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Falling Weight Deflectometer  –  COMMAND Center  –  Testing Services  –  Research Services  –  Airports

Case Studies

Future of Highways  –  Pavement Design for SH 249 Extension Project  –  Gordie Howe International Bridge

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Future of Highways

Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technology is advancing rapidly, along with other tech advances coming to the actual highway. Transtec is at the forefront of research into new technologies and can help agencies prepare for the future. Contact us to learn more about how we can work together, or watch our free webinar series on the future of highways.

Road vehicle automation

Road Vehicle Automation Systems

Presenters: Dan Rozycki, President of The Transtec Group, and Dr. Steve Shladover, Research Engineer at the University of California, Berkeley

The idea of road vehicle automation has been around for decades and technology is beginning to catch up. What are the realistic possibilities and what are just the futuristic ideals surrounding this rapidly evolving technology? What should agencies be doing today to prepare for the uncertain future?

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Perspectives from the National Asphalt Pavement Association

Presenters: Dan Rozycki, President of The Transtec Group, and Richard Willis, Vice President for Engineering, Research, & Technology at the National Asphalt Pavement Association

Curious about the future of highways? Attend this free 30-minute webinar to learn more about the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s (NAPA) role in the future of highways.

Dan Rozycki of Transtec and Richard Willis of NAPA discuss what technologies NAPA is looking at, trends NAPA sees, and what NAPA is involved in.

Autonomous truck corridors

Autonomous Truck Corridors

Presenters: Dan Rozycki, President of The Transtec Group, and Tyler Ley, Structural Engineering Professor at Oklahoma State University

A top contributor to how long a pavement lasts is the amount of load put on it. A typical sedan weighs about 3,000 pounds while semi trucks weigh up to 80,000 pounds. Highways would last a lot longer without truck loads, but trucking is incredibly important to the economy. Trucks deliver nearly 70% of all freight transported in the US. Could autonomous truck corridors be the solution?

Falling Weight Deflectometer Testing Services

Testing Services

falling weight deflectometer (FWD) is a non-destructive testing device used to evaluate physical properties of pavement. It is able to determine the moduli of both asphalt and concrete pavements’ layers and subgrade soils.  The FWD is also used to assess load transfer efficiency and determine the presence of voids under concrete pavement slabs. The FWD has many other applications, including verification of the constructed pavement condition.

Falling weight deflectometer

Testing

Transtec provides specialty testing services that deliver to clients a better understanding of the structural and functional characteristics of their pavement.

RoboTex pavement texture profiler equipment on top of pavement

Texture Services

Pavement texture is a significant pavement surface characteristic affecting friction, noise, smoothness, and more.

Texture is often categorized by wavelengths (the length between physically repeating features). A pavement surface is often a combination of numerous wavelengths, ranging in size.

GripTester friction tester measuring friction at an airport

GripTester: Measuring Airport Runway Friction Levels Before and After Shotblasting for Retexturing

We used GripTester to evaluate pavement friction at the San Antonio International Airport.

Our friction testing confirmed that Skidabrader’s shotblasting treatment successfully restored friction not only above maintenance/planning levels, but also above the required friction levels for new construction.

An On-Board Sound Intensity (OBSI) measurement system for measuring road noise.

Noise Services

Traffic noise can be a major environmental concern for many roads and highways. In many cases, the dominant source of traffic noise is tire-pavement noise, that is, sound produced by the tires rolling on the pavement.

Sound walls or barriers are a common method of reducing traffic noise. However, from research and experience, it is possible to build pavements that are quieter rather than noisier. Quieter pavements can be a lower cost alternative, or a supplement, to traditional noise abatement strategies.

Concrete pavement smoothness

Smoothness Services

Pavement smoothness directly affects ride comfort. The public demands good ride quality, agencies want good pavement smoothness specifications, and contractors want to do the best job possible to lower their bids and/or maximize incentive.

Transtec knows the tools and best practices to meet these demands.

COMMAND Center Concrete Temperature and Maturity System

Testing Services

The COMMAND Center system includes state-of-the-art temperature sensors, comprehensive software, and multiple data collection options to fit concrete construction projects of any size and budget. Place concrete over the sensors, collect data, and use COMMAND Center software to view the sensors’ full temperature history and estimate strength on or off the job site.

Airports

Transtec helps airports in design and evaluation of their pavements to ensure safe and optimal performance.  We assist in pavement management updates for better planning of capital improvement projects.

RDD data on Austin-Bergstrom airport runway

The Transtec Group’s Continuous Testing Data Saves Airport from Costly, Major Reconstruction

Pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group was hired by RS&H to perform an evaluation of airfield pavements at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA) in Austin, Texas.

The continuous nature of the RDD data allowed Transtec to pinpoint the areas that were performing the worst and find the exact limits of the zones needing repair. The team eliminated the need to reconstruct the entire runway and instead focus on areas showing higher distress, saving the airport millions of dollars in reconstruction costs.

DFW plane at airport

The Transtec Group Conducts DFW International Airport Cargo Ramp Evaluation

The Transtec Group worked with RS&H in conducting an evaluation of the Evergreen cargo ramp at the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport.

Transtec developed a testing and evaluation plan that included a pavement condition survey by RS&H, as well as geotechnical testing and non-destructive deflection testing provided by other firms.

The Transtec Group Leads Pavement Design for SH 249 Extension Project

Engineering & Testing Services

Pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group is the lead pavement designer for the Texas State Highway (SH) 249 Extension Project in Montgomery and Grimes counties, Texas.  The winning team for this design-build project is headed by Williams Brothers Construction.  Transtec’s expertise was selected for this team to produce the best technical and most cost-efficient pavement design proposal.

FWD testing on SH249

Research Services

Click the image below to learn more about our latest research projects. If you have questions, chat with our research team in the booth: George Chang, Amanda Gilliland, and Abbas Taghavi. Click their names to see when they’ll be available.

Intelligent Construction

The International Society for Intelligent Construction (ISIC) is a source for knowledge and information on intelligent construction technologies for public agencies, contractors, consultants, academia, and other relevant industries.

DQMP

Improve current QM plan and Quality Management Plan (QMP) guidelines by establishing standards that can be used by State and Local Transportation Agencies to develop their QMP.

Intelligent Compaction for Pavement Foundation

Learn how to develop a procedure for ensuring uniformity and adequacy of pavement foundation using IC and demonstrating feasibility.

ProVAL

Learn all about the upcoming enhancements of ProVAL that will improve the pavement profile and smoothness analysis. This will also impact the pavement industry’s inertial profiler certification and construction smoothness acceptance.

MNDOT & NRRA

Learn the MNDOT and NRRA funded research to take the Intelligent Compaction Measurement Value (ICMV) technologies to the next level.

An Introduction to Veta

Learn all about the geo-spatial data analysis software, Veta, for intelligent construction technologies such as intelligent compaction (IC), Paver-Mounted Thermal Profiler (PMTP), Dielectric constant profile systems (DPS), etc.

Gordie Howe International Bridge

The Transtec Group on Winning Team for Gordie Howe International Bridge

Engineering Services

Pavement engineering firm The Transtec Group is part of the Bridging North America team which was awarded the Gordie Howe International Bridge public-private partnership (P3) project. Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) announced the selection of the team to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the Gordie Howe International Bridge project. Bridging North America is comprised of several distinct firms with unique skills and products.

Who’s Who in The Transtec Booth

Meet the Transtec team! Click on the names below to learn about their area of expertise. Download the PDF of this schedule here.

Drop by the booth on Friday, January 22 and/or Friday, January 29 from 1:00-2:00 ET for a meeting link to join the Transtec team for some casual games!

11am-Noon ET Noon-1pm ET 1pm-2pm ET 2pm-3pm ET
Thursday George Chang, Richard Sohaney

& Amanda Sohaney

George Chang

& Amanda Sohaney

Robin Tallon

& Dan Rozycki

Robin Tallon

& Dan Rozycki

Friday Robin Tallon

& David Merritt

Robin Tallon

& David Merritt

Abbas Taghavi, Sabrina Garber

& Amanda Sohaney

Abbas Taghavi, Richard Sohaney

& Sabrina Garber

Monday David Merritt

& Amanda Sohaney

David Merritt

& Sabrina Garber

Amanda Gilliland

& Sabrina Garber

Amanda Gilliland

& Naomi Bamber

Tuesday George Chang

& Dan Dawood

George Chang

& Dan Dawood

Amanda Gilliland

& Ruth Calisch

Amanda Gilliland

& Ruth Calisch

Wednesday Kiran Mohanraj

& Richard Sohaney

Kiran Mohanraj

& Dan Rozycki

Todd Hanke

& Dan Rozycki

Todd Hanke

& Ruth Calisch

Thursday David Merritt

& Todd Hanke

David Merritt

& Todd Hanke

George Chang George Chang
Friday Kiran Mohanraj

& Ruth Calisch

Kiran Mohanraj

& Naomi Bamber

Abbas Taghavi

& Amanda Sohaney

Abbas TaghaviRichard Sohaney

& Amanda Sohaney

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