TOPIC: Oak Hill Design-Build Project Updates
Project scope and anticipated benefits
Unique project features
Construction progress update
Lessons learned
SPEAKER: Christiana Astarita, PE
Christiana Astarita, P.E. is the TxDOT Austin District Project Manager for the Oak Hill Parkway Design-Build Project. Christiana has over 20 years of progressive engineering design, construction, and project management experience in the major metropolitan areas of Austin, Honolulu, and Las Vegas. Her experience focuses on project transportation mobility solutions.
Past roles included serving as the project manager for the SH 71 Express (also SH 71 Toll Lanes) Design-Build Project, as well as managing the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) Local Government Oversight Program for projects in construction. Christiana received her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
SPONSOR: Rinker Materials
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