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Hosted Planning & Design Conference with leaders on alternative financing and project delivery for transportation programs such as PPP, Design-Build, TIFIA, Managed Lanes, privatization, and innovative tolling
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Advised and led industry push for IDOT to launch electronic bidding
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P&D Conference featured keynote address by Federal Highway
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Administrator Victor Mendez
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Acquired 33 new member firms; a 28 percent increase from new members last year
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Over 460 people attended the October General Membership
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Meeting. The program featured presentations by IDOT Secretary
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Ann Schneider and Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur along with every key Illinois agency – garnering the largest GMM audience in IRTBA history
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President Mike Sturino named to FHWA’s Every Day Counts program State Transportation Industry Leadership Team
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IRTBA co-sponsored two events with foreign nations: "The Value of Public-Private Partnerships" with Spain and "Infrastructure Design and Construction Opportunities" with the Australian Trade Commission
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Re-established the Association’s relationship with CDOT and helped improve timeliness of payments and contract administration
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Established transportation working group with AGC, IAAP, ACEC, IAPA, and IL-ACPA
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Graduated the fourth Emerging Leadership class in May
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The City of Chicago’s new transportation program was debuted to industry at the April GMM
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Held 43 agency coop meetings in 2012
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Met with eight related trade organizations
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The 27th Annual Convention in Aruba was one of the best reviewed conventions in IRTBA history
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Road Builder University’s March Webinar about Tollway Manual Revisions had the largest webinar attendance in IRTBA history. Over 200 people registered for RBU webinar series this year. Other 2012 topics included:
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Election Analysis, Tips to Obtain Traditional Bank Financing, Mid-Year Economic & Financial Update, and Safety Tips
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President Mike Sturino was appointed to IDOT’s Transportation Industry Safety Advisory Council