Federal Highway Administration

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Federal Highway Administration Resource Center
September 11, 2007
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FHWA Resource Center

• Vision
• To be the leader in advancing transportation
  technologies and solutions.
• Mission
• To advance transportation technologies and
  solutions through training, technical assistance,
  technology deployment and partnerships.

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FHWA Resource Center

• Technical Assistance
• Training and Workshops
• Technology Deployment
• Partnerships

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FHWA Resource Center
Olympia Fields, IL
Baltimore, MD
San Francisco, CA
Lakewood, CO
Atlanta, GA
One Resource CenterFive Locations
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FHWA Key Business Processes Resource
Center Sub Processes

• Program Delivery
• Expert assistance
• Technical Assistance
• Facilitators of transportation solutions
• Workshops

• National Policy Leadership
• Interagency coordination
• Multi-modal collaboration
• Technology Deployment
• Technology transfer

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Who Do We Serve?

• Division Offices
• Headquarters Program Offices
• Federal Lands Offices
• Through these primary customers, the RC also
  serves other partners working toward the
  advancement of the nations transportation
  system
• State Departments of Transportation
• Local transportation authorities
• Other federal agencies
• AASHTO other industry and academic groups

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Customized Products and Services

• Facilitation, negotiation, and evaluation
• Development of various methodologies
• Implementation of new ideas, equipment, and
  procedures
• Planning of short-and long-term strategies
• Collaboration throughout the agency the industry

• Providing technical information and options
• Sharing extensive knowledge of complex technical
  issues
• Identifying best practices
• Analysis, problem solving, and forecasting
• Organizational effectiveness and design

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Customized Products and Services

• Promote a peer exchange between States
• Advise in a program review
• Introduce an innovation or demonstrate a new
  technology
• Provide a special presentation or facilitate a
  technical panel discussion
• Initiate conduct a scanning tour
• Convene a symposium or workshop on a focused
  topic or for a targeted group

• Build partnerships
• Make available tools for analysis, forecasting,
  and evaluation (for example, innovative finance
  tools)
• Develop an interactive web site for sharing best
  practices, technical knowledge, new technology
  creative innovations
• Develop a toolkit, educational packet, technology
  resource, or technical guidance

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Air Quality Robert OLoughlin, Team Leader

• Air quality policy issues
• Conformity

• CMAQ program
• AQ modeling
• Clean Air Act provisions

Air Quality
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Civil RightsTeresa Banks, Team Leader

• Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility
  awareness
• Internal and external EEO/AAP program evaluation
• Contract Compliance technical training and
  demonstrations

• Title VI technical training and guidance
• Environmental justice impacts and solutions
• Complex complaint investigation assistance
• Civil rights strategic and business planning
• Disadvantage business enterprises training and
  technical assistance

Civil Rights
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Construction and Project ManagementRob Elliott,
Team Leader

• Innovative contracting expertise
• Incentive Programs
• Design-Build
• AB bidding

• Accelerated construction methods
• Construction inspection quality control
• Contract administration

Construction and Project Management
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EnvironmentDon Cote, Team Leader

• Environmental program review
• Biology/water quality
• Native American coordination
• Environmental streamlining
• Environmental Justice
• Highway traffic noise
• NEPA/404 coordination

• Flexible mitigation techniques
• Section 106
• Section 4(f)
• Endangered species Section 7
• Context sensitive solutions
• Public involvement
• Interagency coordination

Environment
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Finance ServicesRobert Clark, Team Leader

• Traditional Federal-aid financing Internal
  Controls DELPHI/FMIS reconciliations
  Accounting System transition Indirect cost
  allocation plans New Financial Managers
  Training (Boot Camp)

Finance Services
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Geotechnical and Hydraulics

• Geotechnical
• Soil slopes embankments
• Ground improvements
• Foundations
• Reinforced soil structures
• Geosynthetics
• Rock slopes
• Subsurface investigations
• Earthquake engineering
• Instrumentation

• Hydraulics
• Bridge scour
• Culvert analysis/design
• Hydraulics hydrology
• Urban drainage
• Pump stations
• Stream stability and scour
• Sediment transport
• River mechanics
• Numeric modeling

Geotechnical and Hydraulics
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Innovative FinanceThay Bishop, Team Leader

• Financial management initiatives
• Cash flow management
• Leverage federal funds
• Municipal debt issuance
• Debt management
• Financial risk management
• Innovative revenue sources

Finance
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OperationsMartin Knopp, Team Leader

• Freeway management
• Traffic signals
• Work zones
• MUTCD
• Access management
• Traveler information
• Freight operations
• Infrastructure
• Models/simulations

• Urban/rural applications
• Road related weather programs
• ITS architecture standards
• Systems integration
• Telecommunications
• Hardware/software in transportation

Operations
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Pavement and MaterialsThomas Harman, Team Leader

• Preventive maintenance
• Life cycle costs analysis
• Long Term Pavement Performance
• AASHTO Design Guide Issues

• SUPERPAVE
• Portland Cement Concrete
• Alkali Silica Reactivity
• Lab Testing Specifications
• QC/QA
• Analysis

Pavement and Materials
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PlanningLisa Randall, Team Leader

• Metro/statewide planning
• Safety conscious planning
• Travel demand modeling
• Freight planning
• Border planning
• Planning and operations
• Congestion management systems
• GIS and transportation management

• Planning and land use (including scenario
  planning)
• Planning and transportation data
• Linking planning and environment (NEPA)
• Environmental Justice/Title IX
• Tribal planning

Planning
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Safety and DesignPat Hasson, Team Leader

• Intersection safety
• Red-light running
• Roundabouts
• Roadside design
• Rumble strips
• Pedestrian safety
• Behavior-related programs
• Strategic highway safety plans

• Low cost safety improvements
• ITS and safety
• Road safety audits
• Interchange design and evaluation
• Geometric design
• Safety in design
• Context sensitive solutions

Safety
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StructuresShoukry Elnahal, Team Leader

• Accelerated construction and Prefabricated
  bridge elements
• Structural design
• Complex structures
• Seismic analysis
• Bridge construction
• Advanced structural analysis
• Structural software

• Bridge management/NBIS
• Bridge Rehabilitation
• High performance materials
• Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)
• Bridge Safety, Reliability and Security

Structures
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Corporate Management Services

• Marketing Communications Services Team Carin
  Michel, Team Leader
• Information Management Services Team Anne
  Luedders, Team Leader
• Administrative Services Team
• Mike Rosenstiehl, Team Leader

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Environmental Technical Service Team Specialists
Don Cote, Team Leader

• K. Lynn BerryCommunity Impact AssessmentContext
  Sensitive SolutionsEnvironmental
  JusticeNEPAPublic Involvement
• Dave GambleSection 4(f)NEPAIndirect and
  Cumulative ImpactsDavid GrachenNEPAIndirect
  and Cumulative ImpactsCommunity Impact
  Assessment4(f)Environmental JusticeAmerican
  Indian Best PracticesSection 106 - Historic
  Preservation
• Kimberly MajerusSection 7 - Endangered Species
  ActSection 10/404 - Clean Water ActNEPA

• Kevin MoodyCommunications AuditsEnvironmental
  Management SystemsNEPARisk Analysis
• Mary Ann Rondinella
• Highway Traffic NoiseSection 7 - Endangered
  Species ActSection 106 - Historic
  PreservationNEPAIndirect and Cumulative Impacts
• Brian SmithSection 10/404 - Clean Water
  ActNEPASoil Erosion/Sediment ControlWater
  Quality ManagementWetland DelineationWetland
  Functional AssessmentsIndirect and Cumulative
  Impacts

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Environmental Technical Service Team Specialists

• Stephanie StoermerNEPA4(f)Environmental
  JusticeAmerican Indian Best PracticesSection
  106 - Historic Preservation
• David SullivanNEPASoil Erosion/Sediment
  ControlWater Quality Management
• William VanPeetersSection 10/404 - Clean Water
  ActBiological AssessmentsMarine
  Biology/ToxicologyWetland DelineationWetland
  Functional Assessment

• Rod Vaughn
• NEPA
• Context Sensitive Solutions
• GIS
• Wildlife Connectivity
• Mitigation
• Katiann Wong-MurilloSection 4(f)Environmental
  JusticeNEPACommunity Impact Assessment
• Brian YanchikSection 7 - Endangered Species
  ActInteragency CoordinationBiological
  AssessmentsNEPAWetland Functional Assessment

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For More Information

• Environment TST Leader
• Don Cote
• 12300 West Dakota Avenue
• Suite 340
• Lakewood, CO 80228
• Office 720-963-3210
• Cell 415-606-8858
• don.cote_at_fhwa.dot.gov

• RC Operations Manager
• Gary White
• RC Operations Manager
• 19900 Governors Drive
• Suite 301
• Olympia Fields, IL 60461
• Ph [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• gary.white_at_dot.gov

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Resources

• Resource Center Web Site www.fhwa.dot.gov/resource
  center
• FHWA Best Practices Intranet Site
• www.rc.fhwa.dot.gov/bestpractices