7 th Annual Engineers Day Conference
June 10-12, 2025 Presented by ASCE-NH & Shea Concrete Products
Bill Cass was appointed Commissioner in December of 2022. He joined the NHDOT in 1986 and has 37 years of experience with the NHDOT. Prior to that, Bill served for 7 years as the Department’ s Assistant Commissioner and Chief Engineer for the Department. Bill has many years of engineering, project development, and management experience and his leadership is a key component to the success of the Department. He has held a number of supervisory and management positions at the Department including, Final Design Supervisor, Preliminary Design Section Head, Chief Project Manager, and Assistant and Director of Project Development. Bill was Project Director, formerly Project Manager, for the largest project the NHDOT has ever under taken- the 20 mile, 800 million-dollar reconstruction and widening of Interstate I-93 from Salem to Manchester, and was involved with the project throughout its development and construction. Bill is actively involved on national committees for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials( AASHTO), and the Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials( NASTO). He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire, and lives with his wife, Colleen in Laconia.
June 10 th |
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Technical Presentation # 1( Sponsorship by CQ Cement) |
12:00 – 1:00 PM |
Zoom Pro |
Achieving Concrete Performance and Lower Environmental Impacts with Blended Cements( Joshua Gilman, P. E. – Director, Sustainable Infrastructure at the Portland Cement Association( PCA)) |
Josh Gilman has 15 years of experience relating to geotechnical and civil engineering on a |
wide variety of heavy civil works, geotechnical and water resource projects for federal, |
municipal, industrial, contractor and private clients. He has held geotechnical engineering |
positions with consulting firms in the Northeastern and Southeastern United States, and |
most-recently managed a satellite office for a large firm performing geotechnical engineering |
and construction materials testing services. Water resources, especially dam engineering and |
dam safety, have been a focus throughout his career including employment with a multidiscipline |
consulting firm that served the hydropower industry. |
Josh joined the Portland Cement Association( PCA) in 2019 and his current role is Director of Sustainable Infrastructure. He is responsible for providing subject matter expertise and outreach on infrastructure applications for conventional concrete, mass concrete, and cement-specific applications such as roller-compacted concrete( RCC) and soil-cement( SC) with a focus on sustainable solutions. In addition to providing technical support to the industry and giving numerous technical presentations, he was responsible for the development and oversight of the second edition of PCA’ s“ Design Manual for RCC Spillways and Overtopping Protection” which is the premier design reference for practitioners, regulators, and contractors in the dam industry. He also contributes to developing and maintaining cement-based standards and guide documents through participation in ACI and ASTM technical committees with a focus on improving the sustainability of cement and concrete applications in practice.
June 11 th Technical Presentation # 2( Sponsorship by St. Marys Cement)