ACEC Illinois Committee:

IDOT - Bridge

COMMITTEE MEETING DATES & LOG IN:

Zoom Link: 

2024-2025 Committee Meetings:
05/06/2025 - In Person

2025-2026:


COMMITTEE AGENDAS:

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COMMITTEE MINUTES:

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IDOT Bridge

  • Johann Aakre

    Regional Operations Lead - Bridge, Michael Baker International, Inc.

    Chair

  • Hussam Alkhatib

    Project Manager, Graef-USA Inc.

    Member

  • Stephen Alsbury

    Structural Manager, ABNA

    Member

  • Mark Bendok

    Sr. Project Manager, Alfred Benesch & Company

    Member

  • Alex Benz

    Senior Structural Engineer, EFK - Moen, LLC

    Member

  • Chandani Bhagat

    Structures Team Lead, Primera Engineers, Ltd.

    Member

  • Naadia Bhatti

    AtkinsRealis

    Member

  • Laura Bloomberg

    Capital Program Oversight Manager, RINA North America

    Member

  • Michael Brink

    Senior Project Manager, Illinois Tollway

    Member

  • Jeff Bucholc

    Principal & Chief Structural Engineers, Quandel Consultants, Inc.

    Member

  • Jeremy Buening

    Principal, Chastain & Associates LLC

    Member

  • Brandon Buzzell

    Structural Engineer, Baxter & Woodman, Inc.

    Member

  • Keith Chernick

    The Roderick Group (Ardmore Roderick)

    Member

  • Kermit Christmann

    Senior Structural Engineer, HMG Engineers, Inc.

    Member

  • Mike Cima

    Chief Structural Engineer and Manager, Quigg Engineering, Inc.

    Member

  • Matt Clevenger

    Project Manager, Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC

    Member

  • William Colletti

    Parsons

    Member

  • Chase Connor

    Hurst-Rosche Engineers, Inc.

    Member

  • Brian Converse

    President/General Manager, Willett, Hofmann & Associates, Inc.

    Member

  • Tim Craven

    Bacon Farmer Workman Engineering & Testing, Inc.

    Member

  • Sarah Czaplicki

    Prinicipal, Czaplicki Lopez

    Member

  • Demir Dabezic

    Project Engineer, AECOM

    Member

  • Jon Derner

    Senior Project Manager, Structural Bridge, Horner & Shifrin, Inc.

    Member

  • Ryan Doerrer

    Project Engineer, SE3 LLC

    Member

  • Caroline Epperly

    Structural Department Manager, Prairie Engineers, P.C. Columbia

    Member

  • Mahmoud Etemadi

    Bloom Companies, LLC

    Member

  • Mohsen Farahany

    Principal/ Sr. Vice President, Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc.

    Member

  • Maen Farhat

    Exp. U.S. Services Inc.

    Member

  • Daniel Filice

    Manager- Bridges, GFT Infrastructure, Inc.

    Member

  • Tim Gall

    Chief Bridge Engineer, A. Epstein and Sons International

    Member

  • Ali Gharamti

    Chief Structural Engineer, IMEG

    Member

  • Jamal Grainawi

    Chief Structural Engineer, WSP USA Inc.

    Member

  • Patrick Hannemann

    Hanson Professional Services Inc.

    Member

  • Jerilyn Hassard

    Vice President, Modjeski and Masters, Inc.

    Member

  • Greg Hatlestad

    Czaplicki Lopez

    Member

  • Kevin Heffern

    Burns & McDonnell

    Member

  • Joseph Heger

    Project Structural Engineer, Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.

    Member

  • Eric Henkel

    Senior Vice President, ESCA Consultants

    Member

  • Eamon Homedi

    Atlas Engineering Group, Ltd.

    Member

  • Robert Hong

    Vice President, H.W. Lochner, Inc.

    Member

  • Imran Hussaini

    Accurate Group

    Member

  • Moussa Issa

    Chief Structure Engr, HBM Engineering Group, LLC

    Member

  • Matthew Jarrett

    Senior Associate, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

    Member

  • Matt Joost

    Illinois Structural Engineering Leader, Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen, Inc.

    Member

  • Gerald Koylass

    Burns & McDonnell

    Member

  • Marcin Krok

    Deputy National Discipline Leader, Bridge, RS&H, Inc.

    Member

  • Brian Kulick

    Project Engineer/Surveyor, Juneau Associates, Inc.

    Member

  • Kamlesh Kumar

    Senior Structural Engineer, Exp. U.S. Services Inc.

    Member

  • Chris Linneman

    Structural Manager, EFK - Moen, LLC

    Member

  • John Liu

    Senior Structural Manager, Terra Engineering, Ltd.

    Member

  • Daniel Lutz

    Senior Project Manager, Oates Associates, Inc.

    Member

  • will mardauss

    cheif structural bridge engineer, Farnsworth Group

    Member

  • Rachel Mertz

    Senior Project Manager, Modjeski and Masters, Inc.

    Member

  • Sam Mittal

    STV Incorporated

    Member

  • Zaida Morillo

    Vice President, V3 Companies of Illinois

    Member

  • Nate Morriss

    Lakeshore Engineering, LLC

    Member

  • Gary Mraz

    Sr. Structural Project Manager, GONZALEZ COMPANIES

    Member

  • Benjamin Nebel

    Project Engineer, Hutchison Engineering, Inc.

    Member

  • Ian Nilausen

    Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick, Inc.

    Member

  • Brad Noack

    Structural Department Manager, D. B. Sterlin Consultants, Inc.

    Member

  • Brad Noack

    Structural Department Manager, D. B. Sterlin Consultants, Inc.

    Member

  • Arthur Nowak

    Director, Structural Dept, Bowman Consulting Group, Ltd.

    Member

  • Yemi Oyewole

    Transportation Practice Principal, WBK Engineering, LLC

    Member

  • Eric Ozimok

    Assistant Vice President, GFT Infrastructure, Inc.

    Member

  • Ryan Phelps

    Project Engineer, Klingner & Associates, P.C.

    Member

  • Carl Puzey

    WHKS & Co.

    Member

  • John Rathke

    Vice President, Mead & Hunt

    Member

  • Julie Rivera

    Bridge Engineer, HDR

    Member

  • Scott Sanford

    Vice President, Office Manager, WHKS & Co.

    Member

  • Matthew Santeford

    Structural Engineer, GFT Infrastructure, Inc.

    Member

  • Brett Sauter

    Vice President - Structural, Ciorba Group, Inc.

    Member

  • Amber Seiber

    Assistant Regional Manager, Orion Engineers, LLC

    Member

  • Ajay Shah

    CEO, Globetrotters Engineering Corporation

    Member

  • Tony Shkurti

    VP / Director of Bridges for the Great Lakes Region, HNTB Corporation

    Member

  • Allen Smith

    Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc.

    Member

  • Anthony Standish

    Director of Practice - Transportation, Strand Associates, Inc.

    Member

  • Lynn Stock

    T. Y. Lin International, Inc.

    Member

  • Bryan Swanson

    Vice President, Maurer-Stutz, Inc.

    Member

  • Vincent Tabor

    Sr. Structural Engineering Manager (Transportation), Farnsworth Group

    Member

  • Jared Thoele

    Bridge Discipline Leader, RS&H, Inc.

    Member

  • Andy Underwager

    Sr. Structural Engineer, HR Green, Inc.

    Member

  • Jonathan Vana

    President/Director of Design Services, Civiltech Engineering, Inc.

    Member

  • Riyad Wahab

    Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Chicago Testing Laboratory, Inc.

    Member

  • Jamie Weaver

    Terracon Consultants, Inc.

    Member

  • William Whitaker

    Sr. Business Manager, Apex Consulting Engineers

    Member

  • Matthew Willey

    BLA, Inc.

    Member

  • Tom Winkelman

    Vice President, Hutchison Engineering, Inc.

    Member

  • Scott Wojteczko

    Alfred Benesch & Company

    Member

  • Michael Zelisko

    Project Engineer, GFT Infrastructure, Inc.

    Member

  • Tyler Ziegler

    Sr. Civil Engineer Lead, Civil Design, Inc.

    Member

  • Joanne Zuo

    Structural Practice Lead, WBK Engineering, LLC

    Member

  • Kevin Artl (C)

    President & CEO, ACEC-IL

    Staff

  • Miranda Berglin

    ACEC-IL

    Staff

  • Sarah Dean (C)

    Sarah Dean (C)

    Director of Leadership & Programming, ACEC-IL

    Staff

  • Emily Martinez

    ACEC-IL

    Staff

  • Bethany Rademaker

    Bethany Rademaker

    VP of Events and Marketing, ACEC-IL

    Staff