Opening Remarks

• Robert Latham, Executive Vice President, Associated Pennsylvania Constructors

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Leveraging Technology to Optimize Operations

• Heather Heeter, Transportation Business Unit Leader, Borton-Lawson
• Walt Stout, PTV Business Development Leader, Borton-Lawson

Learn the benefits of a formalized Digital Transformation Strategy, and how to use it to optimize operations. We will show specific examples how technology can be used to improve safety, provide remote site access for walkthroughs and project meetings, and enhance construction progress reviews.

Kelli Roberts, Director of Policy and External Affairs, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has always been customer-driven and as America’s First Super Highway, we’ve worked to deliver the best roadway value for our customers’ dollar.  This presentation examines recent efforts to apply that same standard to the customer service being delivered through our contact centers by modernizing and evolving our approach to customer communications.

Digital Transformation in Construction, it’s a lot about User eXPerience

• Sebastien Wickert, Head of Digital Transformation and Innovation, Colas Inc.
  • swickert@colasinc.com

In a world impacted by COVID, Digital Transformation has taken a front seat in modernizing processes across our industry. How do make sure that projects are deployed in record time and used by the employees? Well, it is a lot about User eXPerience.

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Day 1 Wrap-Up

• Robert Latham, Executive Vice President, Associated Pennsylvania Constructors

Opening Remarks

• Robert Latham, Executive Vice President, Associated Pennsylvania Constructors

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PennDOT’s Integrated Smart Work Zone Initiative

• Daniel Farley, P.E., Chief, TSMO Operations and Performance Section, PennDOT

Pennsylvania, like many other states, has been looking to implement strategies to improve the safety, mobility, and situational awareness for road users traveling through Work Zones. PennDOT’s Integrated Smart Work Zone Initiative utilizes already available equipment, technology, and logic to bring together those concepts to provide a modernized, scalable, and expanded approach to deploying Smart Work Zone applications in Pennsylvania.

Kelly Barber, P.E., Chief, Systems Management Section, PennDOT

PennDOT will be exploring multiple augmented reality opportunities for transportation over the next year.  This presentation will cover the Departments planned efforts and toolsets available for Industry use.

Constructing The PA Turnpike’s Fiber Optic Network

• Walter Wimer, P.E., Sr. Engineer Project Manager, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
• Steve Dale, P.E., Sr. Engineer Project Manager, Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is installing Fiber Optic Infrastructure throughout the northern and eastern portions of the PA Turnpike.  This is being accomplished with Design/Build contracts using innovative construction techniques and an independent operations, maintenance, and commercialization partnership.  The presentation will discuss some of these construction techniques and discuss future possibilities for network expansion.

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Closing Remarks

• Robert Latham, Executive Vice President, Associated Pennsylvania Constructors