NRRA Pavement Workshop Updates

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2020 Pavement Workshop Updates

The Pavement Workshop, originally scheduled for May, is nearly fully finalized for webinars throughout the remainder of the summer and into fall. The following is a month-to-month schedule of the planned events. Additional details are coming together and will be updated on the Pavement Workshop webpage and in individual calendar initiations coming your way. 

June

Wednesday, June 3, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Flexible Team Meeting Project Updates

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Wednesday, June 3, 1 - 2 p.m. | Rigid Team Meeting Project Updates

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Wednesday, June 3, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. | Preventive Maintenance Team Meeting Project Updates

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Wednesday, June 10, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Virtual Workshop: Current Practices for Lightly Surfaced Roads – Minnesota LTAP

This webinar is not hosted by the NRRA, but is about NRRA research. Register with the UMN for the free session.

*Wednesday, June 17, time TBD | Rigid: The Latest in Design Procedures for Rigid Pavements

Speakers: Julie Vandenbossche, Ph.D. (UPitt) and Lev Khazanovich, Ph.D. (UPitt)

  • PittRigid (20 min. presentation + 5 minutes for questions)
  • BCOA-ME (20 min. presentation + 5 minutes for questions)
  • UBOLDesign (20 min. presentation + 5 minutes for questions)

*Thursday, June 18, 10 - 11:30 a.m. | ICT: Paver Technology to Solve Segregation and Smoothness Issues (Session 1)

  • Speakers: Narsingh Laikram (Wirtgen Group), Henry Polk (BoMag), Todd Mansell (CAT)

*Wednesday, June 24, 10 - 11 a.m. | Rigid: Innovations in Concrete Pavements

  • Speaker: Peter Taylor, Ph.D. (Iowa State)

 

July

*Wednesday, July 8, time TBD | ICT: Intelligent Construction Technologies (ICT) and What We Learned (Session 2)

Moderator: George Chang, Ph.D. (The Transtec Group)

  • State Update: Continuous Asphalt Compaction Assessment using Dielectric Profile Method by Craig Landefeld (Ohio DOT)
  • Improving Workmanship using the Paver Mounted Thermal Profile Method by Ed Morison (Shelly and Sands)
  • Florida DOT’s Experience with e-Ticketing by Richard Hewitt (Florida DOT)

*Thursday, July 9, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | ICT Team Project Updates

 

August

Thursday, August 6, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. | ICT Team Project Updates

*Wednesday, August 12, 10 - 11:30 a.m. | ICT Best Practices of AMG Milling and Paving from Design to Construction (Session 3)

Moderator: Curt Turgeon (MnDOT)

  • Speakers: Kyle Klasen (WSB), Thomas Abell (Ziegler | CAT), Dan Schellhammer (Midstate Reclamation & Trucking, Inc.)

 

September

Tuesday, September 15, 10 - 11 a.m. | Research Pays Off

Cheryl Richter, FHWA, presenting talk originally planned for the 2020 Pavement Workshop

 

Geotech's "Unsaturated Soil Mechanics" webinar took place two weeks ago on May 19 in place of a Research Pays Off and on the originally scheduled date. The slides are available on the Workshop page or on the Geotech team page under Meeting Notes.

 

* Please watch your email, social media, and the Pavement Workshop page for updates on the connection information to these webinars.