Agenda

Levent Ozdemir 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.

Bob Goodfellow is President of Aldea Services Inc. He is a licensed professional engineer in more than a dozen states. Goodfellow has more than 25 years of experience in the tunneling industry and he currently serves as the Chair of the Executive Committee for the Underground Construction Association (UCA of SME). He is co-author of the U.S. tunnel industry guidelines for risk management on tunnel projects.

Matt Koziol is a Senior Engineer at Schnabel. He has extensive experience and expertise in design, construction management, observation, and monitoring for tunnels, shafts, dams, deep excavations, and other heavy civil construction projects. Matt also leads and conducts project risks management services across the company. He has wide-ranging experience facilitating risk management workshops and performing risk analyses including qualitative, quantitative cost and schedule, decisions making, and alternatives assessment. The process helps to protect project objectives and ultimately deliver a successful project and product. Matt also leads the business development efforts for the tunnel engineering services group in Texas. He is constantly searching for new connections and to grow the Schnabel brand in Texas.

Dr. Zhangwei Ning is the technical manager with Sixense Group, USA, specialized in real-time geotechnical instrumentation and monitoring, using both conventional and the state-of-the-art sensing technology. He has participated in a wide range of complex projects, including: tunneling, deep excavation, bridge, dam, landfill, landslide, etc. Dr. Ning currently serves on ASCE Geo-Institute Underground Engineering and Construction Committee, DFI Testing and Evaluation Committee, and DFI Project Information Management Systems Committee. He is also a reviewer of the Journal of Civil Structural and Health Monitoring.

Nasri Munfah, as the Director of the Tunneling Practice is a senior executive of the firm’s leadership team. He is responsible for developing and implementing long term profitable strategic growth plan to advance the firm’s tunneling practice. He oversees the firm’s tunneling and underground projects and he provides leadership in project pursuit and delivery, development of innovative solutions, marketing, recruitment and professional development of staff.

Dr. Brierley has more than 50 years of experience with both the technical and nontechnical aspects of underground engineering and construction management. Beginning as a project manager in 1970, he has worked on more than 1,000 projects involving all types of underground design and construction including soil and rock engineering, building foundations, braced excavations, ground improvement and slope stability for owners, contractors, engineers, public agencies, and attorneys.

David J. Hatem is nationally recognized for his expertise in representing engineers, architects and construction management professionals. He has been practicing law for approximately 40 years and has served as ACEC/MA Counsel since 1988. Hatem teaches Legal Aspects of Engineering at Tufts University and Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering, and has received awards from the Engineering Center Education Trust 2016 and ACEC.

Jeremiah’s knowledge and adaptability makes him an indispensable team member on many tunnel, shaft and advanced geotechnical design and construction projects. Jeremiah has served as Design Manager on some of our most challenging projects including Northeast Boundary Tunnel, a $580 million CSO design/build project in our nation’s Capital, and the award winning Twin Box Vehicle Tunnels at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, which featured an innovative “box pulling operation” beneath three Norfolk Southern railway lines. Jeremiah knows how to get things done by building the right team for the job.

Ike, our Tunnel Sector Leader, is a true renaissance man. He is licensed as a professional engineer and a professional geologist, in addition to being a licensed aircraft pilot. His interdisciplinary knowledge of engineering and geology, experience as a consultant, owner’s representative, and tunnel contractor is truly unique. Ike’s tunnel experience includes design review, constructability, grouting, ground improvement, ground freezing, geotechnical instrumentation, rehabilitation, construction logistics, hyperbaric interventions, ground loss mapping and remediation. Mr. Isaacson’s broad knowledge, skill sets, experiences, and keen multi-perspective insight provide him with a well-rounded, pragmatic approach that promotes project success.

Randy is Executive Vice President with the Tunnels Practice for Mott MacDonald in North America. Randy has 40 years of tunnel engineering experience, holds two Master Degrees from the University of California – Berkeley, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in multiple states. His experience includes more than 175 tunnel projects across North America and overseas, with particular expertise in the management of subsurface risk and dispute avoidance. Randy is the principal author of ASCE’s 2007 publication entitled Geotechnical Baseline Reports for Construction (the “Gold Book”). Randy is a member of Moles, received the Golden Beaver Award for Engineering in 2016, and is a member of the Executive Council of the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association.

David J. Hatem is nationally recognized for his expertise in representing engineers, architects and construction management professionals. He has been practicing law for approximately 40 years and has served as ACEC/MA Counsel since 1988. Hatem teaches Legal Aspects of Engineering at Tufts University and Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering, and has received awards from the Engineering Center Education Trust 2016 and ACEC.

Victor Romero, PE, CPEng, ENV SP, is the President of McMillen Jacobs Associates’ Underground Division, and has over 30 years of underground design and construction experience, principally in the rail transit, highway, water supply, and wastewater sectors. Mr. Romero holds a B.S. in Geological Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, and a M.S. in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to leading McMillen Jacobs’ Underground Division, Victor also has project management experience on several large tunnelling projects that have required production of contract documents (drawings, specifications, and geotechnical baseline reports) by traditional design-bid-build and design-build project delivery methods. He has coordinated work on multidisciplinary teams, served as a construction manager, and provided construction claims consulting.

David J. Hatem is nationally recognized for his expertise in representing engineers, architects and construction management professionals. He has been practicing law for approximately 40 years and has served as ACEC/MA Counsel since 1988. Hatem teaches Legal Aspects of Engineering at Tufts University and Legal Aspects of Civil Engineering at Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering, and has received awards from the Engineering Center Education Trust 2016 and ACEC.

Dan Adams has been working for 30 years in the design and construction of tunnels and underground structures. He started with the firm in the late 90s in Melbourne Australia and since has worked on major projects in each of the company’s markets, serving as project manager or director on megaprojects on the east and west coasts of North America. He supports the company in development of new work and staff, execution of work in hand, and continues to work on projects, mostly as an owner’s advisor or a project executive. Dan has a BS in Civil Engineering and a MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, is a registered PE in Washington, California, and New York, and is a certified by DBIA.

Ike, our Tunnel Sector Leader, is a true renaissance man. He is licensed as a professional engineer and a professional geologist, in addition to being a licensed aircraft pilot. His interdisciplinary knowledge of engineering and geology, experience as a consultant, owner’s representative, and tunnel contractor is truly unique. Ike’s tunnel experience includes design review, constructability, grouting, ground improvement, ground freezing, geotechnical instrumentation, rehabilitation, construction logistics, hyperbaric interventions, ground loss mapping and remediation. Mr. Isaacson’s broad knowledge, skill sets, experiences, and keen multi-perspective insight provide him with a well-rounded, pragmatic approach that promotes project success.

Randy is Executive Vice President with the Tunnels Practice for Mott MacDonald in North America. Randy has 40 years of tunnel engineering experience, holds two Master Degrees from the University of California – Berkeley, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in multiple states. His experience includes more than 175 tunnel projects across North America and overseas, with particular expertise in the management of subsurface risk and dispute avoidance. Randy is the principal author of ASCE’s 2007 publication entitled Geotechnical Baseline Reports for Construction (the “Gold Book”). Randy is a member of Moles, received the Golden Beaver Award for Engineering in 2016, and is a member of the Executive Council of the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association.

Throughout his entire 39-year career, Randy Hafer has focused his practice exclusively on issues related to the construction industry. He has been involved in matters all over the United States and internationally on a wide variety of construction projects, including power plants (nuclear, conventional, solar, hydro, waste-to-energy), mass transit systems, tunnels, wastewater treatment plants, airports, mining facilities, bridges and highways, hospitals, office buildings, sports arenas, and manufacturing and processing facilities. He works directly with construction project participants to avoid disputes and effectively and efficiently resolve, on a “real-time” basis, those disputes that cannot be avoided. He is well-versed and experienced in negotiation, mediation, arbitration (both domestic and international), dispute resolution boards and other forms of construction ADR. Randy can be reached at rhafer@kilpatricktownsend.com or 404-815-6289.

Kevin Baird is a Surety Client Consultant with Flood & Peterson (F&P), a member firm of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP). He has worked in the surety industry for 18 years, having spent the first 13 years of his career with Travelers, first, as a Contract Surety Field Underwriter in Colorado and then, as a Managing Director of Travelers Surety Team in Georgia. In 2017, he joined Great American Insurance Group as the Bond Manager at its Colorado office. In 2020, he joined F&P of Greeley, Colorado as a Surety Client Consultant and now is responsible for consulting and advising F&Ps surety clients and supporting the F&P team of Risk Advisors, who are surety bond producers.

David has experience performing as a Project Manager and Program Management Team member managing multi-discipline design projects in the water and wastewater industry; tunnel and other underground engineering design projects; as-needed geotechnical and environmental services contracts; sewer rehabilitation investigations and repair designs; geotechnical investigations for municipal, commercial and retail projects; and Design/Build project oversight. Experience with Program Management for regulatory driven consent decrees, specifically relating to combined sewage communities.

Kathy Barnes’ practice focuses on domestic and international construction contracting and federal government contracts. Barnes 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, she has represented clients at every stage of complex construction dispute resolution.

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.

Throughout his entire 39-year career, Randy Hafer has focused his practice exclusively on issues related to the construction industry. He has been involved in matters all over the United States and internationally on a wide variety of construction projects, including power plants (nuclear, conventional, solar, hydro, waste-to-energy), mass transit systems, tunnels, wastewater treatment plants, airports, mining facilities, bridges and highways, hospitals, office buildings, sports arenas, and manufacturing and processing facilities. He works directly with construction project participants to avoid disputes and effectively and efficiently resolve, on a “real-time” basis, those disputes that cannot be avoided. He is well-versed and experienced in negotiation, mediation, arbitration (both domestic and international), dispute resolution boards and other forms of construction ADR. Randy can be reached at rhafer@kilpatricktownsend.com or 404-815-6289.

Nicholas J. Zaita, a partner in Peckar & Abramson’s New Jersey office, focuses on construction law and commercial business disputes.  Nick has over a decade of litigation experience, representing heavy-highway construction contractors, specialty subcontractors, and engineering firms in state and federal courts in New York and New Jersey.  He has consistently helped clients achieve successful results, whether through private mediation, arbitration

Jake graduated from the Missouri University of Science & Technology in 2003 with a degree in Mining Engineering and has been working in underground construction almost ever since. He has been privileged to work on some of the nation’s most critical infrastructure projects including the Atlanta West Area CSO program, the City of Austin Waller Creek flood control tunnel, Washington DC’s Rail to Dulles Silverline expansion, and the Downtown Bellevue Tunnel for Seattle’s Sound Transit east side expansion. In 2018, Jake and his family relocated to Atlanta from Seattle to manage the completion of the Atlanta Water Supply Bellwood Quarry Tunnel Project and kick off the Atlanta Plane Train Tunnel progressive design build at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Jake also stays busy in his spare time coaching soccer in Peachtree City, GA where he is a nationally accredited and licensed youth soccer coach.

Don Del Nero, PE, CDT is Vice President and a Tunnel Engineering Director for WSP. He holds a minor in geology, BS in Civil Engineering, MS in Geotechnical Engineering, and has 33 years of experience in tunnel and trenchless design and construction. Along with being an instructor for the Microtunneling Short Course,  he is an instructor for the NASTT New Installation Course, Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short-course, and Risk Management in Underground Construction short-course. He had the honor of Chairing the 2018 No-Dig Show, has authored over 40 industry papers and a subchapter on means and methods in the book, “Trenchless Technology: Planning, Equipment, and Methods” by Mohammad Najafi.

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 a few years for an engineering consulting firm and then approximately 25 years for the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) and the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA).

She was the SNWA’s project manager 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.

Don Del Nero, PE, CDT is Vice President and a Tunnel Engineering Director for WSP. He holds a minor in geology, BS in Civil Engineering, MS in Geotechnical Engineering, and has 33 years of experience in tunnel and trenchless design and construction. Along with being an instructor for the Microtunneling Short Course,  he is an instructor for the NASTT New Installation Course, Breakthroughs in Tunneling Short-course, and Risk Management in Underground Construction short-course. He had the honor of Chairing the 2018 No-Dig Show, has authored over 40 industry papers and a subchapter on means and methods in the book, “Trenchless Technology: Planning, Equipment, and Methods” by Mohammad Najafi.

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 a few years for an engineering consulting firm and then approximately 25 years for the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) and the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA).

She was the SNWA’s project manager 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.

Jake graduated from the Missouri University of Science & Technology in 2003 with a degree in Mining Engineering and has been working in underground construction almost ever since. He has been privileged to work on some of the nation’s most critical infrastructure projects including the Atlanta West Area CSO program, the City of Austin Waller Creek flood control tunnel, Washington DC’s Rail to Dulles Silverline expansion, and the Downtown Bellevue Tunnel for Seattle’s Sound Transit east side expansion. In 2018, Jake and his family relocated to Atlanta from Seattle to manage the completion of the Atlanta Water Supply Bellwood Quarry Tunnel Project and kick off the Atlanta Plane Train Tunnel progressive design build at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Jake also stays busy in his spare time coaching soccer in Peachtree City, GA where he is a nationally accredited and licensed youth soccer coach.