Agenda

Levent Ozdemir, President of Ozdemir & Associates, spent 32 years as a Professor of Mining and the Director of Earth Mechanics Institute at the Colorado School of Mines where he developed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in tunnel design and construction, mechanized rock and soil excavations, geotechnical site investigations and underground mining. He also conducted and directed pioneering research in various aspects of mechanical tunneling. He currently serves as a consultant to the tunneling industry.

Robert Goodfellow is a Senior Vice President for Aldea Services LLC. He is a licensed professional engineer in over a dozen US states. Mr. Goodfellow has over 25 years of experience in the tunneling industry and he currently serves on the Executive Committee for the American Underground Construction Association (UCA of SME) where he is currently the Vice Chair. He is co-author of the US tunnel industry guidelines for risk management on tunnel projects.

Don Del Nero is a Vice President with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. and the Global Tunnelling and Trenchless Practice Leader.  He holds a minor in geology, BS in Civil Engineering, MS in Geotechnical Engineering, and has 29 years of experience including over 50 miles of underground projects involving planning, studies, design, design-build, P3, construction management, and construction management at risk.  Don also has the privilege of recent appointments as the 2017 No Dig Show Program Vice Chair and the 2018 No Dig Show Program Chair.

John Reilly has over 50 years’ experience in the US, Australia, Canada, UK, Europe and the Middle East in management, design and construction of complex infrastructure and underground projects.

He established his current consulting practice in 1987 working on management of design and construction, technical reviews, contracting methods, risk management and risk-based cost estimating. He has authored over 80 papers in these areas and has chaired expert panels for complex projects including metro systems, tunnels, highways and bridges. He has served on several National Academy Panels and was Secretary to the Board of Consultants for the Washington Metro System, advising on all tunnels and underground structures.

John is a graduate of the University of Sydney (BE Honors Civil) and the University of California Berkeley (MS Structures). After designing projects in Australia and Canada, he managed transit projects in Washington D.C. and Boston and led the consulting team for Logan airport’s long-term plan. He has been President of the American Underground Construction Association and Chair of two International Tunneling Association Committees.

Robert Goodfellow is a Senior Vice President for Aldea Services LLC. He is a licensed professional engineer in over a dozen US states. Mr. Goodfellow has over 25 years of experience in the tunneling industry and he currently serves on the Executive Committee for the American Underground Construction Association (UCA of SME) where he is currently the Vice Chair. He is co-author of the US tunnel industry guidelines for risk management on tunnel projects.

Don Del Nero is a Vice President with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. and the Global Tunnelling and Trenchless Practice Leader.  He holds a minor in geology, BS in Civil Engineering, MS in Geotechnical Engineering, and has 29 years of experience including over 50 miles of underground projects involving planning, studies, design, design-build, P3, construction management, and construction management at risk.  Don also has the privilege of recent appointments as the 2017 No Dig Show Program Vice Chair and the 2018 No Dig Show Program Chair.

Erika P. Moonin, P.E., D.WRE, is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Nevada and California.  She graduated from the University of Nevada – Las Vegas in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.  After graduating, Moonin started her career working for a few years at an engineering consulting firm and now has gained more than 20 years of working experience for the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) and the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA).

She is currently an engineering project manager for the SNWA and is responsible for managing the planning, design and construction of the Lake Mead Intake No. 3 projects totaling more than $1.4 billion, thus ensuring a safe and reliable water supply for the greater Las Vegas community into the future.

Dr. Brierley has more than 48 years of experience with both the technical and nontechnical aspects of underground engineering and construction management.  From the technical perspective, Dr. Brierley began his career with the Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Tufts University in 1968 and the Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from the University of Illinois in 1970 and 1975, respectively.  Beginning as a project manager in 1970, Dr. Brierley has worked on literally hundreds of projects involving all types of underground design and construction including soil and rock engineering, building foundations, braced excavations, ground improvement and slope stability.  Beginning in the 1970’s, Dr. Brierley concentrated on the design and construction of underground projects by managing the instrumentation program for Dupont Circle Subway Station in Washington, D.C.  This assignment formed the basis for his doctoral dissertation which addressed the structural performance of large, shallow underground openings in rock.  Since that time he has worked on more than 500 major soil and rock tunneling projects involving design, construction management and consultation for owners, contractors, engineers, public agencies, and attorneys.

David J. Hatem is a partner in the Boston-based law firm Donovan Hatem LLP. Nationally recognized for his expertise in representing engineers, architects and construction management professionals, David leads the firm’s Professional Practices Group which serves design professionals. David has been practicing law for approximately 40 years and has served as ACEC/MA Counsel since 1988. In recognition of his extraordinary career dedicated to the engineering sector, David received the Engineering Center Education Trust 2016 “Leadership in Professional Practice Legal Services” award and the 2008 ACEC Distinguished Service Award. David teaches Legal Aspects of Engineering at Tufts University and Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering. He has authored and edited numerous articles and publications in his field of expertise, including the second edition of Public-Private Partnerships and Design-Build: Opportunities and Risks for Consulting Engineers, Subsurface Conditions: Risk Management for Design and Construction Management Professionals, Design-Build Subsurface Projects, and Megaprojects: Challenges and Recommended Practices.

Dr. Brierley has more than 48 years of experience with both the technical and nontechnical aspects of underground engineering and construction management.  From the technical perspective, Dr. Brierley began his career with the Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Tufts University in 1968 and the Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from the University of Illinois in 1970 and 1975, respectively.  Beginning as a project manager in 1970, Dr. Brierley has worked on literally hundreds of projects involving all types of underground design and construction including soil and rock engineering, building foundations, braced excavations, ground improvement and slope stability.  Beginning in the 1970’s, Dr. Brierley concentrated on the design and construction of underground projects by managing the instrumentation program for Dupont Circle Subway Station in Washington, D.C.  This assignment formed the basis for his doctoral dissertation which addressed the structural performance of large, shallow underground openings in rock.  Since that time he has worked on more than 500 major soil and rock tunneling projects involving design, construction management and consultation for owners, contractors, engineers, public agencies, and attorneys.

Dr. Brierley has more than 48 years of experience with both the technical and nontechnical aspects of underground engineering and construction management.  From the technical perspective, Dr. Brierley began his career with the Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Tufts University in 1968 and the Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from the University of Illinois in 1970 and 1975, respectively.  Beginning as a project manager in 1970, Dr. Brierley has worked on literally hundreds of projects involving all types of underground design and construction including soil and rock engineering, building foundations, braced excavations, ground improvement and slope stability.  Beginning in the 1970’s, Dr. Brierley concentrated on the design and construction of underground projects by managing the instrumentation program for Dupont Circle Subway Station in Washington, D.C.  This assignment formed the basis for his doctoral dissertation which addressed the structural performance of large, shallow underground openings in rock.  Since that time he has worked on more than 500 major soil and rock tunneling projects involving design, construction management and consultation for owners, contractors, engineers, public agencies, and attorneys.

David J. Hatem is a partner in the Boston-based law firm Donovan Hatem LLP. Nationally recognized for his expertise in representing engineers, architects and construction management professionals, David leads the firm’s Professional Practices Group which serves design professionals. David has been practicing law for approximately 40 years and has served as ACEC/MA Counsel since 1988. In recognition of his extraordinary career dedicated to the engineering sector, David received the Engineering Center Education Trust 2016 “Leadership in Professional Practice Legal Services” award and the 2008 ACEC Distinguished Service Award. David teaches Legal Aspects of Engineering at Tufts University and Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering. He has authored and edited numerous articles and publications in his field of expertise, including the second edition of Public-Private Partnerships and Design-Build: Opportunities and Risks for Consulting Engineers, Subsurface Conditions: Risk Management for Design and Construction Management Professionals, Design-Build Subsurface Projects, and Megaprojects: Challenges and Recommended Practices.

Tom Rosenberg focuses his practice on construction law and civil litigation, and leads Roetzel’s Construction Law practice, which has been recognized by US News & World Report as one of the best law firms nationally and/or regionally for construction and construction litigation from 2012 to 2016. Rosenberg has been honored by Chambers USA as a leading construction lawyer in the State of Ohio since it began ranking U.S. lawyers and law firms in 2003. He has been selected as an “Ohio Super Lawyer” by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine for the past 12 years. He is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” for the specialty of construction law and has been recognized in International Who’s Who in Construction Law for his international construction law experience.

Kathy Barnes’s practice focuses on domestic and international construction contracting and federal government contracts. Kathy counsels and advises contractors, design engineering firms, construction managers and owners in all phases of industrial, power, civil, transportation and commercial construction in the United States and overseas. For more than 20 years, Kathy has represented clients at every stage of complex construction dispute resolution including claim preparation, negotiation and other informal ADR procedures, mediation, arbitration and litigation in both federal and state courts. As an experienced construction litigator, Kathy also has represented clients in multi-party and other complex disputes in both international and domestic arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS and the International Chamber of Commerce.

Ian Frank is a partner and Chair of Frantz Ward LLP’s Construction Practice Group and dedicates his entire practice to all facets of construction and surety law. He counsels contractors, subcontractors, specialty trades, material and equipment manufacturers, design professionals and other project participants in managing, resolving and litigating complex commercial construction disputes, as well as negotiating contracts utilizing a vast array of project delivery methods. Frank has extensive experience with change management, delay and disruption claims, differing or changed conditions claims, bond and lien claims, default and termination issues, and bid disputes. He frequently represents clients in road and bridge construction, heavy civil/tunneling projects, earthwork and utility construction, structural steel fabrication and erection, and all aspects of commercial building construction.

Kathy Barnes’s practice focuses on domestic and international construction contracting and federal government contracts. Kathy counsels and advises contractors, design engineering firms, construction managers and owners in all phases of industrial, power, civil, transportation and commercial construction in the United States and overseas. For more than 20 years, Kathy has represented clients at every stage of complex construction dispute resolution including claim preparation, negotiation and other informal ADR procedures, mediation, arbitration and litigation in both federal and state courts. As an experienced construction litigator, Kathy also has represented clients in multi-party and other complex disputes in both international and domestic arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, JAMS and the International Chamber of Commerce.

Tom Rosenberg focuses his practice on construction law and civil litigation, and leads Roetzel’s Construction Law practice, which has been recognized by US News & World Report as one of the best law firms nationally and/or regionally for construction and construction litigation from 2012 to 2016. Rosenberg has been honored by Chambers USA as a leading construction lawyer in the State of Ohio since it began ranking U.S. lawyers and law firms in 2003. He has been selected as an “Ohio Super Lawyer” by Ohio Super Lawyers Magazine for the past 12 years. He is listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” for the specialty of construction law and has been recognized in International Who’s Who in Construction Law for his international construction law experience.

Steven Kramer, PE has 34 years of experience in engineering and construction firms serving the infrastructure industry.  He is recognized as a leader in the underground and trenchless industry.  With an extensive industry-wide network, he also specializes in creating alternative contract delivery solutions, such as design-build and public-private partnerships.  Kramer has led the design, management and construction of over 75 underground and trenchless projects ranging in construction values up to $800 million for municipalities, utilities and transportation authorities.

Dr. Wone is the Design Manager for DC Water $2.7 Billion Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) known as DC Clean Rivers Project (DCCR). He is a graduate from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (Paris-France). He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) and Design-Build Professional with more than 26 years of experience.

He is experienced in the analysis and design of cut-and-cover, NATM and TBM-driven tunnels under different soil and rock conditions.

His knowledge of this broad range of construction techniques and his extensive design experience provide the basis for his experience in planning and risk management of underground structures. His experience includes project in both USA and Europe.

Mr. Nicholas has spent 40 years in the oil, heavy infrastructure and tunneling industries with a geological background and extensive engineering experience. He specializes in Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) engineering and operation both on the contractor and consultant side giving him an understanding of all the elements it takes to effectively construct and operate tunnel boring machines on various tunnel projects. Paul is a recognized expert in microtunneling, pipe jacking and trenchless technology, he has been entrenched in the design, manufacturing, and/or commissioning of tunnel boring machines. He has extensive experience in various types of ground for tunneling works from open shields to EPB, slurry, and rock TBM’s supplied to transportation and water projects worldwide. Paul was recently a project Manager on metro tunnels in India.

Paul a recognized specialist in tunneling equipment, TBM;s, microtunneling, pipe jacking, and trenchless technology. His international experience and knowledge give him a wide range of experience of overseas working conditions of tunnel construction he has a geological background working with tunneling equipment manufacturers in analyzing the ground conditions and recommending means and methods and completing constructability and risk assessments for tunnel construction.