When developing geotechnical asset management programs, there is a great interest in methods used to assess the condition of various assets to allow for trade-off analysis and budget allocation. TRB hosted a webinar on Monday, April 24, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM Eastern that focused on qualitative models to assess conditional and performance of in-service assets and forecast remaining service life for geotechnical management applications. Presenters shared current practices and gaps for assessing the condition of culverts and other geotechnical assets.

This webinar is sponsored by TRB’s Standing Technical Committee on Culverts, Buried Bridges and Soil Structure Interaction.

The slides are linked in the meeting materials. View the recorded webinar below.

Webinar agenda and presenters

1. Estimating remaining life of in-service geotechnical assets: A case study on culverts – Ahmad Alhasan, Applied Research Associates

2. Developing a corridor health index to allocate budgets: Chiniak Highway Pilot Project in Kodiak – Benjamin George, Landslide Technology

3. Culvert durability and service life methodology: Current practice and future impacts – Kyle Brandon, Ohio Department of Transportation

4. Question and answer session moderated by Jerry DiMaggio, Applied Research Associates

The first 60 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:

1. Identify the current practices and gaps in assessing conditions of culverts and other geotechnical assets

2. Evaluate the methods to develop performance models for culverts based on different condition assessment data

3. Implement performance forecasting to estimate remaining service life of in-service geotechnical assets

Professional Development Hours

Professional engineers (PEs) who register and attend the entire webinar as an individual will be awarded 1.5 Professional Development Hours (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 credits, individuals must remain signed in for the entire webinar, including for any question and answer session following the presentations.

This webinar will be delivered as a scheduled – e-learning live event and is categorized within RCEP as Technical, Health and Safety.

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

TRB will report credits earned to the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits

This webinar is approved by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session. Please visit the Certification Maintenance section of APA’s website to claim your credits.

If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact AICPCM@planning.org.