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2018 National Work Zone Management Conference
09/11/2018 @ 12:00 am – 09/13/2018 @ 12:00 am CST
September 11-13, 2018
Herndon, Virginia
Tuesday, September 11
8:00 am – 11:00 pm
General Session
8:30 – 8:55
Session 1: Setting the Stage – The Need for Work Zone Activity Data (WZAD)
[Presentation in PDF]
8:55 – 9:20
Session 2: The Fundamentals of WZAD
[Presentation in PDF]
9:30 – 10:20
Session 3: What’s Happening Now?
[Presentation in PDF]
10:30 – 11:20
Session 4: Framing the WZAD Solution
[Presentation in PDF]
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Luncheon
Opening Remarks
Commissioner Stephen Brich, VDOT
WZ Clearinghouse Update
Brad Sant and Jerry Ullman
Agency Updates
Federal Highway Administration: Paul Pisano
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm
Track 1
Work Zone Safety Assessment Tool
Henry Brown, University of Missouri
[Presentation in PDF]
Track 2
Session 5: Listening to the Users
[Presentation in PDF]
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm
Track 1
Mobile Operations on Two-Lane, Two- Way Roadways
LuAnn Theiss, TTI
Track 2
Session 6: A Look at the Data
[Presentation in PDF]
3:40 pm – 4:20 pm
Track 1
Safe and Effective Traffic Control
Steve Kite, NCDOT; Ricky Stone, Ver-Mac
[Kite presentation in PDF]
Track 2
Session 7: Next Steps and How to Get Involved
[Presentation in PDF]
4:30 pm – 5:20 pm
Track 1
WZ Series Part 1: Automated Motorist Warnings
Ross Sheckler, iCone; Matt Stachel, Truckblox
Wednesday, September 12
8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Track 1
Work Zone Management: Traffic Critical Projects
Daniel Sprengler, Iowa DOT; Skylar Knickerbocker, Iowa State University
[Sprengler presentation in PDF | Knickerbocker presentation in PDF]
Track 2
Automated Vehicles in Work Zones
Fred Bergstresser, Royal Truck; Solomon Haile, CODOT
[Bergstresser presentation in PDF]
9:00 am – 10:00 pm
Track 1
Smarter Work Zones: Traffic Operation Systems
Solomon Haile, CODOT
Track 2
Work Zone Crash Modification Factors (CMFs)
Henry Brown, University of Missouri
[Presentation in PDF]
10:00 am – 11:00 pm
Track 1
Work Zone Project Management
Neil Boudreau, MassDOT; Bastian Schroeder, Kittelson and Associates
[Boudreau presentation in PDF | Schroeder presentation in PDF]
Track 2
Comparative Travel Time During Construction
John Haberman, TTI
[Presentation in PDF]
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Track 1
Moving and Stopped Queue Lengths in Work Zones
Rahim Benekohal, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Track 2
Integrated Portable Variable Speed Limits in Work Zones
Solomon Haile, CODOT
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Luncheon
MASH Update
Menna Yassin
[Presentation in PDF]
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Track 1
Drones in Work Zones
Jim Sterling, Beaver Excavating; Hoda Azari, FHWA
[Sterling presentation in PDF | Drone video]
Track 2
Stakeholder Communications
John Haberman, TTI
[Presentation in PDF]
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Track 1
Work Zone Liability Part 1
Greg Stefan, Arch Insurance; Paul Albrecht, Barriere Construction
Track 2
Large Trucks in Work Zones
Martha Kapitanov, FHWA; Jerry Ullman, TTI; Emily Anderson & Thomas Kelly, FMCSA
[Kapitanov presentation in PDF | Ullman presentation in PDF | Kelly presentation in PDF |
Anderson presentation in PDF]
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Track 1
Work Zone Liability Part 2
Greg Stefan, Arch Insurance; Paul Albrecht, Barriere Construction
Track 2
WZ Series Part 2: Saving Lives with Portable Positive Protection (PPP)
Adam Leigh, PPS; Tony Capplla, Hill and Smith; Fred Bergstresser, Royal Truck
[Capplla presentation in PDF]
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Track 1
Worker Safety During TTC: Set-Up and Removal
Melissa Finley, TTI; LuAnn Theiss, TTI
[Presentation in PDF]
Track 2
WZ Series Part 3: Internal Traffic Control Part 1: Showing Blind Spots
Emmett Russell, ARTBA
Thursday, September 13
8:00 am – 10:00 am
TRB AHB55 Work Zone Traffic Control Mid-Year Meeting
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Track 1
FHWA Stakeholder Meeting
Track 2
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Electrical Safety (Overhead and Buried Powerlines)
Dennis Burks, HNTB
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Internal Traffic Control Part 2 Drawing Internal Traffic Control Plans
Brad Sant & Robinson Vasquez, ARTBA
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Luncheon Discussion Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals – SCTPP
Brad Sant, ARTBA