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7:00 am – 7:00 pm  

Registration

Annex Room

7:30 am – 8:30 am 

Complimentary Continental Breakfast

Great Hall Foyer

8:30 am – 8:35 am

OPENING GENERAL SESSION
Moderator: Bob Falk, USDA Forest Products Laboratory

Great Hall

8:35 am – 9:15 am 

WELCOME
Brad Guy, BMRA President
Chris Risbrudt, Director, USDA Forest Products Laboratory
Jenna Kunde, Director of Strategic Development, WasteCap Wisconsin

BMRA Awards
Brad Guy, President, Building Material Reuse Association

Great Hall

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Keynote Talk
“Building Deconstruction, Salvage, and C&D Recycling as Integral Components of Green Building” (pg. 1)
Alex Wilson, Executive Director, Environmental Building News, Brattleboro, Vermont

Great Hall

10:00 am –10:30 am

Coffee Break

Great Hall Foyer

10:30 am – 11:15 am

Keynote Talk
"Thinking Like Cathedral Builders" (pg. 2)
John Abrams, Founder, South Mountain Company, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

Great Hall

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Keynote Talk      
"A Corporate Inconvenient Truth" (pg. 3)
David Bertorelli, Director of Space Planning and Design, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company, St. Louis, Missouri

Great Hall

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Luncheon

Tripp Commons

SESSION 1A: The Business of Reuse
Moderator: Dirk Wassink, Second Use Building Materials, Inc.

Reception Room

1:30 pm – 2:15pm  

Business Planning for the Not So Faint of Heart (pg. 4)
Ted Reiff, The Reuse People of America, Inc., Oakland, CA

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm 

Starting a Successful Building Materials Reuse Program in Ithaca, NY (pg. 5)
Diane Cohen, Significant Elements – Historic Ithaca, Inc., Ithaca, NY.

SESSION 1B: Designing with Reused Materials
Moderator: Timonie Hood, U.S. EPA, Region 9

Old Madison Room

1:30 pm – 2:15pm  

The Lifecycle Building Challenge: Designing this Building and the Next (pg. 6)
Timonie Hood, US EPA Region 9, San Francisco, CA.

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm 

Timber Framing with Reclaimed Materials for the 21st Century ( pg. 7)
Tom Holmes, Glenville Timber Wrights, Baraboo, WI.

SESSION 1C: C&D Recycling Markets and Specifications
Moderator: Patrick Hayes, City of Oakland, CA

Inn Wisconsin Room

1:30 pm – 2:15pm  

C&D Recycling Market Overview and Identification: Finding and Getting Materials to Markets (pg. 8)
Matthew McKinney, Institution Recycling Network, Concord, NH.

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm 

Writing Construction and Demolition Waste Management Specifications (pg. 9)
Rick Levin, Kahler Slater Architects, Inc., Madison, WI.

3:00 pm –3:30 pm  

Coffee Break

Great Hall Foyer

SESSION 2A: Recovery and Handling of Reclaimed Lumber
Moderator: Ted Reiff, The ReUse People of America, Inc.

Reception Room

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Maximizing the Recovery of Recycled Timbers during Demolition and Deconstruction (pg. 10)
Michael Kennedy, Kennedys Classic Aged Timbers, Narangba, Queensland, Australia

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm 

Handling and Inventory for Reclaimed Lumber (pg. 11)
Barry Stup, The Woods Company, Chambersburg, PA.

SESSION 2B: Innovative Deconstruction Practices I
Moderator: John Majercak, ReStore Home Improvement Center

Old Madison Room

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm

Two-Day Deconstruction and Other Unlikely Claims (pg. 12)
Dave Bennick, RE-USE Consulting, Bellingham, WA.

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm 

Deconstruction and Reuse After Hurricane Katrina (pg. 13)
Brad Guy, Hamar Center for Community Design, State College, PA.

SESSION 2C: C&D Waste Reuse & Recycling I
Moderator: Eileen Norby, UW System Administration

Inn Wisconsin Room

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm 

Case Studies: C&D Recycling and Materials Reuse at Yale University (pg. 14)
Ann Nicklin, Atelier Ten, New York, NY

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm 

Asphalt Shingle Tear-Off Recycling: Practical Experience (pg. 15)
James Altwies, The Bruce Company, Madison, WI.

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm  

Social Reception & Poster Presentations

Tripp Commons

7:00 am – 6:00 pm

Registration

Annex Room

7:30 am – 8:30 am

Complimentary Continental Breakfast

Tripp Commons

SESSION 3A: Using the Web for Increased Sales and Visibility
Moderator: Ted Reiff, The ReUse People of America, Inc.

Reception Room

8:30 am – 9:15 am 

Creating and Operating a Free On-line Marketplace for Used Commercial Building Materials (pg. 16)
Bryce Jacobson, Portland Metro, Portland, OR.

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Web 2.0 Tools – Available Options and a Report of Surveyed Findings (pg. 17)
Ann Echols, greenWells, Inc., State College, PA.

SESSION 3B: Innovative Deconstruction Practices II
Moderator: Ann Echols, greenWELLS, Inc.

Old Madison Room

8:30 am – 9:15 am 

D-Harmony.com - An Innovative Deconstruction/Demolition Project at Ft. Lewis Army Base (pg. 18)
Matt Schultz, CDM Contractors, Inc., Bellevue, WA

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Capitol West Case Study: Getting Results with Reuse (pg. 19)
David Waisman, Madison Environmental Group, Madison, WI

SESSION 3C: C&D Waste Reuse & Recycling II
Moderator: Tom Napier, US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Inn Wisconsin Room

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Anatomy of a 'Green' Demolition Project. (pg. 20)
Barb Mueller, Champion Environmental Services, Inc., Madison, WI

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Material Salvage and Reuse of Structural Steel Components (pg. 21)
Michael Emmer, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI.

10:00 am –10:30 am

Coffee Break

Tripp Commons

SESSION 4A: Deconstruction of Manufactured Housing and Commercial Buildings
Moderator: Patrick Hayes, City of Oakland, CA

Reception Room

10:30 am – 11:15 am

Sustainable Decommissioning of Manufactured Housing (pg. 22)
Mickey Beach, Umpqua CDC / Heartwood ReSources, Roseburg, OR

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Deconstruction on Institutional, Industrial, and Commercial Projects: Materials, Methods, and Markets (pg. 23)
Matthew McKinney, Institution Recycling Network, Concord, NH.

SESSION 4B: Innovative Deconstruction Practices III
Moderator: Bryce Jacobson, Metro Solid Waste & Recycling Department

Old Madison Room

10:30 am – 11:15 am

Magazine Deconstruction at Badger Ammunition Plant (pg. 24)
Frank Byrne, Habitat ReStore Deconstruction Manager, Madison, WI and Dick Powell, Habitat ReStore Volunteer, Madison, WI.

11:15 am – 12:00 pm

An Aesthetic of Deconstruction and Reuse: The Willow Patch (pg. 25)
Tobiah Horton, Wallace, Roberts and Todd, LLC, Philadelphia, PA

SESSION 4C: Panel Discussion on C&D Waste Management

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Moderated by Jenna Kunde, WasteCap Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI (pg. 26)

Inn Wisconsin Room

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Luncheon

Tripp Commons

SESSION 5A: Deconstruction: A Last Chance for Housing
Moderator: Eileen Norby, UW System Administration

Reception Room

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm 

The Last Dance: Architectural Hospice and the Palliative Care of Buildings (pg. 27)
James Kalsbeek, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm 

Using Deconstruction to Address Abandoned Housing Stock in Buffalo, NY (pg. 28)
Andrew Murphy, Buffalo Reuse, Inc., Buffalo, NY

SESSION 5B: Communication & Performance in the Reuse Industry
Moderator: Brad Guy, Building Materials Reuse Association

Old Madison Room

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm 

Closed Loop Materials Cycles: Architectural Education to Affect Change (pg. 29)
Maibett Zari, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm

Connecting the Dots: Communication Networks in the Salvage, Deconstruction and Reuse Industry (pg. 30)
Dirk Wassink, Second Use Building Materials, Inc., Seattle, WA.

SESSION 5C: C&D Recycling on Military Bases
Moderator: Tom Napier, US Army Construction Engineering Laboratory

Inn Wisconsin Room

1:30 pm – 2:15 pm 

Badger Army Ammunition Plant - Concrete Recycling (pg. 31)
Tom Bennwitz, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Fitchburg, WI.

2:15 pm – 3:00 pm 

Where Did All the Barracks Go - An Innovative Approach for Salvaging, Reusing, and Recycling WWII Barracks at Ft. Lewis Army Base (pg. 32)
Elizabeth Chien, CDM Contractors, Inc., Bellevue, WA

3:00 pm –3:30 pm  

Coffee Break

Tripp Commons

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm 

Meeting of the Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA), All Invited.

Great Hall

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Conference Dinner

Tripp Commons

7:30 am – 8:30 am 

Complimentary Continental Breakfast

Great Hall Foyer

SESSION 6A: Reclaimed Lumber Definitions & Standards
Moderator: Alex Wiedenheoft, Forest Products Laboratory

Reception Room

8:30 am – 9:15 am 

The Tell-Tale Heart: Some Tall Tales of Heart Pine
Alex Wiedenhoeft, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI (pg. 33)

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Challenges and Obstacles to Structural Reuse of Deconstructed Salvaged Lumber (pg. 34)
Blair Pollock, Orange County Recycing, Chapel Hill, NC.

SESSION 6B: Used Building Material Stores
Moderator: Timonie Hood, U.S. EPA, Region 9

Old Madison Room

8:30 am – 9:15 am

Establishing Performance Benchmarks for Deconstruction and Used Building Materials Stores (pg. 35)
John Majercak, ReStore Home Improvement Center, Springfield, MA

9:15 am – 10:00 am

Starting a Used Building Materials Store (pg. 36)
Erich Kruger, ReNew Building Materials and Salvage, Inc., Brattleboro, VT.

SESSION 6C: Waste Reuse & Recycling III
Moderator: Jenna Kunde, WasteCap Wisconsin, Inc.

Inn Wisconsin Room

8:30 am – 9:15 am 

On-Site Use of Recycled Wood Waste (pg. 37)
Gary Zajicek, Veridian Homes, LLC, Madison, WI

9:15 am – 10:00 am

C&D Recycling in the City of Chicago (pg. 38)
Alan Rowder and Ivan Capifali, City of Chicago Department of Environment

10:00 am –10:30 am   

Coffee Break

Tripp Commons

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Open Discussion Period
Moderator: Brad Guy, Building Materials Reuse Association

Great Hall

12:00 pm

Conference Close

Great Hall

12:15 pm – 7:00 pm

Conference Tour (additional cost, please sign up on registration site)
Meet bus in front of Memorial Union by 12:15 pm (Badger Bus). Lunch included.