The January 2017 section meeting featured the Interstate 71 and Martin Luther King Drive interchange project. The presentation was given by John Otis, PE who is a transportation engineer with 15 years' experience with the Ohio Department of Transportation. He served as the project manager on the Interstate 74 and Colerain/Beekman interchange project and as the deputy project manager on the Interstate 71 and Martin Luther King Drive project.
The presentation was an overview of the Interstate 71 and Martin Luther King Drive interchange project. Highlights included project delivery method, design coordination between various stakeholders, discussion of weekly task force meetings, approval of buildable units, lessons learned, implementation of best practices applied to future projects, and snapshots of construction activities.