Eli Cuelho’s work in Geosynthetics in Subgrade Stabilization project, Geosythetica.net announces TenCate Mirafi® RS580i outperformed all geosynthetics tested by WTI. TenCate Geosynthetics develops and produces synthetic fabrics, non-wovens, wovens and geogrids, and creates design solutions and systems for infrastructure and civil technology. Their factories are located in Europe, North America and Asia. Recent conversations between WTI and TenCate Geosynthetics resulted in a verbal commitment of $85,000 to improve WTI’s laboratory testing facilities in Belgrade, Montana to create the ability to conduct full-scale testing of geosynthetics indoors using WTI’s automated trafficking device. TenCate is currently reviewing the contract language and work is anticipated to begin next month.
For the full article, please visit http://www.geosynthetica.net/tencate-excels-transportation-study/
Month: August 2015
Safety Center Makes NRITS Debut
This year’s National Rural ITS Conference, Elevate ITS, was held last week at the Snowbird Resort, just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. WTI attendees participated in sessions, networking opportunities, and recreation. WTI’s National Center for Rural Road Safety made its NRITS debut….the new booth was on display and Jaime Eidswick was on hand to answer questions.
Invited to Alaska for the International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation
WTI was well represented at the International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation last week, which was held at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The symposium showcased recent development, practices, and advances to maximize environmental sustainability, and also provided a forum for professionals to discuss environmental challenges associated with design, construction, and maintenance of multimodal transportation systems under extreme conditions or in rural environments. Laura Fay, Rebecca Gleason, Na Cui, Ning Xie, and Anbu Muthumani were all invited to lead technical workshops or present their research throughout the four-day program. Participants also had the opportunity to tour unique research and infrastructure facilities in the area, including the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
Clear Roads Pooled Fund publishes Best Practices Manual
The Clear Roads Pooled Fund has published a best practices manual for winter maintenance agencies to help them prevent corrosion in their vehicles and equipment. The manual is the final deliverable for the project “Best Practices for the Prevention of Corrosion to DOT Equipment: A User’s Manual,” which was led by WTI, with the guide authored by researchers including Xianming Shi, Mehdi Nazari, and Laura Fay. In the research brief on the Clear Roads website, project champion Justin Droste of the Michigan Department of Transportation states that “this manual provides easy-to-follow recommendations that will reduce or prevent corrosion on DOT equipment. This information will be helpful to operators, mechanics, supervisors and fleet managers.” For more information, visit the project page on the Clear Roads website at: http://clearroads.org/project/best-practices-for-the-prevention-of-corrosion-to-dot-equipment-a-users-manual/