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VOL. 26, NO. 5
contents The official publication of the American Road
& Transportation Builders Association
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FEATURES COLUMNS
Innovation Series: Return of Polar Vortex
Could Boost Demand for Pothole Patching
Product
November Election Results Will Shape
HighwayTrust Fund Debate
2014 Dr. J. Don BrockTransOvation™ Preview Chairman’s Message
States Holding Fast on Planning & Design
Work Amid Uncertainty Over Highway
Trust Fund
ARTBA’s Planning & Design Division:
A Gateway to Market Development &
Knowledge Sharing
President’s Desk
Let’s Reform the Clean Air Act
AEM Corner
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ON THE COVER
11th
AnnualThrough the Lens:
Transportation Construction in Pictures16
On the cover: Span 56 of the Honolulu Rail Transit
Project under construction is in East Kapolei, Oahu.
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PUBLISHER
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Darwyyn Deyo
ARTBA research manager
Dave Bauer
ARTBA senior vice president of
government relations
Kenyon Gleason
ARTBA Planning & Design Division
managing director
Nick Goldstein
ARTBA vice president of environmental &
regulatory affairs
Allison Klein
ARTBA vice president of member services
Tom Donnelly
Midwest regional sales manager, Materials
Division for Transpo Industries, Inc.
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Executive Committee
Chairman: Doug Black
John Deere Landscapes, Atlanta, Ga.
Senior Vice Chairman: Nick Ivanoff
Ammann & Whitney, NewYork, N.Y.
First Vice Chairman: David S. Zachry
Zachry Construction Corporation, San Antonio,Texas
Northeastern RegionVice Chairman: John Kulka
HRI, Inc., State College, Pa.
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
TexasTransportation Institute atTexas A&M University
College Station,Texas
Vice Chairman At-Large: Bob Alger
The Lane Construction Corporation, Cheshire, Conn.
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: Pete Getchell
PKF-Mark III, Inc., Newtown Pa.
Contractors Division First Vice President:
Jeff Clyde
W.W. Clyde & Co., Springville, Utah
Research & Education Division President:
Dr. R. Clark Graves
KentuckyTransportation Center, Lexington, Ky.
AEM Representative: Ron DeFeo
TEREX Corporation, Westport, Conn.
Materials & Services Division President:
Mike Flowers
American Bridge Company, Corapolis, Pa.
Planning & Design Division President:
Matthew Cummings
AECOM, Philadelphia, Pa.
Public-Private Partnerships Division President:
Matt Girard
Plenary Concessions, Denver, Co.
Transportation Safety Industry Division
President: Sue Reiss
Impact Recovery Systems, San Antonio,Texas
Transportation Officials Division President:
Eric Seibring
Piatt County, Ill. Assn. of County Engineers, Monticello, Ill.
Council of State Executives: Pat Goss
WIsconsinTransportation Builders Association,
Madison, Wis.
Immediate Past ARTBA Chairman: Steve Wright
Wright Brothers Construction, Co, Inc., Charleston,Tenn.
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: Dave Gehr
Parsons Brinckerhoff, Herndon, Va.
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Each year, “Transportation Builder” editorial staff receives stunning images of transportation
infrastructure projects from across the nation to be showcased in our “Through the Lens:
Transportation Construction in Pictures.” Check out our 11th
annual installment beginning on page 16.
The November elections are almost upon us. Do you know where your candidates for federal
stand on transportation issues? On page 14, ARTBA Senior Vice President of Government Affairs
Dave Bauer explains what’s at stake for the transportation design and construction industry in the
upcoming House and Senate races.
For this year’s 4th
Annual “Dr. J. Don BrockTransOvation™ Workshop,” ARTBA is collaborating
with tech-giant Microsoft and holding the event at their corporate headquarters in Redmond, Wash.,
November 17-19.The program will focus on next-generation transportation systems and the
intersection between infrastructure and big-data. Get the scoop on the event from ARTBA Vice
President of Member Services Allison Klein on page 10.
Please feel free to share with me any thoughts you have about this issue: jragone@artba.org.
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Doug Black
CEO, John Deere Landscapes
2014 ARTBA Chairman
We Left it All on
the Field
As a former college running back, I
have been known to use a few
football metaphors… and in my final
column as chairman, I think they
appropriately help highlight ARTBA’s
achievements during the past year.
When it comes to pushing for a solu-
tion on the Highway Trust Fund (HTF),
I can tell you that the entire ARTBA
team—both the Washington, D.C., staff
and the association’s volunteer leaders—
left it all on the field this past year.
Through a variety of new digital ad-
vocacy tools like the revamped “Trans-
portation Makes America Work” website
and the TransCon app, public opinion
polling, economic and research reports,
and continuous grassroots lobbying by
member firms, public agencies and state
contractors chapters, ARTBA continued
to play offense.
We had to grind it out more on the
ground than in the air, but we were able
to move the ball down the field. Mem-
bers of Congress did, in fact, respond
to the pressure created by our industry,
and passed a temporary HTF fix through
May 2015. If the House and Senate had
not acted, federal highway and bridge
investment to the states would have
stopped on October 1.
It should also not be overlooked that
members of Congress on both sides of
the aisle are now talking about the need
for new HTF revenues and some have
announced plans to generate those
revenues, which is not something that
has happened in recent years. Even
House Speaker John Boehner weighed
in September 26 telling ABC News that a
“big highway bill” and tax reform
legislation were among the “doable”
items that Congress could work on with
President Obama.
Changing the Conversation
During the year, we managed to imple-
ment items in the report of the ARTBA
Strategic Planning Committee (SPC),
which I co-chaired with Past ARTBA
Chairman Steve Wright.
Perhaps most significantly, we are
changing how we as an industry talk
about and advocate for increased
transportation infrastructure investment.
One of the key SPC’s recommendations
called for ARTBA to reframe the
transportation message in ways that
better appeal and relate to the general
public and ultimately policymakers. It
has meant changing the conversation
from “billions of dollars” to “kitchen
table” figures, from “shovel ready” to
“state-of-the-art,” and from “crumbling
infrastructure” focused on the negatives,
to focusing on the positives and the re-
turn on investment good transportation
infrastructure provides. If you look at
the press surrounding our issue today, it’s
clear the message is resonating.
Facilitating State & Local Investment
Another notable SPC goal put into
action this year was the launch of the
Transportation Investment Advocacy
Center™. It has quickly established itself
as the “go-to-resource” for information
on state and local transportation bal-
lot and legislative initiatives. In July, the
Center hosted a successful workshop
in the Nation’s Capital that provided
advocates with a playbook for pushing
transportation funding initiatives back in
their states. Transportation construction
executives, “better roads and transporta-
tion” professionals, state legislators, and
chamber of commerce officials from 22
states participated.
Promoting Safety
Another core area of focus was in the
safety arena. I know a lot of members
share the same commitment to help-
ing ensure all of our employees make
it home safely at the end of each day.
ARTBA led the development of a new
safety coalition across many of our sister
associations and held a session during
CONEXPO in Las Vegas to brainstorm
on how to best eliminate work zone fatal-
ities. This work will continue in the year
ahead. ARTBA also trained over 6,000
employees in safety best practices, which
is a new annual record.
Developing Young Leaders
Finally, we set a new record in partici-
pation for the annual Young Executive
Development Program. More than 55
industry rising stars came to Washing-
ton to learn about the federal legislative
and regulatory processes that affect the
industry, and ARTBA’s role in shaping
transportation policy. Their involvement
in ARTBA leaves me feeling very good
about the industry’s future.
Hand-off
It’s been a pleasure to serve as ARTBA
chair and to represent such a fine organi-
zation and industry. I want to thank the
Executive Committee, Board of Direc-
tors, and the entire membership for their
leadership and support.
As I hand off the ball to new ARTBA
Chairman Nick Ivanoff, I encourage you
to work with his leadership team and
keep the grassroots pressure on Con-
gress and the Obama Administration
until they develop a long-term solution
for the Highway Trust Fund and then
pass a multi-year surface transportation
investment bill. If we stay together, I’m
confident we’ll eventually punch the ball
over the goal line!

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T. Peter Ruane
President & CEO
ARTBA
president’s desk
In This Election,
Don’t Send Us
Your Worst!
This issue of “Transportation Builder”
includes a feature story about next
month’s mid-term election, and the
importance of looking at the candidates
through the lens of transportation
investment. These are the people who
will be making important decisions
about your market—and therefore your
business —over the next two years and
beyond. Don’t you want to play an active
role in choosing who they will be?
Certainly there are many inputs as you
decide whom to support in a
congressional election. They may include
personal familiarity with the candidate,
party affiliation, and position on a variety
of issues like taxes and healthcare.
Nonetheless, we urge you to heavily
weigh transportation policy and invest-
ment issues as you evaluate candidates.
Ask yourself: which candidate is the
better supporter of federal transportation
investment? We know there is frustration
within the transportation construction
industry about Congress’ unwillingness
and inability to deliver long-term federal
investment. But if members of Congress
hear nothing about this issue before the
election, or are elected and reelected
despite showing outright hostility toward
transportation investment, then why
would we expect the gridlock on Capitol
Hill to break?
At this writing, 55 members of the U.S.
House and seven members of the U.S.
Senate have signed on to “devolution”
bills, which would gut federal user fees,
decimate state DOT capital programs,
and leave state legislatures holding the
bag. These folks are trying to score cheap
political points while ignoring the reality
that few—if any—states would actually
raise revenues to replace billions in lost
federal dollars.
While we don’t see these proposals
moving forward in Congress any time
soon, those 62 cosponsors will only be
further emboldened—and will likely
add to their ranks—unless they are
challenged in a political setting. Do you
know if any of them come from your
state’s delegation? Have you spoken to
them and their staff about why these
devolution proposals would be
disastrous for your state’s capital
program and market? Why would any of
them rethink their position unless they
at least heard the facts from you and
your industry colleagues?
A good example is the U.S. Senate race
in Michigan. One candidate, a Tea Party
adherent, recently released a “Michigan
First Plan” along the lines of the
languishing devolution bills in Congress.
She accused her opponent, a sitting U.S.
House member, of allowing “Michigan
gas taxes” to be “siphoned off by
Washington.” His offense? Voting for
recent reauthorization and
appropriations bills that ensured
continued federal investment for his
state.
While not as overtly hostile as
developing proposals to gut federal
transportation funding, a great many
sitting members of Congress and
candidates are reluctant to support
stabilizing the Highway Trust Fund. The
best way to help these individuals get to
“yes” is to show them there is opposition
at home to further “kicking of the can,”
and that they will earn support by doing
the right thing to help find new HTF
revenues.
For ARTBA to be effective on your
behalf, you not only need to “send your
best” to Congress, but avoid—at all
costs—“sending your worst.” Your
engagement in the 2014 elections will
help ensure our audience on Capitol Hill
wants to be part of the solution in
addressing the nation’s long-term
transportation needs.

TransOvation™
Workshop Explores Next-Gen
Transportation Systems
This might sound familiar: A man
wakes-up for work at 6:00 a.m. to the
sound of his iPhone alarm. He showers,
shaves, checks his phone for the latest
news of the day, emails his boss a new
idea for the big proposal that is due, and
then runs out the door after grabbing his
Keurig coffee. He hits the ignition starter
on his keyless entry device, sets his ADT
security app and checks his phone for
traffic alerts. The man completes his
morning routine with amazing speed
and efficiency—only to idle in a traffic
jam for the next 45 minutes.
There is no doubt that technology has
simplified and sped-up our daily routine.
The digital world in which we live brings
both convenience and high expectations.
But while most of our daily tasks are
getting faster and easier, one area is
actually taking longer—transportation.
Let’s face it—America’s transportation
infrastructure has been falling behind
because of increased demand and
chronic underinvestment. We need to
take the foundation of the 20th
century
infrastructure network and modern-
ize our transportation systems to meet
the hyper-paced challenges of the 21st
century.
I’m not the only one who has taken
notice. Seeing an opportunity,
companies like Microsoft, Google and
IBM are starting to get into the
transportation game. What will this
mean for companies like yours that
actually design, build and maintain
the nation’s roads, bridges and transit
systems? What new technologies will be
brought to bear on our transportation
network in the years to come? What are
users of the transportation system really
looking for? All of these questions and
more will be discussed at the ARTBA
Foundation’s 4th
Annual “Dr. Don J.
Brock TransOvation™ Workshop,” held
November 17-19.
Each year, the event brings together
some of the brightest minds from both
inside and outside the transportation
construction industry in order to help
ARTBA members look around the
corner and discover what comes next.
This year, we are collaborating with
tech-giant Microsoft and holding the
event at their corporate headquarters
in Redmond, Wash. We will learn how
the company is gaining a foothold in
the transportation industry and will
hear from some of their top innovation
experts to learn how companies in our
space can adapt to change and grow
from it.
Microsoft’s Matt Wallaert, a behavioral
scientist working at the intersection of
technology and human behavior, will
deliver the keynote speech. As a
frequent speaker on the science of
behavior change, he will share insights to
help attendees start thinking about new
ideas and concepts.
The best part about TransOvation™? It
provides a collaborative, problem-solving
environment. Attendees actually get to
apply the thinking skills they are
learning. This year’s participants will
be challenged with developing strategic
business plans for the transportation
construction industry that anticipate
technological, social, political, economic
and demographic changes in order to
meet U.S. mobility needs over the next
15 years. Building on TransOvation’s™
2013 theme, which focused on
autonomous vehicles and infrastructure,
participants will work in teams to
visualize how emerging technologies
could drastically change the nation’s
transportation network. They will also
explore how to be open to change in
order to help their companies navigate
potential new markets. You can learn
more about this year’s workshop on
page 11.
The commuter won’t continue to wait,
and neither will the world we live in.
These increasing demands will likely
create new markets, change the way users
view transportation, and provide more
opportunities for technology companies
to enter this space. You need to be at the
table now and help shape the future of
U.S. transportation. We hope you will
consider weighing in on these issues and
attending or sending a colleague to this
year’s TransOvation™ Workshop.
Event to Be Held November 17-19 at Microsoft HQ
by Allison Klein
Allison Klein is ARTBA vice president, member
services: aklein@artba.org.

Preliminary Schedule
For hotel room reservations
call the Hyatt Regency
Bellevue at 1.425.698.4258.
MentionTransOvation for a
group rate of $219.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Registration Opens
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Welcome and Program Overview: Ted Zoli, senior vice president, HNTB Corporation
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Matt Wallaert, behavioral scientist at Microsoft
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Big Data, NewTechnologies andTransportation Infrastructure
Presented by:
Kristin Flandreau, internet of things commercial leader, U.S. Microsoft Corp.
Jeff Nuckolls, vice president of cloud & loT, AditiTechnologies
Dr. Yinhai Wang, Ph.D., professor and director, Pacific NorthwestTransportation Consortium
(PacTrans) at University of Washington
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. TransOvation™ Awards & YELC Opening Reception (at Hyatt Regency in Bellevue, Wash.)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Opening Session: John Hillman, president & CEO, HC Bridge Company
9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Industry Collaboration and InnovativeThinking: Ross Smith, director of test, Microsoft
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Transportation Challenges for the Commuter, theTourist and Millenials: What Does the
Future Hold?
Moderated by: Aileen Cho, senior editor, “Engineering News-Record” magazine
Presented by:
Brian Crockford, services manager, AV & commute, Puget Sound, Microsoft
Prem Kumar, program manager-dynamics AX, Microsoft
Anna Roth, product marketing manager, Microsoft
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Networking Break
11:30 a.m. – Noon Workshop Begins
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Workshop Lunch
12:30 – 6:00 p.m. Workshop Continues
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Tour of Microsoft Envisioning Center for Group #1
6:00 – Midnight Workshop Group Meeting Space (optional)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Opening Comments: Dr. Raymond Chiu, technical director,Traffic Safety Systems Division, 3M
8:30 – 11:00 a.m. Workshop Continues (Tour of Microsoft Envisioning Center for Groups #2 and #3)
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Presentations by Workshop Groups to Industry Leaders
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. Closing Comments & Adjourn
TM
Dr. J. Don Brock
www.transovation.org

Return of Polar Vortex Could
Boost Demand for Pothole
Patching Product by Tom Donnelly
Every year, millions of dollars are spent repairing the damage
caused to roads by the many freeze-thaw cycles that take
place during the average winter. Considering the winter we had
last year and, the predicted return of the dreaded Polar Vortex
in many parts of the country, potholes are once again going to
be a top concern for most cities, towns and municipalities.
It is one of the first things the public complains about, so you
want to be out in front of it. However, a common reason for
not fixing potholes immediately, even those that pose a safety
risk, is that repair crews need to wait for the ground to dry.
With snow or melting snow, this often means long wait times
or increased work to dry the holes. Finding a solution to
patching under various weather conditions, as well as
keeping the patches on longer, are key to establishing a
sustainable program for managing potholes.
Previously tested by the Highway Innovative Technology
Evaluation Center (HITEC) and currently used by many
agencies around the country, Transpo’s Bondade® has been
found to be a highly-effective solution even in wet or damp
conditions. The tacking product promotes adhesion to the hole
like conventional bituminous products, but unlike these
products it has properties that can help with the cold weather
issues mentioned and also eliminate some of the more
frustrating properties of traditional tack coat.
It can be applied even if the surface of the hole is damp, since
some moisture improves the bonding action thus increasing
crew efficiency and allowing work to continue through
Another in an ongoing series of articles that focus on industry innovations.

Robert Maness, of Potholes USA, services large high traffic
parking lots. He had been using 55 gallon drums of one sup-
plier’s proprietary emulsion and was wasting a good part of his
day just getting it out of the drum. “Bondade® comes out clean.
One of my issues that have been solved by this product is that it
doesn’t stain concrete, and without the smell and the mess and
the damage to vehicles in the work area, it allows me to work
faster and cleaner in these high traffic areas,” said Maness.
—Robert Maness, Potholes USA
conditions where other tack products can’t. Also, unlike
bituminous products that can separate, Bondade® is stable with
a long shelf life. The manufacturer also has a special “cold-
formulation,” which can be applied in temperatures down to
15° F and keep crews working during the extremes of winter.
Several key items must be achieved to obtain a long lasting
pothole repair. First, the material surrounding the repair must
be sound and free of cracks and other forms of deterioration.
Second, the repair material must not settle or compact exces-
sively after the repair is made. And finally, the pothole repair
material must adhere to the sides and bottom of the pavement.
Using a traditional tack coat can be messy and smelly and
generally frustrating, especially when the asphalt separates
from the emulsifier. This is not only frustrating, but can also be
expensive. Emulsions can be unstable unless they are heated
and recirculated. Asphalt emulsions in five-gallon pails in
particular have a very short shelf life. In fact, this was the main
reason why the city of O’Fallon, Missouri, began buying the
cold weather formula earlier this year.
“If SS-1 (a slow setting anionic tack coat) is stored more than
a week or so, it starts to separate. SS-1 is a lot thicker,
causing clogs and difficulties with sprayers and spray systems,”
explained Rob Kraatz, street division foreman for the city.
“Bondade® is much more user friendly.”
Since Bondade® is environmentally green and very user
friendly, it also doesn’t irritate skin like some of the traditional
tack coats.
“Bondade®
comes out clean. One of my issues
that has been solved by this product is that it
doesn’t stain concrete, and without the smell and
the mess and the damage to vehicles in the work
area, it allows me to work faster and cleaner in
these high traffic areas.”
Tom Donnelly is Midwest regional sales manager, Transpo Industries, Inc.
Materials Division: tdonnelly@transpo.com.

November Election Results
Will Shape Highway Trust
Fund Debate by Dave Bauer
With less than a month before the 2014 elections, a
variety of competing narratives are being used to define
the choices voters will make November 4. As has been the case
since 2010, some claim 2014 will be a referendum on President
Obama. Others focus on the nip-and-tuck battle for control of
the Senate—where Republicans have a good chance to pick up
six currently held Democratic seats to earn a 51-49 majority.
Another popular debate is whether the 2014 elections will
reflect a national theme or be decided on the merits of
individual candidates and local issues.
Regardless of the lens used to view this fundamental
hallmark of democracy, members of the transportation
construction industry should not overlook how the outcome of
the 2014 elections will affect the future of the federal transpor-
tation programs and, in turn, their businesses and operations.
The Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which supports the vast
majority of federal highway and transit investment, has faced
five revenue shortfalls in the last seven years, with the next
crisis looming in May 2015. The federal motor fuels tax has
not been raised since 1993, and revenues flowing into the trust
fund can no longer maintain existing levels of highway and
public transportation investment. A new surface transportation
bill was scheduled for action in 2014, but any path forward for
a long-term authorization of the highway and transit programs
is directly linked to the decisions members of Congress must
make regarding the ongoing struggles of the HTF.
Elections Matter
The individuals elected to the House and Senate November 4
will have more on their transportation plate, however, than
just the HTF. The federal aviation programs are due for
reauthorization in 2016 and airport infrastructure investment
has played second fiddle to operational issues in recent years.
The 2012 aviation bill cut investment in the Airport

campaign organizations—at least good ones—will pass up an
opportunity to talk with a potential supporter.
Highway Trust Fund Talking Points
Start off by telling them your name, your company name,
where it is located, the number of people employed, and what
projects your company is working on in their area. Then tell
them:
Over the past 10 years, on average, the federal highway
program has provided 52 cents of every $1 dollar invested
by state DOTs in highway and bridge capital improvements.
The source of that money, the federal Highway Trust Fund,
is operating on a revenue stream that has not been
adjusted in more than two decades.
As a result, the trust fund has suffered five revenue
shortfalls in the last seven years.
Congress needs to enact a long-term, sustainable revenue
solution for the Highway Trust Fund before the next
solvency crisis in early 2015.
In sum, it’s time for Congress to enact a permanent fix for
the Highway Trust Fund!
The federal transportation programs face serious challenges.
The decisions that are made in the next two years about the
future of federal transportation investment will impact every
member of the transportation construction industry and all
American businesses that need to move people, products, and
supplies. The 2014 elections offer the chance to ensure the
individuals who will be making these choices recognize the
importance of a robust and reliable federal role in delivering
transportation improvements. Conversely, it is also an
opportunity to make sure your state or community does not
send opponents of federal transportation investment to
Washington, D.C.
Hockey great Wayne Gretzky once said, “You miss 100
percent of the shots you don’t take.” If you are willing to take
the shot, the 2014 elections are an important opportunity to
permanently stabilize the Highway Trust Fund and advance
other pro-transportation policies.
Improvement Program. Furthermore, Congress continues to
constrain the ability of airports to raise needed infrastructure
resources by failing to raise the limit for the passenger facility
charge.
The 470 members of the House and Senate elected in 2014
will play a major role in deciding how these challenges are
resolved. The best way to make sure members of Congress
make the right decision when it comes to federal
transportation policy and investment issues is to make sure
the right individuals are elected to Congress. The trick,
unfortunately, is finding out what candidates think about these
issues before the election.
As important as transportation is to every American’s daily
existence and the health of the U.S. economy, it is more of a
governing area than a political one. Campaigns—and
candidates—by their nature focus on hot-button issues or
topics, which help draw a distinction with their opponent. That
is one reason why transportation issues infrequently come up
during debates or in the campaign ads currently flooding the
airwaves.
That does not mean, however, the men and women who
are running for the House and Senate are blank slates when
it comes to transportation issues. Many candidate websites
include issue pages you can search for statements about
transportation or infrastructure. If a page does not specifically
list transportation, infrastructure references can often be found
in sections devoted to job creation or the economy. If a
candidate’s website is completely silent on transportation
issues, that omission at the very least raises a question about
where transportation falls on that individual’s priority list.
Transportation Record
The record of sitting members of Congress or state and local
officials running for Congress is also a great resource to
determine the type of positions candidates would take on
transportation issues if elected. The ARTBA staff can help
provide you with the details of how your congressional
delegation has voted on key issues in recent years. Similarly,
ARTBA-affiliated state contractor organizations are a good
place to get the transportation backgrounds of state legislators,
governors, and other local leaders.
However, the best way to find out how candidates will vote
on transportation issues if elected to Congress is to talk to
them. With just a few weeks left, the men and women seeking
House and Senate seats this year are on the campaign trail full
time. Invite candidates to visit your facilities, talk to your
employees, or meet with a group of you and other business
leaders. In addition to being able to ask about transportation
issues, these interactions provide you a one-of-a-kind
opportunity to educate and influence prospective members of
Congress. If you are unable to meet with a candidate, calling
their campaign office (or Washington, D.C., office for current
members of Congress) to speak with an aide about
transportation issues is also a good approach. Very few
“You miss 100 percent of
the shots you don’t take.”
—Wayne Gretzky
Dave Bauer is ARTBA senior vice president of government relations:
dbauer@artba.org.

Sept.-Oct. 201416 TransportationBuilder Sept.-Oct. 201
11
th 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 11th
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!
Through the Lens

ABOVE: ”Roadway
& Interchange
Project”—Jameson
Canyon Panorama in
Solano County, Calif.
Photographer:
Ben Elias
Submitted by:
Alta Vista Solutions
LEFT: Workers
suspended in a
basket make the
critical “first cut”to
separate the midpoint
of the original San
Francisco-Oakland
Bay Bridge at the
start of demolition
operations.
Photographer:
Sam Burbank
Submitted by:
California Engineering
Contractors, Inc.

OPPOSITE PAGE: The Vermont Agency of
Transportation’s largest bridge project to
date, the I-91 Bridge Replacement project
in Brattleboro, is a design-build concrete
segmental bridge. It will be 1,036 feet
long, made of segmental concrete arching
shapes reaching 100 feet above the river
valley. Its 515-foot main span forms a
gateway with curved multi-column piers
that pay tribute to the local stone. This
photo shows Pier One under construction.
The piers rise 75 feet over the West River.
The pier table will be 30 feet high and the
bridge’s deck will be 104’ 8” wide. In ad-
dition to the West River, the bridge spans
State Route 30 and the West River Trail.
Photographer: FIGG Bridge Engineers
Submitted by: FIGG Bridge Engineers
TOP: A view of the construction of the
northbound main span of the New Pearl
Harbor Memorial Bridge over the Quin-
nipiac River, locally referred to as the
“Q-Bridge”. This view is from the top of
the eastern tower, looking west towards
downtown New Haven, Conn. The existing
Q-Bridge is in the background. This bridge
is the first extradosed cable-stayed bridge
in the United States, and is the largest
construction contract ever undertaken by
the Connecticut Department of Transporta-
tion. The 515-foot concrete box girder main
span unit is being constructed in balanced-
cantilever with cast-in-place segments built
using self-launching form travelers.
Photographer: Cassie Hartman, senior
bridge inspector, FIGG Bridge Inspection,
Inc.
BOTTOM: This photo shows Span 56 of
the Honolulu Rail Transit Project under
construction in East Kapolei, Oahu. These
typical 125’ simple spans are being built
span-by-span with top down construction
methods. Mostly composed of a two-track
aerial structure, the rail system consists of
simple span precast concrete segmental
bridges. Kiewit began casting the project’s
5,238 segments in early 2014 at up to 13
per day. Because it is segmental, it can be
built quickly. The first 10 miles will be com-
pleted in 2017, and the entire 20-mile line is
anticipated to be ready for service in 2019.
Photographer: John Steele, assistant R.E.,
FIGG Bridge Inspection, Inc.

ABOVE: The Antler’s Bridge Project in Lakehead, Calif.
Photographer: Chris McDermott
Submitted by: Alta Vista Solutions

ABOVE: As the new Bay Bridge glows in
the San Francisco Bay mist, the partially
disassembled cantilever span of the
original bridge looms across a wide gap.
Photographer: Sam Burbank
Submitted by: California Engineering
Contractors, Inc.
LEFT: A worker on the demolition of the
original San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
is silhouetted against the Port of Oakland
as the bridge is being dismantled.
Photographer: Sam Burbank
Submitted by: California Engineering
Contractors, Inc.

Let’s Reform the Clean Air Act
by Nick Goldstein
Nick Goldstein is ARTBA vice president of
environmental & regulatory affairs:
ngoldstein@artba.org.
One of the many statutes impacting the
transportation construction
industry is the federal Clean Air Act
(CAA). Counties, which do not meet
CAA standards can have their federal
highway funds withheld. This is
somewhat ironic, considering that
transportation improvements are a key
method of reducing congestion, which in
turn, improves air quality.
Recently, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) signaled it was
considering tightening the federal
standard for ozone from .75 parts
per million (ppm) to .60 ppm. This is
especially significant as it would place
hundreds of counties across the country
out of attainment with federal standards,
potentially placing highway funds at risk
across the country.
EPA’s economic analysis of its proposed
ozone standards indicates nationwide
compliance costs would be $90 billion
annually. A recent study by the National
Association of Manufacturers places the
cost at a much higher annual level—$270
billion. While the sheer amount of
these economic consequences is serious
enough, they also underscore a more sig-
nificant issue: the need for CAA reform.
Under the current CAA structure,
EPA is required to review standards
for a series of different pollutants every
five years. While EPA officials have the
option under the CAA to retain current
standards, they usually decide to make
standards more stringent with each
review. Often times, EPA releases a new
set of more stringent standards before a
county has fully implemented the last set
of standards. This is akin to moving the
goalposts in the middle of the game.
EPA should honestly consider the
merits of keeping current standards as
opposed to reflexively tightening them.
One reason for this change is that
regulations do not operate in a vacuum.
Before deciding whether or not to
tighten existing standards, EPA should
take into account what has already been
achieved, as well as expected air quality
improvements from already approved
initiatives.
Specifically, EPA reports have
indicated a decline in annual levels of
all monitored pollutants pollution since
1980, even as Gross Domestic Product,
population levels and energy
consumption have risen. Further, EPA
should be required to consider
reductions in pollution levels that will
occur as a direct result of existing
regulations and those yet to take effect.
In fact, in 2006, regulations took effect
requiring refiners to meet a 30-parts per
million (ppm) average sulfur level for
gasoline with a cap of 80-ppm. This fuel
enables vehicles to use emissions controls
which are projected to reduce tailpipe
emissions of NOx by 77 percent from
passenger cars and as much as 95 percent
for pickup trucks, vans and sports utility
vehicles. When fully implemented by
2030, these regulations are expected to
have the effect of removing 164 million
cars from our nation’s roadways.
The EPA should also be required to
consider the consequences of proposed
standards on other federal activities that
promote public health and economic
stability. Tightening CAA standards
always runs the risk of withholding of
federal highway funds, which would have
negative effects on both employment and
development for impacted
counties where transportation
projects are delayed or cancelled. In
many instances, these federal-aid
projects are intended to improve
demonstrated public safety threats. Once
completed, transportation improvements
can reduce congestion and improve air
quality. Such improvements will not be
realized if projects cannot go forward.
Finally, the CAA is currently being
applied to “greenhouse gas” (GHG)
emissions. If the traditional CAA
conformity model were applied to
GHGs, the entire country would be
placed out of compliance. For the
transportation construction industry,
highway finding in every county could
be withheld.
It’s time to stop trying to fit a round
peg into a square hole. Proposed rules
should not cost upwards of $270 billion
annually. Hundreds of counties should
not have to worry about having their
highway funds withheld every time
standards are set. States and localities
must be given adequate time to meet one
set of rules before another is foisted upon
them. This much is clear: CAA reform
must be a priority of the next Congress.

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States Holding Fast on Planning & Design Work Amid
Uncertainty Over Highway Trust Fund by Darwyyn Deyo
About half of state Departments of Trans-
portation (DOTs) are planning to maintain
their current level of consultant contract awards
and expenditures for planning, design and
engineering work in the coming year, according
to reports made by state officials to the ARTBA
Planning and Design division.1
Sixteen states
are expecting to increase the level of consultant
work in 2015. The market is expected to decline
in five states, and the outlook for six states is
unknown. Some good news is that there will be
additional market opportunities for planning
and design firms for two key reasons—the
growing use of design-build and continued
outsourcing as some state DOTs manage
retirements and other staff changes.
State and local governments spent an
estimated $12.2 billion in 2014 for project
planning and design work and engineering
construction costs, according to ARTBA
analysis of data from the Federal Highway
Administration and the U.S. Census Bureau.
This included work from outside consultants
and in-house staff.
For many states, consultants are handling 50
percent or more of their planning and design
work. This can be much higher in some states—
private consultants complete over 70 percent of
the value of design work in Arizona, Kansas and
North Dakota, and 80 percent in Utah.
Highway Trust Fund Uncertainty
Impacting State Programs
Nearly every state DOT expressed concerns
about funding for the federal highway program,
which not only impacts construction work, but
the planning and design process. Many states
are worried about starting multi-year projects
when they do not know what kind of funding to
expect in six to eight months.
Federal funds, on average, provide 52 percent
of state DOT capital outlays for highway and
bridge projects, according to ARTBA analysis
of data from FHWA. Before Congress passed
legislation to provide additional funds for the
Highway Trust Fund through May 2015, 35
states had indicated they may have to pull back
on project lettings.
Design-Build Procurement Important in
Some Markets
Design-build has been playing a larger role in
some state markets, providing additional
opportunities for outside consultants. Accord-
ing to state officials, Oklahoma is “gratefully
reliant” on the private sector for design-build,
and they are spending about $80 million a year
on design and construction management.
New Hampshire has done two design-build
projects, both bridges. Arkansas is also
undertaking its first design-build project this
year, and they spend between $80 to $100 mil-
lion a year on new consultant projects. Virginia
is employing a range of procurement methods,
including public private partnerships, design-
build and design-bid-build. West Virginia is
using design-build to undertake larger projects.
Florida, on the other hand, is trying to down-
size its design-build program, which currently
accounts for about 46 percent of their budget.
Staffing and Employment Issues
A number of state DOTs are concerned about
losing expertise through retirements or
attrition. The economic recovery across the
country means that some high-quality workers
are moving to the private sector. North Carolina
reported increasing its level of outsourcing and
like other states is losing a tremendous amount
of experience when employees leave.
The drain on employment is hitting all sec-
tors. Oklahoma has a 60 percent turnover rate
for maintenance workers and is having trouble
competing with the private-sector for accoun-
tants and finance experts. In the westernmost
district of North Dakota, the department has
shifted entirely to consultant oversight.
Illinois has lost a third of its workforce from
eight years ago, dropping from 7,300 employ-
ees down to 5,300. Although some states, like
Michigan are still downsizing their staff for
many transportation departments the problem
is attrition.
Overall, the highway and bridge planning and
design market is expected to remain fairly flat as
the uncertainty of the federal program and the
Highway Trust Fund continues to impact the
overall construction market in 2015.
1
State DOT representatives provided an outlook
on their overall programs and consulting awards
as part of the ARTBA Planning and Design Divi-
sion breakfast meetings at the AASHTO regional
meetings. Six states did not provide updates.
Summaries of the meetings are available to
ARTBA Planning & Design Division members.
Darwyyn Deyo is ARTBA research manager:
ddeyo@artba.org.

ARTBA’s Planning & Design Division
A Gateway to Market Development & Knowledge Sharing
by Kenyon Gleason
One of the good things about belonging to an advocacy
group like the American Road and Transportation Builders
Association (ARTBA) is the benefit of like-minded
individuals with whom to share your vision, goals and
aspirations. In effect, you’ve got a built-in professional network
of people who care about the same issues as you. That’s exactly
what you get when you become active in ARTBA’s Planning &
Design (P&D) Division. You have the opportunity to connect
with some of the brightest industry minds and discuss how
the latest trends and policies could impact your firm’s business
operations.
P&D Division members who take part in ARTBA meetings
throughout the year also have the chance to speak face-to-face
with other transportation leaders, including public officials,
about contracting, safety, equipment, financial, research, legal,
environmental and other key issues.
There’s a very specific reason why nearly all of America’s top
engineers and consultants support the work of ARTBA. We
deliver results! I’m talking about the results the association gets
in growing and protecting their market. Over 700 individuals,
representing almost 150 design and consulting firms, are
enrolled in the P&D Division. See the complete list of
members, beginning on page 27. These companies know
firsthand that membership is crucial to their success.
Knowledge is Power
The P&D Division plays host each year to CEO Engineering
Issues Breakfasts and/or Luncheon events at all the regional
AASHTO meetings. These four sessions, where state DOT
leaders share intelligence on their current transportation
programs, are some of the most highly-rated and informative
sessions held. Participants walk away with knowledge they can
put to use in their program pursuits, almost immediately.
ARTBA provides timely updates to P&D members on
regulatory matters, market conditions and other federal
legislative news impacting transportation development. In
today’s ever-changing market, the P&D Division also offers a
forum for the development of meaningful relationships,
particularly with potential partners on joint venture projects.
P&D leaders are able to team with other industry voices to
formulate policy improvements in the design-build,
public-private partnerships, risk management arenas, and also
to advocate for increased federal investment in transportation.
Transportation’s Top Leaders
The P&D Division is stacked with strong
and experienced industry leaders. This
year’s division president is Tim Faerber, a
senior vice president at HNTB in
Chicago, Ill. Tim has championed the
firm’s alternative delivery practice and
currently focuses on key business
operations. The division vice president
is David Harwood, a senior vice president
at Terracon Consultants, Inc. in Olathe, Kan.
The P&D Division has a 21-member board serving three-
year terms. Seven board member slots are up for election each
year, allowing regular opportunities for member firms to hold
leadership positions. The president also serves a one-year term
on the ARTBA Executive Committee. In the past, many
division members have gone through the leadership chairs
and been elected to serve as ARTBA’s chairman. ARTBA’s
2014-2015 chairman, Nick Ivanoff of Ammann & Whitney, is a
former P&D Division leader and winner of its highest award.
Other division members contribute to the policymaking
process via their participation in committees, advisory and
multi-modal councils, and work groups.
The division hosts official meetings twice each year at the
annual ARTBA Federal Issues Program and National
Convention. Its members are also fully engaged in ARTBA’s
Public Private Partnerships Conference, which is held in the
Nation’s Capital and is now entering its 27th
year.
To learn more about the division, or to enroll your staff and
colleagues and encourage their participation, please contact me
at kgleason@artba.org or 202.289.4434.
Kenyon Gleason is ARTBA P&D Division managing director:
kgleason@artba.org.
HNTB’s Tim Faerber.

COMPANY COMPANYWEBSITE WEBSITE
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. www.cmtengr.com
CTLGroup www.ctlgroup.com
David Evans & Associates www.deainc.com
D.B. Sterlin Consultants www.dbsterlin.com
Delta Engineering Group, LLC www.deg-america.com
d’Escoto, Inc. www.descotoinc.com
The Dewberry Companies www.dewberry.com
DLZ Corporation www.dlz.com
Dynasty Group Inc. www.dynastygrp.com
ECS-Illinois, LLC www.ecslimited.com
EFK Moen, LLC www.efkmoen.com
EJM Engineering, Inc. www.ejmengineering.com
Engineered Rail Solutions, LLC www.ecslimited.com
Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. www.eraconsultants.com
Environmental Design International www.envdesigni.com
Epstein www.epsteinglobal.com
ESI Consultants, Ltd. www.esiconsultantsltd.com
Exp US Services Inc. www.exp.com
Fehr Graham www.fehr-graham.com
Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Inc. www.fstinc.com
FIGG www.figgbridge.com
Finley Engineering Group, Inc. www.finleyengineeringgroup.com
First Americans, LLC N/A
Fugro Consultants, Inc. www.fugroconsultants.com
Gannett Fleming, Inc. www.gannettfleming.com
Garver www.garverusa.com
Geo Services Inc. www.geoservicesinc.net
Gewalt Hamilton Associates, Inc. www.gha-engineers.com
Globetrotters Engineering Corporation www.gec-group.com
Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer &
Associates, Inc. www.graef-usa.com
GSG Material Testing, Inc. www.gsgtesting.com
H.W. Lochner, Inc. www.hwlochner.com
Haley & Aldrich, Inc. www.haleyaldrich.com
Hampton, Lenzini & Renwick, Inc. www.hlrengineering.com
Hanson Professional Services Inc. www.hanson-inc.com
Hardesty & Hanover, LLP www.hardesty-hanover.com
Harry O. Hefter Associates, Inc. www.hohgroup.com/associates
Hatch Mott MacDonald www.hatchmott.com
HBK Engineering www.hbkengineering.com
2IM Group, LLC www.2imgroup.com
ABNA of Illinois, Inc. www.abnaengineering.com
Accenture www.abnaengineering.com
AECOM www.aecom.com
AES Services, Inc. www.aesser.com
Alfred Benesch & Company www.benesch.com
AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc. www.amec.com
American Structurepoint, Inc. www.structurepoint.com
American Surveying & Engineering, P.C. www.americansurvey.com
Ammann & Whitney www.ammann-whitney.com
Apex Consulting Engineers, LLC www.apexconsults.com
ARCADIS U.S., Inc. www.arcadis-us.com
Ardmore Associates www.ardmoreassociates.com
Arup www.arup.com
Autumn Construction Services, Inc. www.autumnconstruction.com
Baxter & Woodman www.baxterwoodman.com
Bernardin, Lochmueller &
Associates, Inc. www.blainc.com
Bohannan-Huston, Inc. www.bhinc.com
Bollinger, Lach & Associates, Inc. www.bollingerlach.com
Borton-Lawson www.borton-lawson.com
Bowman, Barrett &
Associates, Inc. www.bbandainc.com
Bowman Consulting www.bowmanconsulting.com
Bryant Associates www.bryant-engrs.com
Burns & McDonnell www.burnsmcd.com
CDM Smith www.wilbursmith.com
CH2M HILL www.ch2m.com
Chastain & Associates, LLP www.hlcllp.com
Cheri K. Lewis Engineers, LLC www.ckleng.com
Chicago Testing Laboratory, Inc. www.chicagotestinglab.com
Christian-Roge & Associates www.christianroge.com
Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. www.cbbel.com
Ciorba Group, Inc. www.ciorba.com
Civcon Services, Inc. www.civconinc.com
Civiltech Engineering, Inc. www.civiltechinc.com
Clough, Harbour & Associates, LLP www.chacompanies.com
Collins Engineers, Inc. www.collinsengr.com
Construction Cost Systems, Inc. www.ccsos.com
Cotter Consulting, Inc. www.cotterconsulting.com
ARTBA Planning & Design Division Members

COMPANY COMPANYWEBSITE WEBSITE
HDR Engineering, Inc. www.hdrinc.com
Hey and Associates, Inc. www.heyassoc.com
Hill International, Inc. www.hillintl.com
HNTB Corporation www.hntb.com
Holmes Testing, Inc. www.hhholmestesting.com
HR Green, Inc. www.hrgreen.com
ICA Engineering, Inc. www.icaeng.com
Illinois Road & Transportation
Builders Association www.irtba.org
INTERRA, Inc. www.interraservices.com
J.A. Watts, Inc. www.jwincorporated.com
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) www.jmt.com
Kapur & Associates, Inc. www.kapurengineers.com
KCI Technologies, Inc. www.kci.com
Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. www.kimley-horn.com
Kleinfelder, Inc. www.kleinfelder.com
Larson Design Group www.larsondesigngroup.com
MacArthur Associated Consultants, LLC www.macokc.com
Mackin Engineering Co. www.mackinengineering.com
Material Service Testing, Inc. www.materialservicetesting.com
McClure Engineering Associates www.mcclureengineering.com
Michael Baker Jr., Inc. www.mbakercorp.com
Millennia Professional Services www.mps-il.com
MMM Design Group www.mmmdesigngroup.com
Modjeski & Masters, Inc. www.modjeski.com
Moffatt & Nichol www.moffattnichol.com
Morcom, N.V., Inc. www.morcomnv.com
Neel-Schaffer, Inc. www.neel-schaffer.com
Omega & Associates www.omegaassociates.com
Parsons www.parsons.com
Parsons Brinckerhoff www.pbworld.com
Pennoni Associates Inc. www.pennoni.com
Professional Service Industries, Inc. www.psiusa.com
Professional Testing Services LLC www.professionaltestingservices.com
Primera Engineers, Ltd. www.primeraeng.com
Psomas, Inc. www.psomas.com
Quandel Consultants, LLC www.quandel.com
Quigg Engineering Inc. www.quiggengineering.com
RS&H www.rsandh.com
R&G Engineering, LLC www.rgengineering.net
RK&K www.rkk.com
R.M. Chin & Associates, Inc. www.rmchin.com
Robinson Engineering Ltd. www.reltd.com
Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Inc. www.rme-i.com
Sabra Wang & Associates, Inc. www.sabra-wang.com
S.A.M. Consultants, Inc. www.samconsultants.us
Schnabel Engineering www.schnabel-eng.com
Singh & Associates, Inc. www.singhinc.com
Smith, Seckman, Reid, Inc. www.ssr-inc.com
SRF Consulting Group Inc. www.srfconsulting.com
Stanley Consultants www.stanleyconsultants.com
Stantec Consulting Services Inc. www.stantec.com
S.T.A.T.E. Testing, LLC www.statetestingllc.com
Strand Associates www.strand.com
STV Incorporated www.stvinc.com
T.Y. Lin International www.tylin.com
Tecma Associates www.tecmaengineering.com
Terracon www.terracon.com
The Northeast Maglev LLC www.northeastmaglev.com
Thomas Engineering Group, LLC www.thomas-engineering.com
TransCore www.transcore.com
TranSystems Corporation www.transystems.com
Urban Engineers, Inc. www.urbanengineers.com
URS Corporation www.urs.com
V3 Companies of Illinois Ltd. www.v3co.com
Volkert, Inc. www.volkert.com
Wade Trim www.wadetrim.com
WH Pacific, Inc. www.whpacific.com
Wight & Company www.wightco.com
Wilson & Associates, P.C. www.wilsonpc.com
Wilson & Company, Inc.
Engineers & Architects www.wilsonco.com
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. www.wje.com
ARTBA Planning & Design Division Members

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standard for conformity worldwide, the
AEM/AEMP Draft Telematics API
Standard will be submitted for
acceptance by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Expanded Equipment Data, One
Program to Manage Mixed Fleets
The AEM/AEMP Draft Telematics API
Standard expands the original AEMP
Telematics Standard to include 19 data
fields (with fault code capability).
The Draft API standard also changes
how the data is accessed: via an
Application Programming Interface
(API) with standardized server-to-server
communication protocols, so end users
with mixed equipment fleets can use
their own business systems and software
without the need to work across multiple
telematics provider applications.
The Draft API standard’s secure
internet protocol allows for
manufacturer protection of proprietary
information; disclosure to third-party
companies for the purpose of
aggregation is not permitted.
You Must Sign-Up Online to
Receive Draft API Standard
While access to the AEM/AEMP Draft
Telematics API Standard is free, industry
professionals must sign-up directly via
the AEM or AEMP websites to be sent
the draft standard and to receive any
future updates or additional
documentation. Anyone who has
previously signed-up should receive the
draft standard during the first week in
September.
AEMP and AEM also encourage
participation in the API developer group
to ask questions and receive any
clarification that is needed. Request for
access can be found at: https://groups.
google.com/d/forum/telematics-
standard.
The associations caution that while
they are making the draft standard
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 Washington,
D.C., Ottawa, and Beijing.
available now to help companies become
familiar with its contents for business
planning purposes, the document is still
a work in progress. Final language is
dependent upon completion of the ISO
acceptance process.
More information is available on the
AEM and AEMP websites—
http://www.aem.org/SRT/Technical/
Telematics/ or http://www.aemp.org/
aemaemp-telematics-standard/.
Up Next: Cranes, Mobile Elevating
Work Platforms and Air
Compressors
Currently telematics data related to crane
operations as well as other niche
products are excluded from the Draft
API standard. Next steps include
working on inclusion of crane data fields,
followed by mobile elevating work
platforms and air compressors.
For more information, contact
Al Cervero, AEM vice president,
construction, mining & utility:
acervero@aem.org, or 414-298-4125.

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