Tom Sorel
Tom Wood with tour
Dean Potts
Tom Burnham with tour
Ben Worel presentation
TERRA Board members
Events
TERRA Innovation Series
Engineering Better Roads Through Dynamic Research Partnerships
July 30, 2008
MnROAD
9011 77th St. N.E.,
Albertville, MN 55362
MnROAD open house features research, project site tours, and demonstrations
More than 175 visitors descended upon the Minnesota Road Research Project (MnROAD) facility near Albertville on July 30 for a daylong TERRA Innovation Series event. The event showcased how materials and pavement engineering innovations are developed, tested, and implemented on Minnesota roads at this one-of-a-kind, live transportation laboratory. Representatives from TERRA, Mn/DOT, local government, academia, and industry were on-hand to discuss TERRA-initiated research underway as part of the MnROAD Phase Two Research Initiative as well as the latest innovations in transportation engineering.
The event was the second in the TERRA Innovation Series, which began last fall with an open house featuring the reconstruction of Highway 36 through North St. Paul. The events have a technical focus and address research results, trends that affect or improve productivity, innovative partnering and contracting models, and hot topics that may lead to new research related to TERRA priorities.
During a picnic lunch, TERRA Board co-chair Tim Worke presented Mn/DOT commissioner Tom Sorel with an appreciation award for his commitment to the TERRA Board and his leadership in guiding the TERRA Marketing and Communications Committee. Sorel was acknowledged especially for his dedication and support of TERRA as well as his recognition of the importance of partnerships. TERRA Board members Fred Corrigan, executive director of the Aggregate and Ready Mix Association of Minnesota, and Mark Maloney, one of two Minnesota Local Road Research Board representatives, also spoke.
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Event Presentations
- MnROAD Future Overview
Benjamin Worel, Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT)
View presentation (1.2 MB PDF) - Concrete Overlay Design and Construction of Bonded and Unbonded Concrete Overlays
Dale Harrington, National Concrete Pavement Technology Center
View presentation (4.9 MB PDF) - Base Stabilization and Innovative Rehabilitation Designs
Todd Thomas, SemMaterials
View presentation (1.6 MB PDF) - Taconite Aggregate
Larry Zanko, Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI)
View presentation (6.7 MB PDF) - Construction of Full-Depth Reclamation of MnROAD Test Cells
Kevin Kosobud, SemMaterials
View presentation (1.9 MB PDF) - Innovative HMA Compaction Technologies
Todd Mansell, Sakai
View presentation (5.7 MB PDF) - Minnesota Porous Pavement Research
Matthew Lebens, Mn/DOT
View presentation (1.1 MB PDF) - The MnROAD-SemMaterials Partnership
Dan Wegman, SemMaterials
View presentation (56 KB PDF) - AccuGrade Machine Control and Guidance System
Dean Potts, Caterpillar
View presentation (2.2 MB PDF)
- Composite Pavement in Europe
Mike Darter, Pavement Research Institute (PRI)
View presentation (13.6 MB PDF) - Minnesota’s Experience in Implementing the Use of Shingles
Roger Olson, Mn/DOT
View presentation (484 KB PDF) - Quiet Pavement Research Program
Larry Scofield, American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)
View presentation (3.6 MB PDF) - Pervious Concrete Research and Resources
Julie Garbini, RMC Research and Education Foundation
View presentation (388 KB PDF) - Aggregate and Ready Mix of Minnesota (ARM) Pervious Concrete Update
Joe Clendenen, Holcim (US) Inc.
View presentation (40 MB PDF)
More Information
For more information about this or other TERRA Innovation Series events, please contact Stephanie Malinoff, malinoff@cts.umn.edu,
612-624-8398.