department initiatives 25 april 2012 bob pieplow, p.e. acting chief engineer
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Caltrans Engineering Services
Department Initiatives
25 April 2012
Bob Pieplow, P.E.Acting Chief Engineer
Caltrans Engineering Services
Focus Areas
• Transportation budgeting• Department Initiatives• Department Org Chart• Pavement Program Steering Committee• Caltrans-Industry relations through RPC
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Transportation Budgeting
• Status for FY12-13• Areas of Emphasis• Overall Budget Trends
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BudgetingDiminishing Funding - Increased Construction Costs
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Funding Available for Rehabilitation of the System
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Department Initiatives
• Strategic Planning• Program Review• Enterprise Risk Management
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Department Organization Chart
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Pavement Program Steering Committee
• Leadership and commitment to assure quality Pavements
• Desired goals of the PPSC:• Assure Pavement Initiatives reflect Goals• Provide Clear Direction on Initiatives• Assure Implementation of Policies• Recognize employees
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Rock Products Committee Mission and Goals
• Forum for Caltrans and Industry• Develop Mutual Understanding of Viewpoints• Helps Prioritize Work
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Rock Products Committee Initiatives
25 April 2012
Dan Speer, P.E., G.E.Office of Structural MaterialsMaterials Engineering Testing ServicesDivision of Engineering Services
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• The new charter was established on December 2010
• Three STGs – Deal with various concrete issues
RPC
Pavement Preservation
ConcreteAsphalt Pavement Foundations
Materials & QA
CIP Pavement
Precast
Rock Products Committee (RPC) and Concrete Products Task Group
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Working with Industry at Various Levels
• STGs Co-chaired by Senior Bridge Engineers• Involvement from all relevant functional
groups• Some Key RPC Participation:
• Charley Rea• Ron Stickel• Mark Hill• Cliff Ohlwiler• Craig Hennings
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Vision for the RPC Concrete Task Group
• Develop Strong Relationships• Greater Contractor Responsibilities
• QC Requirements for Concrete• Long Term - End Product Specifications
• Movement to National Standards• New and Innovative Processes
• Smog-Eating Concrete• Precast Pavement
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Items Completed Over the Last Year
• Clarification of “Equation 2” issues through the “MC for Pavement” Activity
• Clarification of Adding Water at the Jobsite• 2010 “Plain Language” Review• Evaluating CTM 515 • Clarification of Self-Consolidating Concrete Mock-Up
requirements for Precast Concrete
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Key Initiatives Underway
• QC Requirements for Structural Concrete Specs• Statewide Aggregate Database• Recycled Concrete specifications• Precast Pavement Standards
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Process Control (QC)Independent Assurance
Acceptance
Quality Control – Quality Assurance
QA
Caltrans goal – shift quality/process control responsibilities to Contractor
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QA Specification – Federal Requirements
• Title 23, CFR637• Contractor QC test results
can be used for acceptance• Department’s QA test in addition
to the contractor’s QC test• Discrepancies follow resolution
process.• Independent Assurance
Program (IA) is required
Statistics
Testing Procedures
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QA Specification Task Progress
• Review of State Highway Agency Quality Assurance Programs- June 2011
• Draft specifications: Tentatively ready by May 2012
• Pilot Projects: FY 12/13
Reviewed & approved by FHWA & other stakeholders
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Online Submission of QC Test Data
Timely data collectionfrom 10 Pilot Projects
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Data Interchange for Materials Engineering (DIME)
• Standard IT protocol for data transfer• QC Lab manages their test data and access rights
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Statewide Database of Aggregate Testing
• DIME expanded• To share the data among Districts• Statewide, Automated and Paperless system• User friendly tool • Flexible and expandable
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Phases of Aggregate Database Development
2011
Database Platform Development
Test Input Schema
Understand Practices
of District Labs
Developing the System
Beta Testing
Procurement of Necessary
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Overview of Recycled Concrete Initiatives
• Explore potential re-use of green or fresh concrete
• Development of new and revised standards• Use of available materials
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Recycled Concrete Initiatives – Ongoing Work
• Pavement TAP Research• Materials/QA STG• Working in conjunction with:
• Charley Rea• Don Vivant• Mike Donovan
• Identification of Testing Requirements and QA Mechanisms
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Overview of Precast Pavement Initiatives
• Full-Lane replacement and Individual Slab Replacement
• Allows for Prestressing of Pavement (both before and after placement at project site)
• In conjunction with METS and Pavement Program
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New Technologies Through RPC
• Roller Compacted Concrete• Precast Pavement• Development of Materials Engineering
Database• Smog-Eating Concrete (Titanium Dioxide)
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