Highway Technology Calendar
The following events provide opportunities to learn more about products and technologies for accelerating infrastructure innovations.
Climatic Inputs for Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Workshop
June
22, 2006, Columbus, OH
June 28, 2006, Atlanta, GA
August 1, 2006, Fayetteville, AR
August 15, 2006, Phoenix, AZ
September 6, 2006, Minneapolis, MN
September 19, 2006, Rocky Hill, CT*
*(The September 19 workshop will also be Webcast at
www.conndot.ct.gov/media/FhwaRegistration.aspx)
This Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) workshop aims to
familiarize participants with modeling climatic effects on pavement performance
using the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide, reducing climatic
effects through materials selection and design, and analyzing current State
design methods for climatic effects. There is no charge for the workshop. The
target audience includes State materials engineers, pavement design engineers,
and industry or academic consultants who support transportation departments'
pavement design.
Contact: Gary Crawford at FHWA, 202-366-1286
(gary.crawford@fhwa.dot.gov), or visit
www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/dgit/climatic.cfm.
Construction Practices for Segmental Concrete Bridges Seminars
July
10-11, 2006, Dallas, TX
July 24-25, 2006, Atlanta, GA
Cosponsored by FHWA and the American Segmental Bridge Institute
(ASBI), the seminars will cover the new Construction Practices Handbook for
Segmental Concrete Bridges. Registration fees will be waived for FHWA, State,
and local highway agency engineers.
Contact: Myint Lwin at FHWA, 202-366-4589 (fax: 202-366-3077;
email: myint.lwin@fhwa.dot.gov), or Cliff Freyermuth at ASBI, 602-997-9964
(fax: 602-997-9965; email: asbi@earthlink.net). Information is also available
at www.asbi-assoc.org (click on "News and Events" and then "Seminars").
Third International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety, and Management
July 16-19, 2006, Porto, Portugal
The conference will cover such topics as bridge repair and
rehabilitation issues, bridge management systems, and bridge-related safety and
risk issues. Sponsors include the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Colorado Department of Transportation,
American Society of Civil Engineers, and FHWA.
Contact: Ian Friedland at FHWA, 202-493-3023 (email: ian.friedland@fhwa.dot.gov), or visit www.iabmas06.com.
Eleventh Annual Eastern Winter Road Maintenance Symposium and Equipment Expo
September 6-7, 2006, Atlantic City, NJ
The symposium is designed for winter maintenance managers and
other public works practitioners. Topics will cover safety, operations, and
environmental issues. The event is sponsored by FHWA, the American Association
of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), and the New Jersey
Department of Transportation.
Contact: For registration information, contact Trindal Stanke at AASHTO, 202-624-3696 (email: tstanke@aashto.org). For additional information, contact Paul Pisano at FHWA, 202-366-1301 (email: paul.pisano@fhwa.dot.gov).
International Conference on Perpetual Pavement
September
13-15, 2006, Columbus, OH
The conference will highlight issues related to designing,
constructing, and monitoring perpetual pavements. Topics will include design
verification and calibration, modeling, instrumentation, durability, and
mechanical properties of materials. Conference sponsors include the Ohio
Department of Transportation, National Asphalt Pavement Association, National Center for Asphalt Technology, and FHWA.
Contact: Nancy Covington at the Ohio Research Institute for Transportation and the Environment, 740-593-2476 (email:
orite@bobcat.ent.ohiou.edu), or John D'Angelo at FHWA, 202-366-0121 (email:
john.d'angelo@fhwa.dot.gov).
Fifth National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways
September 18-20, 2006, San Francisco, CA
The conference is the fifth in a series of biennial events
sponsored by FHWA. Caltrans, the Transportation Research Board, and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research are cosponsors. The conference is designed
to increase awareness of seismic and geological hazards and enhance the
technical expertise of engineering professionals, so that they can mitigate the
risk of failure or damage to bridges and highways.
Contact: Phillip Yen at FHWA, 202-493-3056 (fax: 202-493-3442; email: wen-huei.yen@fhwa.dot.gov), or Mike Keever at Caltrans, 916-227-8806
(fax: 916-227-8242; email: mike_keever@dot.ca.gov). Information is available
online at www.mceer.buffalo.edu/meetings/5nsc.
Use of Pavement Management System Data to Calibrate Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design
September 20, 2006, Rocky Hill, CT
(The workshop will also be Webcast at www.conndot.ct.gov/media/FhwaRegistration.aspx)
This FHWA workshop will help pavement design and pavement management engineers better understand how data from pavement management systems can be incorporated in the new Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide software.
Contact: Gary Crawford at FHWA, 202-366-1286 (email: gary.crawford@fhwa.dot.gov).
International Conference on Long-Life Concrete Pavements
October 25-27, 2006, Chicago, IL
The conference will focus on implementable design, construction,
and repair techniques that result in long-lasting concrete pavements. It is
targeted at pavement engineering and construction professionals who are
involved in various aspects of pavement design, construction, testing and
evaluation, and rehabilitation.
Contact: Shiraz Tayabji at Construction Technology Laboratories, Inc., 410-997-0400 (fax:
410-997-8480; email: stayabji@ctlgroup.com), or Sam Tyson at FHWA, 202-366-1326
(email: sam.tyson@fhwa.dot.gov). Information can be found online at www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/concrete/2006conf.cfm.
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