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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

Program in PDF

  • Tuesday, September 11
  • Wednesday, September 12
  • Thursday, September 13

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

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Start:
09/11/2018 @ 12:00 am CST
End:
09/13/2018 @ 12:00 am CST
Event Category:
Work Zone Related Conferences

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