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contents The official publication of the American Road
& Transportation Builders Association
www.transportationbuilder.org
COLUMNS
Chairman’s Message
President’s Desk
OSHA Continues “Frenzy” of
Rulemaking Activity
AEM Corner
TransportationBuilder 3
ON THE COVER
FEATURES
12th AnnualThrough the Lens:
Transportation Construction in Pictures
Dr. J. Don BrockTransOvation™
Workshop Preview: Nov. 16-18
in Minnesota
Planning & Design Market
Overview
ARTBA’s Planning &
Design Division
Innovative Research by ARTBA’s
University Members
Grassroots Advocacy is a
Group Effort
On the cover: Bayonne Bridge. Photo courtesy of HDR.
Photographer: Mike Cameron
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Sept.-Oct. 20154 TransportationBuilder
Staff
PUBLISHER
T. Peter Ruane
transportationbuilder@artba.org
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Matt Jeanneret
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EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Mark Holan
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PUBLICATIONS EDITOR &
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Jenny Ragone
jragone@artba.org
DIRECTOR OF SALES
Peter Embrey
pembrey@artba.org
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Dr. Alison Premo Black
ARTBA chief economist
Mark Holan
ARTBA editorial director
Eileen Houlihan
ARTBA senior writer/editor
Allison Klein
ARTBA vice president of member services
Brad Sant
ARTBA senior vice president of safety & education
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Executive Committee
Chairman: Nick Ivanoff
Ammann & Whitney, NewYork, N.Y.
Senior Vice Chairman: David S. Zachry
Zachry Construction Corporation, San Antonio,Texas
First Vice Chairman: Robert E. Alger
The Lane Construction Corporation, Cheshire, Conn.
Northeastern Region Vice Chairman: Dave Gehr
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Herndon, Va.
Southern Region Vice Chairman:Tom Elmore
Eutaw Construction Company, Aberdeen, Miss.
Central Region Vice Chairman: Kathi Holst
Roadway Construction & Maintenance Services, Warrenville, Ill.
Western Region Vice Chairman: Steve McGough
HCSS, Sugar Land,Texas
Vice Chairman At-Large:Ward Nye
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Raleigh, N.C.
Vice Chairman At-Large: Scott L. Cassels
Kiewit Infrastructure Group, Inc., Kiewit Corporation, Omaha, Neb.
Vice Chairman At-Large: MelissaTooley
Southwest Region UniversityTransportation Center,Texas A&M
Transportation Institute, College Station,Texas
Vice Chairman At-Large: John R. Kulka
HRI, Inc., State College, Pa.
Vice Chairman At-Large: Mike Donnino
Granite Construction Company, Lewisville,Texas
Vice Chairman At-Large: Paul Acito
3MTraffic Safety & Security Division, St. Paul, Minn.
Treasurer:Tom Hill
Summit Materials, LLC, Denver, Colo.
Secretary: Pete Ruane
ARTBA, Washington, D.C.
ARTBA-TDF Board ofTrustees Chairman: Leo Vecellio, Jr.
Vecellio Group, Inc., West Palm Beach, Fla.
ARTBA-TDF Board ofTrustees Vice Chairman: PaulYarossi
HNTB, NewYork, N.Y.
Contractors Division President: Jeff Clyde
W.W. Clyde & Co., Springville, Utah
Contractors Division First Vice President:Tim Duit
TTK Construction, Edmond, Okla.
Research & Education Division President: Lily Elefterladou
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
AEM Representative: Ron DeFeo
TEREX Corporation, Westport, Conn.
Materials & Services Division President: Randy Lake
Oldcastle Materials, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Planning & Design Division President:Tim Faerber
HNTB Corporation, Chicago, Ill.
Public-Private Partnerships Division President: Matt Girard
Plenary Concessions, Denver, Co.
Traffic Safety Industry Division President: Sue Reiss
Impact Recovery Systems, San Antonio,Texas
Transportation Officials Division President: Paul Gruner
Montgomery County Engineers’s Office, Dayton, Ohio
Council of State Executives: Mike Pepper
Mississippi Road Builders Association, Jackson, Miss.
Immediate Past ARTBA Chairman: Doug Black
John Deere Landscapes, Alpharetta, Ga.
Past Chairman’s Council Chairman: Jim Madara
Gannett Fleming, Allentown, Pa.
Young Executive Leadership Council Chairman: Ponch Frank
Ranger Construction Industries, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Joint Committee Representative: Matt Cummings
AECOM, Philadelphia, Pa.
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CONNECT WITH ARTBA
Back in 2004, “Transportation Builder” asked member firms to submit their best photos of highway, bridge,
transit and other transportation infrastructure projects for a special feature we called “Through the Lens.”
The response was overwhelming, and we were happy to publish these “shining examples of our industry’s
work in building and improving America’s transportation network.”
Some examples included the November 2003 opening of the Carquinez Suspension Bridge in northern
California, a Flatiron Construction project; the Pocahontas Parkway in Richmond, Virginia, an early
public-private partnership; and the IH635/US75 interchange in Dallas, Texas, a project of Zachry
Construction Corp., the family business of ARTBA’s 2015-16 chairman, David Zachry.
Since then, “Through the Lens” has become a regular feature in our magazine, highlighting more than
100 projects. Our 12th
annual edition begins on page 16. This is the largest and most diverse collection I’ve
seen in the four years that I’ve been collecting the photos and organizing them on the pages.
Some images take you up close and personal with the construction workers, like the High Point, North
Carolina, “streetscaping” project seen on page 16. Other photos give a bird’s eye view of the projects, like
those on page 22. You’ll look down on the IH96/US23 interchange in Livingston County, Michigan, and the
dismantling of the East Span of the San Francisco Bay Bridge in California.
The vibrant colors in some of the images make it look as if these are paintings instead of photographs.
A photo submitted by HDR, on cover and page 17, shows how brilliant the colors of equipment can be
against the night sky.
These transportation projects represent more than just hundreds of good jobs and important economic
development for the nation. They also show the beauty that planners, designers and engineers have created
in local communities.
I’m already looking forward to seeing next year’s submissions!
Also in this issue we debut a new feature, the RED Project Spotlight, which introduces innovate
research by ARTBA Research and Education Division members. See page 25.
The 5th
annual “Dr. J. Don Brock TransOvation™ Workshop” is being held Nov. 16-18 in St. Paul,
Minnesota. The program will focus on bringing new innovations into the U.S. transportation construction
marketplace. Check out the story and the program on page 10.
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3. Producing eight major research
reports for Congress that
quantified the economic benefits of
federal transportation infrastructure
investment or factually debunked
political arguments used by gas tax
opponents;
4. Leveraging the efforts of the
Transportation Construction
Coalition and the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce-led Americans for
Transportation Mobility coalition to
broaden the reach of our
industry’s messages to lawmakers
and the Obama Administration; and
5. Investing in new digital grassroots
technologies through the “Phone
to Action” platform, which has
already generated more than 6,100
documented emails, Facebook and
Twitter messages from nearly 2,000
advocates to members of Congress
since April.
The DRIVE Act
These efforts paid off with the Senate
passing by a wide bipartisan margin
the six-year “Developing a Reliable and
Innovative Vision for the Economy
(DRIVE) Act.” It contained modest
increases in investment, along with
important policy changes that ARTBA
has been advocating for several years
through its Trans 2020 Task Force. The
DRIVE Act also marked the first time
in 10 years that one house of Congress
had passed a bill that was more than two
years in duration. As I write this, the
House is scheduled to take action on its
version of the bill in late October.
ARTBA Strategic Plan
Some of my goals as chairman were
developed with the ARTBA Strategic
Plan in mind. To that end, we made
significant progress. The Transportation
Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC)
(www.transportationinvestment.org) is
growing exponentially and has become a
from the chairman
Nick Ivanoff
President & CEO
Ammann & Whitney
2015 ARTBA Chairman
My Year at the Helm
As an avid sailor, I always have good
charts and a strong sense of where I
am navigating; knowing that unexpected
weather or other challenges could
develop on the voyage. I’ve tried to bring
that same sea sense to my tenure as
ARTBA chairman over the last year.
As I write my last column, I wanted
to take a look back to highlight what we
accomplished together.
Most notably, and supported with
generous investments from ARTBA
member firms and state chapters for the
“Transportation Makes America Work”
program, we’ve been relentless in
pushing Congress and President Obama
to permanently fix the Highway Trust
Fund (HTF) and pass a well-funded,
multi-year surface transportation bill.
Our advocacy blitzkrieg included:
1. Developing on Capitol Hill and
within the Administration two
innovative funding plans that could
be used to stabilize and grow
revenue for the HTF—“Getting
Beyond Gridlock” and the “Motor
Fuels Refinery Excise;”
2. Executing comprehensive radio,
television, print and digital
advertising campaigns inside the
D.C. beltway and in the districts of
top congressional leaders;
go-to resource for industry
professionals and the news media. In
July, TIAC hosted a very successful
Second Annual National Workshop for
State & Local Transportation Advocates
in Washington. Attendance was up 50
percent from the inaugural event, and we
had 28 states participate.
Promoting Safety
There were two areas of focus in the
safety arena during the past year—
backing and signaling, and fall
protection. We completed work on both.
ARTBA’s new certificate course on safe
backing and spotting was rolled out to
the Contractors Division in August, and
we are now scheduling training. And
ARTBA’s safety team also completed
more than 15 documents and exhibits
regarding fall protection from bridges
and other structures.
Engaging Millennials
We continued looking to the future and
charting a course to more fully engage
millennials with the creation of the
Young Executive Leadership Task Force.
I’m very proud of the group’s work and
the comprehensive report they put
forward—and which the Board endorsed
at its meeting during the National
Convention in Philadelphia—with its
core set of recommendations to provide
the next generation with additional
leadership and advocacy opportunities
within the association.
In closing, I ask all ARTBA members
to support 2015-16 ARTBA Chairman
David Zachry and his new leadership
team as they continue working hard to
achieve final passage of the surface
transportation bill.
I want to thank the ARTBA Board of
Directors, Executive Committee, and
the entire membership and staff for your
guidance and support over this past
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These developments also underscore
why it is critical for all ARTBA members
and other industry executives not to give
up, but remain in the game and keep
pushing Congress to act.
Talk to your senators and
representatives in person and over the
phone when possible. Use our digital
grassroots platform in the “Take Action”
section of www.tmaw.com to boost the
messaging via email, Twitter and
Facebook.
We’ll keep you posted on the fluid
developments from Capitol Hill through
the “Washington Newsline,” our website:
www.artba.org, and our social media
channels. Your personal commitment
to ratcheting up the grassroots political
pressure is the key to getting meaningful
legislation!
Highway & Transit Bill Politics is a
Contact Sport This Fall
Alot more than autumn leaves were
rustling in the Nation’s Capital as this
issue of “Transportation Builder” went to
press in late October.
The House Transportation & Infra-
structure (T&I) Committee released a
six-year highway and transit bill—the
Surface Transportation Reauthorization
and Reform Act (STRRA)—even as the
chamber grappled with the leadership
battle that began in September with the
resignation of Speaker John Boehner
(R-Ohio).
The T&I Committee marked up and
approved the bill on Oct. 22; a move that
brings reauthorization one step closer to
completion by the end of 2015.
Another short-term highway and
transit funding authorization extension
is likely to allow for additional time for
the full House to take action on the bill.
And the creation of a conference
committee to resolve the differences
between STRRA and the Senate-passed
DRIVE Act will also offer another
opportunity for ARTBA and its industry
allies to help shape the provisions in the
final bill.
Given that politics on Capitol Hill
these days is a contact sport, we should
all be prepared for more hurdles, twists
and turns in the weeks ahead. But the
critical point is this: progress continues
to be made, even if it is slower than our
industry—and American businesses and
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New products and processes to improve transportation
infrastructure construction and maintenance are emerging
at an unprecedented pace. But the latest technology and
techniques aren’t much good without federal and state
transportation agencies giving the green light to use them.
At the ARTBA Foundation’s 5th
Annual Dr. J. Don Brock
TransOvation™ Workshop, held Nov. 16-18 at the 3M
Innovation Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, a key interactive
panel session will explore how to break down barriers in
bringing new innovations into the U.S. transportation
construction marketplace. This panel will lead into a workshop,
where attendees will be tasked with a similar challenge.
“I’d like to get into a healthy discussion, a productive
conversation about what are the barriers, what are the
restrictions and how have organizations been able to navigate
the problems?” said John Hillman, president and CEO of HC
Bridge Company, and co-moderator of the session.
The other moderator is John Huyer, contract administration
engineer at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in
Minneapolis/St. Paul. He will review rules of the road for
allowing innovations to reach federal aid highway
construction projects.
Transportation department officials from Maine, Virginia
and California also will provide step-by-step case studies that
spotlight how new products reached the market in their
respective states. They will help explore how industry and
agency partners might streamline the process.
“Right now, if something is approved in Virginia that doesn’t
mean that it’s going to be approved in North Carolina,” said Jeff
Milton, a 41-year veteran bridge preservation specialist at the
Virginia Department of Transportation. “With 50 state DOT’s
there are 50 ways to evaluate these products, and that’s
obviously a challenge to the industry.”
Once a product or process is found safe and effective, there
needs to be quicker way to get it to market “without having to
reinvent the wheel,” Milton said.
Other panelists include:
• Dale Peabody, director of transportation research, Maine
Department of Transportation;
• Mark Henderson, owner, LJB Inc.;
TransOvation
Workshop Explores
Breaking Down
Barriers to
Innovation
TM
Dr. J. Don Brock
November 16-18
St. Paul, Minnesota
3M Innovation Center
by Mark Holan

• Mike Keever, structure design chief, California
Department of Transportation; and
• Lester Hensley, CEO, EMSEAL.
During the Nov. 17 session, the group also will explore the
different perspectives of construction and maintenance
divisions; barriers to testing new technology; and how
public-private partnerships and design-build contracts
incentivize contractors to implement innovations.
Hillman, a past presenter at TransOvation™ workshops, said
the gathering is one of his favorite industry events of the year.
“It’s not only transportation companies, but companies with
cultures of innovation that have opportunities for synergies,” he
said. “It’s an open forum for learning creative ways to solve the
enduring problems of our transportation dilemma.”
Ross Smith is among the outside-the-industry thought
leaders participating in the event. He has spent over 20 years
developing and testing software for Microsoft and knows how
to cultivate an environment that can lead to increased
collaboration, productivity and profit.
“It’s interesting to see the influence of technology on
transportation infrastructure,” he said. “You wouldn’t normally
put these industries together, but with the pervasiveness of
technology, you see it more and more.”
Roads and vehicles are getting smarter, he said, through the
impact of GPS navigation and dynamic tolling. He said data
collection will continue to have a big impact on both road
builders and car builders.
Attendees will also hear from other fantastic innovation
thought leaders, including Ted Zoli, senior vice president with
HNTB and John P. Banovetz, vice president at 3M Corporate
Research Laboratory.
TransOvation™ plays off three key words: transportation,
innovation and ovation. The event is named after Dr. J. Don
Brock, the late founder of Astec Industries, who secured over
90 U.S. and foreign patents on construction machinery and
drying equipment.
The 3M Innovation Center at the company’s St. Paul
headquarters is one of 50 similar centers in 40 countries. The
center includes interactive displays, films and presentations
about 3M technologies and the company’s culture of
collaboration.
Go to www.transovation.org to register or for more
information contact Allison Klein at aklein@artba.org.
Schedule
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16
2:30-4:00 p.m.
Registration Opens
3M’s display of advanced materials for machine
readability—including infrared vision, light detection and
range (LIDAR), and magnetic—designed to enhance
driver-assist systems
4:00-4:30 p.m.
Welcome and Program Overview
4:30-5:15 p.m.
Opening Session
5:15-6:00 p.m.
Success Story: A Path to Innovation
6:30-8:00 p.m.
TransOvation Awards Opening Reception (Loews
Minneapolis Hotel)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Group Introductions and Icebreakers
9:00-10:00 a.m.
3M Welcome
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Breaking Down the Barriers: The Steps to Getting a
New Innovation into the U.S. Transportation
Construction Market
12:15-1:00 p.m.
Lunch Buffet for Groups 1-3 and Tour for Groups 4 & 5
1:00-1:45 p.m.
Lunch Buffet for Groups 4 & 5 and Tour for Groups 1-3
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Group Workshop
6:00 p.m.-Midnight
Workshop Group Meeting Space at Hotel (optional)
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
8:00-8:30 a.m.
Opening Session: FHWA Leader
8:30-11:00 a.m.
Workshop Continues
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Presentations by Workshop Groups to Industry Leaders
1:00-1:30 p.m.
Closing Comments
Mark Holan is ARTBA editorial director: mholan@artba.org.

Federal Aid Program Supports
$10 Billion Annually in Highway &
Bridge Planning & Design Projects

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Source: ARTBA analysis of FHWA data. Includes projects that have received FHWA division approval between 2005 and 2014. Percent is total expenditures for planning, design and construction engineering work divided by total project costs.
Source: ARTBA analysis of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data. Includes projects that have received FHWA division approval
between 2005 and 2014. Percent is total expenditures for planning, design and construction engineering work divided by total project costs.
Planning & Design (P&D) work
accounts for over 15% of
spending on federal aid projects
P&D work accounts for
10% to 15% of spending on
federal aid projects
P&D work accounts for less
than 10% of spending on
federal aid projects
by Dr. Alison Premo Black

We can’t overemphasize how important the federal aid
highway program is to the U.S. highway and bridge
construction market, accounting for over 52 percent of state
DOT capital outlays. But a closer look at those numbers reveals
just how crucial that federal investment is for the early phases
of the highway and bridge construction pipeline—the planning
and design market.
Planning and design and construction engineering
investment on federal aid projects has totaled nearly $100
billion over the last decade—or just over 14 percent of total
project costs.1
During that time period, states obligated over
$524.6 billion in federal aid funds to support $718.4 billion in
total highway and bridge program spending. Depending on the
mix of projects, planning and design work ranged from 12 to
16 percent of total project costs in a given year.
As with the construction market, planning and design
activity in 2016 and beyond will depend on the overall health
of state and local government revenues and the federal aid
program. Continued delays and extensions for fully funding a
long-term surface transportation bill will further temper the
market.
This summer, the Senate passed the “Developing a Reliable
and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act,” which
contained modest increases in investment, but only funding for
three of its six years. A House bill was still being deliberated on
as this story went to press.
State DOTs used federal funds to support planning and
design work on nearly 200,000 projects between 2005 and
2014, not including general programs that covered design work
in multiple districts or regions. Over half of total spending was
for design-related work on our most traveled network—the
roads and bridges on the National Highway System.
Forty states and Washington, D.C. also used $13.7 billion
in federal funds to support over $30.1 billion in design-build
projects during the last decade. Planning and design work ac-
counted for $3.3 billion or just over 10 percent of total costs.
Eight states—Florida, Virginia, California, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Minnesota, Ohio and Texas—generated 78 percent of
the design-build market activity that used federal funds.
Some of the largest design-build projects that received
approval for federal funding in the last decade include the
Port of Miami Tunnel in Florida; State Highway 183
reconstruction and managed lanes in Texas; the Safe and
Sound Bridge Improvement Project in Missouri; and the 11th
Street bridge project in Washington, D.C.
State and local highway and bridge programs spend an
estimated $13 billion annually on highway and bridge planning
and design work, including the use of outside consultants and
in-house staff.
The full outlook for the 2016-2020 planning and
design market will be released Dec. 2, along with
the rest of ARTBA’s modal forecast.
Dr. Alison Premo Black is ARTBA chief economist: ablack@artba.org.
1
ARTBA analysis of data from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Total project cost includes any spending associated with a project,
including debt repayments. Projects are assigned to a year based on the
year that the FHWA Division Office approved the project. Planning and
design work in this article also includes expenditures for construction
engineering and statewide obligations for overall design work where the
project is not specified.

Planning and design professionals
obviously play a critical role in the
early stages of highway, bridge and other
transportation infrastructure.
So it only makes sense they also would
want to be at the leading edge of
transportation construction market
trends and efforts to protect and grow
the industry.
That’s why over 700 individuals from
more than 150 design and consulting
firms belong to ARTBA’s Planning &
Design (P&D) Division.
When a firm joins the division, it is
supporting and engaging with the
nation’s leading advocacy organization
focused on building and protecting their
market. There is simply no better place
for planning and design professionals
to help advocate for increased
transportation investment and other
critical industry issues.
The P&D Division provides the
industry’s best networking opportunities,
by far. Members learn about the latest
innovations and gain early insights into
what’s working in the marketplace and
what to avoid. They also receive valuable
information to bring back to their firms,
whether in the form of white papers on
design-build or presentations from state
DOT leadership.
Other P&D Division highlights include:
AASHTO Regional Meetings
The division hosts breakfast or lunch
events at all four regional AASHTO
meetings. This year, the meeting format
was changed to panel discussions with
state transportation department officials.
Panelists also provided attendees with an
advanced handout that covers important
state information, including: the depart-
ment’s estimates on financial investment
in transportation construction; planning
and design contracts and resident en-
gineer construction inspection services
their state will advertise in the next two
years; and their state’s current position
regarding design-build and public-
private partnerships for transportation
projects. By receiving this information
ahead of time, division members could
better engage the panelists in a discus-
sion about the significant aspects of each
state’s transportation program.
Division Meetings
The P&D Division meets twice a year—
at the ARTBA Federal Issues Program
in the spring and during the ARTBA
National Convention in the fall. In 2015
meeting, attendees at the spring meet-
ing heard from Chris Lawson, District
of Columbia division administrator for
the Federal Highway Administration;
Muhammed Khalid, P.E., interim chief
engineer at the District Department of
Transportation, and Dusty Holcombe,
deputy director for the Virginia DOT’s
Office of P3s. At the 2015 convention,
attendees heard about DBE compliance
from Charles Williams at Peckar &
Abramson, and insurance issues related
to alternative delivery projects from Kent
Holland at Construction Risk, LLC.
Division members also discuss policy
issues that need to be watched, announce
upcoming programs and introduce
incoming board leadership. As a P&D
member, there are many opportunities to
get engaged and provide input.
Guy Kelcey Award
Named for one of the P&D Division’s
organizers, this annual award recognizes
a member who has exhibited a high
degree of service to the division. This
individual, chosen by a peer committee,
reflects the values of the division and
ARTBA. The 2015 winner is Rich
Markwith with TranSystems.
by Allison Klein
Richard Markwith (right) accepts Guy Kelcey
Award from David Harwood, president of
ARTBA’s P&D Division, at the 2015 ARTBA
National Convention in Philadelphia, Pa.
ARTBA’S PLANNING & DESIGN DIVISION
MEMBERS STAY AHEAD OF THE CURVE

DAVID HARWOOD,
2015-2016 P&D
Division President
David Harwood is
a senior vice-presi-
dent with Terracon
Consultants, Inc.,
headquartered in
Olathe, Kansas.
He is responsible
for the strategic planning and direction of
Terracon’s $150 million business sec-
tor program focusing on transportation,
municipal infrastructure, oil and gas, power
generation and transmission, and govern-
ment services.
David is a 2008 graduate of ARTBA’s
Young Executive Development Program
and 2014 chairman of the Young Executive
Leadership Council.
“I am involved with ARTBA because it is
the voice of the profession and industry on
key transportation policy, funding, social,
and safety issues,” he said. “As a profes-
sional who benefits greatly from the hard
work done by ARTBA, I believe I have a
duty to provide my time and service to
furthering the objectives of both member
and non-member firms. If your firm is a
member of this great organization then you
have a responsibility to become active and
knowledgeable about the issues and speak
up. The Planning and Design Division is a
great place to get involved.”
David earned a bachelor of science
degree in civil engineering from California
State University, Long Beach, and a master
of business administration from the Uni-
versity of Colorado. He is a registered pro-
fessional engineer in Kansas and five other
states, plus several Canadian provinces.
He also is a member of the Civil Exam
Development Committee for the National
Council of Examiners for Engineering and
Surveying responsible for the development
of the Geotechnical option of the profes-
sional engineer’s exam.
David was recently appointed by Kansas
Gov. Sam Brownback (R) to the board of
Kansas Works State Board, a review panel
charged with making recommendations
to align workforce development with the
state’s economic development needs. He
also serves on U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder’s (R)
Transportation Task Force.
Allison Klein is ARTBA vice president of member
services and managing director of the Planning
& Design Division: aklein@artba.org.
DOUGLAS LAVOIE,
2015-2016 P&D
Division Vice
President
Doulas LaVoie
is a senior vice
president and
group manager for
Boston-based CDM
Smith’s U.S. trans-
portation services. He serves a vital role
in client relationships and development of
organizational strategy, working in tandem
with the senior executive staff, sales team
and others to support and guide the firm’s
transportation business.
Doug is 2007 graduate of ARTBA’s Young
Executive Development Program, and has
served on the Planning & Design Division
board and the Young Executive Leadership
Council.
“ARTBA is an outstanding organization
that represents and leverages all parts of
our industry on all levels,” he said. “I have
a great deal of respect for its continued ef-
forts to positively impact our communities,
enhance our economy and strengthen our
nation’s infrastructure.”
Doug earned his civil engineering degree
at Michigan Technological Institute
University. His 26-year professional career
has included experience in both the public
and private sectors.
Since joining CDM Smith in 2000, Doug
has held key senior management positions.
His accomplishments include: establishing
the firm’s Michigan business, participat-
ing in several notable design projects and
leading strategic planning initiatives and
training programs.
White Papers
The P&D Division has also been very
involved with the formation of best
practice papers, including ARTBA’s
“Suggested Best Practices for Design-
Build in Transportation Construction”
and a current risk management paper.
Leadership
The P&D Division has a 21-member
board. Each board member serves a
three-year term. See profiles at right of
incoming Division President David Har-
wood and Vice-president Doug LaVoie.
The new board members include: Scott
Lang, senior vice president, KCI Tech-
nologies; David Twiddy, Jr., senior vice
president, H.W. Lochner; Mike Potter,
partner, RK&K; Matt Clark, corporate
director, Psomas; Bryan Nichol, CH2M;
Joe Riley, senior vice president, Ammann
& Whitney; Mohammad Khan, senior
vice president, PSI; and Chris Nazar,
principal planner, CDM Smith.
Dr. J. Don Brock “TransOvation™
Workshop
P&D members are actively involved in
ARTBA’s annual innovation-focused
event. P&D leaders from around the
country participate in an engaging
workshop that tackles a challenging in-
dustry question while helping build their
innovation skill set. Guided by industry
leaders, including well-known P&D
professionals Ted Zoli of HNTB and
John Hillman, president and CEO of HC
Bridge, this program is a great place for
members to develop practical solutions
to bring back to their workplace.
See more about TransOvation 2015 on
page 10.
Joining ARTBA’s Planning & Design
Division provide firms with critical
market and government affairs
intelligence and access to excellent
networking opportunities and meetings.
Most of all, it enables member firms to
support and engage in the ongoing effort
to protect and support the transportation
construction market.

Annual
Transportation Construction
in Pictures
O
ver the summer, “Transportation Builder” staff
asked ARTBA member firms and public agencies to
submit their best photos of transportation construction
projects from across the nation to run in the magazine’s
12th
Annual “Through the Lens: Transportation
Construction in Pictures.”
As in previous years, we received some excellent
photos. ARTBA members provided shining examples
of the industry’s excellent work in designing, building
and improving America’s transportation network.
Thanks to those who submitted the outstanding
images on the following pages!
12th
THROUGH
THE LENS
Work on Sharpe Bros.’ “streetscaping” project to improve a section of High
Point Road in Greensboro, N.C.
Photographer: CarlThiemann, communications director, Vecellio Group, Inc.
Submitted by: Vecellio Group, Inc., corporate parent of Sharpe Bros.

Second Avenue Subway, NewYork City
MTA Capital Construction Company, New
York, N.Y.
Photographer: David Lloyd
Submitted by: AECOM
A view from the rear of the gantry of the
PANYNJ Bayonne Bridge project,
spanning the Kill Van Kull from Staten
Island, N.Y. to Bayonne, N.J.
Photographer: Mike Cameron
Submitted by: HDR

Panoramic view of the new southbound bridge over Belt Line Road in Dallas County,Texas.
Photographer: Jaime Venegas, AGL Constructors
Submitted by: Texas Department ofTransportation
The I-95 ExpressToll Lanes/MD 43 Interchange
Project in White Marsh, Maryland. Gray & Son, Inc.
performed the asphalt paving as a subcontractor to
Cherry Hill Construction, Inc.
Photographer: Peter Placke
Submitted by: Gray & Son, Inc.
The eastbound arch of the Margaret McDermott
Bridge, outside of Interstate 30 connecting West
Dallas to downtown Dallas inTexas.
Photographer: PLC Staff
Submitted by: Texas Department ofTransportation
This PPTA (P3) project provided new alignment of a 4-lane
bypass for Route 58 near Laurel Fork, Virginia. The hilly
terrain required major side hill cuts and steep embankments.
Photographer: Barry Frank, P.E.
Submitted by: Branch Highways, Inc.

The I-55 Split Diamond Interchange in Madison, Mississippi
was completed in May 2015 and is one of the few 8-lane
highway systems in the state.
Photographer: Mississippi Department ofTransportation
Submitted by: Mississippi Department ofTransportation
The Hulton Bridge spans the Allegheny River and the Norfolk
Southern Railroad to connect HarmarTownship and Oakmont
Borough located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Photographer: Christopher Vollmer, P.E., PMP
Submitted by: Gannett Fleming

Taking a peek between nine-
foot tall steel plate girders
to the marine construction
down below. Moses Wheeler
Bridge Replacement in
Stratford, Connecticut.
Photographer: Albert Muzzi
Submitted by: PCL Civil
Constructors, Inc.
Heathcliff Road over
Stillwater River in
Montgomery County, Ohio.
Photographer: Kyle O’Daniel
Submitted by: Stupp Bridge
Company, a Division of
Stupp Bros., Inc.

Congress Parkway Streetscape in
Chicago, Illinois.
Photographer: Erich Schrempp
Submitted by: John Burns
Construction Company
Sylvan Ave. Bridge overTrinity River in Dallas,Texas.
Photographer: Roger Hein, Heinsight Photography
Submitted by: Webber, LLC
Richfield Municipal Airport Runway 1/9 in
Utah.The project consisted of geotextile
fabric, 21 inches of sub base, 8 inches of
aggregate base and 4 inches of asphalt for
the surface.
Photographer: Hales Sand & Gravel
Submitted by: Oldcastle, Inc.

I-96/US-23 Interchange in Livingston County, Michigan.
Photographer: ©2015 MDOT Photography Unit
Submitted by: Toebe Construction LLC

Construction crew forming a bridge pier/support for
a Georgia Express Lanes flyover in Canton, Georgia.
Photographer: Cedric Mohr
Submitted by: Georgia Department ofTransportation
The dismantling of the East Span
of the San Francisco Bay Bridge in
California.
Photographer: Sam Burbank
Submitted by: California Engineering
Contractors/Silverado Joint Venture
Longfellow Bridge Rehabilitation Design-Build in Boston,
Massachusetts.
Photographer: Mark Flannery
Submitted by: STV
Cleveland Innerbelt Eastbound Bridge in Cleveland, Ohio.
Photographer: Matt Pawlak
Submitted by: KCITechnologies Inc.

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RED Project Spotlight
Highlighting Innovative Research by ARTBA Research and Education Division Members
Rutgers University Creates World’s First Full-Scale Accelerated
Testing Facility for Bridges
The Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at
Rutgers University is unveiling the world’s first facility that will quantita-
tively measure the effects of environmental and traffic loading on full-
scale bridge deck and superstructure systems in a greatly accelerated time
frame: the Bridge Evaluation and Accelerated Structural Testing lab (the
BEAST).
The project demonstrates Rutgers CAIT’s commitment to advancing
good bridge repair by addressing what is one of the most critical
infrastructure issues facing our country: nearly 24 percent of U.S. bridges
are deemed either functionally obsolete or structurally deficient.
Relentlessly inflicting what amounts to 24/7 truck traffic with a
60,000-pound loading device and accelerated temperature fluctuations
from 0 to 104 °F, the BEAST will fast forward aging as much as 30 times,
allowing CAIT to simulate 15 years or more of wear and tear in just six
months.
Data from BEAST testing will provide insight, help manage expecta-
tions, and give bridge owners empirical evidence to optimize decisions to
maximize the life cycle of bridges throughout the country—sooner than
ever thought possible.
For more information about this project, contact CAIT Director Ali
Maher, Ph.D.: mmaher@rutgers.edu.
University of Nevada, Reno Develops New Signal Timing Tool to
Save User Costs and the Environment
Researchers at the Center for Advanced Transportation Education and
Research (CATER) at the University of Nevada, Reno, have developed an
iOS-based mobile tool called SMRT, short for Signal Management and
Retiming Tool, to help engineers retime traffic signals to ease driver frus-
tration. This is the first mobile app that is easy to use for evaluating and
diagnosing signal timing issues.
In a case study conducted in October 2014 for the California Depart-
ment of Transportation, CATER helped retime a 1.7-mile segment of a
signalized arterial using SMRT. The study revealed that the overall travel
time savings per day is about 560 hours; fuel savings per day is about 600
gallons; the total annual savings in delay and fuel is then about $3.2 mil-
lion; the average annual savings per traveler is about $170. This yields a
benefit-cost ratio of about 130:1.
Additionally, there is an estimated annual reduction of about 22 tons
of emissions, including carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and volatile
organic compounds, due to the improved signal coordination.
For more information about this project, contact CATER and SOLARIS
Director Zong Tian, Ph.D.: zongt@unr.edu.
For more information on these and other projects, go to www.mycutc.org. If you are working on an interesting project and would like to have your
research highlighted, contact Lital Shair at lshair@artba.org.

Associations and member firms work together and independently to push transportation investment
This past spring ARTBA launched a digital media campaign
that allows members and their supporters to connect with
Congress through email, Twitter and Facebook.
By tapping their ZIP code into a smartphone or tablet on the
Phone2Action platform, transportation investment advocates
have sent more than 6,100 messages about the importance of
fixing the Highway Trust Fund and passing a long-term surface
transportation bill to their state’s two U.S. Senators and the U.S.
Representative from their community. All 100 senators and 97
percent of representatives have Facebook and Twitter accounts,
in addition to their regular email.
“Phone2Action can be used very easily,” said Matt Jeanneret,
ARTBA senior vice president of communications and
marketing. “Many of our members are out in the field, but
virtually everyone has a smartphone. It takes less than a minute
to send a message to their elected leaders using this state-of-
the-art digital platform.”
But ARTBA is hardly alone in trying to leverage grassroots
support for transportation investment. Other associations and
private companies are also creating campaigns that combine
the latest technology with more traditional advocacy tools,
from airing radio and television commercials in the home
states and districts of congressional committee leaders, to
buttonholing key senators and representatives back home or on
Capitol Hill.
This year, ARTBA has partnered with the Transportation
Construction Coalition (which it co-chairs with Associated
General Contractors), American Society of Civil Engineers,
the American Public Transportation Association and the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led Americans for
Transportation Mobility coalition on cooperative
advertising and media campaigns, and online petitions.
Like-minded industry groups and firms are amplifying the call
for transportation investment as they advance their own issues
with Congress, the general public and in the marketplace.
For example, the “I Make America” (IMA) campaign of the
Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), promotes
pro-manufacturing messages through a dedicated website,
Twitter feed and other tools.
“We’ve always been champions for a long-term solution for
the Highway Trust Fund because it is essential to our
members’ prosperity,” AEM President Dennis Slater said.
“Construction equipment manufacturers make the equipment
that build America’s roads, and they need consistent
investment to thrive.”
Don’t Let America Dead End
The IMA campaign has resonated with the grassroots “from
the shop floor to the corner office,” Slater said, because it taps
individuals’ pride in their work and highlights the industry’s
contributions to the national economy. The campaign has
GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY IS A GROUP EFFORT
by Mark Holan and Eileen Houlihan

generated over 140,000 emails
to members of Congress and
President Obama.
A large portion of those
emails have come from the
“Don’t Let America Dead
End” advocacy campaign of
Tennessee-based equipment manufacturer Astec Industries,
Inc., which links online to IMA. Astec’s campaign also features
six “Highway Bill” videos featuring the “Hi-Way Bill” character.
The “Dead End” site has attracted more than 12,400 users and
almost 30,000 page views since its inception last fall.
“We need all the industries that support and use America’s
highways—construction, road paving, material production and
others—to help us reach out to federal-elected representatives
via email, phone calls and visits to share why it’s necessary to
fund highway investment,” Astec President & CEO Ben Brock
said at the start of his firm’s campaign. “It’s up to us to show our
collective influence and educate our representation on the
positive effects of passing a long-term highway bill with
increased funding.”
Dire States
Wisconsin-based CASE Construction Equipment also seeks to
“revive America’s ailing infrastructure” by championing local
investment opportunities and highlighting successful
funding initiatives. The company’s advocacy effort is called
“Dire States.”
Last year, the campaign conducted a six-day, 14-city tour
across Texas to support Proposition 1, which called for shift-
ing a portion of the state’s oil and gas severance tax revenues
to its transportation fund. Dire States also joined forces with
other industry groups and transportation advocates to generate
newspaper op-eds, advertisements and a mix of mainstream
and trade press coverage that helped the measure to pass.
“Using our time in Texas, the [Department of Transporta-
tion] was able to effectively communicate local projects where
Prop 1 money was going to be directed, making the ‘better
roads’ statement more local and relatable to the constituents,”
said Brian Weisbaum, Dire States’ project manager.
Weisbaum said social media has been a huge part of the
effort, sharing both original content, such as videos, and
infrastructure-related news. The advocacy effort also has
aligned with ARTBA on the education front.
“ARTBA does an excellent job of generating content that
shows both the need for infrastructure investment and the
successes that specific state and local governments are
experiencing,” Weisbaum said. “We regularly amplify that
content and information through our social media channels as
it aligns directly with the intent of Dire States: through
understanding and awareness comes action.”
Brad Stemper, one of Weisbaum’s Case Construction
colleagues, briefed ARTBA’s
2nd
Annual National Work-
shop for State & Local
Transportation Advocates this
past summer in Washington.
He described transportation
funding as “our most impor-
tant domestic issue.”
Georgia-based TenCate Geosynthetics Americas, facing a
slowdown in global oil exploration, also focused more
attention on the transportation sector. The firm joined ARTBA
in 2014 and quickly partnered with the association on
grassroots education and outreach, including government
affairs webinars, updates on transportation policy via
newsletters and articles, issue briefings by company leadership
at staff meetings, encouraging employees to put the
“Transportation Construction Advocate App” on their
iPhones, plus peer-to-peer outreach with front office and
manufacturing employees.
Wally Moore, Tencate’s global group director, received this
year’s Paul F. Phelan Memorial Award for outstanding
contributions to ARTBA’s Materials and Services Division and
the transportation construction industry, in part for his work
to implement such grassroots action programs.
“Our connection with ARTBA is part of ongoing actions to
be more market-focused, and the American transportation
infrastructure market is a big and logical place to focus,”
Moore said.
“I have noted that there are many good ideas which a leader
can delegate effectively, but I think industry associations is
probably not one of these. I therefore decided that if our most
important market application of transportation infrastructure
was to get good attention it would need my commitment and
involvement.”
The company faced challenges in getting the word out to
factory workers who work in multiple around-the-clock shifts.
Employees typically don’t want to have their break interrupted
by a presentation or sign up process. But they understood the
importance of how the highway bill affects the company, said
Daniel Trope, TenCate’s director of government relations.
“Never underestimate the interest your employees will have
in getting involved,” he said. “Most of them really want to take
action if they believe in the cause.”
These are just a few examples of how our industry is working
to influence the public discussion about transportation invest-
ment and push lawmakers to vote for legislation that benefits
our communities and our nation. Our job is not done and we
need more help. Please join us.
Is your firm, agency or state chapter leading a grassroots effort
advocating for increased transportation investment? If so,
please share your story with ARTBA for inclusion in a future
“Washington Newsline” or “Transportation Builder” magazine.
Contact ARTBA’s Mark Holan: mholan@artba.org
Mark Holan is ARTBA editorial director: mholan@artba.org.
Eileen Houlihan is ARTBA senior writer/editor: ehoulihan@artba.org.

More than 3 million miles of roads and over 300,000
bridges in the United States are owned and maintained
by local governments.
In 1982, the Federal Highway Administration established
the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP). In 1991,
the Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP) was also
created. LTAP and TTAP help local governments improve
management of their transportation networks.
There are 58 LTAP/TTAP Centers: one in each state, one
in Puerto Rico, and seven regional Centers that serve
tribal governments. Most Centers are housed at colleg-
es, universities and state departments of transportation.
The mission of LTAP/TTAP is to foster a safe, efficient,
and environmentally sound surface transportation
system by improving skills and increasing knowledge of
the transportation workforce and decision makers.
LTAP/TTAP strives to improve safety for users on local
roads, help local governments build and maintain their
The FHWA LTAP/TTAP Clearinghouse, managed by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association-
Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF), provides program support for LTAP and TTAP Centers.
infrastructure, utilize the workforce efficiently, and teach
road workers how to do their jobs safely.
The national program focus areas are safety, workforce
development, infrastructure management and organiza-
tional excellence. LTAP/TTAP Centers help communities
improve the quality and condition of their transportation
network.
For more information about the LTAP and TTAP, or to get
contact information for your local LTAP/TTAP Center,
please visit:
www.LTAP.org
Local & Tribal Technical
Assistance Program
Essential Tools to Improve the Local &
Tribal Transportation Network
Training, Knowledge Exchange & Direct Assistance

fell from 1,157 in 1968 to 123 in 2007,
according to federal data.
OSHA Recordkeeping Clarification
Rulemaking: The agency in July issued
a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to
clarify an employer’s continuing obliga-
tion to document each recordable injury
and illness throughout the five-year pe-
riod employers are required to keep the
records. OSHA is issuing this proposed
rule to counteract a decision of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit,
which said OSHA cannot cite employers
for failure to record work-related injuries
and illnesses more than six months after
the initial obligation to document the
cases. OSHA wants to raise that statute of
limitations from six months to five years.
Walking-Working Surfaces and
Personal Fall Protection Systems (Slips,
Trips, and Fall Prevention): On July
2, OSHA sent a final rule to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to
update its regulations covering Walking-
Working Surfaces and Personal Fall
Protection Systems to include new
technologies and procedures to protect
employees from these hazards and to
make the rule more consistent with other
OSHA standards. The agency published
this proposed rule on May 24, 2010, and
has been reviewing and responding to
comments since that time.
OSHA Continues “Frenzy” of Rulemaking Activity
by Brad Sant
As the Obama Administration nears
its final year in office, the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Administra-
tion (OSHA) has proposed a string of
regulations that could have wide-ranging
impacts on the transportation construc-
tion industry. Contractors will have to
become educated about new regulations,
train employees and ensure compliance
with the agency. In an effort to keep
ARTBA members apprised of these
activities, here is a brief summary of
some of the key new rules and proposed
changes:
Confined Spaces in Construction:
OSHA’s Confined Spaces in Construc-
tion final rule became effective Oct. 2. It
includes several new provisions that ad-
dress construction-specific hazards that
require widespread changes to construc-
tion operations for many employers. The
rule was originally scheduled to become
effective Aug. 3, but ARTBA and indus-
try allies petitioned for additional time to
fully review and understand the require-
ments, and develop the resources needed
to properly comply with it. ARTBA’s
Sept. 9 webinar to explain the rule drew
interested attendees from across the U.S.
Chemical Management and PELs
Rulemaking: OSHA has proposed an
updated rule on Chemical Management
and permissible exposure limits (PELs),
with comments due Oct. 9. According
to the agency, it plans to explore new
ways to control exposure to chemicals
in the workplace and consider other ap-
proaches to reduce or eliminate harmful
chemical contacts.
Silica Rulemaking: Efforts to develop
a more comprehensive rule regulat-
ing silica exposure are still underway.
Among other things, the new rule would
reduce the PEL to crystalline silica to
half the current standard, with a
requirement to begin certain
preventative measures when exposures
reach 25 percent of the current limit.
ARTBA and its industry partners have
been working to ensure the new rule
is designed to meet the needs of the
construction sector. In June, the Sen-
ate Appropriations Committee passed
the FY 2016 Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education Appropriations
bill, which contains language that may
ultimately stop OSHA from implement-
ing the new silica rule. The bill contains
an amendment that prevents the silica
rule from moving forward until OSHA
convenes a new small business panel
review and the National Academy of
Sciences conducts a study to answer why
there should be a new regulation when
the mortality rate in the U.S. is vanishing
under the current standard. Silica deaths

Extended Authority to Collect Information: A federal
agency generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of
information, and the public is generally not required to
respond to such a request unless it is approved by OMB. But
OSHA has proposed extending its authority to request and ob-
tain information from employers on the following standards:
1) Blasting and the Use of Explosives standard information
collection requirements (29 CFR 1926, subpart U;
2) Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
(HAZWOPER) standard (29 CFR 1910.120);
3) Cadmium in Construction standard information collection
requirements (29 CFR 1926.1127);
4) Asbestos in Construction standard information collection
requirements (29 CFR 1926.1101);
5) 13 Carcinogens standard information collection
requirements (29 CFR 1910.1003); and
6) Hazard Communication standard (29 CFR 1910.1200;
1915.1200; 1917.28; 1918.90; 1926.59; and 1928.21).
In a similar vein, for those members who operate quar-
ries, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is
seeking to continue its information collection authority for
Occupational Noise Exposure information collection (30 CFR
part 62).
Officials at OSHA are working hard to conclude other new
regulations, some of which have been languishing at the
agency for several decades. Some of the proposals are fairly
routine updates to the existing rules. Others would have sig-
nificant impacts on the transportation construction industry
both in terms of cost and time required to comply.
OSHA’s ability to complete the regulations is partially tied to
how industry perceives the need for new rules. For example,
the new confined spaces rule was met with little resistance,
other than the request for more time for employers to get up-
to-speed on compliance. In general, the industry felt the new
rule was well-designed and needed. The proposed silica rule,
on the other hand, is viewed as costly and unnecessary.
These are only a few of the more pressing rulemaking efforts
of one agency. ARTBA is also keeping an eye on the Federal
Highway Administration, Environmental Protection Agency
and other federal regulators to make sure the voice of the
transportation construction industry is heard at agency
headquarters and on Capitol Hill. We want to make sure any
new standards or rules support our members’ interests, or
minimize the regulatory impact so our industry can remain
competitive at home and abroad.
ARTBA will remain vigilant on this front regardless
of whether it’s an election year or the middle of an
administration’s term.
Brad Sant is ARTBA senior vice president of safety and education:
bsant@artba.org.

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Among the new safety requirements
is the requirement for a load-sensing
systems designed to limit movement of
the extending structure only to down
when the machine is overloaded while
in a raised position and to not allow the
machine to raise when overloaded at
ground level (or in some cases one
meter). This suite of standards is
expected to be published in early 2016.
Telematics—ISO. Telematics data help
contractors better monitor their mixed
fleet equipment to save time and money.
This standard (ISO 15143-3) is based on
the draft Telematics API Standard devel-
oped by AEM and AEMP (Association of
Equipment Management Professionals).
The standard’s API (Application
Programming Interface) provides end
users with more convenient access to
OEM equipment data. ISO publication of
the standard is expected in 2016.
The standards process is open to all
stakeholders. For example, rental
companies have participated in the
MEWP standard process. Fleet manag-
ers, through AEMP, have been active in
the telematics standard development.
AEM’s active participation in the stan-
dards development process assures that
industry voices are heard when it comes
to equipment design and operation.
For more information on AEM and
standards development, contact AEM’s
Mike Pankonin at mpankonin@aem.org.
AEM corner
Why Standards? They
Help Make Things
(Like Machinery &
Equipment) Work!
Equipment safety and performance
standards. You may read or hear a lot
about them—coming from an alphabet
soup of acronyms, such as ANSI, ASME,
SAE, and ISO on the international side.
But just what are they? Who develops
them? And why are they important?
All innovation is shaped and guided by
standards, as ANSI (American National
Standards Institute) succinctly puts it.
This includes the equipment and
components manufactured by members
of the Association of Equipment
Manufacturers (AEM).
And the impact of standards is all
around us, from the mundane such as
our cell phones to the technologies
enabling space travel.
Groups of engineers and experts
worldwide combine their expertise and
work cooperatively to develop standards
as an agreed-upon way of doing
something; they are specific guidelines
for the design, operation, manufacture,
and use of a product or service.
The result for machinery users is
increased safety, reliability and efficiency.
“Do it once, do it right, do it globally”
has long been a credo of AEM when it
comes to standards, to help manufactur-
ers remain competitive in world markets.
Without standards, equipment
manufacturers doing business in global
markets face the daunting prospect of
designing and building any number of
different versions of the same product
in order to meet regional or national
requirements.
According to ISO (International
Organization for Standardization),
standards enable products from different
markets to be directly compared,
facilitate entry by manufacturers and
service providers into new markets, and
assist in the development of global trade
on a fair basis.
They also serve to safeguard the end-
users of products and services, ensuring
that compliant products conform to
minimum standards set internationally.
AEM’s Role in Standards
Stakeholders in the standards
development process include
technical professionals, companies,
industry groups (such as AEM), and
government, insurance surveillance, and
consumer (user) representatives.
AEM provides substantial support for
standards development through a variety
of methods including direct financial
support, funding of group
administration, logistical support,
and direct staff participation.
Here are a two examples of standards
development:
Mobile elevating work platforms
(MEWPs)—ANSI. MEWPs (also known
as AWPs or aerial lifts) are a common
piece of equipment on the work site.
AEM has been involved in leading a
process whose end result will be
three new topic-specific MEWP
standards covering design, safety
requirements, and test methods; safe
use requirements; and operator training
requirements for vertical-type,
scissor-type, and boom supported
MEWPS.
AEM provides trade and business development
services for companies that manufacture equip-
ment, products and services used world-wide
in the agricultural, construction, forestry, mining
and utility sectors. AEM is headquartered in Mil-
waukee, Wisconsin, with offices in the capitals
of Washington, D.C., Ottawa, and Beijing.

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