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Nurturing Diversity In The Workplace, Julian Hayes, Sarah Baty Mar 2020

Nurturing Diversity In The Workplace, Julian Hayes, Sarah Baty

Purdue Road School

A workplace with people of varying genders, ages, religions, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and cultural backgrounds leads to greater innovation, reduced employee turnover, and other competitive advantages. Learn more about the benefits of workplace diversity and tips for nurturing diversity and inclusion where you work. In addition to sharing the latest research and best practices, this session will also include the speakers’ personal experiences with building positive change at HNTB Indiana.

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Highway Safety 2020 - Catch The Vision: Saving Lives (And Preventing Serious Injuries), Rick Drumm Mar 2020

Highway Safety 2020 - Catch The Vision: Saving Lives (And Preventing Serious Injuries), Rick Drumm

Purdue Road School

This session presents a view of highway safety up to this point in the 21st century, across the country and in Indiana. We will look back at notable initiatives that have shaped today’s highway safety landscape and assess where we stand now. Then, as we look into the future, learn how you can help make Indiana’s roads and highways safer.

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The Future State Of Mobility, Jerome Quandt Mar 2020

The Future State Of Mobility, Jerome Quandt

Purdue Road School

Formed in 2018, the Illinois Autonomous Vehicles Association (ILAVA) is a privately funded non-for-profit organization focused on establishing thought leadership in the state of Illinois, by identifying and addressing the current and emerging opportunities related to the inevitable growth of CAV technologies throughout the transportation network. Through the deployment of scalable and sustainable business solutions, facilitating industry education and establishing thought leadership, ILAVA is creating an ecosystem that defines Illinois as #TheFutureStateofMobility.

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All You Need To Know About Cybersecurity Ever! In 45 Minutes, Joe Beckman Mar 2020

All You Need To Know About Cybersecurity Ever! In 45 Minutes, Joe Beckman

Purdue Road School

This session will cover the information every local government official needs to know to keep their data safe from hackers.

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Waterproofing Membrane For Concrete Boxes And Culverts, Keith Alan Lytton P.E., Jeremy Hunter P.E. Mar 2020

Waterproofing Membrane For Concrete Boxes And Culverts, Keith Alan Lytton P.E., Jeremy Hunter P.E.

Purdue Road School

In 2019 a new INDOT Specification went into effect for waterproofing on concrete pipes and three- and four-sided boxes. The new specification decreased the leakage at these structures joints from 95% to less than 5%. This presentation will provide the background on why the change was needed and the solution, complete with construction examples and results.

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Airport Infrastructure Planning, Robert Page Mar 2020

Airport Infrastructure Planning, Robert Page

Purdue Road School

All across the country, airports are now facing many challenges related to resiliency and the possible disruption of airport traffic. This presentation will focus on the factors impacting the ability of airports to respond to those factors, including climate change, localized flooding, heat waves, and snow events. As these weather events can impact passengers and workers, the need for airports to be able to respond to extreme events is greater than ever.

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I-69 Orx: A Bistate Megaproject = Project Management2, Jim Poturalski, Mindy Peterson, Steven Nicaise, Kevin Jasinski Mar 2020

I-69 Orx: A Bistate Megaproject = Project Management2, Jim Poturalski, Mindy Peterson, Steven Nicaise, Kevin Jasinski

Purdue Road School

Managing a large project is full of challenges. Needs grow exponentially when you’re managing a bistate megaproject with two clients and twice the number of agencies, elected leaders, community groups, media outlets, and other stakeholders. The I-69 Ohio River Crossing team will share strategies to improve internal and external communications, streamline processes, build consensus, increase collaboration, and maximize stakeholder engagement—all while maintaining an accelerated schedule

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Faa Airmen Database Geospatial Distribution Patterns, Joseph P. Hupy, Sam Scroggs, Jaspar Saadi-Klein Mar 2020

Faa Airmen Database Geospatial Distribution Patterns, Joseph P. Hupy, Sam Scroggs, Jaspar Saadi-Klein

Purdue Road School

There are currently more than 572,000 registered pilots in the United States, ranging from commercial UAS pilots to commercial manned aircraft. Although pilots are registered in each of the 50 states, where they live and reside can be seen through various forms of geospatial statistical analysis in a geographic information system. This talk explores spatial patterns of the FAA U.S. Airmen database through hotspot and cluster-based analysis of the database.

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Improving Public Works Construction Inspection Skills, Benjamin J. Jordan Mar 2020

Improving Public Works Construction Inspection Skills, Benjamin J. Jordan

Purdue Road School

Indiana LTAP will be offering several courses related to improving public works projects and operations. The first course offered in 2020 will be with the assistance of UW–Madison Engineering Professional Development. The course, Improving Public Works Construction Inspection Skills, is a comprehensive overview of inspection fundamentals, practical methods, and techniques for the most common types of public works construction and will increase your confidence in dealing with contractors and the public.

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Indot Maintenance - Next Level, Michael E. Brinkerhoff Mar 2020

Indot Maintenance - Next Level, Michael E. Brinkerhoff

Purdue Road School

INDOT, similar to many municipalities, has developed structured methods to not only inspect assets, but to identify deficiencies in an extremely efficient manner. This has led to multiple metrics for tracking customer service resolutions, bridge and large culvert hit rates, and other similar type performance standards. While technology for data collection and analysis are heavily weighed to meet agency goals, the need for out of the box solutions has grown immensely. Going beyond the metrics, many field personnel are tasked with keeping INDOT assets functioning for the safety and mobility of the public. This has pushed INDOT to the NEXT …

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Empowering Emerging And Experienced Professionals In The Workplace, Mayela Sosa, Amy Groff, Katlyn Shergalis, Jennifer Pyrz, Katie England Mar 2020

Empowering Emerging And Experienced Professionals In The Workplace, Mayela Sosa, Amy Groff, Katlyn Shergalis, Jennifer Pyrz, Katie England

Purdue Road School

This panel discussion will include transportation professionals from both the public and private sectors. Panelists will include two emerging and two experienced professionals, each with different backgrounds, experiences, and career paths. Our primary focus will be on the experience of women in the transportation sector.

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Monon Boulevard: A Linear Park That Integrates Vehicles With Pedestrians, Jeremy Cashman, Carl Kincaid, Trent Newport Mar 2020

Monon Boulevard: A Linear Park That Integrates Vehicles With Pedestrians, Jeremy Cashman, Carl Kincaid, Trent Newport

Purdue Road School

Midtown is the connector between the vibrant Arts and Design District and the Carmel City Center and is bisected by the Monon Greenway. Once completed in early 2020, the award-winning Monon Boulevard project will be a long-term investment in the economic and social well-being of the community by offering points of interest through a series of destinations that will provide reasons to walk and bike along a safe, interesting, and engaging corridor.

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Why You Should Pay Attention! Changes To Achieve Better Performing Concrete Pavements, Mike Byers Mar 2020

Why You Should Pay Attention! Changes To Achieve Better Performing Concrete Pavements, Mike Byers

Purdue Road School

Research and new product developments are being implemented in concrete mixes and pavements to enhance long-term freeze-thaw performance. Come hear how these mix and pavement design changes can be easily incorporated into any exterior concrete installation on your local projects, including city and county roads, side-walks, approaches, curbs and gutters, and more.

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Changes In Cdl Rules And Regulations And What It Means For You, Jeff Beeler Mar 2020

Changes In Cdl Rules And Regulations And What It Means For You, Jeff Beeler

Purdue Road School

The CDL application process is changing. The DOT’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will now have a registry of approved trainers that entry-level truckers must use, Class A and Class B CDL applicants will have separate standards, and there are new requirements for certain endorsements. Potential drivers will have to wait longer to get in a truck and start making money, and for some the training will be cost-prohibitive. Join us for a discussion.

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Dnr Permitting From A Consultant’S Perspective: Construction In A Floodway, Paul Brayton, Nicole Reed Mar 2020

Dnr Permitting From A Consultant’S Perspective: Construction In A Floodway, Paul Brayton, Nicole Reed

Purdue Road School

When working near a river or stream, it is likely that a Construction in a Floodway (CIF) permit will be required. Consultants submitting permits to regulatory agencies can encounter costly delays trying to get them approved. This presentation will focus on the best practices to help streamline the permitting process by walking through the permitting process from a consultant’s perspective, including what projects need a CIF permit, and when to submit.

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Unmanned Aerial Systems Modeling In A Geographic Information System, Joseph P. Hupy, Zachary Miller Mar 2020

Unmanned Aerial Systems Modeling In A Geographic Information System, Joseph P. Hupy, Zachary Miller

Purdue Road School

The abilities of UAS to gather high-resolution imagery over a given area on a frequent basis are now well-known to those in the construction and excavation industries. Less well known, however, are the ways that UAS data can be used in value-added data analysis. Using real-world examples, this talk explores how UAS data can be used for modeling and monitoring in a geo-graphic information system (GIS).

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Strategies And How-Tos On Interstate Closures For Mot, Jim Poturalski, Eryn Fletcher Mar 2020

Strategies And How-Tos On Interstate Closures For Mot, Jim Poturalski, Eryn Fletcher

Purdue Road School

Full interstate closures have proven to be an effective method for balancing congestion and safety when maintaining interstate infrastructure. This presentation will describe successful practices, federal requirements, and the process to follow when closing an interstate for maintenance.

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Unique Utility Coordination, Bill Read, Thomas Randall, Corey Baugh Mar 2020

Unique Utility Coordination, Bill Read, Thomas Randall, Corey Baugh

Purdue Road School

This session presents constructibility problems associated with raising a bridge about 9 feet under a 765 KV line. The solution for how to work under the line while complying with OSHA requirements, utility company coordination requirements, and the overall construction schedule was difficult: shut down the power line for construction, which had to be coordinated within a narrow window and also funded. Join us for a discussion.

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How Do I Maintain That Ditch?, Joel Fisher, Mark O'Brien Mar 2020

How Do I Maintain That Ditch?, Joel Fisher, Mark O'Brien

Purdue Road School

So you have a drainage ditch that you want to plant. What Indiana native plants would work best to stabilize the banks, benefit monarchs and pollinators, and create beauty? How should it be seeded and maintained? What chemistry should be used to keep the woodies and un-wanted weeds out? How is native seed produced and processed? Join us for a look at what is involved in providing native seed.

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Building Transportation Systems To Connect And Renew North St. Louis, Dustin Riechmann Mar 2020

Building Transportation Systems To Connect And Renew North St. Louis, Dustin Riechmann

Purdue Road School

Project Connect is a significant infrastructure investment initiative that promotes the revitalization and redevelopment of North St. Louis City. Spurred by the relocation of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency West, a U.S. DOD support facility; multiple related infrastructure projects; and proximity of a new major league soccer stadium, the initiative will add multi-modal transportation and optimize connectivity for the local road system. This session dives into Project Connect’s extensive improvements, including the major reconstruction of an inter-change along I-64

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How Are They Doing? J-Turns In The Wild, Taylor Ruble, Alan Holderread Mar 2020

How Are They Doing? J-Turns In The Wild, Taylor Ruble, Alan Holderread

Purdue Road School

Restricted access U-turn (RCUT) and J-turn intersections are fairly new to Indiana. In the state system, four constructed J-turns have been in service for at least a year. This presentation will report on their effectiveness in crash reduction as well as address common fears and misconceptions about traffic diversion and their use by trucks. We will also speak on the public reception of a J-turn in the LaPorte District.

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Being A Good Teaming Partner, Greg Kicinski, Bryan Donze, Ken Olson Mar 2020

Being A Good Teaming Partner, Greg Kicinski, Bryan Donze, Ken Olson

Purdue Road School

Today’s project development process requires firms to regularly team together, necessitating development of strategies that result in maximum collaboration and coordination. As a traditional prime firm (American Structurepoint, Inc.) and a traditional sub firm (Kaskaskia Engineering Group, LLC), we will share best practices that we’ve learned from working with each other and a variety of other firms across the Midwest. We will elaborate on communication and documentation, project schedule and roles, joint QA/QC procedures, maximum responsive-ness, and trustworthy relationships.

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Pavement Recycling And Community Crossings, Patrick Conner, Megan Yount Mar 2020

Pavement Recycling And Community Crossings, Patrick Conner, Megan Yount

Purdue Road School

Since 2016, the State of Indiana has awarded $400 million in Community Crossings Matching Grant (CCMG) funds to support local road and bridge projects throughout Indiana. Several projects have applied pavement recycling processes to rehabilitate and reconstruct urban and rural road-ways utilizing INDOT-developed specifications for full depth reclamation (FDR), cold in-place recycling (CIR), and cold central plant recycling (CCPR). This presentation covers how these construction processes were implemented with these grants to fix many pavements across the state.

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Uas Based Methodology For Measuring Glide Slope Angles Of Airport Precision Approach Path Indicators (Papi), Yi-Chun Lin, Seyyed Meghdad Hasheminasab, John L. Bullock, Deborah Horton, Adam Baxmayer, Ayman Habib, Darcy M. Bullock Mar 2020

Uas Based Methodology For Measuring Glide Slope Angles Of Airport Precision Approach Path Indicators (Papi), Yi-Chun Lin, Seyyed Meghdad Hasheminasab, John L. Bullock, Deborah Horton, Adam Baxmayer, Ayman Habib, Darcy M. Bullock

Purdue Road School

This session presents alternative approaches for using unmanned aerial systems for checking the alignment of precision approach path indicators (PAPI lights). UAS data acquired at the KLAF (Purdue) airport will be used as an illustrative example.

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Using Ihsdm-Hsm Predictive Method Software To Model Passing Lanes, Shawn H. Strange Mar 2020

Using Ihsdm-Hsm Predictive Method Software To Model Passing Lanes, Shawn H. Strange

Purdue Road School

The FHWA provides free software to evaluate roadway safety and performance. We’ll guide you through the process of using IHSDM-HSM Predictive Method software to evaluate adding passing lanes on US 231 in Tippecanoe and Montgomery Counties.

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Marion County Summer 2019 Work Zone Coordination And Closing The Interstate, Roland Fegan Mar 2020

Marion County Summer 2019 Work Zone Coordination And Closing The Interstate, Roland Fegan

Purdue Road School

This is the story of a very aggressive construction season in Marion County, Indiana, resulting from extreme winter damage on and around I-465: how we bundled the contracts into lettable packages, overcame a rainy May and June with schedule modifications, and accomplished so much while protecting the workers. Work zone safety will be discussed—in particular the challenges of back-of-queue crashes—and a summary of results and future actions for INDOT and industry will be presented.

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Underbody Scrapers And Wings, Bryan Pickworth Mar 2020

Underbody Scrapers And Wings, Bryan Pickworth

Purdue Road School

Farmington Hills DPW has developed an award-winning winter operations program by transitioning away from traditional methods. Considering the type and amount of snow in Michigan, you would find it surprising to know that Farmington Hills rarely hooks up its front plows; instead, the DPW relies heavily on the use of underbody scrapers and side wings for snow removal. Join us for a discussion.

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Statewide Dissemination Of An Evidenced-Based Email Walking Program Delivered Through Cooperative Extension, Elizabeth Richards, Stephanie Woodcox, Anna Forster Mar 2020

Statewide Dissemination Of An Evidenced-Based Email Walking Program Delivered Through Cooperative Extension, Elizabeth Richards, Stephanie Woodcox, Anna Forster

School of Nursing Faculty Publications

Using the RE-AIM framework, this study evaluates the statewide dissemination of an evidenced-based, email-delivered physical activity intervention implemented through Cooperative Extension. The Get WalkIN' program is comprised of 16 email messages sent over 12 weeks. Email messages target social cognitive theory constructs of self-efficacy, goal-setting, self-monitoring, and social support. Program reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance were assessed with quantitative measures in a pre-post design. Findings indicate that within the Extension system, program adoption was high and program maintenance was moderate. Program effectiveness was demonstrated with an increase of 77.1 ± 49.9 min in weekly walking post-program. This increase in …

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Statewide Dissemination Of An Evidenced-Based Email Walking Program Delivered Through Cooperative Extension, Elizabeth A. Richards, Stephanie Woodcox, Anna Forster Mar 2020

Statewide Dissemination Of An Evidenced-Based Email Walking Program Delivered Through Cooperative Extension, Elizabeth A. Richards, Stephanie Woodcox, Anna Forster

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Using the RE-AIM framework, this study evaluates the statewide dissemination of an evidenced-based, email-delivered physical activity intervention implemented through Cooperative Extension. The Get WalkIN' program is comprised of 16 email messages sent over 12 weeks. Email messages target social cognitive theory constructs of self-efficacy, goal-setting, self-monitoring, and social support. Program reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance were assessed with quantitative measures in a pre-post design. Findings indicate that within the Extension system, program adoption was high and program maintenance was moderate. Program effectiveness was demonstrated with an increase of 77.1 ± 49.9 min in weekly walking post-program. This increase in …

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Short-Run Net Returns To A Cereal Rye Cover Crop Mix In A Midwest Corn–Soybean Rotation, Nathan Thompson, Shalamar Armstrong, Richard T. Roth, Michael D. Ruffatti, Carson Reeling Mar 2020

Short-Run Net Returns To A Cereal Rye Cover Crop Mix In A Midwest Corn–Soybean Rotation, Nathan Thompson, Shalamar Armstrong, Richard T. Roth, Michael D. Ruffatti, Carson Reeling

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Unsubstantiated economic returns are a major contributor to producers’ reluctance to adopt cover crops. The objective of this study is to evaluate the direct short-run net returns to the producer of implementing a predominantly cereal rye (Secale cereal L.) cover crop mix into a Midwest corn (Zea mays L.)–soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] rotation. Experimental agronomic data from field experiments in Lexington, IL, are used to calibrate economic simulations of the costs and benefits of cover crop adoption. Results indicate that net returns to cover crops, including current cost-share payments, were routinely negative. Returns to the soybean …

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