--- title: CLEvolution Industry Day 2.0 | CLEvolution --- [![Clevolution-light](https://itsaclevolution.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CLEvolution_Logo_Gold%26White_RGB_R1.0_042825-800.png?width=800&height=75&name=CLEvolution_Logo_Gold%26White_RGB_R1.0_042825-800.png "Clevolution-light")](https://itsaclevolution.com?hsLang=en) [![Clevolution-light](https://itsaclevolution.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CLEvolution_Logo_Gold%26White_RGB_R1.0_042825-800.png?width=800&height=75&name=CLEvolution_Logo_Gold%26White_RGB_R1.0_042825-800.png "Clevolution-light")](https://itsaclevolution.com/?hsLang=en) [![Clevolution-light](https://itsaclevolution.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CLEvolution_Logo_Gold%26White_RGB_R1.0_042825-800.png?width=800&height=75&name=CLEvolution_Logo_Gold%26White_RGB_R1.0_042825-800.png "Clevolution-light")](https://itsaclevolution.com/?hsLang=en) - [About CLEvolution](https://itsaclevolution.com/about?hsLang=en) - [Projects & Progress](https://itsaclevolution.com/progress?hsLang=en) - [Community Impact](https://itsaclevolution.com/community-impact?hsLang=en) - [Doing Business](https://itsaclevolution.com/business?hsLang=en) - [News & Media](https://itsaclevolution.com/press-media?hsLang=en) - [Contact Us](https://itsaclevolution.com/contact?hsLang=en) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ![CLEvolution\_IndustryDay2.0\_LogoHorizontal\_RGB\_R1.0\_072026-06](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/CLEvolution_IndustryDay2.0_LogoHorizontal_RGB_R1.0_072026-06.png) # **Event Recap** Industry Day 2.0 was held Oct. 13, 2026, to share updates on CLE’s terminal modernization program, CLEvolution, and bring industry partners, local businesses and organizations together to explore upcoming project opportunities, strengthen connections and support the future of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. ![CLEvolution12](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/Industry%20Day%202.0/CLEvolution12.jpg) ![CLEvolution6](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/Industry%20Day%202.0/CLEvolution6.jpg) ![CLEvolution\_IndustryDayEmail5](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/CLEvolution_IndustryDayEmail5.png) ![CLEvolution8](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/Industry%20Day%202.0/CLEvolution8.jpg) ![CLEvolution11](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/Industry%20Day%202.0/CLEvolution11.jpg) ![CLEvolution1](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/Industry%20Day%202.0/CLEvolution1.jpg) ![CLEvolution3](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/Industry%20Day%202.0/CLEvolution3.jpg) ![CLEvolution10](https://itsaclevolution.com/hubfs/Industry%20Day%202.0/CLEvolution10.jpg) ## About Industry Day Cleveland Hopkins International Airport brought together contractors, consultants, suppliers and business partners to join us for CLEvolution Industry Day 2.0 which provided updates on upcoming work through CLEvolution, including the airport’s Terminal Modernization Development Program, while connecting attendees with airport leadership and project partners to discuss future procurement opportunities. Event recap information can be accessed below or found in our official CLEvolution Industry Day 2.0 media Toolkit linked below. [Download the Toolkit](https://itsaclevolution.com/press-media?hsLang=en#industry-day) ## Watch the Recap ## Event Information Explore event details, planned areas of discussion, the tentative agenda and participating organizations for CLEvolution Industry Day 2.0. TOPICS AGENDA WHO ATTENDED SPEAKERS ### Areas of Discussion: - Headhouse - Site/Utilities/Roadway - Landside - Airside ### Agenda: | Time | Session | | --- | --- | | **8 a.m. to 9 a.m.** | **Registration, Breakfast, & Networking** | | **9 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.** | **Welcome & Opening Remarks** *Megan O'Connell* | | **9:05 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.** | **Welcome Message** *Mayor Justin M. Bibb* | | **9:10 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.** | **CLEvolution Vision** *Director Bryant L. Francis* | | **9:15 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.** | **CLEvolution Overview** *Dennis D. Kramer* | | **9:20 a.m. to 9:35 a.m.** | **Community Impact** *Tyson Mitchell* | | **9:35 a.m. to 9:50 a.m.** | **Procurement** | | **9:50 a.m. to 10 a.m.** | **Q&A** | | **10 a.m. to 10:20 a.m.** | **Break** | | **10:20 a.m. to 11:05 a.m.** | **Program Overview & Project Introductions** - Current Projects Update - BOD 2.0 Overview - Construction Phasing - Procurement Packaging & Timeline | | **11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.** | **Q&A** | | **11:15 a.m. to 11:35 a.m.** | **Break** | | **11:35 a.m. to 12:20 p.m.** | **Breakout Sessions** | | **12:20 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.** | **Breakout Session Q&A** | *Agenda subject to change.* ### Organizations in Attendance: - Abstract Group, Inc. - Accenture - Ace Relocation Systems, Inc. - Adelaide Strategies LLC - Adrian Maldonado and Associates - Advanced Engineering Consultants - AECOM - Aegis360 Consulting - AERO Systems Engineering - The Aerozone - AG&E - Aggreko - Airport Design Consultants, Inc. - Airport Dimensions - The AKA Team - All Contractors Supply - Allega Companies - Alpha Landscape and Design - Ameresco - American Decorative Ceilings - American Interiors - American Structurepoint, Inc. - American Tower - Ameristar Perimeter Security - AMETEK - Anutec Networks LLC - AODK - Apple Designs - Argus - Armstrong World Industries - Arora Engineers - Arup - AtkinsRéalis - AvAirPros - Avit Flight Academy - Azar Design Co, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Surveying, PC - Barich - BBCO Design - The Beaver Excavating Company - Behnke Landscape Architecture - Beltmann Relocation Group - Beltways - Bialosky - BlinkSigns - Blockson Business Development - Blue Marble & Co. - Blue Ridge Solutions LLC - Bowen - Box - BrandSafway - Bryant & Stratton College - Burns & McDonnell - Burns Engineering - Buro Happold - C&S Companies - Canal Construction Company - Capcon Engineering Ltd - Capital Talent Development Group - CarTeCor - CC&E - CESO Inc - CGI Inc. - CHA Consulting, Inc. - Chrysalis Global, LLC - City of Cleveland - Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. - CivilGrid - Clark Hill PLC - Clear Channel Outdoor - Clemens Building Company - Cleveland Builds - Cleveland City Council - Cleveland Drones - Cleveland Metropolitan School District - CMT Infrastructure Professionals - CMTA, Inc. - CMTS LLC - CNC Foundations - Coleman Spohn Corporation - Colony Hardware - Communio Strategies LLC - Company Car & Limousine - Connico - Conrac Solutions - Construction Support Solutions - Cook Paving & Construction Co. - Corgan - Corix - Cosmos Technologies, Inc. - CPL - Crain Communications - Creative Leo Designs - CTL Engineering Inc. - Cuyahoga Community College - Cuyahoga Fence - D.E. Williams Electric, Inc. - Dabico - Daifuku - DAR Public Relations, Inc. - Dark Light Design - David Mason & Associates - DBS Communications - DeHart Works, LLC - Demattei Wong Architecture - Departure Media - DeSimone Consulting Engineering - DESMAN - Destination Cleveland - +Detail - Direct Strike - DLR Group - DLZ Corporation - DMS Associates - Downtown Cleveland, Inc. - DS Architecture - Entro - ESP Global Services Ltd - The Estephan Group - evolveEA - Excel Fluid Group - EXP - Extra Credit Projects - EY - EyeOTmonitor - Faith Group - FASS Real Estate Services - Fast Park & Relax - Fireball Industries - Flash Parking - Forest City Erectors LLC - Fraport USA - G. Stephens, Inc. - Garver - GEIS Companies - Gensler - Geo-Sci - Geometrics Engineering, PS, Inc. - GFT Infrastructure, Inc. - Gilbane Building Company - Giorgi Interior Systems, Inc. - GOJO Industries, LLC - The Great Lakes Construction Co. - Greater Cleveland Partnership - Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority - Greater Cleveland Works - GTB Advisors LLC - Halle's Engineering & Design - Halpert Life Safety Consulting - Hanna Commercial Real Estate - Harb Security Systems - HDR, Inc. - HEAPY - Henderson Engineers - Higley Construction - Hill International - HNTB - HOK - Holder Construction - Horizon Advisory - Howley Agency Sales Co. - ICAD Innovative Contractors for Advanced Dimensions - Imagine Wireless - IMEG - Independence Excavating - Insignia Graphics - Inspire Workplace Interiors - Insulators Local 3 - Intek Construction Products - Intermountain Electric, Inc. - International Display Systems, Inc. - Introba - ISG - IUPAT District Council 6 - iVideo Technologies - J.W. Didado Electric - Jacobs - Jacobsen Daniels Associates, LLC - Jensen Hughes - Johnson Controls - Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. - JSM Airport Services - Karpinski Engineering Inc. - KDG Construction Consulting - Kent State University - Kiewit Corporation - Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. - Kokosing - KPFF Consulting Engineers - Krueck Sexton Partners - KS Associates Inc. - KT & Company - Laborers' Local 310 - Leopardo Construction - LGA Partners - Life Safety Enterprises Inc. - Lorain County JVS - LRSolutions, LLC - luis vidal + architects - Luster National, Inc. - M2P Consulting - Magnusson Klemencic Associates - The Mannik & Smith Group, Inc. - Marous Brothers Construction - Marsh - Master Printing + Mailing - McKnight International - Metropolitan Architecture Studio - Michael Baker International - Midwest Transatlantic Lines - Mobile 1 Fingerprinting LLC - Mobile Medical Corporation - Moody Engineering - Moody Nolan - Motz Engineering - NanoLumens, Inc - Narrative Digital Media - NASA - National Office - NexGenInteractive - Next Generation Construction - Northstar Contracting Inc - O'Donnell & Naccarato - Ohio Department of Transportation - The Ohio State University - OHM Advisors - Osborn Engineering - Oswald Companies - OTG - OUTFRONT Media Inc. - Ozanne Construction Company - PADCOM - Panzica Construction Company - Parkwood Central - Parsons Corporation - Paslay Group - Passero Associates - PBS Engineers, Inc. - Perkins&Will - PGAL - Plante & Moran, PLLC - Populous - Prairie Wind Group - Premier Engineering Technologies - QCI Group - R A Strauss Electric Supply Co - R2O Consulting, LLC - RAR Contracting Co., Inc. - Regency Construction Services, Inc. - Reimagined Parking LLC - Resource International, Inc. - Richards - Ricondo & Associates, Inc. - Ritter Elevator Consulting - RL Hill Management - Robert P. Madison International, Inc. - Roetzel & Andress LPA - Rohde & Schwarz - Royal Cabinet Design Co, Inc. - RS&H - Rudolph Libbe Group - The Ruhlin Company - S&A Consulting Group - Saint-Gobain - Scales & Associates, Inc. - SE Blueprint, Inc. - Seaman Corporation - ServiceTec - The Sherwin-Williams Company - Shook Construction Co. - Siemens - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill - Smith Architects LLC - SOLiD - solutions4networks - Somat Engineering, Inc. - Specialized Construction Incorporated - Spectrum - SpectrumHaven, LLC - Spider Staging - SSOE Group - Stantec - STARC Systems - STERIS - Stifel Financial Corp. - Straub Surveying - studio BCC - STV Incorporated - Superior Industrial Insulation Company - The Superlative Group - Syska Hennessy Group - Team NEO - Terracon - Thornton Tomasetti - TLC Engineering Solutions - TMG Services - Toledo Caisson Corp - TransSolutions - TSG Interiors - Turner Construction Company - TYLin - U.S. Cost - Ubiquitous Design Ltd. - Ullman Electric - United Concessions Group - V-1 Consulting - Valarie McCall Consulting Agency - The Vallejo Company - Valley Interior Systems - Vanderlande Industries B.V. - Vic Thompson Company - Victaulic Company - VN Services - Vocon Partners, LLC - Wadsworth Solutions - Walker Consultants - The Weitz Company, LLC - Welke - Wells Fargo - Welty Enterprises - Western Reserve Interiors - The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company - Woolpert - Wright Engineering - WSP - Xybix Systems, Inc. - Zannoni & Co., Ltd. ![Bryant L. Francis, C.M.](https://itsaclevolution.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bryant%20L.%20Francis%2c%20C.M..png?width=250&height=250&name=Bryant%20L.%20Francis%2c%20C.M..png) ### Bryant L. Francis, C.M. **Director of Port Control** Bryant L. Francis, C.M., joined the City of Cleveland Department of Port Control as Director in May 2023. Director Francis is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he earned a BS in Aviation Management. He is passionate about aviation and has spent his entire professional career within U.S. Airports, with 12+ years of his 27 years in aviation spent at the Director level. Most recently, he served as Director of Aviation for the Port of Oakland. Director Francis is active with several large industry associations, including the Board of Directors of Airports Council International - North America and the American Association of Airport Executives Policy Review Council, where he serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for Airport Magazine. Director Francis also serves on the Aerozone Alliance Board of Directors, which was established to create the conditions for an “airport city” to form around Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. He currently resides in Cleveland’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood.  ![Dennis D. Kramer, P.E., C.M.](https://itsaclevolution.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Dennis%20D.%20Kramer%2c%20P.E.%2c%20C.M..png?width=250&height=250&name=Dennis%20D.%20Kramer%2c%20P.E.%2c%20C.M..png) ### Dennis D. Kramer, P.E., C.M. **Assistant Director, Airport Development** Dennis D. Kramer, P.E., C.M., joined the City of Cleveland Department of Port Control as Assistant Director, Airport Development in February 2020. He is currently responsible for managing all aspects of planning, grants & asset management, engineering & construction, environmental compliance & sustainability, and the Terminal Modernization Development Program. Assistant Director (AD) Kramer is a Cleveland native passionate about serving the Northeast Ohio community. He is a graduate of both the University of Toledo, where he earned a BS in Civil Engineering, and Cleveland State University, where he earned his MBA. With many years of engineering and construction experience, AD Kramer has worked on highways, buildings, water & wastewater treatment plants, and other large industrial facilities, in addition to many airport-based projects throughout the eastern United States. He is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Ohio, and currently resides with his family in Avon, Ohio, where he is an elected member of the Avon Local Schools Board of Education. ![Tyson Mitchell, JD LL.M](https://itsaclevolution.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tyson%20Mitchell%2c%20JD%20LL.M.png?width=250&height=250&name=Tyson%20Mitchell%2c%20JD%20LL.M.png) ### Tyson Mitchell, J.D., LL.M. Tyson T. Mitchell, J.D., LL.M. serves as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Equal Opportunity for the City of Cleveland, where he leads the City’s efforts to advance equitable economic participation and ensure accountability in public contracting. In this role, he oversees compliance with the City of Cleveland’s codified contractor goals while also driving capacity-building, technical assistance, and support for small and historically underutilized businesses competing in the local contracting market. Mr. Mitchell brings a strong legal and policy background to his work, holding a Juris Doctor and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. A native of Greater Cleveland, he grew up in East Cleveland and the Hough/Wade Park neighborhoods, grounding his professional work in lived community experience. In addition to his public service, Mr. Mitchell is an adjunct professor of Poverty Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, where he focuses on the intersection of law, economic mobility, and public policy. 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