At last! The Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association and the American Council of Engineering Companies have come together to produce a model guide for sustainable transportation design and construction. Titled Illinois Livable and Sustainable Transportation (or I-LAST), the guide illustrates best practices and provides a rating guide similar to LEED that public agencies can employ to meet their green-practice transportation goals.
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Jay Behnke
President/Owner
STATE Testing, LLC
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Bio: Jay Behnke is the President and owner of S.T.A.T.E. Testing, LLC. Jay and his wife Jane recently opened a new sister company, Behnke Materials Engineering, in Beloit. Both companies specialize in mix design and quality assurance of construction materials for the transportation industry. Their clients include public agencies, contractors, and phase III engineering consultants. Jay‘s entire career has been devoted to materials engineering. He worked in IDOT District 1 Materials until founding S.T.A.T.E. Testing in 1999.
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison Bachelor of Science In Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1984
Key Publications: “Road Association Just Got Greener” By Jay Behnke PE and Jennifer Krug, EDC Magazine, April 1, 2011
Past Assignments: Jay Behnke has given presentations for the following associations: Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa (APAI), Innovations Conference on Asphalt and Transportation (ICAT), Illinois Center for Transportation-IL. Bituminous Conference, Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association (IRTBA), National Asphalt Pavement association (NAPA), Oklahoma Asphalt Pavement Association (OAPA), Transportation and Highway Engineering (T.H.E.), and Wisconsin Asphalt Pavement Association (WAPA).
Peter H. Mesha
Group President - Engineering
Wight & Company
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Bio: I am Group President - Engineering for Wight & Company, a full-service engineering, architectural and construction company with two Illinois offices - Darien and Chicago. My primary role is to run our transportation engineering business which provides planning, design and construction engineering services to transportation agencies throughout the Chicago area. A significant focus over the past several years has been working with our transportation clients to help them understand what sustainability means. My sustainable transportation experience includes: - Working with the Chicago Department of Aviation's stakeholder group to create their first version of the Sustainable Airport Manual - Working on the consultant team that designed the Cermak Road - Blue Island Avenue Streetscape, "the most sustainable street in Amercia." - An active member with the Illinois Joint Sustainability Group that created I-LAST, the Illinois Livable and Sustainable Transportation Rating System and Guide. - A member of the Steering Committee for the Green Council, founded by the Illinois Roads and Transportation Builders Association. - A member of the Steering Committee for the American Society of Engineering Companies' national Transportation Committee.
Education: BSCE - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Key Publications: "Green-Tea, The movement toward sustainability in transportation," Rebuilding America's Infrastructure, March 2010.
Other Publications: "70 Miles in One Season" by Pete Mesha and Jeff Dailey, Roads & Bridges, February 2006.
Past Assignments: "BL08 Planes, Trains and Automobiles: How Chicago is Creating More Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure," presented as a panel discussion at Greenbuild, November 18, 2010, Chicago.
Michael J. Sturino, AICP
President
IL Road & Trans Builders
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Bio: Mike Sturino is in his fifth year President and CEO of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association. An attorney, public administrator, and certified land use planner, Mr. Sturino has served in a variety of transportation related roles. Mike Sturino frequently lends his expertise in transportation issues with members of Congress, USDOT, IDOT, Tollway, the Governor’s Office, and with members of the Illinois General Assembly. He is a member of the Illinois Tollway Strategic Advisory Team and its Route 53 Blue Ribbon Commission. He also serves on a number of IDOT advisory committees. Mike is also serving his fourth term as Chairman of the Transportation for Illinois Coalition Federal Affairs Committee.
Education: BA - University of Delaware JD - John Marshall Law Schoool
Key Publications: "Turning a Rural Road Into an Urban Thoroughfare" Land and Water Magazine June 2011 Green design and construction practices implemented in growing area to meet traffic demand. "Roads, transit need full investment, not patching" Crain's Chicago Business June 23, 2012 An op-ed article calling for Congress to act on a federal transportation bill.
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