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June 28, 2012 |
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Audio/Web Broadcast |
| Cost: |
Members: $175.00
Non Members: $300.00 |
| Description: |
How do you determine how sustainable your transportation project is?
This session will discuss 2 sustainability rating tools that are available to assist you. Greenroads and INVEST (Infrastructure Voluntary Evaluation Tool).
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)'s INVEST identifies characteristics of sustainable highways and provides information and techniques to help agencies and organizations integrate sustainability best practices into highway and other transportation projects. Scoring in a number of categories also allows agencies and consultants to compare traditional designs against more progressive designs and construction approaches. This system is voluntary and has completed a successful pilot project phase.
Greenroads is a sustainability rating system for roadway design and construction that is operated by the non-profit Greenroads Foundation. It is applicable to all roadway projects including new, reconstruction and rehabilitation (even overlays), bridges, you name it. If there is a project where a road is involved, you can use it.This system is a collection of sustainability best practices, called "credits," that relate to roadway design and construction. Applying more progressive design and construction approach and achieving these credits can earn points toward a total score for the project, and in general, this Greenroads™ score can be used as an indicator of sustainability for the roadway. Four different certification levels (rating) are available depending upon total score on a voluntary basis. Even without certification, considering the Greenroads approach to project delivery can provide agencies and consultants a comprehensive guide to more sustainable transportation projects.
After viewing this program, participants will be better able to:
- Consider the advantages of two of the leading transportation project rating systems and determine the right application.
- Prepare for a project design and construction process that reconsiders traditional design and construction practices to promote long term sustainability.
- Identify the basic resources required to deliver a transportation project within the framework of a rating system.
This program has been approved for .2 CEUs or 2 PDHs. Please note there is a $5 fee per individual requesting CEUs |
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.JPG) Moderator:Bill Stogsdill
Director of Public Works
City of Fairway, Kansas
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 Freeman Anthony, PE
Project Engineer
City Of Bellingham Public Works, Capital Projects
Bellingham, WA
Freeman Anthony is a registered Professional Engineering in Utah and Washington State. He has 12 years of experience as a both a private consultant and public sector engineer in municipal water, wastewater, stormwater and transportation infrastructure with a focus on sustainable design and construction. He has worked in New Zealand, Indonesia and the United States and currently works for the City of Bellingham, overseeing a $45M wastewater treatment plant expansion via alternate delivery process. His design background includes water/wastewater facilities, multi-modal transportation corridors and sustainable design concepts such as porous concrete, rain-gardens, and pin foundations.
With the City of Bellingham he has worked on agency sustainable construction specifications, transportation policies, and infrastructure facility plans. His projects have received project of the year awards in transportation for Washington State from both APWA and ASCE. He currently serves as the chair of the APWA National Transportation Sustainability Subcommittee and serves on the APWA Transportation Committee.
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 Jeralee L. Anderson, Ph.D., P.E., LEED-AP
Jeralee L. Anderson is director of the Greenroads Foundation. She recently received her doctorate in sustainability and civil engineering from the University of Washington. Jeralee worked in a variety of structural, geotechnical and construction engineering positions after receiving her undergraduate degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She is a licensed professional engineer in Washington State and California.
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 Debbie Hale
Executive Director
Transportation Agency for Monterey County
Debbie Hale is the Executive Director for the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, a regional transportation planning agency representing 425,000 residents, twelve cities and the County of Monterey.
Her efforts have focused on planning, funding and delivering: highway safety improvements, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, improved bus service and new passenger rail service.
Debbie has been in the field of transportation planning and financing since 1990, having previously worked in California in Santa Cruz and San Joaquin Counties. She also worked for the California State Assembly on revenue and taxation policy.
Debbie is active with her local APWA chapter, having served as Chapter President in 2010. She has been a member of the national APWA Transportation Committee since 2008, when she helped found the Sustainable Transportation Subcommittee. She currently serves as the committee Chair.
She received her Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Princeton University, and her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Economy from the University of California at Berkeley.
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 Heather Holsinger
Sustainable Transport & Climate Change Team
Federal Highway Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Heather Holsinger is an Environmental Specialist with the Sustainable Transport and Climate Change Team in FHWA's Office of Natural Environment. Her work at FHWA involves policy development and analysis in the areas of sustainability and climate change. Prior to joining FHWA, Heather served as a Senior Policy Fellow and Program Manager for Adaptation at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a Senior Analyst with the Natural Resources and Environment team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), and as an economic and environmental management consultant.
She holds Masters Degrees from Duke University in resource economics and public policy and a BA from the University of Virginia with majors in Economics and Environmental Science.
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 Travis Rauscher, EIT
Design Engineer II
Perteet Inc.
Travis is a Transportation Design Engineer for Perteet Inc. with a focus on sustainable design. He has implemented sustainable design elements into multiple transportation projects using the GreenroadsTM Sustainable Rating System. He recently completed documentation for the Greenroads Silver certified SE Pioneer Way Reconstruction project for the City of Oak Harbor, WA. Travis is a member of the Greenroads Technical Team and is a Greenroads Professional Member.
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.jpg) Lisa Reid, P.E., PMP
VP, Senior Program Manager
Ms. Reid is a senior program manager with over 20 years experience in CH2M HILL's office in Seattle, Washington. She has a wide variety of management, design, construction management, inspection and sustainability experience in the fields of roadway, highway, transit and site improvements. She has been responsible for the management and preparation of alternative analyses, preliminary design, design reports and PS&E documents for several transportation projects including arterials, highways, and bikepaths. Her site design capabilities include grading and designing drainage, water, natural gas, and sewer systems. She is leading the development of FHWA’s sustainable highways self-evaluation tool, called INVEST (Infrastructure Voluntary Evaluation Sustainability Tool) and has led several sustainability reports and assessments to evaluate where sustainable options are and can be included in the design of projects.
She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Davis. Lisa is a member of the national APWA Sustainable Transportation Subcommittee.
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 Cindy Carlsson
Government Affairs Assistant, Minnesota Department of Transportation
Cindy is a planner and project manager with 20 years of experience in land use and sustainable development, strategic planning, conservation, public involvement and organizational management. As MnDOT’s first Sustainability Manager, she led MnDOT’s Sustainability Flagship Initiative, including development of MnDOT’s sustainability policy. As part of that work, she also directed an agency-wide sustainability inventory using FHWA’s INVEST tool.
Cindy studied planning and public policy at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute in Minneapolis.
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| Content Questions: |
(800) 848-2792
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(800) 848-2792
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