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Kevin L. Rens, PhD, PE Professor Incoming Department Chair
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Overview of K. Rens Presentations CCD Denver Infrastructure Mgmt Bridge Mgmt GIS Alleys Street subsystems Streets NDE Sewer Why it began How it has evolved Where it is going Introduction Other Bridge Research (MS and PhD) Materials UCD
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Kevin L. Rens, PhD, PE Iowa State University BSCE, MSCE (structures), PhD (structures) Infrastructure Inspection, Rating, Maintenance, Rehabilitation Civil Engineering Materials Science Sustainability & Environmental Engineering University of Colorado Denver Assistant Professor (1995-2000) Associate Professor (2000-2006) Professor (2006-2009) Professor and Chair (2009-?)
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A little bit about: Colorado & Denver
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Colorado
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Colorado Population (2008) = 5,000,000
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54 peaks over 14,000 ft (4,200 m) elevation
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Denver CCD Population = 600,000 Denver Metro Population = 2,500,000
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Area = 155 square miles (400 sq km)
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University of Colorado System 3 Campus System Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs 52,000 Students 4,200 Full time faculty $2,000,000,000 (2 Billion Dollar Budget) $651,000,000 ($651 Million Dollars Externally Funded Research Projects)
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University of Colorado Boulder
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Flagship Original Campus 1876 Boulder Colorado (Population 90,000) $280 Million Externally Funded Research 29,000 Undergraduate and Graduate Students
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University of Colorado-Colorado Springs
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University of Colorado Colorado Springs Primarily Undergraduate Institution 1920 Colorado Springs (Population 320,000) (Colorado Metro Population 650,000) 7,500 Students
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University of Colorado Denver
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2 Campus system located in Denver Colorado Anshutz Medical Campus Downtown Denver Campus 1912 $371 Million Externally Funded Research 28,000 Students Undergraduate and Graduate Including all forms of Medical Doctorate
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University of Colorado Denver Downtown Denver Campus --College of Engineering 38 Full-time Faculty (42 part-time lecturers) 4 Departments Civil (11 faculty), Mechanical (9), Electrical (9), Computer Science (9) Annual External Research Funding $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 (Almost all in CE) College of Engineering Enrollment 328 Graduate, 484 Undergraduate, 240 pre- engineering Student enrollment increasing last 3 years Appx 200 degrees awarded per year equally split between graduate and undergraduate
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UCD College of Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Areas of Expertise Structural, Transportation, Materials, Environmental, Sustainability, Geotechnical, Hydraulics, Geographic Information Systems Appx Civil Engineering Enrollment 22 PhD students in CE 80 MS graduate students 100 BS undergraduate students
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UCD-CCD Relationship UCD (K. Rens) – CCD Relationship Began February 1997 Infrastructure Management Bridges, Pavements, (Anything owned by “tax payers” Many Undergraduate and Graduate Students BS, MS, PhD Began with $50,000 grant Now $200,000 - $ 400,000 Annual Budget
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Terry Gruber Jim Barwick Dan Roberts Ed Maez Bill Melton Al Wheeler Leslie Thomas Pete Baertlein Larry Grauberger Roger Mutz Joel Schmidt Dave Luhan Leif Joy Rich Bauer Jeff Jones Michael Gill Jim Hamblin Pat Kennedy Plus Many, Many more... City and County of DenverUniversity of Colorado Kevin Rens Lynn Johnson Yvonne Neiman Mike Gogel Ray Burrows Myron Lacome Deb Steckley Benjamin Allen Trieu Hoang Carnot Nogueira Jon Conley Sarah Young Sam Brown Adam Blankespore Mike Doyle Monica Janakowski Plus Many, Many more…
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Scope: Why It Began City Employee -2 hours to 2 weeks to find Information CCD Project
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Disorganized Filing - Bldg A
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Organized Filing -- Bldg B
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Organized Filing -- Bldg C
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Deteriorating Files All buildings
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Geographic Information System (GIS) Not a new technology Maps+Objects+Data Information Disseminator/Records manager Infrastructure layers Arial Photography Bridge Alley Street Street subsystem
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l Documents collected, organized and sorted by report type and assigned unique ID l ID label placed on each document l Documents delivered to scanner
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Bridge Photographs l Digital camera used to photograph bridges; elevation and longitudinal shots l Photos displayed on one-page report
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Scope: How it Evolves Bridge failures Bridge management Assessment/Inventory/Management Major Provide public w/ state and local government financial position (infrastructure assets) Standard reporting approach Depreciation Modified reporting approach Inventory, Assessment, Maintenance Minor
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Scope: Where it is Going l Prevent Deteriorating Records (GIS) l Inspect Street Subsystems, Alleys, Streets l Prevent Deteriorating Bridges Using NDE to augment internal visual inspections
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Questions Thank you ?
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