Roads & Bridges launches June funding conference in D.C.

Road & Bridges magazine will host a comprehensive conference that will explore the current status of the economic stimulus-funding package and reauthorization as well as other critical industry concerns. Roads & Bridges Live: State of the Industry–Funding will be held June 3-4, 2009, at the Radisson Hotel Reagan National Airport.

Jan. 22, 2009

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“The industry is at a turning point as it grapples with the ramifications of the president’s economic stimulus package,” said Bill Wilson, R&B editorial director and R&B Live conference chairman. “This conference will help clarify our industry’s new realities,” he said.

In addition to a reauthorization update, including stimulus bill reaction, the conference will include sessions on:

Public-private partnerships;

Current and future challenges for contractors;

Funding issues at the federal and state level (including a reauthorization update);

Improving safety on the jobsite and in the work zone;

Trends in equipment purchasing, leasing and equipment rentals; and

Transportation management/mass transit.

Confirmed speakers include:

Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, Associated General Contractors of America;

Jack Basso, Director of Program Finance and Management, AASHTO;

Al Cervero, Senior Vice President, Association of Equipment Manufacturers;

John McClelland, Vice President, Government Affairs, American Rental Association;

Daniel K. Shipp, President, International Safety Equipment Association; and

Thomas W. Pelnik III, P.E., Director, Innovative Project Delivery Division, Virginia Department of Transportation.

The Roads & Bridges Live: State of the Industry–Funding Conference is one of three events to be hosted by Roads & Bridges magazine in 2009. Roads & Bridges Live: Paving Innovations will be held in Chicago in mid-September. Roads & Bridges Live: Bridge Infrastructure will be held in New Orleans in early November. For more information on attending or sponsorships and to register online, go to www.roadsbridgeslive.com. Roads & Bridges Live.