The transportation industry faces a wide range of plausible future scenarios that may affect standard practices over the next 30 to 50 years. Because the range of possibilities over such a long-term period is quite broad, making a focused prediction of the implications for highway infrastructure preservation, maintenance, and renewal (PMR) is quite challenging. TRB hosted a webinar on Thursday, July 23, 2020 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM Eastern that examined some of the long-term strategic issues affecting transportation agencies. Presenters identified how to prepare for plausible future scenarios by discussing a pathway to guide transportation agencies in advancing the implementation of emerging PMR practices.

This webinar draws on research from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 750: Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 7: Preservation, Maintenance, and Renewal of Highway Infrastructure. This report is the seventh and final report in the Foresight Series.

A recording is available.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Introduction to PMR of highway infrastructure: Jagannath Mallela, WSP
2. Framework for identifying, researching, evaluating, promoting, and implementing new and emerging PMR practices: Hal Kassoff, independent consultant
3. Guidance for transportation agency leaders and practitioners to prepare for plausible future scenarios and guide their agencies in advancing the implementation of new and emerging PMR practices: Hal Kassoff, independent consultant
4. Question and answer session: Moderated by Jagannath Mallela, WSP

The first 30 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, you will able to:

1. Describe methodology used to assess impacts of "drivers of change" on PMR activities
2. List key products of the research and their relevance
3. Discuss how to frame the long-term strategic direction for and approach to highway PMR
4. List guidance available for agency success as the long-term future evolves

Professional Development Hour Information

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1 Professional Development Hour (PDHs). TRB’s webinar program awards PDH credits only to the registered individual, and not to other members of a group that view the webinar together. To be eligible for the credit, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.
Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.
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