TEAM 2012
Workshop and Tour Short Descriptions
All workshops and tours will take place on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
at the Hilton Convention Center
* Tours are subject to change without notice.
WorkshopsWorkshop 1: Roadside Design Guide / Workshop 5:LRFD Design of Drilled Shafts and Spread Footings
Workshop 2: FHWA Certificiation for Local Agencies / Workshop 6:Prefabricated Bridge Elements
Workshop 3: ADA Workshop - practical design / Workshop 7:Roadway Departure
Workshop 4:Partnering Projects
Tours
Technical Tour A: Branson Transportation Tour- TOUR FULL / Technical Tour D: Lake Taneycomo Dam- TOUR FULL
Technical Tour B:Architectural Tour - College of the Ozarks- TOUR FULL / Technical Tour E: The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (morning)- CANCELLED
Technical Tour C: Table Rock Dam and Spillway / Technical Tour F: The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (afternoon)- TOUR FULL
Workshop 1:Roadside Design Guide
The revised AASHTO Roadside Design Guide was published in August 2011. This workshop will discuss some of the major changes that are included in the new guide. These changes include
- the definition of clear zone
- incorporation of the AASHTO Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH)
- advancements in w-beam guardrail design
- changes in determining the length of barrier recommended
- roadside safety in urban environments
- a new chapter on low volume roads.
Time:1:00 - 4:00 pm
Workshop Limit: 50 participants
Workshop 2:FHWA Certification for Local Agencies
The LPA Certification Workshop is intended to provide fast, easy access to Federal-aid program regulations, policy, guidance, and training. All project management related information is consolidated under key subject areas, with references to related information. The training will provide a single low cost source for Local Public Agency Personnel, Engineering Consultants and MoDOT LPA Program Teams to learn the most up-to-date information available to develop and construct their Federal-aid Projects within the regulations. At the same time the Workshop will provide required training for Local Agency Responsible Persons In Charge to be certified. The end result will be the ability to reduce your funds risk while increasing your efficiency working with the FHWA Program Funds.
Time:9:00 - 4:00 pm
Workshop Limit: 50 participants
Workshop 3: ADA Workshop - practical design
This workshop will present participants the ADA specifics needed to be able to design and construct sidewalks and curb ramps on public rights-of-way. Workshop discussion topics will include ADA laws, published standards, guidance, accessible route components including: sidewalks, curb ramps, detectable warnings, and pedestrian controls at signalized intersections as well as a presentation on construction techniques "best practices" for compliance in a 3D world. During the workshop we will view pictures of ADA features to see real life examples of the good, the bad and the ugly ADA installations. After presentations, the class will be broken up into small groups where each will be presented with multiple pictures and details of a non-compliant intersection and be tasked with utilizing their new knowledge to create a compliant plan. Team members will get 30 minutes to analyze the data, formulate their plan and prepare to present to the group their approach to achieving compliance. As weather permits, we will take a walking field trip with wheel chairs to examine ADA features in the nearby downtown area. Participants will determine the level of compliance that exists and discuss how to improve the design and construction of ADA features to achieve full ADA compliance.
Time:9:00 - 4:00 pm
Workshop Limit: 50 participants
Workshop 4: Partnering Projects
As challenges to project delivery arise, sometimes creative approaches are necessary. Partnerships are a valuable tool for leveraging a mutual desire and mutual resources for completing projects. This workshop will discuss partnerships utilized on three Missouri routes, with a range in size. First, a small project on MO 5 in Sunrise Beach will be discussed in which MoDOT partnered with the local municipality to add a third lane through town. Next comes a moderately sized project on MO 740 in Columbia that included a partnership between MoDOT, the City of Columbia, and multiple Transportation Development Districts. In this project lanes will be added and a diverging diamond interchange constructed. Last, a large project, relocating the MO 141 corridor in St. Louis County will be discussed. In this project MoDOT and St. Louis County are coordinating two adjoining projects.
Come learn about some of the benefits experienced through these three projects as well as some of the important lessons learned.
Time: 9:00 am - Noon
Workshop Limit: 50 participants
Workshop 5:LRFD Design of Drilled Shafts and Spread Footings
The MoDOT guidelines pertaining to the geotechnical design of drilled shafts and spread footings for bridge piers, bridge abutments, retaining structures and other miscellaneous structures have recently been revised. These guidelines incorporate revised Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) methods that differ significantly from current AASHTO LRFD methods. These revised LRFD methods seek to achieve consistent target reliabilities by incorporating variable resistance factors that take into account both the variability in geotechnical design methodologies and the variability in the geotechnical design input parameters.
This workshop is intended to offer Geotechnical Engineers and Bridge Engineers involved with design of drilled shaft and spread footing foundations for MoDOT structures insight into the implementation of these new guidelines. Additionally, it will discuss information to be provided in geotechnical reports and shown on design plans for structures utilizing these foundation types. The workshop will present several geotechnical design examples including determination of appropriate geotechnical design parameter values for drilled shafts and spread footing foundations.
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Workshop Limit: 50 participants
Workshop 6:Prefabricated Bridge Elements
In today's environment, the public expects transportation projects to be built with limited traffic disruptions. This means the road and bridge building industry needs to be open to ways to speed up construction. Traditionally, this involves speeding up construction through the use of incentive/disincentive clauses, A+B bidding, and more on-site resources. More recently, however, industry has start looking to Prefabricated Bridge Element Systems (PBES) as another tool to achieve Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) and some additional benefits. In this workshop, attendees will learn how PBES can reduce on-site construction time, traffic impacts, and environmental impacts and improve work zone safety, site constructability, and quality,
Time: 9:00 - Noon
Workshop Limit: 50 participants
Workshop 7:Roadway Departure
Nationally, roadway departure crashes are responsible for over half of the highway fatalities that occur. Many more people are seriously injured as a result of roadway departures. The Missouri Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) identifies several roadway departure focus areas. This workshop will discuss the countermeasures that have proven to be effective in reducing roadway departure crashes, including signing and delineation, rumbles, friction treatments, and clear zone improvements.
Time: 9:00 - Noon
Workshop Limit: 50 participants
Technical Tour A - Branson Transportation Tour- TOUR FULL
Partnerships in Transportation is the theme of this year’s meeting. Several major transportation improvements in the Branson area have been delivered through jointly funded projects by local, county, state and federal agencies. Projects’ objectives were to reduce traffic congestion and improve roadway safety. A bus tour that includes lunch will be conducted to visit several of these projects. Projects include the new DDI at Route 65 and Route 248, the new Taneycomo Bridge, the interchange at Route 65 and Route 165, and others as time permits. Discussion will focus on the partnership approach used to deliver needed transportation improvements earlier, benefits to both the local and state economy, improve traffic flow and roadway safety. Come see and hear about the successful projects delivered through good partnerships.
Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Tour Limit: 12 participants
Technical Tour B - Architectural Tour - College of the Ozarks- TOUR FULL
A Unique Four-Year College NicknamedHard Work U
Tour the college that The Wall Street Journal described as “Hard Work U…one of the most unusual liberal arts schools in the country.” At College of the Ozarks all students work campus jobs rather than pay for tuition. There are 80 campus jobs to which students are assigned, including herdsman at the college dairy, server at the College’s four-star restaurant, and carpenter at the construction department.
As impressive as the student labor are some of the unique buildings on the picturesque campus. During the tour, you will visit a 99,000 square foot log cabin that was architecturally inspired by the Dobyns Hall, the first building on the Point Lookout campus which burned in 1930. The Keeter Center, as the log building is called, features a restaurant, lodge, gift shop bakery and conference center and serves as a working classroom for 275 students interested in hotel and restaurant management.
In the Gittinger Music Center, new and old are melded to create a state-of-the-art academic music facility. Renovated in 2003, the outer façade of the historic Jamison Music Building was salvaged, encapsulated and combined with new construction to make approximately 24,000 square feet of class room, office, and practice space. The Gittinger Music Center is an academic building worth studying.
The McKibben Center serves as the newest architectural gem on campus. Literally built on the edge of an overlook called “Point Lookout,” this 18,000 square foot facility provides the best view on campus. Completed in 2007, the building is home to the nursing and education departments.
Your tour would not be complete without a visit to the Ralph Foster Museum. While the building’s architecture is typical, its contents are not. This three-story museum holds impressive collections of antique guns, cars, and historic artifacts. It also features the original Beverly Hillbillies truck.
(Note: Your tour guide will be College of the Ozarks Director of Construction Jody Braswell, who has overseen the construction, renovation and maintenance of the College’s physical plant since 1995. The architectural tour with Mr. Braswell should take approximately and hour and a half. Your tour of the museum will be self-guided.)
Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 12 participants
Technical Tour C - Table Rock Dam and Spillway
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.
* Dam Tours are subject to change or be cancelled without notice.
Time: 9:00 am to Noon
Tour Limit: 12 participants
Technical Tour D - 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.
* Dam Tours are subject to change or be cancelled without notice.
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 12 participants
Tour E - The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (Morning Tour)- CANCELLED
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 F - The Mountain Complex™ Data Center (Afternoon Tour)- TOUR FULL
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: 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Tour Limit: 12 participants