Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute

Event Proceedings
2022 North Dakota Transportation Conference

Mar 1-2, 2022 – More than 700 engineers, road workers, planners, consultants, students and others involved with the North Dakota transportation system attended the two-day North Dakota Transportation Conference (NDTC) in Bismarck March 1-2 in Bismarck. With a theme of “One Team, One Network, One Goal,” the event featured an exhibit hall and three tracks of presentations for professional development.

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Presentations

TitlePresenter
Opening Remarks (Video)Ron Henke, North Dakota DOT
MPOs: The 3Cs and the WWW (Video)Rachel Drewlow, Bismarck-Mandan MPO;
Cindy Gray, Fargo-Moorhead Metro COG;
Teri Kouba, Grand Forks-East Grand Forks MPO
Performance Engineered Mixtures (Video)Dan King, National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
Project Partnering: I-94 Reconstruction (Video)Brad Ballweber, Alpha-Omega Enterprises LLC
Transportation Funding (Video)Sandy Zimmer, FHWA, ND Division Office;
Shannon Sauer, NDDOT Financial Management Division
Advancements in Survey and Data Collection (Video)Kris Johnson, NDDOT Design Division;
Troy Zornjak, NDDOT Design Division;
Brett Ver Helst, NDDOT Design Division;
Nathan Kumpfer, Frontier Precision
Design and Control of Concrete Mixtures (Video)Michelle Wilson, Portland Cement Association
Civil Rights: Why? (Video)Ramona Bernard, North Dakota DOT
Planning and Construction of the Amazon Facility in Fargo, ND (Video)Ezra Ballinger, Braun Intertec;
Mike Campion, Ulteig;
Chris McKay, Ulteig;
Thomas Reisdorg, Ulteig;
Sara Schmidt, SRF Consulting
Pavement Smoothness and Grinding (Video)Dustin Lang, NDDOT Grand Forks District;
Larry Scofield, International Grooving & Grinding Association
Understanding Batch Tickets (Video)Greg Johnson, Terracon
Project Management Techniques & Success (Video)Michael Johnson, NDDOT Local Government;
Brandon Barnes, Barr Engineering
Public Engagement Beyond the Empty Auditorium (Video)Mike Bittner, Bolton & Menk
Cement and Supplementary Materials Update (Video)Michelle Wilson, Portland Cement Association;
Doug Rhodes, Boral Resources;
Joseph Clendenen, Holcim;
TJ Murphy, NDDOT Materials and Research
Horseshoe Bend Landslide (Video)Colter Schwagler, NDDOT Materials and Research;
Greg Fischer, Shannon & Wilson
Bridge View (Video)Jon Ketterling, North Dakota DOT
Highway Safety Improvement Program & Local Road Safety Program (Video)Justin Schlosser, NDDOT Programming Division
Closing Comments Day 1 (Video)Governor Doug Burgum, State of North Dakota
Opening Remarks Day 2 (Video)Russ Hanson, AGC of North Dakota
Utilities (Video)Jason Hicks, Baranko Brothers, Inc.;
Derek Pfeifer, NDDOT Design Division;
Jon Wahlgren, Montana-Dakota Utilities;
Derek Weigel, Midco
FHWA MATC Lab (Video)Leslie Myers, Federal Highway Administration
Roundabouts (Video)Monte Deis, North Dakota DOT;
Kenzie Robertson, Highlands Engineering
Government Agency Coordination: Planning, Design, and Construction of ND Flood Diversions (Video)Jason Benson, Cass County;
Kris Bakkegard, Metro Flood Diversion Authority
Asphalt Construction Innovations (Video)Curtis Dunn, NDDOT Grand Forks District;
Melissa Korby, Interstate Engineering
Mobile Mapping Technology (Video)Dylan Jones, Frontier Precision
Local Innovations (Video)Matthew Johnson, Western North Dakota Transportation Liaison, UGPTI;
Josh Loegering, Lamoure County
Every Day Counts – Round 6 (Video)Rouzbeh Ghabchi, South Dakota State University
Transportation Management Center – An Overview (Video)Brandon Beise, NDDOT Maintenance Division;
Brad Wentz, Advanced Traffic Analysis Center & DOT Support Center (UGPTI/NDSU)
Building the Vision Zero Vision (Video)Ryan Gellner, ND Association of Counties;
Theresa Liebsch, Morton County, ND
Closing Keynote - The Art of The Frontman (Video)Michael Cartwright, Musician