A Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) report documents a field demonstration of intelligent compaction and infrared scanning (IC & IR) technology resulting from the TRB-administered Strategic Highway Research Program 2 (SHRP2), funded by the FHWA Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) program and MODOT. This IC & IR project includes all aspects of implementation and technical support from the Transtec Group team, led by Dr. George K. Chang (president of IICTG). Check out this AID IC & IR report for further details. The full MODOT IC & IR report is also available.

There will be an Intelligent Compaction Workshop in Anchorage, Alaska, March 21-22, 2018. A 1.5-day ICDM-Veta workshop will feature Veta 5.0 and field hands-on exercise.

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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) has released a report that summarizes the results of two combined Intelligent Compaction-Infrared Scanning (IC-IR) (also known as Paver-Mounted Thermal Profiling PMTP) projects. This report includes field test results, lessons learned, and recommendations for future IC-IR projects in Missouri. The Transtec Group team, led by Dr. George K. Chang, has provided consultant support for this FHWA AID/MODOT funded projects – including IC-IR project management protocol, training workshops, onsite field support, data analysis and reports. It is demonstrated as an excellent model for State DOT to implement IC and IR/PMTP effectively! The full report can be downloaded from it here!

The 2018 Rocky Mountain Asphalt Conference will feature a session on “Future of Construction” on February 22, in Denver, CO. It will include: Intelligent Compaction by Dr. George K. Chang, Transtec Group (President of IICTG, www.IICTG.org); Paver-Mounted Thermal Profiling by Paul Angerhofer of MOBA (Technical Committee member of IICTG), and GPR-based Asphalt Density Measurement by Kyle Hoegh of MnDOT. Please check it out!

The 2018 ICDM-Veta Workshop Schedule Updated. Check it out!

There will be an Intelligent Compaction Workshop at TRB 2018, from 9:00 AM to noon, US EST, on Sunday, January 7 at Room 202A, Washington Convention Center. Event no. 126: “Intelligent Compaction for Granular and Asphalt Materials. The International Intelligent Construction”. Technologies Group (www.IICTG.org) members are among the speakers: including IICTG President, Dr. George k. Chang of Transtec Group;  IICTG Executive Committee member, Prof. Soheil Nazarian of UTEP; and IICTG Technical Committee member, Mehran Mazari of Cal State LA. The agenda is as follow:

• Primer in Intelligent Compaction (Mehran Mazari, California State University, Los Angeles)
  How IC Rollers Work as a Process Control Tool During Construction and Quality Control Tool After Compaction (George Chang, The Transtec Group, Inc.)
• Institutional and Technical Challenges Experienced by Highway Agencies (Glenn Engstrom, Minnesota Department of Transportation)
• Latest Research and Implementation Findings for Quality Management
  (David White, Ingios Geotechnics, Inc; Antonio Gomes Correia, University of Minho; Soheil Nazarian, University of Texas, El Paso)

The 2nd International Intelligent Construction Technologies Group (IICTG) conference will be held in Beijing, China, from April 23 to 25, 2019. Mark your calendar and download the First Announcement document in English or in Chinese. Check out the IICTG website for further details.

The recently published FHWA Intelligent Compaction Measurement Values (ICMV) Road Map Tech Brief (FHWA-HIF-17-046) is updated. Notable updates are the updated tables for ICMV models and ICMV levels. Download the updated/corrected version www.intelligentconstruction.comdownloads/EDC/Tech-Brief-ICMV-20171219.pdf!