Plenary Session

Monday, August 2, 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Welcome and Introductory Remarks

Conference Co–Chairs, Michael T. Stift and John J. Galleher Jr.

Featured Speaker

Patricia D. Galloway, P.E., F. ASCE, PMP, ASCE President
Professionalism: Becoming the Leaders of Today and Tomorrow

Pipeline Regulatory Round Table Discussion

Frank King and Joseph Caldwell
Moderator: Ken Kiernow

Speakers:

ASCE President Patricia Galloway is chief executive officer and president of the Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc., an international management consulting firm based in Princeton, N.J. An internationally recognized leader in civil engineering and construction, Patricia provides management consulting, risk management, and dispute resolution services on building, infrastructure, power, process, and transportation projects around the world. She is known for her expertise in project controls, risk analyses, and delay and disruption issues. Patricia has served on several ASCE committees and on many private and nonprofit boards and has received numerous professional honors, including the Purdue University Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award and the National Professional Women in Construction Professional Leadership Award.

Joseph Caldwell has more than 30 years' experience in hazardous liquid and gas pipeline safety and more than 20 years in pipeline safety regulation. He served the National Transportation Safety Board as associate chief of its Rail and Pipelines Division and the Department of Transportation as Deputy Director of the Office of Pipeline Safety. Since leaving DOT in 1984, he has provided consulting services for the design, construction, and operations of pipelines, environmental engineering, and hazardous waste and cleanup and related services.

Frank King is a public pipeline safety advocate and a member of the ASCE Pipeline Division's Committee on Safety and Risk Management. After building a successful career in the automotive industry, Frank's life took an expected turn. On June 10, 1995, his 10-year old son, Wade, was fatally burned when a gasoline pipeline located 500 feet from the family's home burst, dumping some 300,000 gallons of gasoline into a creek where Wade and his friend went to play. Terribly burned, both boys died within a day.

Since that time, Frank and his wife Mary have become active pipeline safety advocates. He has testified on pipeline safety issues before the United States Congress, the National Transportation Safety Board, and other pipeline safety and regulatory groups. He is in part responsible for significant changes in the Washington State pipeline regulatory environment, and his investigations have influenced the 2002 Pipeline Safety Act. Frank will show a video of the Bellingham pipeline explosion and fire and share what he believes can be done to protect life and property from pipeline failures.