Benjamin Sade AASHTO, Senior Laboratory Assessor

1. Benjamin Sade AASHTO, Senior Laboratory Assessor

2. Regional Associations Northeastern Association of State Transportation Officials (NASTO) Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO) Mid-America Association of State Transportation Officials (MAASTO) Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (WASHTO)

3. New Committee Structure Approved, Board of Directors 11-15-16 Board of Directors Executive Committee Transportation Policy Forum Policy Bodies: Special Committees: Water Aviation Strategic Management Committee Freight Councils:: AASHTOWare NTPEP Highways and Streets Rail Active Transportation Public Transportation Research and Innovation Program Delivery and Operations Committees: Enterprise/Cross-Discipline Committees: Agency Administration Administration Committees: Planning Environment and Sustainability Safety Communications Internal and External Audit Design Design Bridges and Structures Transportation System Security and Resilience Performance-Based Management Human Resources Civil Rights Traffic Engineering Right of Way and Utilities Data Management and Analytics Funding and Finance Knowledge Management Transportation System Operations Construction Materials and Pavements Maintenance

4. Whatis NTPEP? • NTPEP stands for the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program • Established within AASHTO in 1994, as a technical service program, who reports to the Council on Highways and Streets • A partnership between the AASHTO member agencies and industry participants • Combines the professional and physical resources of the AASHTO member departments in order to evaluate materials, products and devices of common interest for use in highway and bridge construction • Two sides of the house • Product Evaluations and Facility Audits

5. What is NTPEP? • Primary Goal- provide cost-effective evaluations for the AASHTO members (state DOTs) • Simplify the product evaluation process • Make it more cost-effective for both the manufacturer and the end user. • Reduce duplication of effort by State DOTs. • Serve as a “One Stop Shop” for Manufacturers of engineered products. • Provide access to testing that individual states may not have resources to perform themselves.

6. NTPEPDataMine DataMine provides for: • Submittal of products for evaluation and facilities for audit. • Management of evaluation or audit process and documentation • Entry of all data associated with the evaluation or audit • A searchable database that provides access to results from product evaluations and results from facility audits • (http:data.ntpep.org)

7. DataMineHomepage

8. ProductEvaluationPrograms • Work plans developed by TC and balloted to states • Evaluations may include field and/or lab testing • Products tend to be off-the-shelf, pre-packaged • Typically includes a re-evaluation period • Evaluations conducted by facilities that are contracted to NTPEP • Submitted products may be withdrawn, but test results up until then are viewable by credentialed state representatives • NTPEP testing/assessments do not imply acceptance of the product. Acceptance is the responsibility of the member agency.

9. ProductEvaluationPrograms

14. NTPEPAudit Programs • Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) • Elastomeric Bridge Bearing Pads (EBB) • Geosynthetics (GTX & REGEO) • Guardrail/Guiderail (GRL) • Reinforcing Steel/Welded Wire Reinforcement (REBAR/WWR) • Thermoplastic Pipe (THP) Programs in development • Portland Cement • PG Binder

15. DataMine – Audit programs

16. DataMine – Audit programs

17. DataMine – Audit programs

18. DataMine – Audit programs

22. Your Mission: • Join a committee. • (The “Real Work” gets done on the quarterly conference calls) • Participate in meeting discussions. Share your thoughts and knowledge. • Think about how you can use NTPEP to help your state or company • Share what you have learned when you go home!