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2Tom McDonald is Iowa’s new Safety Circuit Rider2Early intervention key to repairingdefects in unpaved roads4Managing roadway access in Iowa: Why, how, and is it working?7Light fence warns deer8The “golden rule” of personnelmanagement9Online forum shares PCC research10Conference calendar10Iowa’s Summer Maintenance Expo11Free continuing education via the ICN11Pavement markings conference
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in Lee County, Iowa,bested competition from around thecountry to win the 1997 AmericanConcrete Pavement Association’s National Awardfor Excellence in Concrete Pavement, county roadscategory. The 1995–96 project took first prize inthe Iowa competition before competing nationally.National awards were presented in Scottsdale, Arizona, in December 1997.Lee County teamed up with Fred Carlson Co., Inc.,a contractor out of Decorah, Iowa, to pave a seven-mile stretch of roadway with a shoulder/bike trailalong Iowa’s Mississippi River Road from Keokuk to Montrose.“It was a fairly complicated project,” saysDennis Osipowicz, Lee County engineer,because of 54 vertical grade changes,some as steep as eight percent, and 25horizontal curves. The smoothness of thefinished pavement along the curved sur-face was a key factor in earning first place. A second key factor was the significanceof nondestructive maturity testingresearch on the project. Led by Jim Cable,associate professor of civil and
Iowa projectswin national awards
construction engineering at IowaState University, researchers deter-mined that the concrete reached anallowable strength to withstandtraffic much sooner than the seven-day state specification. As a result,the Iowa Department of Transpor-tation has revised its specificationsto allow for wider use of PCCmaturity testing to reduce trafficdelays during construction. Another Iowa project took a first-place award. The Iowa DOT’s 27-mile, I-80 reconstruction project in Jasper County won first place in therural divided highways category. Inaddition to surpassing smoothnessincentives, the project was completed ahead of sched-ule, largely due to contractor Manatts Inc.’s(Brooklyn, Iowa) use of an in-place concreterecycling “train.” The system removed and recycledthe entire width of the old pavement in one pass tobuild the subbase for the new concrete.Of 85 projects submitted from around the country,Iowa walked away with first place prizes in two out of eight categories.For more information on the Lee County project,contact Osipowicz, 319-372-2541. For informationon the maturity testing research, contact Cable,515-294-2861; jkcable@iastate.edu.
New pavement along Iowa’s Mississippi River RoadManatts Inc.’s recycling “train”
Newly paved Mississippi River Road
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Concrete Paving Association
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
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The preparation of thisnewsletter was financed through theLocal Technical Assistance Program(LTAP). LTAP is a nationwideeffort financed jointly in Iowa by the Federal Highway Administration and the IowaDepartment of Transportation.The mission of Iowa’s LTAP:To foster a safe, efficient,environmentally soundtransportation system by improvingskills and knowledge of localtransportation providers throughtraining, technical assistance, andtechnology transfer, to improve thequality of life for Iowans.Subscriptions to
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are free, and we welcome your comments,questions, and suggestions. Tosubscribe, or to obtain permissionto reprint articles, contact the editorat the address below.Center for TransportationResearch and Education2625 N. Loop Drive, Suite 2100Ames, Iowa 50010-8615Telephone: 515-294-8103Fax: 515-294-0467http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/Tom MazeDirectortom@ctre.iastate.eduDuane Smith Associate Director for Outreachdesmith@iastate.eduMarcia Brink Editormarcia@ctre.iastate.eduTom McDonaldSafety Circuit Ridertmcdonald@ctre.iastate.eduSharon Prochnow Program Coordinatorsharon@ctre.iastate.eduStan RingLibrary Coordinatorstan@ctre.iastate.eduMichele Regenold Assistant Editormichele@ctre.iastate.eduThe opinions, findings, orrecommendations expressedhere are those of theCenter for TransportationResearch and Educationand do not necessarily reflectthe views of the FederalHighway Administration or theIowa Department of Transportation.Iowa State University and theCenter for TransportationResearch and Educationprovide equal opportunities andcomply with ADA requirements inprograms and employment. Callthe Affirmative ActionOffice at 515-294-7612to report discrimination.
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This is the third article in a series of tips formotor grader operators.
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is liketaking care of your teeth. If you brushand floss regularly and avoid too muchsugar, your teeth will stay healthy and clean. Neglectthem, and they’ll develop tartar, plaque, and cavitiesrequiring extensive treatment from a dentist. Without regular maintenance, unpaved roads willflatten out, develop ruts and potholes, and lose theirsurface material to the wind. Timely maintenance will stop the deterioration before roads becomeunsafe.Defects should be corrected while they’re still withinthe low to medium range of severity. Low andmedium severity are defined for each defect below.These guidelines pertain to a 50-mph unpaved road.
Improper cross section
Low severity: The road crown is less than one-half inch per foot.Medium severity: Moderate amounts of ponding water exist, and the road has a bowl-shaped surface.
Inadequate roadside drainage
Low severity: Small amounts of ponding water anddebris exist in the ditch.Medium severity: Moderate amounts of ponding water and debris exist in the ditches, and someerosion may exist in the shoulder.
Corrugations
Low severity: Corrugations are less than 1 inch deep.Medium severity: Corrugations are 1–2 inches deep.
Potholes
Low severity: Potholes are from one-half to 1 inchdeep and their diameter is less than 2 feet.Medium severity: Potholes are 1–2 inches deep andtheir diameter is less than 3 feet.
Ruts
Low severity: Ruts are less than 1 inch deep.Medium severity: Ruts are 1–2 inches deep.
Early intervention keyto repairing defectsin unpaved roadsTom McDonald isIowa’s newSafety Circuit Rider
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joins CTRE’s staff asIowa’s new Safety Circuit Rider. Hecomes to CTRE from the Iowa Depart-ment of Transportation’s Southeast TransportationCenter, where he served as district engineer from1988 to 1994 and then as developmentengineer. McDonald, a professional engineer, worked for the Iowa DOT for more than 30 years.McDonald has spent most of his life in Iowa andgraduated from Iowa State University in 1964 witha bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. As Safety Circuit Rider, McDonald will continueand enhance CTRE’s award-winning safety program. He is already conducting flagger training workshops, planning a statewide pavementmarkings conference (see page 11), and acting asmembership chair for the Iowa Traffic Control andSafety Association. With his Iowa roots, a thorough and diverse engi-neering background, and a passion for highway safety, McDonald is sure to be a valuable resourcefor Iowa’s transportation agencies. You can reach McDonald at 515-294-8103;tmcdonald@ctre.iastate.edu.
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Center for Transportation Research and Education
CTRE
LTAP Advisory Board
The people listed below helpguide and direct the policiesand activities of the Center forTransportation Research andEducation’s Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP)The board meets at leastannually.Contact any of the advisory committee members tocomment, make suggestions, orask questions about any aspectof LTAP.Saleem BaigLocal SystemsIowa Department of TransportationTelephone: 515-239-1051Gary FoxTraffic andTransportation DirectorCity of Des MoinesTelephone: 515-283-4973Kevin GilchristSenior Transportation PlannerDes Moines MetropolitanPlanning OrganizationTelephone: 515-237-1316Neil GuessCity EngineerCity of NewtonTelephone: 515-792-6622Becky HiattIowa Division, FederalHighway AdministrationTelephone: 515-233-7321Raymond HollandCity EngineerCity of Bettendorf Telephone: 319-344-4055Harold JensenStory County EngineerTelephone: 515-382-6581Larry JesseLocal SystemsIowa Department of TransportationTelephone: 515-239-1528Brian ParkerIowa Division, FederalHighway AdministrationTelephone: 515-233-7315Bob Sperry Webster County EngineerTelephone: 515-576-3281
Photos courtesy of the Story County Engineer’s office.
. . . a puddle-filled mess.If corrugations like these aren’t repaired, they’llturn into . . .
Loose aggregate
Low severity: Loose aggregate on the surface or aberm of aggregate is less than 1 inch deep.Medium severity: Loose aggregate on the surface ora berm of aggregate is 1–2 inches deep.
Dust
Low severity: Normal traffic dust doesnot obstruct visibility.Medium severity: Normal traffic dustdoes obstruct visibility.Information for this article was takenfrom Cold Regions Research andEngineering Laboratory Special Report92-26,
Unsurfaced Road Maintenance Management
. To borrow this publica-tion, contact Stan Ring, CTRE library coordinator, 515-294-9481,stan@ctre.iastate.edu.
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Poor drainage causes water to seep intothe roadbed and cause problems like thisfrost boil (right). Water ponding on the shoulder (above)indicates inadequate roadside drainage.
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