Construction Project Management:
The Future of Public/Private Development in Middle Tennessee
Sponsored by the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt University
Friday, March 8, 2013
Jacobs Believed In Me Auditorium, Featheringill Hall, Vanderbilt University
8:15–8:30
Introduction & Overview
8:30–9:00
State Architect’s Update
9:00–9:45
The Future of Middle Tennessee Economic
Development
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Sanjiv Gokhale, Dir. of Graduate Studies in
Construction Management, Vanderbilt University
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Bob Oglesby, State Architect, Office of the State
Architect of Tennessee
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Terry Cobb, Director of Development Services,
Mayor’s Office of Economic & Community
Development, Nashville
Matt Largen, Director of the Office of Economic
Development, Williamson County
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9:45-10:00
10:00-11:00
Break
The Future of Private Development in
Middle Tennessee: Where Are We Headed?
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Kent Findley, Sr. VP, Southern Land Company
Cam Sorenson, Principal, Southeast Ventures
Pat Emery, President, Spectrum Properties
Jimmy Granberry, CEO, H.G. Hill Realty Company
Moderator: Vic McConnell, Partner, Smith Cashion & Orr
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11:00-11:45
The Future of Building Information Modeling
11:45-12:45
Lunch
12:45-1:30
The Evolution of Web Based Project
Management
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Jon Antevy, Co-Founder, e-Builder
1:30- 2:15
The Future of Project Management: Doing
More with Less
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David Pearson, President, Pearson Management
Group
2:15-2:30
Break
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Judson Newbern, Deputy Vice Chancellor-Facilities,
Vanderbilt University
Shane Stone, Project Manager-Campus Planning,
Middle Tennessee State University
Tim McKeehan, Asst. Director of Administration-Div.
of Facilities Planning, University of TennesseeKnoxville
Featheringill Hall Lobby
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2:30-3:30
Higher Education Development Panel
Hal Jones, VDC Director, Skanska
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Moderator: Tom Gormley, Vice President- Healthcare
Services, URS Corp.
3:30
Adjourn