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Brazil Road Expo
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Attendees will learn how to design a safe work zone and they will learn about the newest technologies for work zone safety. How to use positive protection, truck mounted attenuators, dynamic and variable message signs will be among the topics discussed.

Upon completion of the Work Zone Safety training, attendees will be aware of MUTCD recommended procedures to design safe work zones. They will be exposed to different technologies and methodologies which can be used to make work zones safer.

 

AGENDA

9:30 – 10:00      Registration & Coffee

10:00 – 10:15     Welcome Remarks & Workshop Overview

10:15 – 12:30     Work Zone Safety in Brazil

Fundamentals of Work Zone Safety

Work Zone Design

12:30 – 1:45        Lunch

1:45 – 3:30          Work Zone Operation

Signage & Delineation

3:30 – 3:50          Coffee Break

3:50 – 5:30          Variable Message Signs (VMS)

Truck Mounted Attenuators (TMA)

Work Zone Innovation

5:30 – 5:50          Q&A

5:50 – 6:00          Closing Remarks & Certificates of Attendance

 

FEATURED SPEAKER

Mark Bloschock

WALTER P MOORE Infrastructure Group

Mr. Bloschock is a recognized expert in highway safety devices with over 30 years of experience with state and federal government, a toll authority, in engineering consulting, and industry.

He serves as a member of the AASHTO-ARTBA-AGC Task Force 13 on the Standardization of Highway Safety Hardware, several Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) panels, as a committee member of the American Transportation Safety Services Association (ATSSA), and as a committee member of the International Road Federation (IRF).

He is also an expert in motorcycle safety as related to highway infrastructure.

 

For more information contact: Esteban Salinas Email: esalinas@IRF.global Phone: +1 703 535 1001[/vc_column_text][/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Pavement Rehabilitation” tab_id=”1368550471-1-33″][vc_column_text]Pavement Rehabilitation

Brazil Road Expo
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

DESCRIPTION

The workshop will provide the necessary information for pavement engineers to evaluate, identify and select reliable and cost effective rehabilitation alternatives for existing Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) and Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) pavements.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

• Understand typical behavior and performance of HMA and PCC pavements.
• Describe key components of a thorough project-level evaluation.
• Analyze the variety of rehabilitation techniques available.
• Identify feasible rehabilitation techniques and select the preferred rehabilitation alternative.

AGENDA

9:30 – 10:00      Registration & Coffee

10:00 – 10:15     Welcome Remarks & Workshop Overview

10:15 – 12:30     Pavement Evaluation Process and Survey Types

• Transportation Agency Perspective
• Distress / Surveys
• Non Destructive Testing, Roughness, Friction, Noise
• Field Sampling and Material Testing

12:30 – 1:45       Lunch

1:45 – 3:30         Treatments

• Hot Mix Asphalt Rehab Treatments
• Portland Cement Concrete Rehab Treatments

3:30 – 3:50         Coffee Break

3:50 – 5:30         Candidates and Selection of Alternatives

• Identification of Candidate Treatments
• Selection of Rehab Alternatives

5:30 – 5:50         Q&A

5:50 – 6:00         Closing Remarks & Certificates of Attendance

 

FEATURED SPEAKER

Kamil E. Kaloush, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor | Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Director – National Center of Excellence for SMART Innovations, http://ncesmart.asu.edu

Associate Director, National Transportation Center – http://www.ntc.umd.edu/

Arizona State University

 

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