1. Pavement Preservation Pooled Fund (Preservation Group – PG1 and PG2)
Benjamin Worel - MnROAD Operations Engineer
Spring Sponsor Meeting – May 8, 2019

2. Pavement Preservation – History
NCAT Offsite Test Sections
Lee Road 159 (2012)
US-280 (2015)
MnROAD Offsite Test Sections
Mille Lacs County CSAH-8 (2016)
US-169 (2016)
Through Dec 30, 2023
Auburn Univ (NCAT is a non profit arm of Auburn) is a subcontractor to MnDOT
Alabama DOT (NCAT) Lead State
PG1 Experiment – Sections Built / Analysis Method Developed
( )

3. SPR-5(375) Phase-II PG2 - Pavement Preservation Pooled Fund
MnDOT Lead State
3 year Study ( )
+2 year Extension (2023) Expected
$50K/Year
Red States – 5 year commitment
3 States
Foundation of Pavement Preservation
Green States – 3 year commitment
16 States
FHWA
Blue States – Verbal commitment
Through Dec 30, 2023
Auburn Univ (NCAT is a non profit arm of Auburn) is a subcontractor to MnDOT

4. PG2 Key Staffing MnROAD (Lead State) NCAT (Contracted by MnDOT)
Adriana Vargas (Project Investigator)
Buzz Powell (Project Support)
Jason Nelson (Data Collection)
MnROAD (Lead State)
Jerry Geib (Northern Lead Investigator)
Ben Worel (MnROAD Operations Engineer)
Michael Vrtis (Data Collection)

5. PG2 Tasks
Task 1 - Field Performance data collection and initial data validation
Task 2 - Website updates - online systems (Fall 2019 Start)
Task 3 - Yearly performance summaries (Dec 31st)
Task "Peer" Exchange
Task Mid-Project Report
Task 6 - Sponsor Meetings (held every 6 months)
Task 7 - Pooled Fund Implementation
Assist industry/agencies implement findings / better communication of efforts already underway by NCHRP, UNR, and ISSA)
Task End-Project Report

6. PG2 Monitoring

7. Pavement Preservation Northern Recycling 2019 Research Additions
Looking to develop a northern recycling test sections to match work done in Alabama
2019 Research Efforts
70th and 80th Streets
High Friction Surface Treatments on CSAH-8 (~5 cells)

8. Questions / Comments NRRA Workshop May 21-23, 2019 BIM for Pavements
(Building Information Models)
NRRA Team Updates (Tour + CAT Reception)
NRRA “Formal Conference”