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      <title>Clear Roads Winter Highway Operations Pooled Fund</title>
      <link>https://rip.trb.org/View/1366544</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The objectives of this ongoing pooled fund project will include: (1) Conduct structured field testing and evaluation across a range of winter conditions and different highway maintenance organizational structures to assess the practical effectiveness, ease of use, optimum application rates, barriers to use, durability, safety, environmental impact and cost-effectiveness of innovative materials, equipment and methods for improved winter highway maintenance. (2) Establish industry standards and develop performance measures for evaluating and utilizing new materials and technologies. (3) Support technology transfer by developing practical field guides and training curriculum to promote the results of research projects. (4) Conduct cost-benefit analysis to ensure that new technologies, materials or methods contribute to operational efficiency. (5) Support the exchange of information and ideas via peer exchanges and collaborative research efforts that provide opportunities for winter maintenance specialists to share experiences related to winter maintenance. (6) Promote public education and outreach related to winter maintenance and winter driving safety. (7) Conduct state of the practice surveys to share best practices on current operational issues (for example salt shortages, level of service requirements or other hot button issues).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2015 01:01:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Support Services for Peer Exchanges</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This Peer Exchange Project is intended to provide Research Programs with the option to procure services to help with the logistical and administrative aspects of organizing and holding a research, development & technology (RD&T) Peer Exchange, as described under 23 CFR 420.203.  Doing so will allow Research Programs to focus on the content of their peer exchange. The Oregon Department of Transportation (DOT) will contract with a service provider. The service provider will offer a menu of support services including but not limited to the following: (1) making travel and lodging arrangements for peer exchange panel participants; (2) reimbursing travel expenses for peer exchange panel participants; (3) meeting facilitation services including: (a) moderating and facilitating discussion during the peer exchange, (b) working with the host state to help identify activities to support meeting the objectives of the peer exchange, (c) coordinating and scheduling meeting participants, (d) providing a recording secretary to take notes and prepare meeting minutes, and (e) assisting with report preparation; (4) rental of off- site meeting facilities; and (5) catering. Once a vendor is brought on board, any State Research Program (host state) planning a peer exchange may contact the vendor, describe the services they want the vendor to perform, and obtain a price quote. The price quote will largely determine that state's pooled fund contribution.  A project manager will be assigned at Oregon DOT. The host state will contact the project manager with the price quote. The project manager and the lead state will agree on a pooled fund contribution from the host state, based on the price quote plus a small administrative surcharge ($500) retained by Oregon to cover the project manager's time. The host state will then execute a fund transfer to the pooled fund account.  The project manager will execute a work order using the vendor's price quote to the host state as a statement of work. The vendor will perform the services under the direction of the lead state. Issues, changes and disagreements that arise between the vendor and the host state will be coordinated and resolved through the project manager.  After the Peer Exchange has concluded, the vendor will invoice the Oregon Project Manager (copying the host state) for the services provided. The Project Manager will pay the invoice only after review by and concurrence from the host state. Each host state will also be expected to prepare a short report, documenting the value of these services to their Peer Exchange. This information will be used to determine whether there is merit in continuation of these services under a new project number, after this project expires.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 01:01:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A Peer Exchange and Review of Deep Foundation Testing Methodologies at Caltrans</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[There are two objectives of this study; first to perform a peer review of the Caltrans Geotechnical Services Foundation Testing Branch (FTB).  This review will evaluate current practices used to for deep foundations (piles) on Caltrans construction projects.  Some of the current test methods, practices and procedures include gamma-gamma logging (GGL); crosshole sonic logging (CSL);  pile load testing, Pile Driving Analyses ,Sonic Caliper Testing  and Vibration Monitoring. Information to be reviewed includes current operational practices and procedures associated with managing the testing program, conducting the tests, and managing the analysis and reports generated for Caltrans projects.  In addition to reviewing Caltrans current practice, the review will identify best practices and improvements that can be made to the current methodologies used to accept deep foundations.  Included in this effort will be the identification of new technologies that should be considered by Caltrans for adoption. The second objective of this review effort is to be available to provide advice to the Department regarding their continuing effort of reviewing existing GGL data and to evaluate processes for adequacy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:06:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PEER Exchanges Group Discussions &amp; Informational Gathering</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The objective of this project is to organize and facilitate up to six 1.5 day peer exchanges over the course of this period; three on the topic of climate change adaption and three on climate change mitigation. For each peer exchange, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will invite representatives of 7-10 State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), FHWA Division Offices and relevant stakeholder organizations to provide input in the major subject areas to be included in each peer exchange.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:05:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>FY 2010 Federal Highway Administration Air Quality Analysis Support Tasks</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Volpe Center will be responsible for providing technical support and assistance to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Natural Environment in the Air Quality focus areas. These focus areas and specific tasks may be modified as conditions warrant, pending concurrence by the FHWA and Volpe Center. (1) Provide technical support and assistance for the implementation of emissions and air quality models. (2) Provide technical support and assistance for the project level analysis. (3) Provide logistic and technical support to conduct webinars, web-conferences peer exchanges, conferences, workshops, publications and other related outreach activities to enhance information-sharing for transportation and air quality practitioners. (4) Research, prepare and produce technical brochures, booklets, white papers and other publications to enhance the technical capacity of transportation and air quality practitioners in conducting emissions and air quality analysis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:05:27 GMT</pubDate>
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