Representatives of the New York State Thruway Authority will present and discuss the delivery of the largest single contract in state history and its current progress. Topics will include the planning, procurement, design, construction, and contract management of the $3.98-billion Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge over the Hudson River. The westbound bridge of the twin-spanning crossing recently opened to traffic and the second span is on schedule to open next year.

Craig Teepell is the New John Kowalski is the NY Bridge project’s Commercial Manager for the NYS Deputy Construc-tion Manager. He has David R. Capobianco is the Design Thruway Authority on the New NY been a part of the bridge replacement Compliance Engineer and Project Bridge project. He is a 1983 civil effort since 2007, having previously Manager for Delivery for the NYS engineering graduate of the SUNY served as NNYB Project Controls Thruway Authority’s New NY Bridge Buffalo and a licensed professional Manager as well as Highway/Transit Project. Dave managed the concurrent engineering New York. John formerly Engineering Manager for the Tappan development of the Environmental was employed by the NYS Department Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Project. Prior Impact Statement and the Design-Build of Transportation for 30 years where he to joining the NYS Thruway Authority, procurement documents including the held a number of positions in bridge Craig was part of the NYS Department of technical evaluation of proposals and design and construction in the Buffalo Transportation Major Projects group. selection process. Prior to his region, and served as Deputy Project Craig also con-tributed to the involvement in the Tappan Zee Bridge Director for the Route 9A Reconstruc- reconstruction of Lower Manhattan as replacement, Dave held positions as the tion project in Lower Manhattan Engineering Coordinator for the Route Director of Structural Design and following the 9/11 attacks. He was 9A Project. In 2005, he took a year’s Highway Design for the Authority. appointed as Commercial Manager of leave to work in Louisiana to contribute the NNYB project in 2013 where he is to the Hurricane Katrina recovery, responsible for all contractual manage- functioning as the Transporta-tion and ment of the design-build contract. This Infrastructure Lead for long-term role includes management of the recovery of Plaquemines Parish, ground project payments, scheduling analyses, zero of the storm. Craig started his dispute and claims management, career as a project manager for a deep budgeting, civil rights compliance, foundation contractor. He holds a BS project-labor agreement, risk analysis, from SUNY Buffalo. and management of engineering services by outside consultants.