MDT2 Programs
About the Road Scholar Programs
The programs were designed for municipal officials and road maintenance personnel.
Road scholar participants improve their road and bridge maintenance as well as their safety skills with the latest innovations and tried and true methods and procedures. Road superintendents, road crews, public works personnel, managers and public officials are shown how proper techniques and new technologies apply to their maintenance and safety needs. Constructing and caring for roads and streets accounts for an average of 32 percent of the municipal budget. Road Scholar courses can help stretch those budgets, providing information that squeezes the most out of dollars invested.
The MD T2 Center will bring any course listed below to your municipal site. The center provides all the necessary equipment to present the course. You provide a room that can be darkened, an electrical outlet, tables and chairs for participants and a pot o f coffee for the presenter will be greatly appreciated. Prices and a minimum class size can be discussed with the instructor.
For more information or to schedule a class contact Ed Stellfox or Janette Prince.
Road Scholar I
Asphalt Resurfacing (One-Day Course)
This course instructed by Ed Stellfox reviews the various asphalt mixes, their components and their uses. Asphalt resurfacing procedures are covered, including preparation, material, equipment, operation and safety. Special emphasis is placed on proper rolling and compaction of the asphalt overlay. Superpave mix design is discussed as well.
Municipal officials, road commissioners, supervisors, and superintendents; public works and maintenance personnel; equipment operators; and city or town managers are encouraged to attend.
Asphalt Roads Common Maintenance Problems (One-Day Course)
This course instructed by Ed Stellfox reviews the various asphalt mixes, their components and their uses. Asphalt resurfacing procedures are covered, including preparation, material, equipment, operation and safety. Special emphasis is placed on proper rolling and compaction of the asphalt overlay. Superpave mix design is discussed as well.
Municipal officials, road commissioners, supervisors, and superintendents; public works and maintenance personnel; equipment operators; and city or town managers are encouraged to attend.
Basic Drainage (One-Day Course)
This course instructed by Ed Stellfox emphasizes the importance of good drainage with discussions of water and its effects on roads, problems caused by improper drainage, and ways to handle these problems. It covers types of drainage facilities, ranging from ditches, culverts and subdrains inlets and end structures, their uses, materials, installation and maintenance. It also introduces geosynthetic drainage applications. The following topics will be covered: importance of drainage, characteristics of water, system maintenance, drainage principles, surface and subsurface drainage, ditches, driveways, drainage culverts – materials and placement, headwalls, endwalls and inlets, erosion control, geosynthetics in drainage.
Construction Mathematics (One-Day Course)
Construction inspectors may need to brush up on math skills specifically related to construction inspection, especially basic geometry, fractions, area, volume and conversions. The class lead by Ed Stellfox is a good refresher, and excellent preparation for the construction inspection class. The course was designed for construction inspectors and supervisors in need of a refresher, especially in preparation for the Construction Inspections class.
Depending on the interest of the participants, the course may cover: whole number and fractions, decimals (for measurement and payment), mixed operation fractions and decimals, formula evaluation, techniques of algebra, ration and proportion, percentage, hints for problem solving, useful formulas, square and square roots, conversion, and transportation construction examples.
Please note:
Participants should bring a calculator, a scale, and a straight edge.
Continuing Education Units (CEU’s):
Registrants will be given a certificate awarding 0.5 CEU’s upon completion of the program. CEU’s are a nationally recognized standard of measurement that can be earned by attending qualified programs of continuing education.
Introduction to Geosynthetics (One-Day Course)
This course is an introduction to geosynthetics, beginning with a discussion of geosynthetics, what they are, how they are made and how they can be used in a road maintenance program. The course then looks at other geosynthetics and their road system uses, including geogrids, geocells and geowebs, presenting new materials with new applications. Designed for municipal officials, road commissioners, supervisors, and superintendents; public works and maintenance personnel; equipment operators; and city or town managers. This course instructed by Ed Stellfox will cover the following topics: history, materials, geotextile fabrics, geogrids, geocells and geowebs, uses & applications, drainage, inflation, erosion control, reinforcement, separation, and reflective crack control.
Preventative Pavement Maintenance (One-Day Course)
This course instructed by Ed Stellfox covers preventive maintenance treatments such as chip seals, slurry seals, and micro-surfacing and discusses when and where each technique could be effective. It presents application methods, including preparation, materials, equipment, operations and safety, along with practical tips on how to avoid trouble.
This course is open to municipal officials, road commissioners, supervisors, and superintendents; public works and maintenance personnel; equipment operators; and city or town managers.
Unpaved & Gravel Road Maintenance (Half-Day Course)
This course instructed by Ed Stellfox addresses basic maintenance techniques for unpaved and gravel roads. Topics include road maintenance, blading or dragging, reshaping or regrading for proper crown, regraveling, stabilization or full-depth reclamation, and dust control, with an introduction to road management techniques.
Winter Maintenance (One-Day Course)
This course covers all aspects of winter operations- planning and organizing, methods of snow and ice control, salt usage, and winter equipment maintenance. Instructed by Ed Stellfox this lesson will include usage of snow maps and formal snow plans. This course in intended for municipal officials, road commissioners, supervisors, superintendents, publics works and maintenance personnel, equipment operators, and city or town managers.
Road Scholar II
Road Suface Management Systems (RSMS) (One-Day Course)
The RSMS is a network pavement management systems (PMS) course intended to provide an overview and rough estimate of a roadway system's condition and the approximate costs of future improvements. Participants will learn how to use RSMS software to define a road network, assign the condition of the road sections, program repair and maintenance alternatives, develop cost estimates, prioritize rehabilitation and maintenance needs, and get the most out of the RSMS reporting capabilities.
Designed for municipal and small country networks this introductory course instructed by Alan Kercher teaches you how to load the software, input data, conduct a condition survey, modify the software ton meet local conditions and practices, and to generate analyses and reports. A great course to take if you are new to the pavement management system, field inspections, or RSMS. Continuing Education Units (CEU’s):
Registrants will be given a certificate awarding 1.2 CEU’s upon completion of the program. CEU’s are a nationally recognized standard of measurement that can be earned by attending qualified programs of continuing education.
Asphalt Recycling (One-Day Course)
This course discusses the advantages of asphalt recycling as part of your road maintenance program. It covers techniques for recycling asphalt pavement, including surface recycling, hot mix recycling, and cold mix recycling. The course instructed by Ed Stellfox emphasizes cold mix recycling, full depth reclamation, reviewing materials, equipment and operations. It also presents recent examples of asphalt recycling projects in several states. The following topics will be discussed: advantages, review of techniques, surface recycling, hot-mix recycling, cold-mix recycling, full depth reclamation, materials, equipment, operations, and examples of projects.
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