No Boundaries members convened in Fargo, North Dakota last week from September 10-12 for the group’s fall peer exchange hosted by the North Dakota DOT. Members shared their latest innovations and best practices and participated in demonstrations of tools and equipment designed to get maintenance work done faster, better and cheaper.
The peer exchange also featured roundtable discussions on hot-button transportation maintenance topics such as using outside vendors for maintenance training, and strategies for complying with the new federal requirements for roadway retroreflectivity markings.
Featured presentations included an overview of North Dakota DOT’s innovation program, a summary of No Boundaries’ newly published synthesis report on using virtual reality for maintenance training, and a synopsis of Front Range Community College’s Highway Maintenance Management degree program.
Finally, No Boundaries’ always-popular Innovation Show-and-Tell provided a forum for members to share the new tools and practices their agencies have found for making maintenance work easier and safer in the field.
Additional information, photos and the full agenda are available on the meeting page. Details about No Boundaries’ next peer exchange, which will take place in the spring of 2025, will be coming soon!
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