AASHTO Innovation Initiative Dave Huft SDDOT AASHTO Research

AASHTO Innovation Initiative Dave Huft, SDDOT AASHTO Research Advisory Committee Wichita, KS, July 24, 2018

Origin of AII • Originally Technology Implementation Group • Post-SHRP 1 implementation effort • 1 st meeting December, 2000 • Reported to Standing Committee on Highways • Immediate ties to RAC • Joe Denault, WV Chair 2

TIG Vision & Mission …a culture where rapid advancement and implementation of high payoff, innovative technologies is the expectation of the transportation community …to identify and champion the deployment and implementation of a select few ready-to-use technologies, products, or processes that are likely to yield significant benefits to the transportation 3

TIG Role in Innovation 4

TIG Process • Identify & Solicit • Fund Outreach “Ready to Use” – Conferences Technologies – Showcases – Workshops • Select High-Payoff – Marketing Focus Technologies • Provide Leadership to – Brochures Promote & Support – Manuals – Multimedia Implementation – Webinars • Create Lead States Teams 5

Current Focus Technologies • Pedestrian Gateway Treatment • Wrong Way Driver (WWD) Detection Systems • Interactive Visualization • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strands • e-Construction • Project PS&E Collaborative Review • Watershed Resources Registry 6

AASHTO Innovation Initiative • Renamed May, 2014 • Not all innovation • SHRP 2 comes from Implementation implementation • EDC of formal • STIC research 7

AII in New Committee Structure 8

TIG Exec Committee Membership • Mark Van Port Fleet, MI • Dallas Hammit, AZ • Binh Bui, GA • Tommy Nantung, IN • Chris Herrick, KS • Valerie Edgar, MD • Brian Thompson, PA • Dave Huft, SD • Shane Marshall, UT • Garrett Moore, VA • Chad Clawson, AASHTO • Thomas Harman, FHWA • Brian Roberts, NACE • Len Sanderson, PB • Mike Stenko, TRANSPO • Waseem Dekelbab, TRB 9

TIG Funding • AASHTO Technical Services Program – $6, 000/state – 37 states FY 18 • FHWA – $200, 000 (as of May 2018) +Alaska

AII Roles EDC/STIC Support State Innovations • Suggest technologies • Evaluate STIC Award nominations • Apply lead state concept when appropriate • Solicit innovations from states (traditional role) 11

Technology Nomination Form 12

Proposed Role: Innovation Clearinghouse • Web-based, database driven tool • Active links to state and national websites of research & – Clearinghouse of innovative ideas business needs • DOTs • Community of • AASHTO Practice for • FHWA informal • TRB engagement ~40 innovation & 13 research staff so far

Proposed Role: Innovation Clearinghouse Unstructured List of Innovations from State DOT Users User Rating Structured List of Innovations from AASHTO/TRB/DOTs Innovations from Domestic & International Scans Expert Review Unstructured List of Innovations from State DOT Users Innovation Clearinghouse Links to Business & Research Needs from State DOTs, FHWA, National Organizations 14

Innovation Community of Practice http: //www. intrans. iastate. edu/events/innovations/ 15

vs. or & Research Stereotype Innovation Stereotype • • Slow Methodical Incremental Expensive ? Immediate Ingenious Revolutionary Cheap, cost-saving 16

Stereotypes Can Be Dangerous We Must Consider SD Pavement Examples • Value of Rigor & Documentation • Long-Term Effects • Range of Conditions • Level of Risk • Full-Depth Asphalt • Thin Concrete • Lime Treated Base Do you remember “Ready-Fire-Aim”? 17

Questions for You • Which of AII’s proposed roles will serve your DOT? • What changes would you suggest to AII’s role? • How could AII better inform you? • How can AII actively engage more states? • Should RAC have a stronger role in AII? • How can Research and Innovation thrive in our DOTs? 18

Summary • AASHTO TIG and AII have supported innovation and implementation for 18 years • Major changes in organization and role are in progress now • Now is a time of great – need – challenge – opportunity • RAC and your state can play in this game 19

Questions? • • • Dave Huft Research Program Manager South Dakota DOT 700 East Broadway Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 -2586 Phone: 605. 773. 3358 Fax: 605. 773. 4870 dave. huft@state. sd. us http: //aii. transportation. org 20