Report

Report

Region 2

Michelle Owens, Alabama

Elisha Wright-Kehner, Arkansas

Mark Greeley, Florida

Vicki Morrison, Florida

Michael Brown, Virginia

Jose Gomez, Virginia

Catherine McGhee, Virginia

NewNew MembersMembers

New regional leaders appointed◦ David Jared, GDOT, Chair◦ Elisha Wright-Kehner, AHTD, Vice-Chair◦ Cindy Smith, MSDOT, Secretary (pending RAC

appt.)

Region 2 By-laws revised◦ Ensured consistency with RAC By-laws◦ Final editing pending within two months

Southeast Transportation Consortium◦ Four synthesis studies underway or pending

Best Practices for Determining Value of Research Results (Ga. Tech)

Asphalt Surface Treatments for Pavement Preservation (Fla. Internat’l Univ.)

Water Quality Management at Construction Sites (Thompson Engineering)

Regional Implementation of Warm Mix Asphalt (Univ. of Kentucky, pending)

Implementation Rating Criteria (NCDOT)◦ Scale of 1 (didn’t work) to 10 (hits the ground)

Planning for 2012 RAC Summer Meeting◦ Program Committee formed

David Jared, Chair; Darryll Dockstader, Co-Chair Committee: Michelle Owens, Elisha Wright-Kehner,

Joe Crabtree, Mark Morvant, James Watkins◦ Monthly conference calls planned◦ Program to be finalized by week of March 4, 2013

(next STC meeting)

General TPF study seeking commitments ◦ Field Analysis Procedures for Asphalt Mixtures

Containing High-RAP Contents and/or RAS

Survey task force participation and document benefits◦ Goal is three Region 2 members on each task

force to ensure coverage

Region 2 conference call presentations◦ Rotation of brief updates to add to value of

conference calls

Regional UTC at University of Florida◦ Seeking input from SE states at-large on interests