
The Construction Institute Regional Conference will be held June 15-16, 2006 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. The conference program includes sessions on mega projects such as the Marquette Interchange, the McAlpine Lock Project, and Trump Tower. Several CI committees have organized presentations for this conference. Claims Avoidance and Resolution Committee member Thomas Cummings, PSP, A.M. ASCE, will be presenting a session on “Designing for Claims Avoidance” and Design-Build Committee has put together a panel discussion on “Design-Build Lessons Learn

ed” led by Kenneth Cooper, Jerry Neibert, and Bill Meier. For a complete program listing and to register,
please see the conference web page.
If your company is interested in sponsoring the CI Regional Conference in Chicago, please contact Gail Sor at
gsor@asce.org or 703-295-6017.