NICC 2025
Nevada Infrastructure
CONCRETE
CONFERENCE
November 4-5, 2025, ATLANTIS RENO
Join us for The NICC – Nevada’s premier conference on the design and construction of resilient, long-life concrete roads, bridges, railways, waterways and other built infrastructure. Learn from top industry professionals, researchers, policymakers, and industry stakeholders. Discover illuminating innovations in the design and construction of durable and sustainable concrete infrastructure. Connect with friends and colleagues.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
NICC 2025 Atlantis Casino Resort – Reno
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
7:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 am
Opening Session
Tracy Larkin Thomason, NDOT Director – Opening Remarks
Tom Tietz, Executive Director, California Nevada Cement Association
Charles Stuart, Executive Director, Southwest Concrete Pavement Association
8:30 am
Innovations in Concrete Pavement Durability
Durability of Concrete Pavements: Creating Dense & Impermeable Concrete
Tom Van Dam, Principal, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
The Role of Performance Engineered Mixtures (PEM) in Achieving Concrete Pavement Durability + SCM Types in the Nevada Concrete Pavement Environment
Sarah Lopez, NCE
Conditions that Determine What Goes into the Mix – Temperature, Humidity, Distance of the Batch Plant, Time in Truck. Case Study: Mix changes on the U.S. 395 North Valleys Project
Matt Fonte, Fonte & Co.
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Tom Van Dam, WJE, Moderator
Sarah Lopez, NCE
Matt Fonte, Fonte & Co.
10:15 am
Sponsor & Exhibitor Spotlight/Break/Prize Drawing
10:45 am
Spotlight on NDOT Projects
The I-15 Tropicana Design-Build Interchange Project
Cass Sobek, Project Manager, Kiewit
James Dean, Project Engineer/Assistant Project Manager, Kiewit
The U.S. 395 North Valleys Project
Nanette Maxwell, Senior Project Manager, NDOT
Andy Lawrence, Assistant District Engineer, NDOT
Kenneth Semenko, Project Manager, Q&D Construction
Presentation of the NDOT Outstanding Team Award
Scott Hein, Assistant Director of Engineering, NDOT
11:45 am
Lunch
Atlantis’ Finest Buffet Lunch
12:45 pm
CalPortland Since 1891 and The UNR Concrete Canoe Team sponsored by CalPortland
1:15 pm
The Funding of Nevada Highway Construction Panel:
Where Does the Money Come From?
Sources include Federal Funding, State Funding, Clark County’s Fuel Revenue Index Extension, New Taxes, and Grants
Chris Reilly, State Infrastructure Coordinator, Moderator
Sajid Sulahria, Associate Director, Project Delivery & Engineering, NDOT
David Swallow, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, RTC Southern Nevada
Dale Keller, Director of Engineering & Deputy Executive Director, RTC Northern Nevada
2:30 pm
Break
CMAR, Design-Build, CMGC & Progressive Design-Build
Alternate Delivery Methods provide efficiency and foster teamwork, allowing the Agency and the Contractor to optimize the strategy, establish clear communication, and facilitate accurate project estimates. And that saves time and money.
Nick Johnson, Chief of the Project Management Division, NDOT
3:15 pm
Spec or Not a Spec?
It’s the game show where audience members
try to identify the real NDOT Concrete Pavement Spec to win prizes.
Tom Van Dam, Principal, WJE
Matt Fonte, Fonte & Co.
3:45 pm
Exhibits/Grand Prize Raffle Drawing/Dessert
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
8:00 am
Field Trip (8:00 am – Noon)
US 395 North Valleys Project
Transportation provided – meet at hotel lobby
Tom Adams, DCS
Nicole Date, Professional Engineer, NDOT
REGISTRATION
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Atlantis Hotel: 3800 S. Virginia Street | Reno NV 89502
Discounted NICC 2025 hotel rooms are available at the Atlantis for $131/night, plus tax.
https://bookings.atlantiscasino.com/promo?offerCode=6745106&hotel=MCRATL
For additional information, contact Mark Gudenas: mark.gudenas@swcpa.org
