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Auburn University
Alabama Road Builders Association
Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association
Alabama Concrete Industries Association
ASCE, Alabama Section
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Alabama Section
Alabama Concrete Pipe Association
American Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama
Bridge Construction Association of Alabama
Return Mail to Auburn
Sponsored by:
February 9-10, 2015
Fifty-Eighth
Annual
Transportation
Conference
Auburn, AL 36849-7350
735 Extension Loop
February 9-10, 2015
present the
Fifty-Eighth
Annual
Transportation
Conference
ary 9, 2015. The Opening General Session begins at
10:30 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center on the second
floor. The conference will adjourn Tuesday afternoon,
February 10, 2015.
Registration and Fee
Registration and Fee
All persons attending the
conference
by:must register. The
Sponsored
registration fee of $200 includes all sessions, program
materials, refreshment breaks, and luncheons. Additional
Alabama Department of Transportation
luncheon tickets are available at the registration desk.
Federal
Highway
Administration
Student and ALDOT
retiree
registration
is $50.
Auburn University
To register, please complete
the attached registration
Alabama
Road
Builders
Association
form and return
it to the
address
indicated,
or call us at
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Asphalt
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(800) 446-0382,
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FAX (334) 8445715.
On-line Concrete
registration
is Association
available at
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Industries
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ASCE, Alabama Section
All persons attending the conference must register. The
registration fee of $200 includes all sessions, program
materials, refreshment breaks, and luncheons. Additional
luncheon tickets are available at the registration desk.
Student and ALDOT retiree registration is $50.
To register, please complete the attached registration
form and return it to the address indicated, or call us at
(800) 446-0382, (334) 844-4370, or FAX (334) 8445715.
On-line registration is available at
www.engce.auburn.edu.
Stamp Required to
Alabama Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Auburn University
Alabama Road Builders Association
Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association
Alabama Concrete Industries Association
ASCE, Alabama Section
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Alabama Section
Alabama Concrete Pipe Association
American Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama
Bridge Construction Association of Alabama
Location and Schedule
The conference will be held at the Renaissance
Montgomery Hotel & Spa at The Convention Center,
located at 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, Alabama.
Final registration and check-in will be held from 8:30
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Main Lobby on Monday, February 9, 2015. The Opening General Session begins at
10:30 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center on the second
floor. The conference will adjourn Tuesday afternoon,
February 10, 2015.
Return Mail to Auburn
Sponsored by:
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Montgomery Transportation
Hotel & Spa at The Convention Center,
located at 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, Alabama.
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Due to commitments to our speakers and facilities, the
registration fee is non-refundable if a registrant withdraws less than five business days before the program
starts. Substitutions may be made at any time, please
notify us in advance if possible. No-shows will be liable
for the entire conference fee.
Auburn University reserves the right to cancel any program due to insufficient registrations. This decision is
usually made no later than five business days prior to the
event. If a program is canceled for any reason, all fees
will be refunded. Auburn University will not be responsible for travel expenses incurred by a registrant as the
result of a canceled program.
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Committee have designed the Fifty-Eighth Annual
Transportation Conference for federal and state highway
personnel, road building contractors, general contractors,
heavy construction contractors, utility contractors, county
engineers, consulting engineers, construction material
vendors, researchers, professional society representatives, and university faculty members. It provides an
opportunity for these individuals to share innovative
advances in transportation planning, engineering design,
and construction.
The conference presents technical presentations to
provide a forum for the exchange of ideas within the
highway engineering and construction professions. The
sponsorship of the annual conference is indicative of the
broad cross section of interest in the programs of this
one and a half day continuing education event.
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Transportation
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About the Conference
February 9-10, 2015
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
SAMUEL GINN COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING
About the Conference
Accommodations
Participants are responsible for making their own
lodging arrangements. A block of rooms have been
reserved at the conference hotel. Room Block is listed
under “58th Transportation Conference”. Rate: $126
plus taxes. Call (877) 545-0311.
Continuing Education
Participants in this conference will be able to attend up
to eight (8) hours of technical programs. Auburn University makes every effort to ensure that its technical programs conform to the requirements of the State of Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors for the award of Professional Development Hours to support the annual renewal of professional
licensure.
Participants with Disabilities
It is the policy of Auburn University to provide accessibility to its programs and reasonable accommodations for
persons defined as having disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Please contact us at
least two weeks prior to the program so that proper consideration can be given to any special needs.
Program Committee
2015 Conference Outline
Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT)
Monday, February 9, 2015
John R. Cooper
Don Arkle
Rex Bush
Lamar Woodham
Ed Austin
Jeffery Brown
George Conner
Steve Dukes
Barry Fagan
Bob Jilla
Curtis Vincent
Maxine Wheeler
Brian Anderson
Jeff LaMondia
Larry Sellers
Rod Turochy
Wesley Zech
Ronnie Baldwin
Buddy Black
John Lorentson
William Adams
Tim Barnett
Vince Calametti
Buddy Cox
John Eagerton
Stacey Glass
Ed Phillips
Steve Walker
8:30 a.m.
Registration Opens
10:30 a.m.
Presiding: Dr. Rod Turochy, Associate Professor and
Director of the Alabama Technology Transfer Center,
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University,
Auburn, AL
Opening Remarks
Funding and Other Challenges for Transportation
Agencies
Todd Long, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia
Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA
Overview of the $5.25B Panama Canal Expansion
Project
Joseph A. Cazares, Program and Construction
Manager, Panama Canal Expansion Program,
CH2MHILL Panama, Republic de Panama
Auburn University
Garry Havron
Justin Marshall
Anton Schindler
Richard Willis
Opening General Session -- Performing Arts Center
12:10 p.m.
Governor’s Luncheon -- Exhibit Hall C
Presiding: Dr. Chris Roberts, Dean
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Federal Highway Administration
Mark Bartlett and Lewis Harden
Montgomery, Alabama
The Honorable Robert Bentley, Governor (Invited)
State of Alabama
Alabama Road Builders Association
1:30 p.m.
Concurrent Technical Sessions
3:00 p.m.
Break
Mel Monk, Montgomery, Alabama
3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Alabama Concrete Industries Association
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Tom Layfield, Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association
John Sorrell, Montgomery, Alabama
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Alabama Section, ASCE
Michael Hora, Montgomery, Alabama
8:30 a.m.
Program Handouts
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
10:00 a.m.
Break
Handouts of the material presented at each session will
be available for download two weeks after the conference. Presentations can be downloaded from :
http://www.alabamat2.org
Institute of Transportation Engineers,
Alabama Section
10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Technical Sessions
12:10 p.m.
Transportation Director’s Luncheon -- Exhibit Hall C
John Bedford, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Presiding: Dr. Andy Nowak, Chair and Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Jeff Stephenson, Birmingham, Alabama
American Council of Engineering Companies of
Alabama
John R. Cooper, Transportation Director
Alabama Department of Transportation
Renée Casillas, Montgomery, Alabama
Bridge Construction Association of Alabama
Travis Tyler, Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama Concrete Pipe Association
Fred Crawford, Clanton, Alabama
Concurrent Technical Sessions
AASHTO 25-Year Awards of Meritorious Service 1:30 p.m.
Adjourn
2:30 p.m. Yellow and Red Change Interval—It’s Just a Matter of Time
Hugh McGee, Ph.D.
Highway Safety Consultant, Annandale, VA
Pavements
Meeting Room: Alabama B
Presiding: Lyndi Blackburn, Assistant Materials and Tests Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
1:30 p.m. Advances in Pavement Design
David Timm, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
2:00 p.m. Pavement Preservation in Practice
Douglas Gransberg, Ph.D.
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental
Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2:30 p.m. Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Assess Pavement
Delamination
Michael Heitzman, Ph.D.
National Center for Asphalt Technology, Auburn, AL Construction
Meeting Room: Performing Arts Center
Presiding: Curtis Vincent, State Construction Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
1:30 p.m. Construction Safety Culture: Mission Zero
Jerral Wyer
Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX
2:15 p.m. Birmingham Northern Beltline Project
Mark Dison
Thompson Engineering, Birmingham, AL
4:00 p.m. Alabama is on the Move Toward Zero Fatalities
Susan Herbel, Ph.D.
Cambridge Systematics, Bethesda, MD
4:30 p.m. Effects of Pavement Widening and Rumble Strips on
Two-Lane Rural Highways
Luana Ozelim
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
Environmental & Stormwater Runoff Issues
Meeting Room: Alabama B
Presiding: Buddy Cox, Materials and Tests Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
3:30 p.m. The Art of Managing Stormwater
Barry Fagan
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
4:00 p.m. Effects of Culverts on the Natural Conditions of Streams
In the Costal Plain Physiographic Province of Alabama
Scott Hedgecock, USGS Alabama Water Science Center
Office, Montgomery, AL
4:30 p.m.
Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation in Mobile,
AL: Climate and Weather Risk Management Tools and
Findings
Robert Hyman
FHWA, Washington, DC
Innovation in Steel and Concrete Bridges
Meeting Room: Performing Arts Center
Presiding: John (Buddy) Black, State Bridge Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
3:30 p.m.
Bridge Research with the Virginia Center for
Transportation Innovation and Research
Tommy Cousins, Ph.D., Glenn Department of Civil
Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
4:00 p.m. Fabrication Procedures for Structural Steel Bridges—
A Virtual Tour
John O’Quinn
Hirschfeld Industries, San Angelo, TX
4:30 p.m. Innovations in the Prestressed Concrete Industry
Dwain Hamby
Hanson Pipe and Precast, Birmingham, AL
Presiding: Michael Hora, President
Alabama ASCE Section
Presiding:
8:30 a.m.
Project Prioritization? Who Needs That?
Jeff Carroll
High Street Consulting Group, Chevy Chase, MD
10:30 a.m. Investing in Infrastructure Improvements
Alice Bravo
City of Miami, FL
9:00 a.m.
Objective Approach for Prioritizing and Ranking
Roadway Projects
David Novak, Ph.D., School of Business Administration,
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
11:00 a.m. Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and
Improvement Program
Ed Austin
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
Prioritizing Complete Street Projects
Danny Pleasant
City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
11:30 a.m. Innovative Financing of FDOT Infrastructure
Leon Corbett
FDOT, Tallahassee, FL
9:30 a.m.
Geo-Construction and Remediation
Meeting Room: Alabama B
Meeting Room: Alabama A
Don Arkle, Assistant Chief Engineer, Policy and
Planning, ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
Advanced Technologies Meeting Room: Alabama B
Presiding: Kaye Chancellor Davis, State Geotechnical Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
Presiding:
8:30 a.m. Vibration Analysis During Pile Driving
John Cleary, Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering,
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
10:30 a.m. Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Conduct
Site Inspections of Erosion and Sediment Control
Michael Perez
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
9:00 a.m. Spanish Fort Mudslide on US 98
Nate Beard
Geo Stabilization International, Grand Junction, CO
9:30 a.m.
Electrical Density Gage
Dennis Anderson
Electrical Density Gage, LLC, Carson City, NV
Multimodal Transportation
Meeting Room: Alabama CDE
Steve Walker, State Right of Way Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
2. MATS Parking Deck
Located at the corner of Moulton and Bell Street. Hours & Rates:
Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. -$1.00 per hour.
Monday-Friday 6:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. – no charge
Friday 6:00 p.m. to Monday 6:30 p.m. (Weekends) – no charge.
MATS (Montgomery Area Transportation System) 334-241-2203
3. Biscuits / Riverwalk Stadium Parking
Open daily with no attendant and no charge
Game Days: $4.00
Operated by the Montgomery Kiwanis Club (334-834-7929)
4. Park-ette Parking Area 334-265-7215
Located across Bibb Street between Lee and Commerce.
Private Parking during the week
Free Parking after 6:00 pm Friday through 6:00 pm Sunday
Please note: the permit only lot behind/ southeast of this lot is not
available without a permit 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
5. Embassy Suites Hotel
Located across Tallapoosa Street from the Renaissance Hotel.
Rates: $5.00 per day. Parking charges apply based on demand.
11:00 a.m. Automated Vehicles and Vehicle-to-Vehicle
Communications
Richard Bishop
Bishop Consulting, Highland, MD
6. Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Visitors Bureau
11:30 a.m. Connecting with Driver Through New Media and
Google Waze
Alicia Torrez
Florida Department of Transportation, Miami, FL
7. Commerce Street / Tallapoosa Street Lot
Presiding: John Bedford, President
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
Preserving & Maintaining Roads and Bridges 8:30 a.m. Intermodal Flat Decks—An Innovative Alternative to
Moving Industrial Freight Using the Intermodal Rail
Network
Buck Buchanan, Fontaine Intermodal, Jasper, AL
9:00 a.m. Economic Development and the Growth of Intermodal
Facilities
Marty Lipinski, Ph.D., Intermodal Freight Transportation
Institute, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Presiding: Stacey Glass, State Maintenance Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
9:30 a.m. How Have Long Distance Trips Changed Over the Past
Decade? Experience from AL, VT and CA
Jeff LaMondia, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
Rates:
Self Park: 0-30 min. Free; Up to 2 hrs. - $3.00; 2 to 6 hours $6.00;
6 to 10 hours $10.00; Overnight $10.00
Valet Parking: 0 to 10 hours $10.00; Overnight $16.00
Meeting Room: Alabama CDE
10:30 a.m. Report from the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks
Rick Cowan
Coalition Aainst Bigger Trucks, McKinney, TX
11:00 a.m. Drop Lanes vs. Lane Reductions
Kerry Nesmith
ALDOT Maintenance Bureau, Montgomery, AL
11:30 a.m. New Bridge Management System
Eric Christie
ALDOT Maintenance Bureau, Montgomery, AL
Located off Water Street under the train station.
Monday – Friday 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. parking with a permit only.
No charge to park evenings and weekends.
Located across from the front entrance to the hotel at the Northwest
corner of Tallapoosa and Commerce Streets.
Rates: Monday – Friday 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. parking with a permit
only. No charge to park evenings and weekends.
8. Street Parking:
Metered Parking Spaces:
Meters apply Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
No charge for Evenings, Weekends and Holidays.
Non-Metered Parking Spaces
Non-metered diagonal spaces and median spaces (on Commerce
Street between Tallapoosa and Montgomery Streets)
No restrictions or charges for parking at this time.
Please Note:
Due to the rapidly developing renovation projects throughout downtown
Montgomery, there may be changes to this information that are beyond
our control.
Auburn University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institutional/Employer
2:00 p.m. Flashing Yellow Arrows—The New Way to Turn Left in
Georgia
Alan Davis
Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA
Money Matters
Meeting Room: Alabama A
MAIL REGISTRATION
FORM AND CHECK TO:
Engineering Continuing Education
217 Ramsay Hall
Auburn, AL 36849-5331
Phone: (334) 844-4370
1:30 p.m. Diverging Diamond Interchanges—Key Operational
Considerations
Mark Doctor
FHWA, Atlanta, GA
Prioritizing Design Projects
Registration Fee: $200.00 Student and ALDOT Retiree’s Registration Fee: $50.00
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Payment by:
Check
Gov’t Agency Purchase Order #_________
Visa
MC
DIS
AMEX
Credit Card ________________________________________Exp. Date____________CVV#_____________
Cardholder’s Name____________________________________ Signature___________________________
Presiding: Jeff Stephenson, President
Alabama Section ITE
Presiding: Tim Barnett, Safety Operations Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL 3:30 p.m. Driving Toward Zero Fatalities
Robert Hull
Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, UT
Meeting Room: Alabama A
The Renaissance Montgomery hotel and Spa at the Convention Center
occupies the entire block bordered by Tallapoosa Street (front), Com
merce Street, Moulton Street and Bibb Street. Parking deck entrance
is from the Bibb Street side of the hotel. There are 600 parking places
(including valet).
Parking deck entrances are into the Hotel Second Floor and the
Convention Center first and second floor. The elevators are different
and marked.
Please print or type; register one person per form; photocopy if more forms are needed.
Name
Last 4 digits SS# _______________________________
Employer
Position ______________________________________
DOT Division/Bureau________________________________________ Address_______________________________________
City
State
Zip+4 _________________________
Phone ________________________ Fax _________________________E-mail ________________________________________
Highway Safety
Meeting Room: Alabama A
1. Hotel: Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa Parking Deck
February 9-10, 2015
Traffic Operations
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Parking
ON LINE REGISTRATION AT: www.engce.auburn.edu
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
February 10, 2015
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Technical Sessions – Tuesday,
Fifty-Eighth Annual Transportation Conference
Technical Sessions – Monday, February 9, 2015
Non-Profit Org.
US. Postage
PAID
Montgomery, AL
Permit No. 530
Alabama Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Auburn University
Alabama Road Builders Association
Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association
Alabama Concrete Industries Association
ASCE, Alabama Section
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Alabama Section
Alabama Concrete Pipe Association
American Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama
Bridge Construction Association of Alabama
Return Mail to Auburn
Sponsored by:
February 9-10, 2015
Fifty-Eighth
Annual
Transportation
Conference
Auburn, AL 36849-7350
735 Extension Loop
February 9-10, 2015
present the
Fifty-Eighth
Annual
Transportation
Conference
ary 9, 2015. The Opening General Session begins at
10:30 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center on the second
floor. The conference will adjourn Tuesday afternoon,
February 10, 2015.
Registration and Fee
Registration and Fee
All persons attending the
conference
by:must register. The
Sponsored
registration fee of $200 includes all sessions, program
materials, refreshment breaks, and luncheons. Additional
Alabama Department of Transportation
luncheon tickets are available at the registration desk.
Federal
Highway
Administration
Student and ALDOT
retiree
registration
is $50.
Auburn University
To register, please complete
the attached registration
Alabama
Road
Builders
Association
form and return
it to the
address
indicated,
or call us at
Alabama
Asphalt
Pavement
(800) 446-0382,
(334)
844-4370,
orAssociation
FAX (334) 8445715.
On-line Concrete
registration
is Association
available at
Alabama
Industries
www.engce.auburn.edu.
ASCE, Alabama Section
All persons attending the conference must register. The
registration fee of $200 includes all sessions, program
materials, refreshment breaks, and luncheons. Additional
luncheon tickets are available at the registration desk.
Student and ALDOT retiree registration is $50.
To register, please complete the attached registration
form and return it to the address indicated, or call us at
(800) 446-0382, (334) 844-4370, or FAX (334) 8445715.
On-line registration is available at
www.engce.auburn.edu.
Stamp Required to
Alabama Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Auburn University
Alabama Road Builders Association
Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association
Alabama Concrete Industries Association
ASCE, Alabama Section
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
Institute of Transportation Engineers, Alabama Section
Alabama Concrete Pipe Association
American Council of Engineering Companies of Alabama
Bridge Construction Association of Alabama
Location and Schedule
The conference will be held at the Renaissance
Montgomery Hotel & Spa at The Convention Center,
located at 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, Alabama.
Final registration and check-in will be held from 8:30
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Main Lobby on Monday, February 9, 2015. The Opening General Session begins at
10:30 a.m. in the Performing Arts Center on the second
floor. The conference will adjourn Tuesday afternoon,
February 10, 2015.
Return Mail to Auburn
Sponsored by:
217 Ramsay Hall
Fifty-Eighth
LocationAnnual
and Schedule
The conference will be held at the Renaissance
Montgomery Transportation
Hotel & Spa at The Convention Center,
located at 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, Alabama.
Final registrationConference
and check-in will be held from 8:30
a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Main Lobby on Monday, FebruFebruary 9-10, 2015
February 9-10, 2015
Engineering Continuing Education
Engineering Continuing Education
217 Ramsay Hall
Stamp Required to
Due to commitments to our speakers and facilities, the
registration fee is non-refundable if a registrant withdraws less than five business days before the program
starts. Substitutions may be made at any time, please
notify us in advance if possible. No-shows will be liable
for the entire conference fee.
Auburn University reserves the right to cancel any program due to insufficient registrations. This decision is
usually made no later than five business days prior to the
event. If a program is canceled for any reason, all fees
will be refunded. Auburn University will not be responsible for travel expenses incurred by a registrant as the
result of a canceled program.
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
Institute of Accommodations
Transportation Engineers, Alabama Section
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Participants Alabama
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for Association
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Council of Engineering
of Alabama
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at the Construction
conference hotel.
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Association
Alabama
under “58th Transportation Conference”. Rate: $126
plus taxes. Call (877) 545-0311.
Non-Profit Org.
US. Postage
PAID
Montgomery, AL
Permit No. 530
Engineering Continuing Education
Department of Civil Engineering
Alabama Technology Transfer Center
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February 9-10, 2015
Auburn’s Civil Engineering Department and the Program
Committee have designed the Fifty-Eighth Annual
Transportation Conference for federal and state highway
personnel, road building contractors, general contractors,
heavy construction contractors, utility contractors, county
engineers, consulting engineers, construction material
vendors, researchers, professional society representatives, and university faculty members. It provides an
opportunity for these individuals to share innovative
advances in transportation planning, engineering design,
and construction.
The conference presents technical presentations to
provide a forum for the exchange of ideas within the
highway engineering and construction professions. The
sponsorship of the annual conference is indicative of the
broad cross section of interest in the programs of this
one and a half day continuing education event.
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
SAMUEL GINN COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING
735 Extension Loop
Fifty-Eighth
Annual
Transportation
Conference
Auburn’s Civil Engineering Department and the Program
Committee have designed the Fifty-Eighth Annual
Transportation Conference for federal and state highway
personnel, road building contractors, general contractors,
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Department of Civil Engineering
Alabama Technology Transfer Center
About the Conference
February 9-10, 2015
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
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About the Conference
Accommodations
Participants are responsible for making their own
lodging arrangements. A block of rooms have been
reserved at the conference hotel. Room Block is listed
under “58th Transportation Conference”. Rate: $126
plus taxes. Call (877) 545-0311.
Continuing Education
Participants in this conference will be able to attend up
to eight (8) hours of technical programs. Auburn University makes every effort to ensure that its technical programs conform to the requirements of the State of Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and
Land Surveyors for the award of Professional Development Hours to support the annual renewal of professional
licensure.
Participants with Disabilities
It is the policy of Auburn University to provide accessibility to its programs and reasonable accommodations for
persons defined as having disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Please contact us at
least two weeks prior to the program so that proper consideration can be given to any special needs.
Program Committee
2015 Conference Outline
Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT)
Monday, February 9, 2015
John R. Cooper
Don Arkle
Rex Bush
Lamar Woodham
Ed Austin
Jeffery Brown
George Conner
Steve Dukes
Barry Fagan
Bob Jilla
Curtis Vincent
Maxine Wheeler
Brian Anderson
Jeff LaMondia
Larry Sellers
Rod Turochy
Wesley Zech
Ronnie Baldwin
Buddy Black
John Lorentson
William Adams
Tim Barnett
Vince Calametti
Buddy Cox
John Eagerton
Stacey Glass
Ed Phillips
Steve Walker
8:30 a.m.
Registration Opens
10:30 a.m.
Presiding: Dr. Rod Turochy, Associate Professor and
Director of the Alabama Technology Transfer Center,
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University,
Auburn, AL
Opening Remarks
Funding and Other Challenges for Transportation
Agencies
Todd Long, Deputy Commissioner, Georgia
Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA
Overview of the $5.25B Panama Canal Expansion
Project
Joseph A. Cazares, Program and Construction
Manager, Panama Canal Expansion Program,
CH2MHILL Panama, Republic de Panama
Auburn University
Garry Havron
Justin Marshall
Anton Schindler
Richard Willis
Opening General Session -- Performing Arts Center
12:10 p.m.
Governor’s Luncheon -- Exhibit Hall C
Presiding: Dr. Chris Roberts, Dean
Samuel Ginn College of Engineering
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Federal Highway Administration
Mark Bartlett and Lewis Harden
Montgomery, Alabama
The Honorable Robert Bentley, Governor (Invited)
State of Alabama
Alabama Road Builders Association
1:30 p.m.
Concurrent Technical Sessions
3:00 p.m.
Break
Mel Monk, Montgomery, Alabama
3:30 p.m.
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Alabama Concrete Industries Association
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
Tom Layfield, Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama Asphalt Pavement Association
John Sorrell, Montgomery, Alabama
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Alabama Section, ASCE
Michael Hora, Montgomery, Alabama
8:30 a.m.
Program Handouts
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
10:00 a.m.
Break
Handouts of the material presented at each session will
be available for download two weeks after the conference. Presentations can be downloaded from :
http://www.alabamat2.org
Institute of Transportation Engineers,
Alabama Section
10:30 a.m.
Concurrent Technical Sessions
12:10 p.m.
Transportation Director’s Luncheon -- Exhibit Hall C
John Bedford, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Presiding: Dr. Andy Nowak, Chair and Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Jeff Stephenson, Birmingham, Alabama
American Council of Engineering Companies of
Alabama
John R. Cooper, Transportation Director
Alabama Department of Transportation
Renée Casillas, Montgomery, Alabama
Bridge Construction Association of Alabama
Travis Tyler, Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama Concrete Pipe Association
Fred Crawford, Clanton, Alabama
Concurrent Technical Sessions
AASHTO 25-Year Awards of Meritorious Service 1:30 p.m.
Adjourn
2:30 p.m. Yellow and Red Change Interval—It’s Just a Matter of Time
Hugh McGee, Ph.D.
Highway Safety Consultant, Annandale, VA
Pavements
Meeting Room: Alabama B
Presiding: Lyndi Blackburn, Assistant Materials and Tests Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
1:30 p.m. Advances in Pavement Design
David Timm, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
2:00 p.m. Pavement Preservation in Practice
Douglas Gransberg, Ph.D.
Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental
Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
2:30 p.m. Using Ground Penetrating Radar to Assess Pavement
Delamination
Michael Heitzman, Ph.D.
National Center for Asphalt Technology, Auburn, AL Construction
Meeting Room: Performing Arts Center
Presiding: Curtis Vincent, State Construction Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
1:30 p.m. Construction Safety Culture: Mission Zero
Jerral Wyer
Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX
2:15 p.m. Birmingham Northern Beltline Project
Mark Dison
Thompson Engineering, Birmingham, AL
4:00 p.m. Alabama is on the Move Toward Zero Fatalities
Susan Herbel, Ph.D.
Cambridge Systematics, Bethesda, MD
4:30 p.m. Effects of Pavement Widening and Rumble Strips on
Two-Lane Rural Highways
Luana Ozelim
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
Environmental & Stormwater Runoff Issues
Meeting Room: Alabama B
Presiding: Buddy Cox, Materials and Tests Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
3:30 p.m. The Art of Managing Stormwater
Barry Fagan
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
4:00 p.m. Effects of Culverts on the Natural Conditions of Streams
In the Costal Plain Physiographic Province of Alabama
Scott Hedgecock, USGS Alabama Water Science Center
Office, Montgomery, AL
4:30 p.m.
Impacts of Climate Change on Transportation in Mobile,
AL: Climate and Weather Risk Management Tools and
Findings
Robert Hyman
FHWA, Washington, DC
Innovation in Steel and Concrete Bridges
Meeting Room: Performing Arts Center
Presiding: John (Buddy) Black, State Bridge Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
3:30 p.m.
Bridge Research with the Virginia Center for
Transportation Innovation and Research
Tommy Cousins, Ph.D., Glenn Department of Civil
Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
4:00 p.m. Fabrication Procedures for Structural Steel Bridges—
A Virtual Tour
John O’Quinn
Hirschfeld Industries, San Angelo, TX
4:30 p.m. Innovations in the Prestressed Concrete Industry
Dwain Hamby
Hanson Pipe and Precast, Birmingham, AL
Presiding: Michael Hora, President
Alabama ASCE Section
Presiding:
8:30 a.m.
Project Prioritization? Who Needs That?
Jeff Carroll
High Street Consulting Group, Chevy Chase, MD
10:30 a.m. Investing in Infrastructure Improvements
Alice Bravo
City of Miami, FL
9:00 a.m.
Objective Approach for Prioritizing and Ranking
Roadway Projects
David Novak, Ph.D., School of Business Administration,
The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
11:00 a.m. Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and
Improvement Program
Ed Austin
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
Prioritizing Complete Street Projects
Danny Pleasant
City of Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
11:30 a.m. Innovative Financing of FDOT Infrastructure
Leon Corbett
FDOT, Tallahassee, FL
9:30 a.m.
Geo-Construction and Remediation
Meeting Room: Alabama B
Meeting Room: Alabama A
Don Arkle, Assistant Chief Engineer, Policy and
Planning, ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
Advanced Technologies Meeting Room: Alabama B
Presiding: Kaye Chancellor Davis, State Geotechnical Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
Presiding:
8:30 a.m. Vibration Analysis During Pile Driving
John Cleary, Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering,
University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
10:30 a.m. Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Conduct
Site Inspections of Erosion and Sediment Control
Michael Perez
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
9:00 a.m. Spanish Fort Mudslide on US 98
Nate Beard
Geo Stabilization International, Grand Junction, CO
9:30 a.m.
Electrical Density Gage
Dennis Anderson
Electrical Density Gage, LLC, Carson City, NV
Multimodal Transportation
Meeting Room: Alabama CDE
Steve Walker, State Right of Way Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
2. MATS Parking Deck
Located at the corner of Moulton and Bell Street. Hours & Rates:
Monday-Friday 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. -$1.00 per hour.
Monday-Friday 6:30 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. – no charge
Friday 6:00 p.m. to Monday 6:30 p.m. (Weekends) – no charge.
MATS (Montgomery Area Transportation System) 334-241-2203
3. Biscuits / Riverwalk Stadium Parking
Open daily with no attendant and no charge
Game Days: $4.00
Operated by the Montgomery Kiwanis Club (334-834-7929)
4. Park-ette Parking Area 334-265-7215
Located across Bibb Street between Lee and Commerce.
Private Parking during the week
Free Parking after 6:00 pm Friday through 6:00 pm Sunday
Please note: the permit only lot behind/ southeast of this lot is not
available without a permit 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
5. Embassy Suites Hotel
Located across Tallapoosa Street from the Renaissance Hotel.
Rates: $5.00 per day. Parking charges apply based on demand.
11:00 a.m. Automated Vehicles and Vehicle-to-Vehicle
Communications
Richard Bishop
Bishop Consulting, Highland, MD
6. Montgomery Chamber of Commerce Visitors Bureau
11:30 a.m. Connecting with Driver Through New Media and
Google Waze
Alicia Torrez
Florida Department of Transportation, Miami, FL
7. Commerce Street / Tallapoosa Street Lot
Presiding: John Bedford, President
Association of County Engineers of Alabama
Preserving & Maintaining Roads and Bridges 8:30 a.m. Intermodal Flat Decks—An Innovative Alternative to
Moving Industrial Freight Using the Intermodal Rail
Network
Buck Buchanan, Fontaine Intermodal, Jasper, AL
9:00 a.m. Economic Development and the Growth of Intermodal
Facilities
Marty Lipinski, Ph.D., Intermodal Freight Transportation
Institute, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Presiding: Stacey Glass, State Maintenance Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL
9:30 a.m. How Have Long Distance Trips Changed Over the Past
Decade? Experience from AL, VT and CA
Jeff LaMondia, Ph.D.
Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, AL
Rates:
Self Park: 0-30 min. Free; Up to 2 hrs. - $3.00; 2 to 6 hours $6.00;
6 to 10 hours $10.00; Overnight $10.00
Valet Parking: 0 to 10 hours $10.00; Overnight $16.00
Meeting Room: Alabama CDE
10:30 a.m. Report from the Coalition Against Bigger Trucks
Rick Cowan
Coalition Aainst Bigger Trucks, McKinney, TX
11:00 a.m. Drop Lanes vs. Lane Reductions
Kerry Nesmith
ALDOT Maintenance Bureau, Montgomery, AL
11:30 a.m. New Bridge Management System
Eric Christie
ALDOT Maintenance Bureau, Montgomery, AL
Located off Water Street under the train station.
Monday – Friday 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. parking with a permit only.
No charge to park evenings and weekends.
Located across from the front entrance to the hotel at the Northwest
corner of Tallapoosa and Commerce Streets.
Rates: Monday – Friday 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. parking with a permit
only. No charge to park evenings and weekends.
8. Street Parking:
Metered Parking Spaces:
Meters apply Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
No charge for Evenings, Weekends and Holidays.
Non-Metered Parking Spaces
Non-metered diagonal spaces and median spaces (on Commerce
Street between Tallapoosa and Montgomery Streets)
No restrictions or charges for parking at this time.
Please Note:
Due to the rapidly developing renovation projects throughout downtown
Montgomery, there may be changes to this information that are beyond
our control.
Auburn University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institutional/Employer
2:00 p.m. Flashing Yellow Arrows—The New Way to Turn Left in
Georgia
Alan Davis
Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA
Money Matters
Meeting Room: Alabama A
MAIL REGISTRATION
FORM AND CHECK TO:
Engineering Continuing Education
217 Ramsay Hall
Auburn, AL 36849-5331
Phone: (334) 844-4370
1:30 p.m. Diverging Diamond Interchanges—Key Operational
Considerations
Mark Doctor
FHWA, Atlanta, GA
Prioritizing Design Projects
Registration Fee: $200.00 Student and ALDOT Retiree’s Registration Fee: $50.00
PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Payment by:
Check
Gov’t Agency Purchase Order #_________
Visa
MC
DIS
AMEX
Credit Card ________________________________________Exp. Date____________CVV#_____________
Cardholder’s Name____________________________________ Signature___________________________
Presiding: Jeff Stephenson, President
Alabama Section ITE
Presiding: Tim Barnett, Safety Operations Engineer
ALDOT, Montgomery, AL 3:30 p.m. Driving Toward Zero Fatalities
Robert Hull
Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, UT
Meeting Room: Alabama A
The Renaissance Montgomery hotel and Spa at the Convention Center
occupies the entire block bordered by Tallapoosa Street (front), Com
merce Street, Moulton Street and Bibb Street. Parking deck entrance
is from the Bibb Street side of the hotel. There are 600 parking places
(including valet).
Parking deck entrances are into the Hotel Second Floor and the
Convention Center first and second floor. The elevators are different
and marked.
Please print or type; register one person per form; photocopy if more forms are needed.
Name
Last 4 digits SS# _______________________________
Employer
Position ______________________________________
DOT Division/Bureau________________________________________ Address_______________________________________
City
State
Zip+4 _________________________
Phone ________________________ Fax _________________________E-mail ________________________________________
Highway Safety
Meeting Room: Alabama A
1. Hotel: Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa Parking Deck
February 9-10, 2015
Traffic Operations
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
8:30 to 10:00 a.m.
Parking
ON LINE REGISTRATION AT: www.engce.auburn.edu
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
February 10, 2015
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center
1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Technical Sessions – Tuesday,
Fifty-Eighth Annual Transportation Conference
Technical Sessions – Monday, February 9, 2015