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Load Rating Of Bridges Without Plans, Rafael Armendariz, Mark Bowman Mar 2020

Load Rating Of Bridges Without Plans, Rafael Armendariz, Mark Bowman

Purdue Road School

The presentation will address the challenges of load rating bridges without plans and how a four-step procedure can be used to guide the engineer in determining bridge ratings for poorly documented bridges. The procedure is illustrated through the assessment of an earth-en-filled reinforced concrete arch bridge with no available bridge information.


Six Pillars Of Utility Engineering, Cesar Quiroga, Natalie Parks Mar 2020

Six Pillars Of Utility Engineering, Cesar Quiroga, Natalie Parks

Purdue Road School

The Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute (UESI), the newest Institute within the American Society of Civil Engineers, has adopted and strongly promotes the six pillars of utility engineering. This presentation will discuss how each pillar is critical to successful project delivery and how the six pillars can be incorporated into our projects.


A Look At Indot's Overhead Sign Structures, David Boruff Mar 2020

A Look At Indot's Overhead Sign Structures, David Boruff

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This presentation highlights results of sign sheeting field review and associated changes in policy and standards, as well as how we’re implementing the findings from our overhead sign structure inspection program through the first statewide overhead sign structure repair and replacement contract.


Truck Platooning: Considerations For Multistate Corridor Deployment, Ben Ritchey Mar 2020

Truck Platooning: Considerations For Multistate Corridor Deployment, Ben Ritchey

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CDM Smith is developing an operational concept and test plan for FHWA to put truck platoons in revenue service in a multistate corridor. This session presents how to facilitate cross-state collaboration while considering reg-ulatory differences between states, user needs gathering through workshops and interviews, equipment considerations for trucks, working with a host fleet, truck platooning performance measures and the data needed to support them, and human factors in truck platooning.


Recent Changes To Indot Sign Specs, Lalit M. Garg Mar 2020

Recent Changes To Indot Sign Specs, Lalit M. Garg

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This presentation highlights recent changes to INDOT's standard specifications and standard drawings regarding traffic signs and structures.


Innovation: Field-Driven Ideas For Improvement, Todd A. May Mar 2020

Innovation: Field-Driven Ideas For Improvement, Todd A. May

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INDOT has set up its new Department of Innovation. The goal of the Department is to collect, vet, implement, and recognize ideas, processes, and tools specifically generated by the workforce in the field, such as construction, maintenance, contracting, and inspection. Through a peer review vetting process, ideas will be worked through a systems theory/engineer-ing process for ultimate statewide implementa-tion. Join us for a discussion


2d Hydraulic Modeling For Streambank Stabilization In The White River, Nabil Ghalayini Mar 2020

2d Hydraulic Modeling For Streambank Stabilization In The White River, Nabil Ghalayini

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As part of the new I-69 design in Morgan County, INDOT retained WSP USA to provide streambank stabilization design services for the White River. This presentation will discuss how 1D and 2D hydraulic modeling helped refine the design and include visuals to demonstrate how 1D and 2D models can help establish flow di-rection velocities at riverbanks and around pro-posed structures. A comparison of results from 1D and 2D model results will also be presented


Specifications For Intersection Conflict Warning Systems, Joseph Bruno Mar 2020

Specifications For Intersection Conflict Warning Systems, Joseph Bruno

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This presentation summarizes the construction and material specifications used for a deployment of intersection conflict warning systems at 18 two-way stop controlled intersections on the state highway system. The presentation also includes information on the draft MUTCD language for intersection conflict warning systems.


Rehabilitation Of Low-Volume Roads Using Fdr, William Flora Mar 2020

Rehabilitation Of Low-Volume Roads Using Fdr, William Flora

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NDOT has used full-depth reclamation to re-habilitate low-volume roads on the state-maintained system. FDR improves the life and structural strength of the pavement at reasonable life-cycle cost. This presentation looks at the strength improvement by comparing before-and-after falling weight deflectometer (FWD) testing of pavement sections. In addition, it compares the life-cycle cost of an FDR to a traditional pavement treatment, such as recon-struction or replacement.


22nd Street Reconstruction, City Of Elwood, Indiana, Haseeb Ghumman, William Savage, Darren Paarkes Mar 2020

22nd Street Reconstruction, City Of Elwood, Indiana, Haseeb Ghumman, William Savage, Darren Paarkes

Purdue Road School

This project involved full-depth reconstruction of 22nd Street, from P Street to Main Street, for an approximate distance of 1 mile and entailed a two-lane roadway with curb and gutter, new sidewalks, a storm system, and water and sanitary line relocations. In addition to federal funds, due to Red Gold’s investment commit-ments in the area and subsequent potential economic development, the project was awarded up to $1.4M in an Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) grant. Join us for a discussion.


Giving Voice To Silent Stakeholders, Mindy Peterson, Will Wingfield Mar 2020

Giving Voice To Silent Stakeholders, Mindy Peterson, Will Wingfield

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Only the most motivated stakeholders attend public meetings or submit written comments. To ensure that more people and quieter voices are heard, transportation agencies are supplement-ing public-involvement efforts with interactive, mobile-friendly surveys and in-person inter-views. Learn how tech tools are being used on projects such as the Sherman Minton Renewal to involve the public and provide more data to decision makers.


Michigan's Inventory-Based Rating System For Unpaved Roads, Peter Torola Mar 2020

Michigan's Inventory-Based Rating System For Unpaved Roads, Peter Torola

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The current rating systems for unpaved roads lack stability and reliability and, therefore, provide little benefit as project- or network-level metrics. Since many of these systems are derived from paved-road assessment systems, they focus heavily on surface distresses rather than road width, drainage, and other features. This session presents the Inventory-Based Rating System as a stable and implementable method of condition assessment for unpaved roads, without the focus on surface distresses.


What Utilities Wish We Knew: Focusing On Communications & Electric Facilities, Joe Kline, Natalie Parks, Ted Foster Mar 2020

What Utilities Wish We Knew: Focusing On Communications & Electric Facilities, Joe Kline, Natalie Parks, Ted Foster

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Nearly every project has electric and communications facilities within the project limits. In this session utility representatives discuss what designers should know for successful utility coordination.


Past, Present, And Future Of Priced Managed Lanes, Ganapathi Badireddi, Ron Davis Mar 2020

Past, Present, And Future Of Priced Managed Lanes, Ganapathi Badireddi, Ron Davis

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Using various maps and graphs, this presentation will detail the significant growth in the U.S. priced managed lane sector in terms of mileage, locations, and toll revenue. The location of priced managed lanes currently under construction will also be included to show anticipated growth over the next several years. Some emerging trends and considerations for the future will be discussed based on involve-ment in recent studies of priced managed lanes around the country.


Alternate Methods For Preserving Asphalt Pavements, Jeff Beeler Mar 2020

Alternate Methods For Preserving Asphalt Pavements, Jeff Beeler

Purdue Road School

Come hear how the city of Warsaw, Indiana, uses a “mix of fixes” to economically extend the life cycle of its road network while maintaining a safe and politically friendly high pavement condition index (PCI) number. The mixes include rejuvenation, slurry, micro, and crack sealing.


Indot Einvoice Application For Consultant Contracts, Jeff Clanton, Dale Carter Mar 2020

Indot Einvoice Application For Consultant Contracts, Jeff Clanton, Dale Carter

Purdue Road School

In 2016, INDOT began the implementation of an electronic consultant invoicing application with nine pilot firms. In March of 2018, the application was rolled out for use with most new consultant contracts. Approximately 2,500 invoices were processed through eInvoice in FY 2019, and INDOT is working on an enhancement retrofit for implementation on earlier contracts. In this session INDOT representatives will review the purpose and features of the application as well as planned future enhancements.


Aging Urban Corridors: Big Challenges, Big Rewards, Carl Camacho, Erin Wenger, David Borden Mar 2020

Aging Urban Corridors: Big Challenges, Big Rewards, Carl Camacho, Erin Wenger, David Borden

Purdue Road School

When revitalizing aging urban streets, an early, in-depth investigation holds the keys to success. Property ownership documents are gener-ations old. Utility records are often nonexis-tent. Century-old underground infrastructure must be located and evaluated. The up-front, fact-finding work is more critical, there’s more of it, and it’s more valuable to the end result. Find out how we set the stage for improving a section of US 40, the “First Highway in America,” that runs through Indianapolis.


Indot Intelligent Road Design And Construction Using 3d Models, Derek Fuller, Andrew Pangallo, Timothy Haney Mar 2020

Indot Intelligent Road Design And Construction Using 3d Models, Derek Fuller, Andrew Pangallo, Timothy Haney

Purdue Road School

This presentation provides an update on INDOT’s e-construction and Intelligent Design and Construction initiatives. This will include a discussion of INDOT’s efforts over the past year to move toward 3D CAD models for roadway design, advancements in digital/electronic construction inspection including further development and refining of inspection checklists, continued development and testing of a mobile inspection application, and demonstration projects for e-ticketing of HMA materials delivery.


Trends And Advances In Geosynthetic Interlayers, Mark Marienfeld Mar 2020

Trends And Advances In Geosynthetic Interlayers, Mark Marienfeld

Purdue Road School

Geosynthetic pavement interlayers for asphalt pavement have been used for over 50 years. They have been improved to resolve millability, recyclability, and pavement performance concerns when millings with interlayer pieces are used in a new mix design. This presentation will summarize third-party testing for new geosynthetic interlayers and their performance improvements during milling and recycling of asphalt pavements. It will also highlight pavement performance when millings of the interlayer are used in a new mix design.


The Cost Of Nepa, Kenneth Mcmullen, Steve Walls, Joseph Dabkowski Mar 2020

The Cost Of Nepa, Kenneth Mcmullen, Steve Walls, Joseph Dabkowski

Purdue Road School

In this session we will discuss how the National Environmental Policy Act does or does not affect a project’s bottom line. NEPA costs by project/NEPA document type will be presented, followed by a group discussion with a panel of at least one INDOT NEPA practitioner, one NEPA consultant, and one INDOT consultant services manager. The session will conclude with an open discussion for project managers, consultants, designers, and other stakeholders about costs, ways to move forward, and working toward a better understanding of environmental costs, schedule constraints, and various other issues


Update On Partial Depth Patching Techniques For Concrete Pavement, Mike Nelson Mar 2020

Update On Partial Depth Patching Techniques For Concrete Pavement, Mike Nelson

Purdue Road School

INDOT has let and constructed numerous projects over the past 2 years utilizing signifi-cantly revised partial-depth patching tech-niques. This presentation will provide an update regarding the construction and performance of new practices.


Indot Dnr Maintenance Memorandum, Sandra Bowman, Frank Sailer Mar 2020

Indot Dnr Maintenance Memorandum, Sandra Bowman, Frank Sailer

Purdue Road School

On March 13, 1997, INDOT and the Department of Natural Resources signed a memorandum of understanding that exempted specified main-tenance activities from the Flood Control and Navigable Waterways Act. There has been much confusion and many interpretation variances in the interim. INDOT has been working with the DNR to update the MOU to provide clarity to areas of conflicting interpretation. Join us for a discussion.


Application Of Geosynthetic Paving Fabric Interlayer In I-65, Kumar P. Dave Mar 2020

Application Of Geosynthetic Paving Fabric Interlayer In I-65, Kumar P. Dave

Purdue Road School

INDOT recently used a geosynthetic paving fabric interlayer for the first time, on I-65, to retard reflective cracking and as a pavement moisture barrier. The nonwoven fabric interlayer used is both millable and recyclable. This tech-nical presentation will provide insight into the use of paving fabric interlayer as a cost-effective, innovative tool for pavement rehabilitation.


Geosynthetic Interlayer Functions And I-65 Installation, Mark Marienfeld Mar 2020

Geosynthetic Interlayer Functions And I-65 Installation, Mark Marienfeld

Purdue Road School

INDOT recently used a geosynthetic paving fabric interlayer for the first time, on I-65, to retard reflective cracking and as a pavement moisture barrier. The nonwoven fabric interlayer used is both millable and recyclable. This technical presentation will provide insight into the use of paving fabric interlayer as a cost-effective, innovative tool for pavement rehabilitation.


City Of Elkhart - Ada Data Collection And Transition Plan Implementation, Jeffrey Schaffer, Rachel Page Mar 2020

City Of Elkhart - Ada Data Collection And Transition Plan Implementation, Jeffrey Schaffer, Rachel Page

Purdue Road School

Over a 5-year period, the City of Elkhart col-lected detailed data on nearly 4,000 curb ramps. The City is now using that data to plan and fund ADA improvements within the public right-of-way. This presentation will discuss how to look at an overwhelming task such as ADA compli-ance in the right-of-way and develop a plan to manage it.


Erms Best Practices: Don't Stumble Across The Finish Line, Heather Johnson, George Watson Mar 2020

Erms Best Practices: Don't Stumble Across The Finish Line, Heather Johnson, George Watson

Purdue Road School

Join us for a discussion of the best practices for design uploads and the upcoming changes in the next version of Electronic Records Management System (ERMS).


High Friction Surface Treatment Initiatives By Indot: Spec Development, Joseph Bruno Mar 2019

High Friction Surface Treatment Initiatives By Indot: Spec Development, Joseph Bruno

Purdue Road School

In-House Project Design, Special Provision Specification, and Initial Test Results—Highfriction surface treatment (HFST) has been proactively utilized as a cost-effective solution to reducing vehicle crashes at curves across the country. As an initiative, INDOT is currently installing HFST at 26 locations statewide, mainly horizontal curves with high crash rates. This session consists of two presentations to share the information on the development, expected benefits, project design, and initial test results based on the HFST at these locations.


Rough Roads Ahead!?, Sarah Reed, Brooke Thomas, Jim Hellmann Mar 2019

Rough Roads Ahead!?, Sarah Reed, Brooke Thomas, Jim Hellmann

Purdue Road School

Have you ever found yourself in the public's cross-hairs when it is time to implement a few roadway improvements? Are you handicapped in your ability to describe the true value of community planning and economic development planning? Come hear from one dynamic trio with the ability to identify issues and opportunities that others might not see and work to uncover even more ways tin which we are better together.


Latex Modified Concrete - Very Early Strength, Bobby Steele Mar 2019

Latex Modified Concrete - Very Early Strength, Bobby Steele

Purdue Road School

INDOT came out with specifications for a very early strength concrete to use on bridge deck overlays. This concrete is fast setting, which allows overlays to be performed over a weekend and benefits the traveling public with a short duration of traffic interference. Cure time to reach the strength requirement is 3 hours. E&B Paving performed the first application with the new spec on August 26, 2018. Many changes were also made to the INDOT Specification Section 722.


Use Of Penetrating Asphalt Emulsions To Address High-Void Pavement Areas, Andrew Eicher, Curt Higginbotham Mar 2019

Use Of Penetrating Asphalt Emulsions To Address High-Void Pavement Areas, Andrew Eicher, Curt Higginbotham

Purdue Road School

Longitudinal joints are high in air voids due to compaction limitations. Lowering the void content of these areas improves the durability of the pavement. Project data indicate that rapid penetrating emulsion (RPE) fills the voids beneath the surface of the pavement, reducing air and water intrusion while maintaining surface texture, whereas traditional emulsions seal the surface only. Lab tests have been developed to quantify the penetrating ability of an emulsion and resistance to water exposure. Join us for a discussion.