November/December 2002 · Vol. 66 · No. 3

November/December 2002

4600 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 800 Arlington, VA 22203 Tel. (703) 235-0500; Fax (703) 235-0593 Home Page: www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov

NHI Offers Two New Pavement Courses

Introduction to Mechanistic Design for New and Rehabilitated Pavements (Course #131064)
This course will discuss the theory and application of the most current mechanistic design concepts in use today, covering the status of ongoing research and the impacts that current research activities might have on the state of the practice. Instructors will place particular emphasis on the mechanistic concepts that will be used in the 2002 Pavement Design Guide and form the foundation of the performance prediction models for Superpave pavements. The course also places special emphasis on the data needs of the 2002 Pavement Design Guide (materials, traffic, environment, etc.) and encourages States to begin tracking the data even before the guide is adopted in order to have a historical record.

Pavement Smoothness: Factors Affecting Inertial Profile Measurements for Construction Quality Control (Course #131100)
This course will highlight factors affecting profile results relating to equipment, measurement environment, profiler operation, and profiler operator. Although this course is intended for the construction team, a second course will be developed for equipment technologists and pavement designers.

For scheduling information, contact NHI's course scheduler, Danielle Mathis-Lee at 703-235-0528 or danielle.mathis-lee@fhwa.dot.gov. For technical
information, contact Ewa Rodzik at 703-235-0524 or ewa.rodzik@fhwa.dot.gov.

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Other Articles in this issue:

The Scan of the Wild

Filling the Pipeline

TELUS

Measuring the Road to Improvement

Students Grab the Gold Ring

Digging into LTPP Pavement Data

Making It Happen the Fast Way

"Back to Basics" Saves Lives

A Decade of Achievement

Does Your Interchange Design Have You Going Around in Circles?

From Small Beginnings Come Great Things

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