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2012 Mid-Continent Presentations Now Available

admin — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:33:12 +0000

The presentations and conference materials from the 2012 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Forum — held September 6-7, 2012 in Madison, Wisconsin — are now available.

Visit the 2012 Mid-Continent conference page for a complete listing and to download these materials.

2012 Mid-Continent a Success!

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:38:19 +0000

The 2012 Mid-Continent Transportation Research Forum is now complete. We’re working on posting the presentations and other conference materials.

Visit mrutc.org/events/2012-midcon/ for more information and the latest updates.

We’re Moving…

Steve Wagner — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:05:08 +0000

We are currently in the process of moving the MRUTC website to a new server. During this process, some portions of the website will be incomplete or unavailable.

If you are looking for and unable to find a particular document, please contact cfire@engr.wisc.edu and we’ll help you find it.

Thank you.

Maintenance Quality Assurance – Synthesis of Measures

Dadit Hidayat — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:00:02 +0000

Description: Constrained budgets and reduced funding are causing state transportation agencies to re-evaluate spending and allocations for maintenance. Much attention is being placed on accounting for maintenance expenditures and justifying maintenance budgets. One approach is to relate highway maintenance to highway performance through maintenance quality assurance (MQA). MQA programs help decision-makers understand maintenance conditions, set priorities, and document the relationship between dollars spent and outcomes. There are guidelines available to assist in the creation of MQA programs, but no comprehensive resources on specific quantitative measures for maintenance quality. States that already have programs are interested in communication with others on how programs are used to improve expenditure decision and justify budgets. Additionally, states interested in establishing an MQA program want to know what measures to use and what others are doing. Two critical barriers for establishing and maturing MQA programs are the lack of a commonly understood set of terms for communication about MQA, and a lack of consensus on a set of commonly recognized maintenance features, characteristics and measures of maintenance performance. This report defines the essential terms necessary to discuss the concepts of highway maintenance quality assurance and presents a synthesis of the measures for maintenance quality assurance used by 26 state transportation agencies. It is expected that common terms and measures will enable agencies to better evaluate their own programs, the performance of their highways, improve communication among agencies and provide a basis for further development of MQA programs.

Submitted by: Adams, Teresa
File: http://www.wistrans.org/mrutc/research/completed-research/06-01/

Executive Summary – Wisconsin State Highway 2004 Maintenance Traffic, and Operations Conditions

Dadit Hidayat — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:57:16 +0000

Description: This document provides an overview of the formal 2004 Report.

Submitted by: Alison Lebwohl, WisDot
File: Hwy Ops Exec Over 2004 Compass

Civil Infrastructure Systems Analysis

Dadit Hidayat — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:24:33 +0000

Description: The main goal of this course will be to acquaint the students with the basic elements of the Civil Infrastructure Systems Analysis and applications of different Systems Engineering techniques to date in transportation, environmental and civil engineering, and to indicate the directions for future research in this area.The course includes a wide range of topics covering the fundamentals and pracatical applications of quantitative methods in civil engineering. The course avoids the abstract mathematical approach, in favor of one that is geared to practical engineering applications. The course integrates the power of quantitative methods with the system thinking to deal with civil engineering problems.

provider: Virginia Tech
URL: http://www.cee.vt.edu/index.php?do=view&content=0&apps=12&level=2&id=19&course=159

Pavement and Bridge Infrastructure Management Systems

Dadit Hidayat — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:23:57 +0000

Description: Management concepts used in civil infrastructure; planning, design, construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of bridge and highway systems. Prioritization, optimization, and decision-making techniques. Life-cycle-cost prediction

provider: Virginia Tech
URL: http://www.cee.vt.edu/index.php?do=view&content=0&apps=12&level=2&id=19&course=101

Asset Management GASB 34

Dadit Hidayat — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:23:30 +0000

Description: This course is not currently offered. Please contact Russ Neyman at russ.neyman@vdot.virginia.gov for information on available courses and on contacting course organizers.

provider: VA T2 Center
URL: http://www.vtrc.net/vtttc/

GPS and Asset Management

Dadit Hidayat — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:23:00 +0000

Description: GPS Operations, Satellites, Accuracy, PDOP, Differential Correction; Planning Software; Data Dictionary Creation and Edit; Field Data Collection; Back in the Office, Download, Differential Correction, Export; Equipment, Batteries, Assembly

provider: Utah LTAP
URL: http://www.utaht2.usu.edu/Services/Workshops/Info%20Pages/GPSshort.htm

Asset Management

Dadit Hidayat — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:22:15 +0000

Description: This workshop will review the principal elements and processes of an asset management program, specifically signs and pavement, to facilitate the implementation of the program in the agencies attending.

provider: Utah LTAP
URL: http://www.utaht2.usu.edu/Services/Workshops/Info%20Pages/Asset_ManagementShort.htm