TRB Webinar: Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs

TRB conducted a webinar on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM ET that featured research conducted by National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Project 03-110 Estimating the Life-Cycle Cost of Intersection Designs. The project developed the Life-Cycle Cost Estimation Tool (LCCET), a spreadsheet that allows for comparison of alternative intersection designs based on initial construction costs, ongoing maintenance and operations costs, operational efficiencies for a variety of modes, safety effects, and emissions. This webinar presented the spreadsheet and how it could be used for some intersections.

More information about the LCCET, including how to download the tool, can be found here.

Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to attendees who register and attend the webinar as an individual. This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits.Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar. 

Here are the slides.


Webinar Presenters

• Rick Collins, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service
• Lee Rodegerdts, Kittelson & Associates
• Matt Kittelson, Kittelson & Associates
• David Reinke, Kittelson & Associates
  

Moderated by: Rick Collins, Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service

Webinar Outline

1. Overview of NCHRP project
2. Capabilities of the spreadsheet tool
3. Demonstration of the spreadsheet tool
4. Question and answer session

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions. The Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP) categorizes this webinar activity as relating to health, safety, and welfare including core technical.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this webinar, participants were able to:

• Understand the capabilities and practical applications of the life-cycle cost analysis tool
• Understand how the tool can be applied

Registration Information

There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• CRP panel members who were involved with developing the report or project that is the subject of the webinar;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $89 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Professional Development Hour Information

A certificate for 1.5 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) will be provided to Professional Engineers (PEs) who register and attend the webinar as an individual. For groups, only the person that registers and attends the session will receive a PDH certificate.

Individuals registered as Florida PEs are no longer required to email TRB with your license number to report your attendance. Instead, please use your certificate that TRB provides through RCEP.net as verification of your attendance to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.

Please check with your licensing board to ensure that TRB webinar PDHs are approved by your board.

This webinar was developed in November 2015. TRB has met the standards and requirements of the Registered Continuing Education Program (RCEP). Credit earned on completion of this program will be reported to RCEP by TRB. Certificates of Completion will be issued to individuals who register for and attend the entire webinar session. Complaints about registered providers may be sent to RCEP, 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Website: www.RCEP.net.

American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits

This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 1.5 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

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Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.