TEAM 2010Workshop and Tour Short Descriptions

All workshops and tours will take place on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
EXCEPT the Children Workshop 7 & 8, Tour N, which are on Thursday, March 18th.
at the Hilton Convention Center

Workshops

Workshop 1: Access Justification Reports / Workshop 4: Are you PROWactive? Understanding ADA Requirements for Pedestrian Facilities
Workshop 3: FHWA Transportation Regs., LPA/ARRA Issues, OJT - On the Job Training / Workshop 5: Communication Skills
Workshop 6: Driving Your Message to the Media

Tours

Technical Tour A: Ozark Underground Labs at Cedar Creek-*THIS TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELED / Technical Tour G: The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (morning)
Technical Tour B: Metro-Springfield Tour - Smarter, Safer and Sustainable Tranportation Investments / Technical Tour H: The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (afternoon)-TOUR FULL
Technical Tour C: Branson Airport-TOUR FULL
Technical Tour D: Bridge Inspection 101 - An introduction to bridge inspection-*THIS TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELED / Technical Tour J: Table Rock Dam and Spillway-TOUR FULL
Technical Tour E: Titanic Museum-TOUR FULL / Technical Tour K: Silver Dollar City – Behind the Scenes (morning)-TOUR FULL
Technical Tour F: The Technology of Branson Landing / Technical Tour M: Lake Taneycomo Dam-TOUR FULL
2nd Annual TEAM 5K/1M Fun Run/Walk- FREE!

Kiddies Events

Workshop 7: Mad Science-For Attendees’ Kids and Spouses! / Tour N: Ride the Ducks!-For Attendees’ Kids and Spouses!
Workshop 8: Kids Safety Zone-FREE For Attendees’ Kids and Spouses!

Workshop 1: Access Justification Reports

New and modified Interchanges to the Interstate System: FHWA has recently revised its policy statement regarding requests for new or modified access points to the Interstate System. This workshop provides insights into applying the FHWA policy statement and presents key information on geometric design, traffic analysis, and safety analysis needed for proposing and developing such requests. This workshop is targeted to engineers and planners involved with the planning, development, review and approval of Interstate interchange projects.
Time: 9:00 am - Noon
Workshop Limit: 40 participants

Workshop 3: FHWA Transportation Regs., LPA/ARRA Issues, OJT - On the Job Training

DBE: FHWA will discuss 49 CFR Part 26 and its mandates. In addition, information regarding the DBE Certification process to include the application process, eligibility requirements and determinations will be discussed; DBE goal setting - discuss Missouri's process for establishing project DBE goals, along with Good Faith Efforts. ADA: ADA topics related to Legal requirements, funding opportunities, design elements for accessibility in the pedestrian corridor, driveways and curb ramps, street crossings, signals, etc. OJT: Contract compliance will be discussed. ARRA: Project Administration workshop to provide project personnel with the tools needed to successfully complete projects while maintaining all the necessary records for outstanding reviews. All aspects of FHWA Contract Administration will be covered, including experts in DBE, Billing, QA/QC, etc. Also, meet the members of FHWA Review Team.

Time: 1:00 to 5:00 pm
Workshop Limits: 40 participants

Workshop 4: Are you PROWactive? Understanding ADA Requirements for Pedestrian Facilities

Local, State, and Federal pedestrian accessibility requirements are outlined in this session with St. Louis architect Gina Hilberry, AIA; MO DOT Bike/Ped Coordinator Melissa Anderson, and US Access Board PROW team member Lois Thibault. Bring your details and questions for the problem-solving segment that follows the panel’s overview of key agency and design professional obligations.

Time: 9:00 am - Noon
Workshop Limits: 40 participants

Workshop 5:Communication Skills

This course covers verbal and non-verbal communication. It is an interactive course where those attending will study the basic communication skills of speaking and listening, as well as conflict resolution. Those attending will be presented with the best methods of communicating with those around them, which include their superiors, fellow workers, the people they are supervising, and the general public. The course will also explore the three speech/presentation patterns, which includes the causation, categorical, and sequential patterns.

Time: 9:00 am - Noon
Workshop Limits: 40 participants

Workshop 6: Driving Your Message to the Media

Following some basic media information, attendees will break into groups to prepare for practice interviews. Several people will then have the opportunity to go through an interview, which is videotaped, and get a critique on what was done well and what can be improved. Not only is this a valuable session for media interviews, learning effective ways to answer questions will also help when making presentations and in one-on-one situations when effective communication is critical.

Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Workshop Limits: 40 participants

Workshop 7: Mad Science -For Attendees’ Kids and Spouses! ($5 per person for workshop-stage show is free)

Mad Science® is the world’s leading science enrichment provider. They deliver unique, hands-on science experiences for children that are as entertaining as they are educational. Mad Science is proud to introduce millions of children to a world of discovery while sparking their imagination. Mad Science encourages scientific literacy in children in an age when science is as vital as reading, writing and arithmetic.
9 to 10am - Stage show - Electricty
Excite some electrons as you construct some serious circuits during this program all about electricity. Test various materials for conductivity with space-age plasma balls. Finally create and play an electronic game. 9:00 to 10:00 am. No limit to number of participants, but please register so we can provide adequate space.
10:15 to 11:30 am - Workshop - Electricity
Continue to explore electricity with fun hands on activities! Age appropriate for children 5-12 years of age.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday Morning: 9:00-11:30am
Workshop Limit: 30 participants

Workshop 8: Kids Safety Zone-FREE For Attendees’ Kids and Spouses!

TEAM is partnering with Missouri Highway Patrol, FHWA and MoDOT to provide a fun and educational forum for children and spouses to learn more about transportation safety. Presentations will include:

Kids ID: Missouri Highway Patrol provides each child with an ID including photographs of the child, their height and weight, address, phone number, parents' names, birth date and a digitally scanned fingerprint. The information is strictly for the ID card and is not saved or shared.
Pedestrian Safety;
Using Car Seats and Booster Seats Properly;
And More!

Kids who participate will receive free t-shirts, coloring books and other items.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Thursday Afternoon: 1:30 – 2:30pm

Technical Tour A: Ozark Underground Labs at Cedar Creek-*THIS TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELED

This trip involves a visit to Tumbling Creek Cave. Tumbling Creek Cave is a magnificent cave with over two miles of passages, a flowing stream and beautiful cave formations. It also has the greatest diversity of cave fauna of any cave west of the Mississippi River, including three federally endangered species. The cave is also home to as many as five endemic species (species that are found no where else in the world).

The owner of the cave, Tom Aley, is an internationally known hydrogeologist. Mr. Aley will be your guide during this trip. The trip will start with a short hike on the surface above the cave where you will see and learn about some of the surface features found in karst landscapes including sinkholes, losing streams, ground water recharge, etc. Next, the group will go into the cave. In the cave you will learn how the features visited on the surface relate to and impact features in the cave. You will also get to view some of this beautiful cave.

This is not a commercial cave, however, Mr. Aley has constructed a trail to walk on and you will not go through any real tight spaces or do any crawling. Participants should plan to wear comfortable hiking boots or sturdy shoes and bring a flashlight.

Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 12 participants

Technical Tour B: Metro-Springfield Tour - Smarter, Safer and Sustainable Tranportation Investments

Springfield Missouri is the “Birthplace of Route 66” and the home to the first Diverging Diamond Interchange in the United States as well as a new National Airport Terminal Building. Experience the history of Route 66 as it crossed the State of Missouri and passed through the heart of Springfield as well as projects which illustrate how the U.S. DOT, City of Springfield, Greene County and MoDOT are partnering to work Smarter, Safer and Sustainable.

Your tour will includeflyovers at U.S. 60 – U.S. 65 Interchangeandsix laning of U.S. 65from U.S. 60 to I-44 (under construction);Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI)at U.S. 65 – Sunshine Street; a riding/walking tour alongHistoric Route 66includingPark Central Square, downtownStreetscape Projects, newCar Parksand examples ofComplete Streets;Historic Jefferson Avenue Footbridgeover the BNSF rail yard;first completed & operational Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI)in the United States at MO Rte 13 - I-44 interchange; tour of thenew Springfield-Branson National Airport Mid-Field Terminalincluding theRoute 266/Airport Blvd./MO Rte EE at Airport Blvd. Roundabout; newJoint City of Springfield/MoDOT Transportation Management Center(under construction); and a secondDiverging Diamond Interchange (DDI)at U.S. Route 60 – National Avenue Interchange (under construction).

Tour Information

The tour willleave Branson at 9:00 am and return at 4:30 pmand will include lunch and a brief stop atBass Pro Shops. Participants will receive 6 PDH credits for attending the tour. This tour is limited to the first 35 to reserve a seat on the bus. Thetour costsinclude bus transportation, box lunch, and a copy of the book “Birthplace of Route 66 – Springfield Missouri” by Springfieldian Skip Curtis. The 45-60 minute walking tour of a portion of Route 66, Park Central Square, streetscape projects and car parks would involve walking about ½ mile at a moderate pace. In case of rain, we will stay on the bus for this portion of the tour.

Time: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Tour Limit: 32 participants

Technical Tour C: Branson Airport

Branson Airport

Where in the country can you find two totally brand new and open to the public airports? Branson! This tour includes a visit to the new Branson Airport, the privately owned and funded new commercial service airport for the Branson area. The $160 million development, opened in May, 2009 will include a stop at the airport's new terminal building. Also, the City of Branson West boasts the opening of their new general aviation airport, located just northwest of Silver Dollar City. This tour is a must see for the aviation enthusiast.

Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 12 participants

Technical Tour D: Bridge Inspection 101 - An introduction to bridge inspection-*THIS TOUR HAS BEEN CANCELED

Experience an Ozark morning in the great outdoors learning about bridge inspection practices on Missouri state highways. Participants will have the opportunity to inspect a local bridge on foot and from an underbridge inspection unit.

Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Tour Limit: 30 participants

Technical Tour E: Titanic Museum-TOUR FULL

Today the great Titanic lives on. A towering symbol of hope and courage recreated in all its glorious splendor in Branson. TEAM has contracted with Titanic to bring you an exclusive tour of the museum with an engineering emphasis. You will be guided through the museum by crew members who are very knowledgeable about the construction and failure of Titanic. Mr. John Josyln, the owner of the museum, was co-leader of the $6 million expedition to the wreck site. You will have an opportunity to view an exhibit, which highlights that expedition.

Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 30 participants

Technical Tour F:The Technology of Branson Landing

When the City of Branson decided to demolish 73 percent of their downtown and replace it with a $420 million public/private partnership redevelopment named “Branson Landing,” they didn’t just build a typical development. Several key features of the project infrastructure had never been attempted before. Come hear and see how these one-of-a-kind systems were actually invented for and incorporated into the project that you see today, which is also the site of this year’s TEAM conference. This tour includes a presentation on the color-changing streetlights, the convention center ballroom “bird” lighting and the storm water filtration system. You will get to go behind the scenes to look at the $7.5 million fire and water fountain with the project engineers.
Attendees will be leaving the hotel and walking to The Landing. Come prepared to walk several blocks, rain or shine. Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes and dress appropriately for the weather.

Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Tour Limit: 15 participants

Tour G - The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (Morning Tour)

The Mountain Complex™ is located in the heart of our country, just outside of Branson. It is a world-class, highly secure, underground facility. Built inside an Ozark mountain, this facility is considered by many mining, warehousing and security experts to be one of the best if notthebest facility of its kind in the United States. Currently, 250,000 square feet of the mine has been sectioned off and converted to a secure facility that houses record and media storage as well as a world-class computer center. An additional 3,000,000 square feet (75 acres!) of 34-foot ceiling space is available for conversion.

The current data centers located withinThe Mountain Complex™ were built with state-of-the-art technology including redundant electrical power, redundant uninterruptible power supplies, redundant fiber connectivity, state-of-the-art fire suppression, redundant data center cooling and world-class security systems.

Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Tour Limit: 12 participants

Tour H - The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (Afternoon Tour)-TOUR FULL

Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 12 participants

Technical Tour J: Table Rock Dam and Spillway-TOUR FULL

Explore the secrets of Table Rock Powerhouse, traveling far below the level of Table Rock Lake on this highly informative, conducted tour. Table Rock is one of four multiple-purpose projects constructed in the upper White River Basin for the control of floods and the generation of hydroelectric power. At times the need for electricity exceeds the maximum output of coal, gas, oil and nuclear power plants. When this occurs, hydropower helps supply the additional electricity needs. Within five minutes, Table Rock's four 50,000-kilowatt generators can be "on line" delivering power, while other power plants take much longer to be brought to generating readiness.

Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Tour Limit: 12 participants

Technical Tour K: Silver Dollar City - Behind the Scenes (Morning Tour)-TOUR FULL

What propels that roller coaster, and how do engineers inspect the track? Learn the technical details and history as well as some of the plans of one of America's most popular theme parks. Your tour will include the engineering feats of a Swiss B & M inverted coaster (Wildfire) and S & S's accelerator coaster (Powderkeg – taking passengers from 0-53 mph in 2.8 seconds).

Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Tour Limit: 30 participants

Technical Tour M: Lake Taneycomo Dam-TOUR FULL

The history of the Empire District Electric Company in Taney County dates back to 1911 when construction of the Ozark Beach Dam was started. In early 1911, two businessmen from St. Louis obtained permission from Congress to erect a hydroelectric dam on the White River and began the preliminary preparations. The dam was finished in September 1913 and Lake Taneycomo filled in about 24 hours due to torrential rains that caused flooding in the area.

Today, Ozark Beach Dam stands as one of four dams on the White River. Ozark Beach is the oldest and the only privately-owned and operated dam on the River.

Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 12 participants

Tour N: Ride the Ducks!-For Attendees’ Kids and Spouses!