All Day
Find Your Career
7:00 AM ET
Stretch and Start Your Day with AREMA
10:00 – 10:30 AM ET
Java Exchange
Sit down and get comfortable before the Conference begins with your cup of coffee and lively conversation.
10:30 – 10.45 AM ET
President's Farewell and Recognition of AREMA Officers
Victor R. Babin, Chief Engineering Officer (Retired), NICTD South Shore Line
10:45 – 11:00 AM ET
Incoming President's Speech and Installation of AREMA Officers
Michael P. Freeman, PE, Director, Structures Design, Union Pacific
11:15 AM – Noon ET
Railway Industry Update
Anthony B. Hatch
Transportation Industry Analyst, ABH Consulting
Noon – 1:00 PM ET
Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 PM ET
Passenger & Transit Presentation: Fire/Life-Safety Design Challenges of Significant Transit Design-Build Project, Luv Sehgal, EIT, Anil Patel and William Wong, PE, ARUP
Structures Presentation: BNSF Rail Fastener Replacement Program Chicago, IL “UAV Innovation for High Accuracy and Repeatability”, Todd A. Herman, TranSystems, Ian Ray, ARE and Kamalah Young, BNSF Railway
1:30 –1:45 PM ET
Break
1:45 – 2:15 PM ET
Engineering Services Presentation: Navigating Permitting of Newly-listed Threatened Species, Big Sandy Crayfish, for Replacement of Norfolk Southern Bridge N-462.01, Michael Sondles, PE, HDR, Ruth V. Brown, PE, Norfolk Southern Railway and Jennifer Sunley, Hanson Professional Services Inc.
Track Presentation: Amtrak B&P Tunnel Track Renewal Project: A Case Study in the Collaborative Execution of Critical State of Good Repair Work, Gregory J. Miller, PMP, Amtrak, Tom Jorczak, RailWorks Corporation and Michael R. Brown, HNTB
2:15 – 2:30 PM ET
Break
2:30 – 3:00 PM ET
Communications, Signals & Information Technology Presentation: Constant Warning Time Devices and the Benefits of PTC-based Activation Systems, Peter David Strange, Fluor
Maintenance-of-Way Presentation: Economics of Shoulder Ballast Cleaning, James P. Hyslip, PhD, PE, Loram Technologies, Inc., Steven M. Chrismer, PhD, PE, Amtrak (Retired) and Hamed F. Kashani, Loram Technologies, Inc.
3:00 – 4:00 PM ET
League of Railway Women Networking Event