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Topic
: 2+1 Roadway Design
(1)
Value Engineering (Implementing 2 + 1 Design)
Topic
: 3-D Modeling
(2)
3D Modeling And Automated Machine Guidance
3D Modeling Helping Shape Elliott County Project
Topic
: Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC)
(2)
ABC 101
An Innovative and Cost-Effective Solution
Topic
: Access Management
(4)
Implementing Access Management
An Alternative Approach To Access Management
Median Intersection Design for Rural High-Speed Divided Highways
J-turn projects
Topic
: ADA
(1)
American Disability Act Requirements and Existing Intersections
Topic
: Aggregate
(1)
Maintenance Stone Quantities
Topic
: Automated Machine Guidance (AMG)
(2)
3D Modeling and Automated Machine Guidance
3D Modeling Helping Shape Elliott County Project
Topic
: Barrier Walls
(1)
Temporary Barrier Walls and Rockfall in Narrow Mountainous Conditions
Topic
: Bicycle Design
(1)
Bicycle Safety: Navigating Sawed Rumble Strips
Topic
: Bid Items
(9)
Selection of the Earthwork Bid Item
Seeding and Protection
Tubular Marker Maintenance
Pipeline Video Inspection
Using Plastic Sheeting for Temporary Stream Diversion
Temporary Construction Entrances
Concrete Pavement Striping
Maintenance Stone Quantities
Right of Way Monuments
Topic
: Bridge Design
(9)
An Innovative and Cost-Effective Solution (GRS-IBS)
The Frustrations With Three Sided Structures
What To Do About The Bump At The End Of The Bridge
Structures And Roadway Coordination
Evaluation of MSE Walls for Bridge Ends
CatStrong (beam repair)
Targeting Settlement at bridge ends
Expedited Bridge Replacement Program
Bridging Kentucky Program 2019
Topic
: Bump at the End of the Bridge
(3)
What To Do About The Bump At The End Of The Bridge
An Innovative and Cost-Effective Solution
Targeting Settlement
Topic
: Communicating All Promises (CAP)
(1)
Communicating All Promises (CAP)
Topic
: Concrete Pavement
(2)
Partial Depth Patching On Concrete Pavement
Roller-Compacted Concrete
Topic
: Constructability Reviews
(7)
An Update On Constructability Review Reporting
Post Construction Reviews: Common Threads (Traffic and Partial-Width Construction, and Superelevation Transitions)
Constructability Review Survey Results
Research Report Spotlight: Tools for Applying Constructability Concepts to Project Development (Design)
Do you have what it takes to be a constructability reviewer?
Constructability Review (Program Overview and some findings)
Can Contractor Really Build As Shown?
Topic
: Construction staging
(1)
Watch for These Plan and Constructability Issues
Topic
: Cross Sections
(2)
Cross Section Elements & Labels
The Importance of Cross Sections
Topic
: Culvert Design
(3)
The Frustrations With Three Sided Structures
Using Lightweight Fill For Concrete Box Culvert Extensions/Removing, Replacing, and Extending Concrete Box Culverts
Safety Grates for Culverts
Topic
: Curb & Gutter
(3)
Watch For These Plan and Constructability Issues (Late design and plan changes, disturb limits, part-width construction, full depth asphalt shoulders, and omitted and underestand design items)
Follow Up On Tying Curb And Gutter Into Approach Roads
Tying Curb and Gutter Into Approach Roads
Topic
: Design Build
(1)
Design Build: Another Tool In The Tool Box For Project Delivery In Kentucky
Topic
: Design Executive Summary
(1)
Flexibility Creates Exceptional Designs
Topic
: Direction Median Opening
(1)
Implenting Access Management
Topic
: Diversions
(2)
Utility Relocations Conflicting With Diversions
Straightening Out Whats Included In Diversions
Topic
: Drainage
(6)
Designing Drainage That Works Beyond The Right Of Way (ROW) Limits
Structures And Approch Drainage
What`s Wrong With This Picture? (Hint, look at the alignments)
Limits of Flowable Fill
The Importance of Follow Through
Cross Drains
Topic
: Earthwork
(3)
Selection Of The Earthwork Bid Item
Flatten Slopes to Minimize Guardrail Hazards
Height of Benching
Topic
: Edge Key
(1)
Edge Key to Success
Topic
: Energy Dissipator
(1)
Hydraulic Energy Dissipation At Work For KYTC
Topic
: Entrances
(1)
Reinforcing Entrance Curb
Topic
: Erosion Control
(6)
Post Construction Reviews: Common Threads (Traffic and Partial-Width Construction, and Superelevation Transitions)
Erosion Control... Lump Sum Or Bid Items?
New Bid Item: Erosion Control Blanket-Short Term
Erosion Control Blanket-Help, Hindrance, Or Both?
Erosion Control On Steep Slopes Consisting Of Poor Soils
Seeding and Protection
Topic
: GCS
(1)
Targeting Settlement
Topic
: GIS
(2)
GIS Resources for Designers
GIS Resources for Designers Chart
Topic
: Granular Embankment
(1)
Granular Embankment Bid Items
Topic
: GRS-IBS
(1)
An Innovative and Cost-Effective Solution
Topic
: Guardrail
(4)
Eliminating Guardrail By Widening Fill Slopes
Guardrail Updates
Flatten Slopes to Minimize Guardrail Hazards
Reapproval of ET Plus
Topic
: Headwalls
(3)
Mitered Headwalls What Can They Do For You?
Hydraulic Energy Dissipation At Work For KYTC
Other Uses For Value Engineering Studies Not Only For Transportation Projects: Headwall Standards Process Improvements
Topic
: Intelligent Compaction
(1)
Intelligent Compaction
Topic
: Intersection Design
(7)
Sight Distance Issues At New Intersections
Tying Curb And Gutter Into Approach Roads
American Disability Act Requirements and Existing Intersections
Coordinating Intersection Striping Plans With Signal Plans
Roundabout Lessons Learned in Kentucky
Median Intersection Design for Rural High-Speed Divided Highways
Auxiliary Through Lanes: Gaining Capacity and Reducing Delay at Signalized Intersections
Topic
: Invest
(1)
Invest In Your Project
Topic
: KURT System
(1)
Kentucky Utilities and Rail Tracking System
Topic
: Lessons Learned Database
(2)
Quality Assurance`s Lessons Learned GIS Database: New Ground
Lessons Learned: Statewide Post Construction Review Issues
Topic
: LIDAR
(2)
Applications of Mobile LIDAR Scanning
LIDAR Research in Motion
Topic
: Lightweight Fill
(1)
Using Lightweight Fill for Concrete Box Culvert Extensions/Removing, Replacing, and Extending Concrete Box Culverts
Topic
: Maintenance
(1)
CatStrong
Topic
: Maintenance of Traffic (MOT)
(4)
What Does A Temporary Traffic Control Plan Have To Do With Work Zones And Safety?
Post Construction Reviews: Common Threads (Traffic and Partial-Width Construction, and Superelevation Transitions)
Lessons Learned Constructability What Can We Improve
Monitoring Traffic In Work Zones
Topic
: Median Design
(4)
Remember! (End Guardrail and Island Curbs)
An Alternative Approach To Access Management
Flatten Slopes to Minimize Guardrail Hazards
J-turn
Topic
: MSE Walls
(2)
Evaluation of MSE Walls for Bridge Ends
Evaluation of Mechanically Stabilized Earth Walls for Bridge Ends in Kentucky; What Next?
Topic
: Offset Left Turn Lane
(1)
Offset Left Turn Lanes
Topic
: Part Width Construction
(1)
Watch For These Plan and Constructability Issues (Late design and plan changes, disturb limits, part-width construction, full depth asphalt shoulders, and omitted and underestand design items)
Topic
: Pedestrian Design
(2)
Helping Pedestrians Cross Safely
American Disability Act Requirements and Existing Intersections
Topic
: Pipes
(2)
Safeloading vs. Pipe Removal
Pipeline Video Inspection
Topic
: Post Construction Review
(4)
Lessons Learned Statewide Post Construction Review Issue
Post Construction Reviews: Common Threads
Post Construction Reviews
PCR Data Available
Topic
: Purpose & Need
(1)
The Reason & Necessity For Purpose & Need
Topic
: Rate of Vertical Curvature
(1)
What`s Wrong With This Picture? (Hint, look at the alignments)
Topic
: Reflective Cracking
(1)
Edge Key to Success
Topic
: Right of Way
(1)
Right of Way Monuments
Topic
: Road Diet
(1)
New Road Diet Guide
Topic
: Rockfall
(1)
Temporary Barrier Walls and Rockfall in Narrow Mountainous Conditions
Topic
: Roundabout
(1)
Roundabout Lessons Learned in Kentucky
Topic
: Rumble Strips
(2)
Bicycle Safety: Navigating Sawed Rumble Strips
Rumble Strips
Topic
: Safety
(1)
How Safe Will Your Road Be?
Topic
: Saturated Conditions
(1)
Dealing With Saturated Conditions On Existing Roadbeds
Topic
: Shelved Plans
(1)
Shelved Plans and Their Issues
Topic
: Shoulder Design
(5)
Eliminating Guardrail By Widening Fill Slopes
Watch for These Plan and Constructability Issues (Late design and plan changes, disturb limits, part-width construction, full depth asphalt shoulders, and omitted and underestand design items)
Paved Shoulder Width Decision Making
Flatten Slopes to Minimize Guardrail Hazards
Part-time shoulder use
Topic
: Shrink/Swell
(1)
To Shrink Or Swell? (Both)
Topic
: Signals
(3)
An Alternative Approach To Access Management
Auxiliary Through Lanes: Gaining Capacity and Reducing Delay at Signalized Intersections
Coordinating Intersection Striping Plans With Signal Plans
Topic
: Standard Specs
(1)
What To Do With Projects In The Pipeline?
Topic
: Stream Diversion
(1)
Using Plastic Sheeting For Temporary Stream Diversion
Topic
: Striping
(1)
Concrete Pavement Striping
Topic
: Surveying
(1)
Surveying Accuracy
Topic
: Sustainability
(1)
Invest In Your Project
Topic
: Temporary Traffic Control Plan (TTCP)
(1)
What Does A Temporary Traffic Control Plan Have To Do With Work Zones and Safety?
Topic
: Three-Sided Strucutres
(1)
The Frustrations With Three Sided Structures
Topic
: Tubular Marker
(1)
Tubular Marker Maintenance
Topic
: U Turns
(2)
Implenting Access Management
J-turn projects
Topic
: Utilities
(5)
Utilities in Design
Kentucky Utilities and Rail Tracking System
Utility Relocations Conflicting With Diversions
Before U Dig (BUD) KY 811
Contractor Coordinated Utility Relocation
Topic
: Value Engineering
(5)
Value Engineering Policy Changes
Other Uses For Value Engineering Studies Not Only For Transportation Projects Headwall Standards Process Improvements
Value Engineering
What is the Difference Between a VE Study and a VECP
VE Study Yields $66 Million in Cost Savings
Topic
: Widening Existing Roads
(2)
Highway Widening Projects
Widening Existing Pavement With Constructability In Mind
Topic
: Work Zone Data
(1)
Monitoring Traffic In Work Zones
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