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NRRA Pavement Workshop 2018

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2018 NRRA Pavement Workshop

2018 Program Cover
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The dates for next year's workshop will be May 22-23, 2019, so save the date.

In the agenda below, there are links to all of the powerpoint decks used by our speakers.

There are also Skype recordings (audio and slides synced) of the presentations embedded into the agenda.

Agenda

May 23

9 a.m. | General State of the Alliance (ppt), Glenn Engstrom (MnDOT)
Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

9:30 a.m. | Team Overviews

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

10:30 a.m. | Break

11:00 | Team Overviews

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

12:00 p.m. | Lunch

1:00 p.m. | Team Workshops

Preventive Maintenance Workshop

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Geotechnical Workshop (Room #2)

2 p.m. | Break

2:15 p.m. | Team Workshops

Flexible Workshop (Room #1)

  • Asphalt Pavement Performance Testing, Barry Paye, moderator (WisDOT)
  • Hamburg Wheel, Barry Paye (WisDOT)
  • IFIT, Brian Pfeifer (IDOT)
  • MIST, Dr. Z. You (Michigan Tech)
  • TSR, John Donahue or Brett Trautman (MoDOT)
  • DCT, Dave Van Deusen and Debaroti Ghosh (MnDOT)

Rigid Workshop (Room #2)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

3:15 p.m. | Workshop End

3:30 p.m. | NRRA MnROAD Tour/Dinner
Location: MnROAD Test Facility

Tours/Demos

5:00p.m. | Dinner

6:30 p.m. | Executive Committee Meeting
MnROAD conference room [states only]

May 24, St. Paul, MN

7:30 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. | Welcome, Glenn Engstrom (moderator)

8:10 a.m. | Gene Skok Scholarship Awards, Joe Labuz (University of Minnesota)

8:15 a.m. | National Perspective of Mike Anderson, Skok Distinguished Speaker, R. Michael Anderson (Asphalt Institute)

9 a.m. | Reflections on 34 years of Pavement Engineering, Rohrbach Distinguished Speaker, Dave Rettner (American Engineering Testing)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

9:30 a.m. | Break / Exhibits
(visit the NRRA members during the break)

10:15 a.m. | NRRA Workshop Summary, Benefits of the NCAT / MnROAD Partnership, Ben Worel (MnDOT) and Buzz Powell (NCAT)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

10:45 a.m. | MnROAD Construction Associate Member Testimonials

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

11:30 a.m. | Lunch

12:30 p.m. | Technical Talk – Future Technologies (PDF), Bryan Downing (CAT Paving Products)

1:00 p.m. | State Member Testimonial

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

1:30 p.m. | NRRA Future Goals and Direction, Glenn Engstrom

1:45 p.m. | Break / Exhibits

2:15 p.m. | Concurrent Research Tracks

2:15 p.m. | Geotechnical Team (Room 1), John Siekmeier, moderator

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Flexible Team (Room 2), Brandon Brever (MAPA), moderator

Rigid Team (Room 3), Charles Wienrank (IDOT), moderator

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Preventive Maintenance Team (Room 4), Jerry Geib (MnDOT), moderator

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

Skype Recording (Audio and Powerpoint)

4:15 p.m. | Adjourn

4:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Closing Reception: Refreshments and appetizers