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TERRA Innovation Series

Transportation Assets: Innovative Tools for More Effective Management

July 13, 2009
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Senator Vandenberg Room A
187 Monroe Ave. N.W.
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Michigan event to feature asset-management software tools
and project site visits

Learn how Michigan launched its asset-management initiative and how county road commissions, cities, villages, planning organizations, and the Michigan Department of Transportation have worked together to support implementation at large and small agencies.

Michigan is changing the culture of local roadway management using a multifaceted approach that includes educational opportunities for wide audiences, a condition-assessment system that makes sense for local agencies, analysis tools that make GIS infrastructure management accessible, and technical support that makes the entire process doable.

In addition, participants will tour project sites throughout the Grand Rapids area that demonstrate innovative methods to extend the life of current transportation assets.

This TERRA Innovation Series event will be held just prior to the 2009 Mississippi Valley Conference, also being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mississippi Valley, one of the four regional AASHTO groups, includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Program

1:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

  • Julie Skallman, TERRA co-chair and Mn/DOT State Aid Division Director, Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • Roger Safford, Grand Region Engineer, Michigan Department of Transportation
  • Larry Sutter, Michigan Tech University

1:20 p.m. Innovative Construction Projects Site Visits

  • Art Green, Development Engineer, Grand Rapids Transportation Service Center
  • Wayne Harrall, Director of Engineering, Kent County Road Commission

Project Site Visits:

  • US-131 from Wealthy St. to 28th St.
    • Concrete patches and grinding of a 1960's era concrete pavement
  • US-131/44th Street Interchange
    • Single point urban interchange utilizing innovative contracting practices
  • 44th Street from Kalamazoo to Division
    • Mix of fixes: white topping and full depth concrete construction
  • M-11 from Kalamazoo St. to Division St.
    • Example of continued Capital Preventive Maintenance extension of pavement life
  • M-11 From Division St. to US-131
    • Full depth concrete intersections
  • I-196/Baldwin Interchange
    • New interchange with coordinate local agency

3:00 p.m. Break (at event venue)

3:15 p.m. Transportation Asset Management Overview

  • Carmine Polumbo, Chair, Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council

3:25 p.m. What Michigan Is Doing

  • Terry McNinch, Director, Michigan Local Technical Assistance Program

3:55 p.m. Kent County Road Commission

  • Steve Warren, Council Member, Transportation Asset Management Council

4:25 p.m. RoadSoft Analysis Tools for Local Agency

  • Tim Colling, Assistant Director, Michigan Local Technical Assistance Program

4:50 p.m. Closing Comments

  • Ronald Vibbert, Asset Management Section Manager, Michigan Department of Transportation.
  • Tim Worke, TERRA co-chair and Transportation and Highway Division Director, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota

5:00 p.m. Adjourn

Event Sponsors

This event is hosted by the Transportation Engineering and Road Research Alliance (TERRA), in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech), Minnesota Department of Transportation, and the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies.

Registration and More Information

For more information or to register, please contact Stephanie Malinoff, malinoff@umn.edu, 612-624-8398. There is no cost to attend this event.