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2025 Fall Conference Schedule and Speakers
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Join us in Pierre for Two Days of Fall PDH Conference Events! Schedule and Events As indicated above, we're really stepping up our game with this Fall PDH Conference. Below you'll see the exceptional tour options on Wednesday -- of which you'll be able to 'pick two' -- plus an Exhibitor Hall Social immediately following the tours. Thursday is full of current topic sessions, including a new transportation track planned in coordination with the SDDOT. Wednesday, October 29th 10:30am: SDES BOARD MEETING 2 - 4pm: PROJECT TOURS Registration for the Tours has closed. Please follow this link to see the final tour attendee lists: Tour List.pdf
A) Euclid Urban Re-Construction (1.0 PDH) Dean VanDeWiele, PE, SD Department of Transportation, and Dustin Hamilton, PE, HDR B) Cultural Heritage Center Building (1.0 PDH) Braeden Kluver, SD Department of Education C) Department of Health Lab (1.0 PDH) Kristine Day, SD Bureau of Human Resources & Administration D) Pierre/Fort Pierre Missouri River Bridge Construction (1.0 PDH) Daniel Strand and Steve Johnson, PE, SD Department of Transportation
4 - 6pm: EXHIBIT HALL SOCIAL: Ramkota Hotel & Conference Center Join with your friends, colleagues, and exhibitors to catch up, build relationships, and find out about all the new products on the market. Enter through the southeast corner of the Conference Center. Social is in the northeast corner of the Conference Center. Thursday, October 30th 7am: BREAKFAST (optional) Ticket must be purchased as an addition to your registration. 8am: Welcome! Krista May, PE, SDES President and American Council of Engineering Companies of SD Liaison Secretary Joel Jundt, PE, SD Department of Transportation
8:15am - 5:15pm: CONFERERNCE SESSIONS AND EXHIBITOR TIME Choose sessions from the General Sessions, Mixed Track, or Transportation Track. You are able to bounce back and forth between all the choices. 8:15am – 9:15am – General Session: Wetlands Permitting Program Update (1.0 PDH) Mark Mayer, SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources 9:15am – 10:15am – Concurrent Sessions: A) 9:15am - 10:15am - Transportation Planning and Public Engagement. The Secrets Behind a Successful Construction Project (1.0 PDH) B1) 9:15am – 9:45am – Pierre Municipal Pool: Site & Soil Design Challenges (0.5 PDH) Nick Waters, PE, City of Pierre B2) 9:45am – 10:15am – City of Vermillion Emergency Force Main Project (0.5 PDH) 10:15am – 10:30am – Break and Exhibit Visits 10:30am – Noon – Concurrent Sessions: A) 10:30am - 11:00am - Survey and Right-of-Way Considerations in Transportation Projects (0.5 PDH) Mark Malone, PE, and Jon Nelson, PLS, SD Department of Transportation, and Phil Gundvaldson, PE, and Robert Kummer, RLS, Infrastructure Design Group, Inc. B) 10:30am - 11:00am - The South Dakota Flood Information System and Recent Major Flood Events (0.5 PDH) Tim Cowman, South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources A) 11:00am - 11:30am - Mobile Scanning for Roadway Design Projects (0.5 PDH) Nathan Kupfer, Frontier Precision, Inc. and Robert Kummer, RLS, Infrastructure Design Group, Inc. B) 11:00am - 11:30am - A Proactive Approach to Floodplain Management using 2D BLE Models (0.5 PDH) Kyle Werning, PE, Houston Engineering, Inc. A) 11:30am - Noon
Steve Johnson, PE, SD Department of Transportation B) 11:30am - Noon - SD Well Construction Standards - Variances Adam Mathiowetz, PE, SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources - Water Rights Program Noon - 1:00pm - Lunch, Recognitions and Announcements 1:00pm – 1:30pm – General Session: Designing a Long-Life Concrete Pavement Jason Reaves, American Concrete Pavement Association, and Darin Hodges, PE, SD Department of Transportation 1:30pm – 2:00pm – General Session: The Importance of Construction Engineering Rick Gordon, SD Department of Transportation, and Scott Schneider, PE, Sayre Associates, Inc. 2:00pm – 3:00pm – Concurrent Sessions: A) 2:00pm - 3:00pm - Highway Safety Drew Miller, Christina Bennett, and Mike Behm, PE, SD Department of Transportation, and Michael Pawlovich, HDR B1) 2:00pm - 2:30pm - Environmental Considerations and Regulatory Challenges of the Black Hills Mining Industry Roberta Hudson, PE, SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources B2) 2:30 - 3:00pm - Assessing Channel Migration Risks to Railroad Infrastructure along the Big Sioux River Allie Simons, RESPEC 3:00pm - 3:15pm - Break and Exhibit Visits 3:15pm - 3:45pm - General Session: From Containment to Cleanup: Navigating the Hazards of Environmental Incidents Jackie McGuire, CPRR, SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources 3:45 - 4:15pm - General Session - Beyond the Blueprint: Petroleum Contamination in Construction Kayla Fawcett, PE, SD Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources 4:15 - 5:15pm - General Session: AI in Engineering: How it affects the Licensed Professional Tevis Holzer, PE, Banner Associates Thank you to our SDES 2025-26 Platinum, Gold and Silver Partners! This conference and other SDES activities are only made possible through the ongoing support of our industry partners. Find out more about additional Partnership and Sponsorship opportunities by clicking on the Sponsor button above. Not seeing your logo below? Let's get you renewed for this year! Click HERE! Platinum Gold Silver Questions? Reach out to Nancy in the SDES Office at 605.951.1004 or our new email address at Executive@NSPE-SDES.org |