The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is seeking nominations for the 2023 America’s Transportation Awards competition. [Above image by AASHTO] AASHTO opened the nomination portal for the 2023 America’s Transportation Awards on March 3, with April 14 the deadline for online application submissions. Click here to submit a nomination for this year’s […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is seeking nominations for its 2023 President’s Transportation Awards program. [Above: Montana DOT won the 2022 President’s Transportation Award for Research for its Trail Creek Structures Project. Photo by AASHTO.] Those awards – which will be give out at the 2023 AASHTO Annual Meeting November 12-16 […]

The Steel Bridge Task Force – which consists of the American Iron and Steel Institute or AISI, the National Steel Bridge Alliance or NSBA, and the American Association of State and Highway Transportation Officials T-14 Technical Committee for Structural Steel Design – recently awarded Heather Gilmer (third from left above), a senior engineer at Pennoni, […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently made appointments to its Transportation Policy Forum or TPF and Snow and Ice Cooperative Program or SICOP. [Above image of AASHTO] First, AASHTO named Allison Camden – senior director of external relations for the Washington State Department of Transportation – to a two-year term as […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently unveiled a video that provides a preview of the sixth annual AASHTO re:source Technical Exchange or “TechEx” Conference that will be held March 27-30 in Fort Worth, TX. [Above image by AASHTO re:source] AASHTO re:source is a technical service program that provides services and tools through […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, an equal-opportunity employer, is seeking to fill a full-time position with its AASHTO re:source technical service program, headquartered in Frederick, MD. [Above image by AASHTO] AASHTO re:source provides services and tools through three major programs: the Laboratory Assessment Program, the Proficiency Sample Program, and the AASHTO […]

The annual AASHTO re:source Technical Exchange or “TechEx” conference begins on March 27 in Fort Worth, TX, and the three-day gathering features a wide variety of educational sessions, covering everything from root cause analysis techniques to how the asphalt paving industry is moving toward a “net zero” future in terms of reducing greenhouse gases or […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the National Steel Bridge Alliance have jointly issued “Steel Bridge Bearing Guidelines, 2nd Edition, G9.1–2022.” [Above image by AASHTO] This publication presents steel bridge bearing design guidelines and construction details that are cost-effective, functional, and durable. It includes four major types of bridge bearings: (1) […]

Russell Dabbs (above), a senior laboratory assessor II with AASHTO re:source, recently conducted an impromptu soils classification and materials testing presentation for over 80 engineering students at the University of Georgia. [Above photo by the University of Georgia] AASHTO re:source – a technical service program that is part of the American Association of State Highway […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, an equal-opportunity employer, is seeking to fill three full-time positions at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. The application deadline for all three positions is March 10. [Above image by AASHTO] The first open position is for a communications manager, who primarily responsible for planning and executing a […]