Virtual Peer Exchange
February 18 and March 2, 2021
No Boundaries held its first peer exchange of 2021 online. Practitioners from all member agencies were invited to attend, share ideas and learn from one another. Meeting materials follow.
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Session 1 – Thursday, February 18
9:00 a.m. | Introduction
Welcome and Agenda Review
Tyler Weldon, Colorado DOT, No Boundaries TAC Chair
Doug Gruver, Ohio DOT, No Boundaries TAC Vice Chair
Welcome No Boundaries National Partners
Antonio Nieves, FHWA
James Bryant, TRB
9:15 a.m. | Highway Maintenance Management Degree Program
Program Website | Video for prospective students:
Overview and Update
Susan Baillargeon, Highway Maintenance Management Program, Front Range Community College
Panel and Q-and-A
With Susan Baillargeon and graduates from Colorado DOT and Washington State DOT
10:00 a.m. | Maintenance innovations for COVID – No Boundaries Member Roundtable
What is a successful tool, practice or policy your agency is using to provide maintenance services during COVID? This might be related to:
- Workers configured in vehicles or in the field for distancing
- Assignments (split shifts; changes in rotations)
- Sanitization of facilities and equipment
- Testing policies (routine; after travel out of state or to a “hot” area)
- Keeping up employee motivation and morale
- Contact tracing of maintenance staff
- Vaccine requirements
- Other issues
10:50 a.m. | “Homework” for March 2 session
11:00 a.m. | Adjourn
Session 2 – Tuesday, March 2
12:00 p.m. | Introduction
Welcome and Agenda Review
Tyler Weldon, Colorado DOT, No Boundaries TAC Chair
Doug Gruver, Ohio DOT, No Boundaries TAC Vice Chair
12:10 p.m. | Roadside Mowing & Spraying
Survey update
Danielle Scarfe, SCARFE Consulting, for Clark Moe, Minnesota DOT
12:20 p.m. | Innovation Show-and-Tell
- Doug Gruver, Ohio DOT – “Research on Command”
- Chris Ohm, Wisconsin DOT – Survey 123 for Asset Management
- Steven Sibley, Louisiana DOTD – 2019 Innovations Challenge entries
· Contraflow Signs
· Mobile Emergency Traffic Signal (METS)
· Contraflow Access Ramp Gates
· TurboBlaster Skid Steer Attachment
· Magneto Truck Mounted Magnet - Tyler Weldon, Colorado DOT – Colorado innovations
· Innovation Videos
· T-Post Puller - James Roath and Todd Rowley, Michigan DOT – Drones for stockpile measurement
1:20 p.m. | Automated Mowing
Quick-fire discussion
Chris Ohm, Wisconsin DOT
1:35 p.m. | Depreciation on Damaged Impact Attenuators
Survey update
Ken Relation, New York State DOT
1:45 p.m. | Adjourn