Department Initiatives 25 April 2012 Bob Pieplow, P.E. Acting Chief Engineer.

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Department Initiatives

25 April 2012

Bob Pieplow, P.E.Acting Chief Engineer


Focus Areas

• Transportation budgeting• Department Initiatives• Department Org Chart• Pavement Program Steering Committee• Caltrans-Industry relations through RPC


Transportation Budgeting

• Status for FY12-13• Areas of Emphasis• Overall Budget Trends


BudgetingDiminishing Funding - Increased Construction Costs

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Funding Available for Rehabilitation of the System

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Department Initiatives

• Strategic Planning• Program Review• Enterprise Risk Management


Department Organization Chart


Pavement Program Steering Committee

• Leadership and commitment to assure quality Pavements

• Desired goals of the PPSC:• Assure Pavement Initiatives reflect Goals• Provide Clear Direction on Initiatives• Assure Implementation of Policies• Recognize employees


Rock Products Committee Mission and Goals

• Forum for Caltrans and Industry• Develop Mutual Understanding of Viewpoints• Helps Prioritize Work


Rock Products Committee Initiatives

25 April 2012

Dan Speer, P.E., G.E.Office of Structural MaterialsMaterials Engineering Testing ServicesDivision of Engineering Services


• The new charter was established on December 2010

• Three STGs – Deal with various concrete issues

RPC

Pavement Preservation

ConcreteAsphalt Pavement Foundations

Materials & QA

CIP Pavement

Precast

Rock Products Committee (RPC) and Concrete Products Task Group


Working with Industry at Various Levels

• STGs Co-chaired by Senior Bridge Engineers• Involvement from all relevant functional

groups• Some Key RPC Participation:

• Charley Rea• Ron Stickel• Mark Hill• Cliff Ohlwiler• Craig Hennings


Vision for the RPC Concrete Task Group

• Develop Strong Relationships• Greater Contractor Responsibilities

• QC Requirements for Concrete• Long Term - End Product Specifications

• Movement to National Standards• New and Innovative Processes

• Smog-Eating Concrete• Precast Pavement


Items Completed Over the Last Year

• Clarification of “Equation 2” issues through the “MC for Pavement” Activity

• Clarification of Adding Water at the Jobsite• 2010 “Plain Language” Review• Evaluating CTM 515 • Clarification of Self-Consolidating Concrete Mock-Up

requirements for Precast Concrete


Key Initiatives Underway

• QC Requirements for Structural Concrete Specs• Statewide Aggregate Database• Recycled Concrete specifications• Precast Pavement Standards


Process Control (QC)Independent Assurance

Acceptance

Quality Control – Quality Assurance

QA

Caltrans goal – shift quality/process control responsibilities to Contractor


QA Specification – Federal Requirements

• Title 23, CFR637• Contractor QC test results

can be used for acceptance• Department’s QA test in addition

to the contractor’s QC test• Discrepancies follow resolution

process.• Independent Assurance

Program (IA) is required

Statistics

Testing Procedures


QA Specification Task Progress

• Review of State Highway Agency Quality Assurance Programs- June 2011

• Draft specifications: Tentatively ready by May 2012

• Pilot Projects: FY 12/13

Reviewed & approved by FHWA & other stakeholders

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Online Submission of QC Test Data

Timely data collectionfrom 10 Pilot Projects


Data Interchange for Materials Engineering (DIME)

• Standard IT protocol for data transfer• QC Lab manages their test data and access rights


Statewide Database of Aggregate Testing

• DIME expanded• To share the data among Districts• Statewide, Automated and Paperless system• User friendly tool • Flexible and expandable


Phases of Aggregate Database Development

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Test Input Schema

Understand Practices

of District Labs

Developing the System

Beta Testing

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Overview of Recycled Concrete Initiatives

• Explore potential re-use of green or fresh concrete

• Development of new and revised standards• Use of available materials


Recycled Concrete Initiatives – Ongoing Work

• Pavement TAP Research• Materials/QA STG• Working in conjunction with:

• Charley Rea• Don Vivant• Mike Donovan

• Identification of Testing Requirements and QA Mechanisms


Overview of Precast Pavement Initiatives

• Full-Lane replacement and Individual Slab Replacement

• Allows for Prestressing of Pavement (both before and after placement at project site)

• In conjunction with METS and Pavement Program


New Technologies Through RPC

• Roller Compacted Concrete• Precast Pavement• Development of Materials Engineering

Database• Smog-Eating Concrete (Titanium Dioxide)


Questions and Feedback

Department Initiatives 25 April 2012 Bob Pieplow, P.E. Acting Chief Engineer.

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