TRB Webinar: Sustainability Assessment of Pavement Systems

TRB conducted a webinar on September 18, 2014 that provided information on the sustainability assessment of pavement systems. Webinar presenters discussed life-cycle assessment and pavement rating systems, with an emphasis on how these tools are being implemented by transportation agencies to improve the sustainability of their pavement systems. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for information on obtaining the webinar recording.

Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A certificate for two Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual.


Webinar Presenters

• Tom Van Dam, NCE
• Steve Muench, University of Washington
• John Harvey, University of California, Davis
• Amlan Mukherjee, Michigan Tech University
• Steve Gillen, Illinois Tollway

Moderated by: Kurt Smith, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc.


Webinar Outline

• PART 1: Sustainability state of affairs
• PART 2: Sustainability rating systems for roads
• PART 3: Current and future uses of life cycle assessment
• PART 4: Project Emissions Estimator (PE-2) use and application
• PART 5: Implementing sustainability within the Illinois Tollway
• PART 6: Question and answer session

The first 90 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Define sustainability as it relates to pavements;
• Describe sustainability rating systems and how they consider pavements;
• Understand life-cycle assessment and its use in providing insight into environmental effects; and
• List initiatives being used by highway agencies in implementing more sustainable pavement solutions.

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Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $89 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.


Professional Development Hour Information
A certificate for two Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are required to email Reggie Gillum, RGillum@nas.edu, with their license number.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in March 2014. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, PO Box 1686, Clemson, SC, 29633. Website: www.RCEP.net.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.