Monday, March 10

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm: Registration and Reception

Tuesday, March 11

8:00 am - 5:00 pm: Registration

8:00 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:15 am: VTCA & VDOT Welcome

• Tom Witt - Engineering Director, VTCA
• Mitch Ball, PE - VDOT Cost Estimation Office

9:15 am - 10:15 am: Estimating Risk - Data Analytics in Estimating - Use of A.I./M.I.

• John Hollmann, PE, CCP, CEP - DRMP Validation Estimating LLC

10:15 am - 10:45 am: VDOT Chief Financial Officer Update

• Laura Farmer - VDOT Chief Financial Officer

10:45 am - 11:00 am: Networking Break

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Virginia Highway Contractor Estimator Panel 

• Jake Hensley - A&J Development & Excavation, Inc.
• Pete Kramer, PMP, LEED AP - Cube Root
• Ed Stelter - Vice President Business Intelligence, Faulconer Construction
• Scott Shrob - Superior Paving
• Moderator: Steve Rodriguez - VDOT Cost Estimation Office

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch

Breakout Sessions A

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Maintenance of Traffic Design & Estimating  

• Caroline Rice, PE - CES Consulting MOT Design Aspects
• John Allen Ennis, PE - VDOT Staunton District, MOT Estimating

2:00 pm - 2:10 pm: Networking Break

2:10 pm - 3:00 pm: AASHTOWARE Bid-Based Estimating Methodology 

• Chad Richards, PE - Infotech

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: Networking Break

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Best Practices & Special Consideration for ROW and Utility Estimate 

• Tommy Atkins - VDOT ROW Estimator Northeast Region
• Carl Blake - VDOT ROW Manager Southeast Region
• Shane Lupo - VDOT Northeast Region Utility Manager

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: SMART SCALE Round 6 Overview 

• Brooke Jackson, PE - VDOT Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Reception

Breakout Sessions B

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Asphalt Estimating and Overview of Asphalt Mixes 

• Gegham Sahakyan, CCM - VDOT State Paving Contracts Manager

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm: Hydraulic Estimating 

• Josh Dolinger, PE - VDOT Bristol District Drainage Engineer

2:00 pm - 2:10 pm: Networking Break

2:10 pm - 3:00 pm: Bid-Based Estimating Using VDOT's SWBTQ (Hands On Workshop) Session 1 

• Chase Buchanan, PE - VDOT Bristol District
• Corbin Stynes, E.I.T. - VDOT Cost Estimation Office

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: Networking Break

3:15 pm - 4:30 pm: Bid-Based Estimating Using VDOT's SWBTQ (Hands On Workshop) Session 2 

• Chase Buchanan, PE - VDOT Bristol District
• Corbin Stynes, E.I.T. - VDOT Cost Estimation Office

4:30 pm - 5:00 pm: VDOT's New Project Estimate Summary 

• Roy Soto, PE, PMP - VDOT Director Project Management Office

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Reception

Wednesday, March 12

7:30 am - 9:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:30 am: Inflation at the Bid Item Level 

• Mitch Ball, PE - VDOT Cost Estimation Office

9:30 am - 10:00 am: VDOT Chief Engineer Update

• Bart Thrasher, PE - VDOT Chief Engineer

10:00 am - 10:30 am: Networking Break

10:30 am - 11:30 am: Economic & Market Considerations for Virginia Infrastructure Cost Estimators 

• Valerie Seidel - President, Balmoral Group

11:30 am - 11:45 am: District CY 2024 - Excellence in Estimating Trophy Award

• Bart Thrasher, PE - VDOT Chief Engineer

11:45 am - 12:00 pm: Closing Comments and Adjournment of VTCA-VDOT 2025 Cost Estimation Summit