Task Force

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Task Force Focus GroupReports

• 2003 AASHTO/TRB
• Maintenance Management
• Conference

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Pavements Task Force
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Pavements Task Force

• AGENDA
• Overview of Committee Roles / Functions
• 2002 /2003 Task Force Work Plan Review
• Status of Resolutions from 2002
• National Center for Pavement Preservation
• Research Initiatives
• NHI Training Update

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Pavements Task Force

• 7. Update on Pavement Preservation Scan Tour
• 8. Coordination with Existing Groups ( TRB, FP2,
  ETG, etc.)
  
• 9. Regional Pavement Groups
• 10.Website / Newsletter
• 11. General Group Discussion
• 12. Research Problem Statements
• 13. Resolutions
• 14. Work Plan for 2003/2004

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Pavements Task Force

• 27 participated
• Key actions
• 8 Research Problem Statements
• Resolution for financial support of the National
  Center for Pavement Preservation
  

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Pavements Task Force

• 2003/2004 Work Plan
• Activity Support
• Pavement Preservation Scan Tour demonstration
  projects implementation
  
• Workshops and Conferences, TRB activities, the
  Pavement Preservation Expert Task Group (PP ETG)
  meetings, and more
  
• Training Support
• NHI Training Classes
• Research Support
• Promote Pavement Preservation new and on-going
  research
  
• Promote Utilization of the National Center
  Pavement Preservation

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Pavements Task Force

• Suggested Topics for next years meeting
• 1)  Pavement Recycling, including both hot and
  cold
  
• in-place recycling.
• 2)  Diamond Grinding Procedures and Practice.
• 3)  Spray Applied Polymer Emulsion Field Studies
  Interim Report by Larry Scofield.
  
• 4)  Demonstrations of Pavement Maintenance
  techniques similar to the Alabama demonstrations
  from last year.
  

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force
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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• 10 State DOT representatives
• 1 USDA Forest Service rep.
• 4 Industry rep.
• 2 Academic rep.
• 0 FHWA rep.

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• Task Force Agenda Highlights
• Briefing of Chairmans Meeting.
• Update members on current issues
• Status of 2002 resolutions
• Information will be shared on the webpage in the
  future
  
• Noted appreciation of Chairmans information
  sharing

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• Charge from Chairman Braceras
• How does security touch the Roadside
  Environment task force?
  
• Cross cuts all maintenance areas of
  responsibility.
  
• Vulnerabilities in the roadside environment
• Clean water systems at rest areas and other
  facilities
  
• Sewage treatment facilities (dump stations)
• Roadside threats from abandoned vehicles

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• Security cont.
• Roadsides may provide many such soft targets
  which are more readily accessible than those
  conventionally considered (i.e. nuclear power
  plants, metropolitan water systems, mass
  participation events, etc.)
• Work plan will include identifying these and
  other areas of concern
  

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• AASHTO SCOM Webpage
• Selected FHWA liaison as the information manager
  for the task force
  
• Security concerns
• Access to individual SCOM member e-mail
  addresses
  
• Suggest each member provide the
  addresses/information to be displayed on the
  webpage
  
• John requested the Secretary to bring these
  concerns to the webpage task force
  

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• Proposed Research
• Develop a problem statement to perform a
  synthesis in the following areas
  
• What products or techniques are being used to
  combat the brown out effect from spray for snow
  and ice control on certain vegetation?
  
• What are the best practices that have been
  developed to meet the requirement of Phase II of
  the NPDES Storm water permit?
  
• Security? Should we combine concerns from other
  task forces?

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• 2003 Work Plan
• Develop a survey of state DOTs on successfully
  implemented NPDES Phase II Storm Water permits.
  
• Identify potential security risks and methods to
  protect roadsides and the environment and
  determine training available for maintenance
  responders.

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• 2003 Work Plan cont.
• Revisit the issue of the privatization of rest
  areas and welcome centers. Are guidelines
  needed?? Survey states positions.
  
• NCHRP 25-25-4 Project to develop web based
  information sharing of environmental best
  practices. Members of the task force will be
  contributing to this project.

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Roadsides EnvironmentTask Force

• 2003 Work Plan cont.
• Seek papers to potentially be presented at the
  TRB A3C07 group meeting.
  
• Forest Service is developing a video on invasive
  weed control for equipment operators that may be
  of some interest to the task force. Will
  distribute to task force members upon
  completion.
• Work on potential presentations/topics for next
  years meeting in North Dakota.
  
• Liaison with TRB and NRVMA

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Bridges Task Force
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Bridges Task Force

• Update of State Bridge Maintenance Engineers list
  completed regularly updated.
  
• Utilized list for Cracksealer Overlay survey
  Survey completed, possible future survey on thin
  overlays
  
• Bridges specific county municipal outreach

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Bridges Task Force

• A need for NCHRP 20-7, Synergy on each state
  Preventive Maintenance Procedures.
  
• Promote regional Bridge Maintenance meetings to
  discuss detail headaches and successes, new
  materials.
  
• Last years Bridge Resolution was a success.
• Security How it has impacted Bridge Maintenance.

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Traffic Services SafetyTask Force
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Traffic Services Safety

• ITEMS DISCUSSED
• Membership and Leadership
• - need to attract subcommittee members to work
  on task force issues
  
• - selected a new chair
• Communication and Coordination
• - development of Traffic Services Safety page
  on the subcommittee website underway

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• - need to identify task force contact for
  website.
  
• - review Traffic Engineering and Operations
  Management subcommittee efforts to eliminate
  duplication.
  
• - increase communication with Task Force members.

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• Notice of Proposed Rule Making
• - Scott Battles presented FHWAs NPRM related to
  23CFR630, Subpart J.
  
• - Sterling Davis represents SCoM
• - need to develop response to NPRM from a
  maintenance perspective.
  
• National Security
• Determine the role of the Task Force.

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• Revised Statement of Direction
• - Promote Safety and Mobility for the traveling
  public by providing guidance on maintenance and
  operation procedures for management of traffic
  infrastructure.
• Focus Areas
• - AASHTO Maintenance Manual
• - Incident and Emergency Management
• - Security, and
• - Work Zone mobility and safety.

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Action Items

• Determine what impact the new NPRM on Work Zone
  Safety and Mobility will have on maintenance
  operations.
  
• Determine the role of maintenance crews in
  enhancing safety and security of the highway
  system.
  
• Review the most current Americans with
  Disabilities Act (ADA) document addressing public
  ROW accessibility, and determine the impact on
  maintenance operations.

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Snow Ice Task Force
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Snow Ice Task Force

• Winter Maintenance Technical Support Program
  committee (a.k.a. WMPCC)
  
• Met in Minneapolis in November 2002
• Met in Helena in May 2003
• Finalized proposed 4 year SICOP Work Plan

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Snow Ice Task Force

• Snow Ice Task Force concurred with the 4
  Year SICOP Work Plan
  
• Proposed resolution to SOM to approve the 4 Year
  SICOP Work Plan

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Equipment Focus Group
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Equipment Focus Group

• Regional Equipment Meetings
• Support Biennial Equipment Workshop
• 2003 AASHTO Equipment Reference Book
• Research Standardization of Emergency Equipment
  Lights
  
• Updated Focus Group Statement of Direction
• New Chair and Vice Chair
• 14 participated

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Equipment Focus Group

• Equipment Management Training
• Support Best Practice Guide on Protection of
  Maintenance Facilities and Equipment from
  Vandalism and Terrorist Attack
  
• Publish Equipment Reference Book
• 2004 Biennial Equipment Workshop
• Support Regional Equipment Activities

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Management Systems Focus Group
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Management SystemsFocus Group

• Three sub-groups met together
• 49 participated

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Management SystemsFocus Group

• Key actions
• Revise new Maintenance Management System manual
  and get NHI course underway
  
• Support emergency response initiatives with data
  about available resources
  
• Organize and host national workshop on
  Maintenance Management and Accountability
  

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Work Force DevelopmentFocus Group
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Workforce Development Activities

• TCCC Activities Organizational Structure
• Maintenance Core Curriculum
• Approved Courses for NHI Development
• NPHQ Strategic Plan
• Communications Plan
• Sponsor Paper Presentations

• Joint Meeting with Nat. Training Directors
• Workforce Challenge, Special Report 275
• Resolutions
• Whitefish III Survey
• National Security
• Work Plan for 03/04

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TCCC Activities Organization Structure

• Ongoing participation at TCCC Meetings
  Semi-annually Leadership Team
  
• Pooled Funds 1.2 million committed with
  340,000 available for course development
  
• Developing 5 Core Curriculums for Construction,
  Materials, Maintenance, Work Zone Safety Human
  Resource Soft Skills
  
• Future Request to AASHTO to Assign an Executive
  Chair to Represent TCCC on SCOH
  
• Future Vision, Mission, Goals Strategic Plan

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Maintenance Core Curriculum

• Training Matrix with Four Technical Skill Levels
• Identifies Subject Area, Discipline, Work
  Competency
  
• Primarily Technical Skills by Level/Job Title
• Identifies Current Available NHI Courses and
  Training Gaps
  
• Future Consultant Services to Overlay 5
  Curriculums, Identify Gaps Assist in Course
  Scope Development
  

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Approved Courses for NHI Development

• Maintenance Contracting
• Maintenance Management Systems
• Understanding Benchmarking Performance Measures

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NPHQ Strategic Plan

• Included High Level Goal for Work Force
• Goal To have an adequate work force with a
  strong quality orientation in the highway
  industry
  
• Five Objectives Work with National Orgs. to
  promote training quality training development
  training as an award category or criteria
  academic partnership growth, and participation
  in developing core training curriculums
• Ten Strategies

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Communications Plan

• Web Site Contact John Nickelson, RI
• Focus Group Communications thru Email, Web Site
  Postings, List Serve, and Conference Calls

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Sponsor Paper Presentations

• Training The Key to Technology Implementation
  MMC03-013, by Leland Smithson, AASHTO
  
• Simulator-Based Equipment Operator Training
  MMC03-014, by James Edson, CalDOT

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Joint National Training Directors Meeting

• TCCC Planning Combined Meeting with National
  Training Directors
  
• Target Fall 2004 (Kansas City ???)
• Invite State Technical Training Owners
• Include Joint Session and Separate Tracks

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The Workforce Challenge, Special Report 275

• Recently Released by TRB
• Addresses Recruiting, Training, and Retaining
  Qualified Workers for Transportation and Transit
  Agencies
  
• Focus on Training as a Priority, supports more
  Federal Transportation Funding for Training, and
  supports reauthorization for NHI, LTAP and
  University Partnerships

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Whitefish III Survey

• Survey of SOM Membership
• 15 Responses
• Interest in Pursuing / Piggy-backed to another
  workshop / 1 to 2 Day
  
• Pursue a Call for Papers/Abstracts
• Option to hold Virtual Workshop
• Joint Effort with A3C01 A3C03

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National Security Involvement

• Investigate availability of Terrorism Awareness
  Training for field workers
  
• Locate Link Brochures and Informational
  Materials to Web Page
  
• Prepare NCHRP Synthesis on State Practices

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Work Plan 03/04 Continued

• Research Synthesis on Homeland Security State
  Practices
  
• Investigate Information on Homeland Security for
  Maintenance Workers
  
• Continued Support Toward Whitefish III
• Investigate Montanas Federal-aid Contracting
  Manual for Possible Federal Funding for Training

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Contract Maintenance Focus Group
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Contract Maintenance Focus Group

• Good participation with DOTs and Industry
• 19 participated

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Contract Maintenance Focus Group

• Key actions
• Complete survey, verify information, post to web
  site.
  
• Complete newsletter and post to web site.
• Organize and host national workshop on
  Maintenance Contracting, tentatively scheduled
  for April in Orlando, Florida.
  
• Future - Develop Maintenance Contracting and
  Oversight Short Course
  

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Customer Satisfaction Focus Group
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Customer SatisfactionFocus Group

• Key actions
• Accepted and will post Report on Survey of
  current state of use of Performance Measures on
  Subcommittee Web Site.
  
• Will develop definitions and protocols for two
  performance measures
  
• Request an extension of Resolution 01-07 of three
  additional years.
  

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Customer SatisfactionFocus Group

• 6 participants
• Reviewed 2003 Survey Report (Performance
  Measures)
  
• Selected 4 candidates from which to develop two
  performance measures

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Research Focus Group
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Research Focus Group

• Met as Focus Group (July 2003)
• Tentatively Selected New Leadership

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Research Focus Group

• Key actions
• Prepare research problem statements by July 31,
  2003
  
• Prioritize research problem statements submit
  to NCHRP by September 15, 2003
  
• Contact State Maintenance Directors to discuss
  importance of this research with their RAC SCOR
  members (December 1, 2003)