Talkin Winter Ops
Rick Nelson
Listen in on conversations with experts in the field of road weather and winter road maintenance as they explain how their work helps make roads safer and passable during winter storm events.
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Episode 73: The MODOT Management System - The next generation
Talkin Winter Ops
06/19/23 • 45 min
When your agency is responsible for vast amounts of infrastructure and performs hundreds of activities with thousands of employees having a robust management information system is imperative. On this episode Michael Middleton of the Missouri Department of Transportation and Project Director for MoDOT Management System talks about the development and implementation of their new maintenance management system.
Easy to input data for the employees, easy to extract information for managers, this system is a one-stop shop for employees. It’s not just maintenance activity based, this system includes a safety management component focusing on employee safety. This MMS has become such a powerful tool for the agency that it has become the MODOT Management System
Chapter marks
0:00 Intro with Becky
4:10 Kicking off the project / system requirements
9:55 COTS vs develop in house?
18:31 Roll out - champions
22:54 initial system functions
28:51 Safety module
40:28 Additional resources-videos
43:44 wrap up
For more information on the MoDOT Management System contact the Project Director, Michael Middleton at [email protected]
or Check out these MODOT videos on the MODOT Management System
MMS Phase 1 – Documentation and Dashboards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjPBFRuxwlA
MMS Phase 2 - Work Plans and Budget module.
https://youtu.be/lcOjUlCxe1E
Safety Management Module
https://www.youtube.com/embed/BZJMQ8evSco?rel=0%20
Story Board for Safety Module
https://youtu.be/kkNf06eGDro
New Incident reporting module
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1Edm6EShs&t=3s
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Episode 28: Challenges of winter maintenance in the south
Talkin Winter Ops
11/12/19 • 26 min
No part of the country is immune from the effects of winter weather. Winter storms in the southern reaches of the US are particularly difficult to deal with. Events severe enough that require attention, frequent enough you have to plan for them, and the challenge of dealing with budget realities of not enough to address all your maintenance activities.
Listen in as SICOP Talks Winter Ops with David as he shares some insight into what it’s like to deal with the winter on the roadways in Louisiana.
For more information about the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development visit their website at http://wwwsp.dotd.la.gov/Pages/default.aspx
or contact Chief Maintenance Engineer David Miller at [email protected]
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Episode 26: I ain’t afraid of no winter maintenance problem
Talkin Winter Ops
09/16/19 • 21 min
SICOP Talks Winer Ops with Laura Fay.
Who are you going to call when you have a perplexing problem in Winter maintenance, Laura Fay at the Western Transportation Institute. Winter maintenance is much more than salt, trucks, and snow plow drivers. Without the folks behind the scenes supporting the practitioners we could not have progressed as far and as fast as we have over the past 20 years. Laura Fay is no stranger to the winter maintenance community. As the Program Manager for the Cold Climate Operations and Systems Research group at Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University Laura has been involved in many winter maintenance research projects that have made their way into practice.
Listen in as SICOP Talks Winter Ops with Laura Fay as she shares some insight into what it’s like being a researcher of winter maintenance. If you’d like to reach out to Laura to talk about winter maintenance or other projects you can drop her an email at [email protected]
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Episode 24: The road to road weather management
Talkin Winter Ops
08/10/19 • 33 min
SICOP talks winter ops with Paul Pisano. Paul had a very productive career with the Federal Highway Administration retiring as the Road Weather Management and Work Zone Team Leader. During his time with the FHWA Paul and his Road Weather Management team saw the development of several significant projects to benefit the winter maintenance community. Projects like the Maintenance Decision Support System, Clarus later the weather data environment, and initiatives through Every Day Counts like Weather Savvy Roads, Pathfinder, and Integrated Mobile Observations were just a few of the advancements in the area.
Listen in as SICOP Talks Winter Ops with Paul as he shares some history, some current events, and some thoughts on the future of winter maintenance.
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Episode 22: EDC5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies
Talkin Winter Ops
06/11/19 • 30 min
Weather Responsive Management Strategies is one of the rapid deployment initiatives that is part of the FHWA program Every Day Counts. Every Day Counts is a program that helps states rapidly deploy proven but underutilized technologies.
When it comes to managing the transportation system during adverse weather events there are three actors involved in making this a success. The maintenance operators who are performing the winter maintenance operations of plowing and applying chemicals to remove the snow and ice from the roads, the network operators who staff the traffic management centers and insure motorists have the most up to date information about the transportation network, and the motorists who actions or inactions can keep the network operating smoothly or tie it in knots.
Every Day Counts #5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies is designed to demonstrate how road management strategies driven by data from the road users themselves can help keep the system operating smoothly.
Check out the Every Day Counts website
Click the link for more information about Weather Responsive Management Strategies
For more information on EDC5 Weather Responsive Management Strategies Contact our guest Roemer Alfelor at [email protected]
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Episode 11: Which Way Should The Snowplow Go?
Talkin Winter Ops
06/06/18 • 37 min
Having an efficient and effective winter maintenance program is built largely on having the right resources at the right place at the right time. This begs to question, Which way should the snowplow go? Route optimization made the top-10 list of things for a world class winter maintenance program and is front and center on the minds of state members of the SICOP winter maintenance technical service program. Several state DOTs are utilizing route optimization programs and many more are considering starting a route optimization program. Kyle Lester(CO DOT), Jim Hughes (WI DOT), and Larry Gangle (ND DOT) sit down with SICOP and Talk Winter Ops and talk about their experiences with route optimization in their states.
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Episode 1: Welcome to SICOP Talks Winter Ops
Talkin Winter Ops
09/22/17 • 2 min
Introduction to the SICOP Talks Winter Ops podcast. The podcast of AASHTOs Winter Maintenance Technical Service Program - SICOP.
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Episode 101: Clear Roads for clear roads
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06/20/24 • 32 min
In 2004 a group of 5 states got together and pooled their money to test winter maintenance materials, equipment and methods for use by highway maintenance operations. The program has grown to 40 states and amassed a large collection of research and training. The Clear Roads Pooled Fund Program is funded through a $25,000 annual contribution per subscribing state and is eligible for SP&R federal pass through dollars.
Craig Bargfrede, Winter Maintenance Administrator for the Iowa DOT also serves as the current Chair of the Clear Roads Pooled Fund Study and is our guest to explain the program.
For more information you can check out the Clear Roads website at clear roads.org or reach out to Craig Bargfrede at [email protected] or Greg Waidley at [email protected]
Listen in as Craig talks about the Clear Roads program and how it works to clear roads.
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Episode 102: The new Guide for Snow and Ice Control Operations
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07/17/24 • 42 min
The Guide for Snow and Ice Control was first published back in 1999 and with the exception of an addendum has remained unchanged since then. Since then there has been a vast amount of research, field trials, and advancements in winter maintenance and road weather technologies. In 2018 a project was launched through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program to rewrite the Guide incorporating the latest state of the practice. The new guide has been produced, accepted by AASHTO’s Committee on Maintenance, and is in the process of being published by AASHTO as the AASHTO Guide for Snow and Ice Control.
While we don’t know exactly when the new Guide will be released, Brad Darr, Chair of the Committee on Maintenance - Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group, John Habermann, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and Principal Investigator for the project, and Diana Clonch, Subject Matter Expert supporting the project give us some insight into the new Guide, what you can expect to see in it, and how it came to be.
For more information on this project and the new Guide you can reach out to Brad Darr at [email protected] John Habermann at [email protected] and/or Diana Clonch at [email protected]
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Episode 75: 4th National Briefing - Maintenance Operations TWG
Talkin Winter Ops
07/04/23 • 10 min
4th National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather give organizations working in the severe weather and maintenance operations space an opportunity to showcase their recent efforts to advance the state of the practice through collaboration, research, technical support, and implementation. This briefing features the Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group.
This briefing series is produced in collaboration with the AASHTO Maintenance Committee, the Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group, and the Winter Weather Management Technical Service Program - SICOP.
Watch the video at https://youtu.be/L9k7pcz4sZY
For more information Contact:
Brad Darr [email protected]
Emily McGraw [email protected]
Natalie Roark [email protected]
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How many episodes does Talkin Winter Ops have?
Talkin Winter Ops currently has 120 episodes available.
What topics does Talkin Winter Ops cover?
The podcast is about Weather, Ice, Earth Sciences, Podcasts, Technology and Science.
What is the most popular episode on Talkin Winter Ops?
The episode title 'Episode 93: Its not just a job' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Talkin Winter Ops?
The average episode length on Talkin Winter Ops is 31 minutes.
How often are episodes of Talkin Winter Ops released?
Episodes of Talkin Winter Ops are typically released every 21 days.
When was the first episode of Talkin Winter Ops?
The first episode of Talkin Winter Ops was released on Sep 22, 2017.
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