Newsletters

2024

May
Modern Alchemy: Turning Rail Dirt Into Rail Served Real Estate

By: Michael Flynn
Senior Director – Rail Advisory Group
Cushman & Wakefield

Economic Development Section Feature

This year’s ED newsletter was provided by ED section member Mike Flynn, Senior Director with Cushman & Wakefield’s Rail Advisory Group.  With almost 20 years in the real estate industry, Mike has a broad range of experience in the acquisition, development, and management of commercial and industrial properties.  Since 2018 he has held leadership positions in C&W’s rail group and shares with us here some of the impressions from the site selection community regarding development of rail served sites.


April
 
By: Peter Masson
TRC Companies
                                                                                
Environmental  Section Feature

 

2023

December

 
By: Wes Kaisershot, PE 
                                                                                 SurvWest, LLC                                                                                    
Technology Section Feature

 

November

 
By: Matthew J. Hammer and Lisa Altukhova
Mohan Groble Scolaro, P.C.
Law Section Feature


September

Welcome To The New ARDA Year!


June

Satellite Imaging For Managing Railroad Property

By: David Christopherson
SkyRights Holdings, LLC
Real Estate Section Feature


May

Rail Grant Funding: Are You Ready To Capitalize?

By: Jeff Jones
Burns & McDonnell
Economic Development Section Feature


April

Sustainability, ESG, and TCFD: What Do These Letters Mean and How Do They Affect Me?

By: Dava Kaitala
Jacobs Solutions
Environmental Section Feature

 

2022

December
By: James Landavazo
Manager Economic Development
BNSF Railway Company
Technology Committee Feature

November
By: Laura Mona
General Attorney, Environmental
BNSF Railway Company
Law Section Feature

October
Welcome To The New ARDA Year!

June
Blockchain & Railroad Real Estate
Collaborated By: David Christophersen,
CEO SkyRights Holdings LLC

James Fountain
Senior Manager - Real Estate CN

Deborah Marshall
Utility Relocation Manager Guy Engineering Services

Christopher A. Krier
PMP, SR/WA, R/W-RAC Deputy Director of Real Property
California High-Speed Rail Authority

Real Estate Committee Feature

April
By: Nicole Bots,
Biologist, Tetra Tech, Inc.
Environmental Committee Feature

February
Feature: Autonomous Freight Rail 
By: Rachael Gray Crandley, HDR 
Economic Development Committee Feature 

2021

January 
Feature: Streamlined Federal Financing: A Tool for Industrial Development
by Will Resch, Project Development Lead, The Build America Bureau
U.S. Department of Transportation
 Economic Development Committee Feature


March
Feature: Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act
by Kevin Keller
PG Vice President/Sr. Professional Associate HDR, Inc.
ARDA President, 2011- 2012
Environmental Committee Feature


May
Feature: The Impacts of Diversity and Inclusion in the Rail Industry

by Nikol Daniels – Manager Real Estate US; Canadian Pacific, CP Racial Diversity Council Member
Real Estate Committee Feature
 

October
Dyer & Peterson, PC
Past President of the ARDA Law Section
 

2020

By Fred Oelsner
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA)
Vice Chair - ARDA Technology Committee
Technology Committee Feature


October
By Matthew J. Hammer
Daley Mohan Groble, P.C.
Secretary - Law Section
Law Committee Feature


May
By Kristine Williams
Director Real Estate, CP 
Real Estate Committee Feature


April
By Jenni Moore
GISP, PMP - Bartlett & West
Technology Committee Feature


March
By Nathan Joe Loftice
Director, Planning & Business Sustainability, BNSF
 
By Peter T Masson
Consultant, Antea Group
Environmental Committee Feature


February
By Scott Walburn,
Kansas City Southern Railway Company
Economic Development Committee Feature
 
 ​2019
 
October 
By Matthew J. Hammer
Daley Mohan Groble, P.C.
Member, Law Section
Law Committee Feature


September
By Nikol Daniels
Canadian Pacific
Real Estate Committee Feature


May
Section Chair, Brad Gordon
Legal Counsel
Patriot Rail Company
By Ken Bryan, Senior Strategist, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
Real Estate Committee Feature


March
By Peter Masson, Office Leader
Antea Group
Environmental Committee Feature


February
Playing by New Rules: How NFPA 652 Impacts Your Facility - Courtesy of VAA, LLC
By Courtney Dunbar, Economic Development Lead
Olsson Associates
ARDA Economic Development Section Chair
Economic Development Committee Feature

2018

December
By Erik Henderson
Technical Director - Enterprise GIS & Field Services CSX Technology 
Vice Chair - ARDA Technology Section
Technology Committee Feature


October
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature


August
By Robert Gloodt
Union Pacific Railroad Company

By Renay Robison
Union Pacific Railroad Company
ARDA Real Estate Section Vice Chair
Real Estate Committee Feature


March
By Dava Kaitala, General Director, Construction Permitting
BNSF Railway Company
ARDA Environmental Section Vice Chair
Environmental Committee Feature

2017

December
By Carmen M. Garozzo, National Practice Leader - Rail Infrastructure
Bergmann Associates  
Economic Development Committee Feature
 

October
By Alan B. Johnson, PE
Asst. Chief Engineer, NS & ARDA Technology Section Vice Chair
Technology Committee Feature


August
By Kevin Baldwin, Partner
Daley Mohan Groble and ARDA Law Section Chair
Law Committee Feature


May
By Madeline E. Roebke-Curns
Senior General Attorney, Union Pacific Railroad
Real Estate Committee Feature

 
March
By Devin Sprinkle
Regional Manager - Environment (U.S.), CN, Vice Chair of the ARDA Environmental Section
Environmental Committee Feature

 
February
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature


January
Winning Warehouse & Distribution Center Projects with Data 
By Calandra Cruickshank, CEO
& Teresa Nortillo, VP of Business Development and Consulting,
StateBook International

2016

November
By Jo Strang, Vice President, Safety and Regulatory Policy,
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA)


September
By Pamela Nehring, Daley Mohan Groble PC,
ARDA Law Section Past Chair  

 
July
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature


May
By Kevin Keller, HDR Engineering, Inc.,
ARDA Past President 2011-12   

 
February
By Alanna Strohecker, AECOM,
Chair of the ARDA Economic Development Section
 

2015

December
By Rachael Gray Crandley,
Vice Chair of the ARDA Technology Section


October
By David Drach,
Vice Chair of ARDA Law Section


August
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature


June
Appraising Railroad Corridors for Recreational Trail Use
By Jeffrey K. Jones, MAI
Letter to the Editor in Response - Charles W. Rex III, MAI and Cameron R. Rex, MAI GISP


April
Crude by Rail: How are the States Reacting?
By Peter T. Masson, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA)
Secretary, ARDA Environmental Committee


March
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature

2014

November
An Introduction to 3D Printing
By Andrew M. Vollmer, Norfolk Southern Corporation
Vice Chair, ARDA Technology Committee


September
Muddying the Waters:
What you need to know about the proposed
Rule on "Waters of the United States"
By Pamela Nehring, Daley Mohan Groble; Chair, ARDA Law Committee

August
Utility Crossings of Railroad Right of Way
By Michael J. Barron, Jr., Fletcher & Sippel LLC


July
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature


April
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature


February
Newsletter Link
No Committee Feature