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2025 ACEC-NH & NHDOT Technical Exchange Conference
Thursday April 17, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Session 10A: Fern Hollow Bridge Emergency Replacement Project Pittsburgh, PA
Speaker: Jason Fuller, HDR
- January 2022 the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed. This critical NHS route is a diversion route for I-376, with 100,000+ vpd. Immediately, PennDOT, the City of Pittsburgh and FHWA used an emergency declaration to hire HDR to design and Swank Construction to construct the project using a design-build process. Instantly it was clear that schedule and budget were critical to implementing the project. Early coordination with the agencies, contractor and designer was critical. The permanent bridge was reopened to traffic in under 11 months, in December 2022. This could only be accomplished by the collaboration that the emergency design-build process provided.

Session 10B: Madawaska-Edmundson International Bridge Replacement
Speakers: Josh Olund, HNTB
- The international bridge spanning from Madawaska, Maine to Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada serves as the sole link between a close-knit, mixed-national community. When inspection of this critical structure’s load capacity called for all truck traffic to travel through the next border crossing—approximately 20 miles away—MaineDOT and other stakeholders recognized the need for an alternative plan.

Within four years, working alongside countless stakeholders, HNTB evaluated and designed a six-span, steel girder replacement bridge that reaches an overall length of 1,828 feet and is a landmark for the community. The four-girder-designed system supports two lanes of traffic, six-foot shoulders for multimodal traffic and a six-foot sidewalk for pedestrians.
Moderators
avatar for Jennifer Reczek, PE

Jennifer Reczek, PE

Administrator, Bureau of Bridge Design, NHDOT
Jennifer leads the NHDOT Bureau of Bridge Design, which is responsible for NH’s bridge inspection program and the development of projects to preserve, rehabilitate, and replace state-owned bridges. In this role she also oversees the development of policies, procedures and work plans... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Jason Fuller, PE

Jason Fuller, PE

Vice President / Senior Project Manager, HDR
Jason Fuller, P.E., is a Vice President and Senior Project Manager at HDR. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1992 with a BSCE and has 32+ years of experience managing and designing transportation projects with complex bridges and/or unique delivery processes including... Read More →
avatar for Josh Olund, PE, PhD

Josh Olund, PE, PhD

Associate Vice President, Structures Department Manager, HNTB
Josh Olund is a department manager and senior project manager within HNTB’s Northern New England Office where he works with a team of over 20 structural engineering professionals. With 17 years of experience focused in Maine and Vermont, Josh has delivered a wide range of bridge... Read More →
Thursday April 17, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
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