50,000 marketing pieces for the “Transportation Construction Advocate” mobile app, which is downloadable in the iTunes and Google app stores. To help support policy goals shared by industry allies, TMAW also financially supported the coordinated coalition advocacy activities of the 31-member organization TCC, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led “Americans for Transportation Mobility,” the “Ameri- can Infrastructure Alliance,” and The Road Information Program. To keep the heat on key members of the Senate Finance Committee from both sides of the aisle, ARTBA Chairman Nick Ivanoff wrote a post-election op-ed that appeared during November in major daily newspapers around the country and called on Congress to work quickly in finding find a permanent solution for the Highway Trust Fund. “The [American Road & Transportation Builders Association] report comes against the backdrop of growing cries of alarm that the federal Highway Trust Fund, normally used to pay for road and transit projects, could be insolvent by the fall unless Congress acts.” —April 25 Page 1“USA Today”story about ARTBA’s structurally deficient bridge report
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 9 Ports & Waterways Infrastructure Investment Law In June, President Obama signed legislation to make new federal investments in ports and waterways. The $12.3 billion Water Resources Reform & Development Act of 2014, which had widespread bipartisan support in both houses of Congress, authorized Army Corps of Engineers dredging, port, inland waterway, levee, dam, and flood and natural disaster mitigation and recovery construction and engineering projects. It also included policy provisions to speed-up the project delivery process and authorizes dozens of specific projects throughout the country. ARTBA and its Ports & Waterways Council, and the ARTBA co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition, were strong advocates for the measure’s final passage. ARTBA“has been vocal about the need for a long-term transportation bill and has helped lead the lobbying push on Capitol Hill.” –“Politico”
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    10 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report Market Protection A decision by the U.S. EPA to revoke a valid Clean Water Act permit from a mining operation in West Virginia could remove certainty in the permitting process and have ripple effects on the ability of public agencies and private firms to deliver urgently- needed transportation improvement projects for the nation, ARTBA Senior Vice Chairman Nick Ivanoff testified July 15 before a House subcommittee. Regulatory Advocacy ARTBA continued to make sure the industry’s voice was heard regarding the ongoing implementation of MAP-21 and on a flurry of regulatory proposals. The association submitted comments more than 35 times to federal agencies on: project-related environmental reviews, silica, workplace injury and illness reporting, “Waters of the U.S.,” wage garnishment, P3s, fuel economy standards, Keystone XL Pipeline, categorical exclusions and ozone standards. ARTBA achieved a long sought after industry goal when the U.S. EPA issued new stormwater runoff regulations that did not include controversial “one size fits all” requirements. Originally, EPA had wanted to include a single, uniform standard for runoff on all con- struction sites, meaning that a project in an extremely wet area would be treated the same as one in an extremely dry area. In a variety of forums, ARTBA consistently explained to EPA and other decision makers that on certain projects the proposed EPA standards could add up to $1 million in additional costs. Coal Ash Victory In good news for taxpayers and the environ- ment, the Environmental Protection Agen- cy’s (EPA) late December decision not to regulate fly-ash, a byproduct of coal combus- tion to produce electricity, as a “hazardous material,” will help save American taxpayers $105 billion over the next 20 years. That, research by ARTBA’s Foundation found, would be the additional cost to build roads, bridges and airport runways if fly-ash, widely recycled as a pavement mix additive, was not available as a building material. ARTBA had been actively engaged in the regulatory and legislative debate in Washington over the fly-ash designation since 2007. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program & Litigation ARTBA took the leading industry role in the 25-month federal rulemaking relating to the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. Upon releasing the final rule revisions late in the year, the U.S. Department of Transportation repeatedly referenced comments submitted by ARTBA and its chapters, and specifically cited a nationwide survey coordinated by ARTBA in which nearly all contractors expected that proposed rule changes would add costs to projects, while nearly half planned to bid on fewer federal-aid projects. The rule changes were wide-ranging, but in some cases not as severe as originally drafted, largely because of strong opposition from ARTBA and its allies. The association also educated members about the final changes, hosting a series of webinars with FHWA officials and construction lawyers. On another DBE-related front, ARTBA filed an amicus brief on the industry’s behalf in a federal lawsuit over questionable and politically-influenced administration of the DBE program in Illinois.
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 11 “I applaud ARTBA for creating this resource [the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center]. We are all trying to come up with a solution to the looming transportation infrastructure crisis.” —Tina Grady Barbaccia, editor-at-large,“Better Roads” Transportation Investment Advocacy Center In March, ARTBA Chairman Doug Black announced the start-up of the “Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™” (TIAC), a first-of-its kind, dynamic education program and internet-based information resource. The program is aimed at helping private citizens, legislators, organizations and businesses successfully grow transportation infrastructure resources at the state and local levels through the legislative and ballot initiative processes. The cornerstone of TIAC is its website: www.transportationinvestment.org, which features nearly 40 detailed case studies of recent transportation funding campaigns—both successful and unsuccessful—mounted in more than two dozen states. It includes the actual television, radio and print ads, polling data, and media and coalition strategies used in the campaigns, and an overview of funding and financing mechanisms utilized to support state and local transportation programs. Council of University Transportation Centers Under contract, ARTBA continued to provide management support to the Council of University Centers (CUTC), an organization of nearly 100 university-based transportation research centers that conduct cutting-edge research into transportation construction, management and policy issues, and help educate and train thousands of students each year. ARTBA managed CUTC’s day-to-day activities, and many CUTC members are actively involved leaders in ARTBA’s Research & Education Division. Women Leaders Council The Women Leaders Council (WLC), now led by Jihane Fazio, project manager for transportation at AECOM, continued to focus on implementation of its strategic plan, with development of content on the ARTBA website, awards program, and webinars with industry women leaders. The WLC also co-sponsored a mentor program with the ARTBA Young Executive Leadership Council, met twice at major ARTBA events, and is focused on the promotion of transportation construction careers to K-12 students. Bridge Council The Bridge Policy & Promotion Council met twice in 2014 and heard presentations from notable speakers, including: Romeo Garcia, a top Federal Highway Administration bridge engineer who spoke about accelerated bridge construction; Bala Sivakumar, an HNTB vice president who discussed bridge preservation; and Mike Keever, a California Department of Transportation deputy division chief who provided an update on the state’s program. Providing Industy Leadership
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    12 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report ARTBA Award Established in 1960 and the association’s highest honor, the ARTBA Award recognizes individuals for their outstanding contributions that have advanced the broad goals of the association. The sole recipient was: Paul Yarossi, president and chief executive officer, HNTB Holdings. Industry leaders from around the nation were recognized for their outstanding leadership as part of ARTBA’s annual awards program, which included: Awards Programs Division Awards ARTBA Division Award winners, who were selected by their peers, included: Nello L. Teer, Jr. Award (Contractors): Pete Getchell, PKF-Mark III, in Newtown, Pa. Guy Kelcey Award (Planning & Design): Matt Cummings, senior vice president, AECOM, Philadelphia, Pa. Paul F. Phelan (Materials & Services): Wendell Hirschfeld, vice president, business development, Hirschfeld Industries, San Angelo, Texas John “Jake” Landen Memorial Highway Safety Award (Traffic Safety Industry): Priscilla Tobias (public sector), Illinois Department of Transportation state safety engineer; and Jim Keaton (private sector), Lindsay Transportation Safety director of business development (retired) S.S. Steinberg Award (Research & Education Division): Dr. Imad L. Al-Qadi, founder professor of engineering and director of the Illinois Center for Transportation, and the Advanced Transportation Research and Engineering Laboratory (ATREL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign P3 Entrepreneur of the Year: Russell Zapalac, chief planning and project officer, Texas Department of Transportation
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 13 P3 Entrepreneur of the Year: Russell Zapalac (center), chief planning and project officer, Texas Department of Transportation. Nello L. Teer, Jr. Award (Contractors): Pete Getchell, PKF-Mark III. (left). Paul F. Phelan Award (Materials & Services): Wendell Hirschfeld, vice president, business development, Hirschfeld Industries (left). John“Jake”Landen Memorial Highway Safety Award (Traffic Safety Industry): Jim Keaton, Lindsay Transportation Safety director of business development (left). Guy Kelcey Award (Planning & Design): Matt Cummings, senior vice president, AECOM, (left).
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    14 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report Networking & Business Development Opportunities ARTBA provided about 2,000 industry professionals from across the U.S. and the world with a forum for networking and policy discussions at these 16 events: • Federal Issues Program • 26th P3s in Transportation Conference • National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates • “Local Transportation Management Virtual Conference & Innovation Showcase” (LōTrans™ 2014) • National Convention • Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In • Dr. J Don Brock TransOvation™ Workshop & Exhibit • 6th Annual Transportation Construction Law & Regulatory Forum • Four regional meetings • “Engineering Issues” breakfasts/lunches at the four AASHTO regional meetings Meetings
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 15 Federal Issues Program & Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In More than 400 ARTBA members and industry executives came to the Nation’s Capital in early June for the Federal Issues Program and Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-In, respectively. These events provided an opportunity to meet with federal agency officials, and a forum to hear from members of Congress about pending transportation legislation. Participants also met with their representatives and senators to press for action on the Highway Trust Fund and reauthorization of MAP-21.
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    16 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report 6th Annual Legal Forum In a program that continues growing in terms of attend- ees and scope of content, more than 40 transportation design and construction professionals, and attorneys June 11 gathered in Washington, D.C., for ARTBA’s 6th Annual ARTBA Transportation Construction Law & Regulatory Forum. Key topics of discussion included: Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program com- pliance, P3s and surety bonding, organizational conflicts of interest, design build, and environmental issues. Inaugural National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates Building broad coalitions, developing strong partnerships with the governor, state legislators and public agency officials, and creating an integrated communications plan that delivers consistent messages to the public about the value and benefits of the resulting infrastructure improvements are three keys to success in boosting transporta- tion investment at the state and local level. Those were among the consistent messages delivered by speakers July 16 during the inaugural “National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates,” held in the Nation’s Capital. Transportation construction executives, “better roads and transportation” professionals, state legislators, and chamber of commerce officials from 22 states participated in the event, hosted by the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center™.
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 17 National Convention More than 250 people attended the ARTBA National Convention in southern California in September for policy briefings on the Highway Trust Fund and MAP-21 reauthorization, a market conditions report, division and policy council meetings, and to hear from an all-star panel of industry leaders with their perspectives on the current business climate. The program also included a dinner to celebrate the election of new ARTBA Chairman Nick Ivanoff, the Executive Committee officers, and the Board of Directors. Virtual Conference Nearly 170 federal, state, and local transportation officials along with private sector transportation construction professionals registered for the third annual “Local Transportation Management & Safety Virtual Conference (LōTrans™). The December 10 event, accessed from a desktop or laptop computer, included sessions on asset management, state and local trends in transportation funding, best practices in maintaining unpaved roads, snow removal, flagging on low volume roads, temporary traffic control measures on gravel roads, and encore presentations on road work zone safety.
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    18 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report Value-Enhanced Services ARTBA’s field team and other senior staff visited more than 40 states to deliver presentations at industry meetings for hundreds of executives on transportation development issues and to provide grassroots training. Membership was also value- enhanced by these “core” services and benefits: • Redesigned and mobile friendly digital “Washington Newsline,” flagship www.artba.org, and “Transportation Makes American Work” website (www.tmaw.org). All of these communications are responsive to mobile devices and featured Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google+ and Twitter icons to allow sharing of the latest news stories and pictures with a user’s own social media networks. • Economics and market intelligence reports and analyses for industry firms and state contractor chapters. • “Transportation Builder” magazine • Annual Leadership Directory & Buyers’ Guide • Safety training and professional development courses The 2014 U.S. Transportation Construction Market Forecast 1 MARKET FORECAST 2015National Summary | 50-State Forecast | 5-Year Modal Forecast U.S. TRANSPORTATIONCONSTRUCTION U.S. TRANSPORTATIONCONSTRUCTION
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    2014 ARTBA AnnualReport 19 Western Region Vice Chairman Steve McGough Chief Operating Officer HCSS Sugar Land, Texas Northeastern Region Vice Chairman Dave Gehr Senior Vice President Parsons Brinckerhoff Herndon, Va. Vice Chairman At-Large John R. Kulka Consultant HRI, Inc. State College, Pa. Vice Chairman At-Large Melissa Tooley Director Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Texas A&M University System College Station, Texas Senior Vice Chairman David S. Zachry President & CEO Zachry Construction Corporation San Antonio, Texas Vice Chairman At-Large Scott L. Cassels President Kiewit Infrastructure Group, Inc. Executive Vice President Kiewit Corporation Omaha, Neb. Central RegionVice Chairman Kathi Holst President Roadway Construction & Maintenance Services Warrenville, Ill. Vice Chairman At-Large Michael Donnino Senior Vice President, Group Manager Granite Construction Company Lewisville, Texas Treasurer Thomas W. Hill Chief Executive Officer Summit Materials, LLC Denver, Colo. Chairman Nick Ivanoff, P.E. President & CEO Ammann & Whitney New York, N.Y. Vice Chairman At-Large Paul Acito Vice President & General Manager 3M Traffic Safety & Security Division St. Paul, Minn. Southern RegionVice Chairman Thomas S. Elmore President Eutaw Construction Co., Inc. Aberdeen, Miss. Vice Chairman At-Large Ward Nye President&CEO Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. Raleigh, N.C. First Vice Chairman Robert E. Alger President &CEO The Lane Construction Corporation Cheshire, Conn. Secretary Pete Ruane President & CEO ARTBA Washington, D.C. 2014 Executive Committee
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    20 2014 ARTBAAnnual Report Planning & Design Division President Tim Faerber President, HNTB Advantage HNTB Corporation Chicago, Ill. AEM Representative Ron DeFeo Chairman & CEO TEREX Corporation Westport, Conn. Transportation Officials Division President Paul Gruner County Engineer Montgomery County Engineer’s Office Dayton, Ohio Past Chairman’s Council Chairman James R. Madara, P.E. Senior Vice President Gannett Fleming, Inc. Allentown, Pa. ARTBA-TDF Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Paul A. Yarossi President & CEO HNTB Holdings Ltd. HNTB Corporation New York, N.Y. Contractors Division President Jeffrey R. Clyde President W.W. Clyde & Co. Springville, Utah Public-Private Partner- ships Division President Matt Girard COO Plenary Concessions Denver, Colo. Research & Education Division President Lily Elefteriadou Kisinger Campo Professor of Civil Engineering University of Florida Gainesville, Fla. Council of State Executives Chairman Mike Pepper Executive Director Mississippi Road Builders Association Jackson, Miss. Young Executive Leadership Council Chairman Ponch Frank Vice President Ranger Construction West Palm Beach, Fla. ARTBA-TDF Board of Trustees Chairman Leo A. Vecellio, Jr. Chairman & CEO Vecellio Group, Inc. West Palm Beach, Fla. Traffic Safety Industry Division President Sue Reiss National Sales Manager Impact Recovery Systems San Antonio, Texas Materials & Services Division President Randy Lake Chief Executive Officer Oldcastle Materials, Inc. Atlanta, Ga. Immediate Past ARTBA Chairman Doug Black ChiefExecutiveOfficer John Deere Landscapes Alpharetta, Ga. Contractors Division First Vice President Tim Duit President TTK Construction Edmond, Okla. Joint Committee Representative Matt Cummings Senior Vice President, Global Director, Highways & Bridges AECOM Philadelphia, Pa. 2014 Executive Committee
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