Clients

  • State Transportation Research

  • National Transportation Research

measuringWisconsin Department of Transportation Research & Library Unit

  • Multi-media communication products including print and video research briefs, synthesis reports, annual reports, print and electronic newsletters, brochures, and more.
  • Marketing strategies that promote implementation of research results, innovations, and increased investment in the research program.
  • Strategic program planning and development.
  • Research project management.
  • Pooled fund solicitation, project management and financial tracking.
  • Peer exchange planning, facilitation and reporting.
  • Classes to help staff find transportation information online.

Michigan Department of Transportation Office of Research and Best Practices

  • Strategic program planning, including coordination and communication with senior management and external stakeholders.
  • Peer exchange planning and reporting.
  • Technical summaries and newsletter articles.
  • Program management manual.

Minnesota Department of Transportation Research Services Section

  • Research and implementation project summaries.
  • Annual report and projects Gantt chart.
  • Peer exchange planning, facilitation and documentation.
  • Pooled fund management and procedures manual.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

  • Technical communications including research summaries, e-newsletter and synthesis reports.
  • Project management and communications, including Web site design and maintenance, for the department’s Modified Asphalt Research Center.

big cityNational Cooperative Highway Research Program

  • Four-page brochure, Projects for CEOs, to highlight the impacts of NCRHP research carried out for state DOT chief executive officers.
  • One-page feature stories in the Impacts on Practice series, based on interviews with DOT staff, to bring home the practical value of NCHRP reports across the range of DOT responsibilities.
  • NCHRP 20-80(1) Transportation Research: Value to the Nation - Value to the States, a comprehensive report on national transportation research, including results from a detailed survey of state transportation research managers.

Clear Roads Pooled Fund Research Program

  • Comprehensive meeting planning, financial and contract management, RFP development and other administration functions in support of the pooled fund program.
  • Information services including literature searches, Web site design and content, research summaries, e-newsletters, and feature articles.
  • Synthesis of best practices on anti-fogging/anti-icing practices for winter maintenance vehicles.

Transportation Library Connectivity Pooled Fund Project

  • Transportation Librarian's Toolkit, a step-by-step guide for state DOT librarians in serving their practitioner customers.
  • Technical library services to support this 19-member consortium of state DOT and university transportation libraries.
  • Compilations of detailed information on each state's library based on site visits and survey responses.
  • Assistance to states with negotiation of fees for databases and software.
  • Technical support and expertise to help participants evaluate existing holdings and to improve accessibility through the Transportation Libraries Catalog.

North Central Pavement Research & Implementation Coordination Partnership

  • Design, hosting and maintenance of the project Web site to help state participants share information and collaborate on research projects.
  • Reports of workshop proceedings and related research.
  • Syntheses of member states' research and practices as compared to national roadmaps for research in concrete pavements, asphalt pavements and geotechnical issues.