Connected Vehicle Infrastructure University Transportation Center
The Transportation Research Board (TRB), the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the World Road Association (PIARC) organized the 9th International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets (ICMPA9) which was held on May 18 through 21 in Arlington, Virginia. CVI-UTC research was featured at this conference which brought together pavement design and management engineers, companies specialized in providing pavement management services and data collection, researchers and specialists on asset/pavement management, general pavement/ road engineers, planners dealing with the development of public works programs, and academics specializing in pavement design, analysis and management.
Gerardo Flintsch, Conference Chair, CVI-UTC researcher, and Director of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute’s Center for Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure
The conference theme – “Moving Pavement Management beyond the Short-Term: Embracing Innovation and Addressing Sustainability, Accountability, and Improved Performance” – allowed pavement design and management engineers, consultants, and companies to look into the short, medium, and long-term challenges and opportunities that lay ahead in the field, and define ‘next-generation’ methods in road construction as well as road maintenance and upkeep. Topics of discussion included next generation pavement management systems, sustainable design, performance measurement, contractual requirements, innovative pavement management practices, and much more.
Learn more about ICMPA9 at www.icmpa9.org and #ICMPA9 on Twitter.
Learn more about conference chair Gerardo Flintsch’s CVI-UTC research here.