Workshop Description
This seminar focuses on the materials, construction details, and maintenance practices that help extend the service of life of asphalt pavements. Slides will be shown that demonstrate proper and improper maintenance techniques. Ample time will be allowed to address questions on specific maintenance issues. The seminar will include discussions on:

• Pavement evaluation to determine the types and causes of pavement distress.
• Techniques, equipment, and materials for effective crack sealing.
• Procedures, equipment, and materials for effective asphalt patching and utility repair.
• Design, specification, and construction quality control of asphalt overlays.

Who Should Attend
The seminar will be a value to street maintenance supervisors, construction inspectors, engineering technicians, maintenance crew leaders, and street maintenance workers.

Instructor
Mr. Roger Smith is a CE specializing in pavement structures and asphalt materials.

Gravel Road Maintenance

Workshop Description
This workshop is designed to help road and highway supervisors and crews become familiar with the materials, techniques, and equipment required to maintain gravel roads. Among the topics discussed is geotextile fabric, including the difference between woven and non-woven fabric.

Who Should Attend
Local road and highway supervisors and field crews responsible for gravel road construction and maintenance.

Instructor
Mr. John Hopkins, is currently working as a field representative for the T2 center in Pennsylvania.

Hot-Mix Asphalt Construction

Workshop Description
This course is designed to help participants understand the effect of construction actions on the final product. This program reviews the entire HMA Construction process begining with the delivery of the HMA to the job site, through lay down and compaction, and concluding with quality assurance of the completed pavement. It combines lectures and problem solving workshop sessions to provide participants with a working knowledge of the HMA constrcution process and equipment. 

Who Should Attend
This course is designed for an audience that contains contractor supervisory personnel, and Federal, State, and Local Highway agency construction engineers and field inspectors involved in the planning, construction, and review of HMA placement projects.

• Participants are required to bring a hand-held calculator.

Instructors
The instructors for this course are Mr. Pete Pradere and Mr. Steve Seeds.

Mr. Pete Pradere, Retired Assistant Director of Operations for the Nevada Department of Transportation.

Mr. Steve Seeds, Program Director in Applied Pavement Technology's, Reno office.

Roadway Drainage

Workshop Description
This workshop reviews the importance of good drainage and includes discussions of water and its effect on roads, problems caused by improper drainage and some of the ways to solve these problems. Also, the workshop presents types of drainage structures and their uses, materials, installation, maintenance considerations, and pipe sizing.

Who Should Attend
City and county roadway engineers and maintenance personnel, and anyone else responsible for roadway design, contruction, or maintenance.

Instructor
Mike Blankenship is the Program Manager of the West Virginia T2 Center.

Construction Inspection for Local Agency Employees

Workshop Description
This one day session will cover some of major duties and responsibilities of an individual responsible for the quality of a project. It will address the importance of understanding the plans, the contract, the order of operations, the materials to be used and the various quality control tests used in project inspection. This course is presented in a straight forward manner and deals with the reality of everyday factors involving contractors and agencies.

Who Should Attend
All local agency employees that will be involved in any inspection or oversight of agency projects.

Instructor
Mr. John Hopkins, is currently working as a field representative for the T2 center in Pennsylvania.

Highway Maintenance Welding Techniques & Applications

Workshop Description
Topics:

• Welding Safety
• Oxyacetylene Gas Welding & Cutting
• Torch Uses
• Metal Identification
• Heat Treatment
• Arc Welding
• Out-of-Position Welding
• Hard Surfacing
• Welding Defects
• Cast Iron Repair
• Soldering
• Specialty Metals
• TIG, MIG, Flux-core, Plasma Arc
• Fuel Tank Repair
• Maintenance of Welding Equipment

What to Bring:

• Arc & Oxy Welding Shields
• Pair of Gloves
• A particular CHALLENGING PROJECT or one that has given you difficulty (this could be a task, an equipment set-up or any welding related problem)

Who Should Attend
This workshop is intended for employees who do the welding in their municipalities or highway garages. It is also designed to update supervisors and superintendents. This is a "hands on" program and will cover basic practical welding techniques that will improve job safety, efficiency and productivity. Any skill level weldor will find something of interest and improve their profeciency. The basic program will familiarize any attendee with the safe and correct methods of both oxy and arc welding.

Instructor
Mr. Tom Cook, welding instructor for Cornell University and owner of a welding repair and fabrication shop in the Finger Lakes farm area of New York State.

Snow and Ice Control

Workshop Description
This workshop examines snow and ice control procedures on roads and highways. You learn about the properties of snow and ice and appropriate treatments such as common deicing chemicals as well as alternative materials. There is discussion of winter storm preparation and snow removal equipment and operations.

Who Should Attend
Road and Highway maintenance supervisors, foremen and others with direct responsibility for winter road maintenance. The presentation also is useful for elected officials and law enforcement personnel

Instructor
Mr.Don Walker, Director of the Wisconsin Transportation Center at the University of Wisconsin.