NTPEP

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• NTPEP
• Pavement Marking Materials
• Activities Update
• WASHTO-X Meeting

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A Brief History of NTPEP
As an AASHTO Engineering Technical Service
Program, NTPEP pools the physical and
professional resources of member departments to
evaluate proprietary, engineered products of
common interest to all states.
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Key Critical Objectives of NTPEP
To provide quality and responsive engineering for
the testing and evaluation of products,
materials, and devices that are commonly used by
the AASHTO Member Departments of Transportation.
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Committee Structure
CHAIRMAN Bill Temple (LA) Chief Engineer VICE
CHAIR Tom Baker (WA) State Materials
Engineer Members of Administrative Task force -
Jim McGraw (Minnesota) - David Kuniega
(Pennsylvania) - Henry Lacinak (Louisiana) -
Robert Sarcinella (Texas) NTPEP reports directly
to the AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways
(SCOH). NTPEP employs 2 full-time AASHTO Staff
Engineers to administer and serve the NTPEP
Oversight Committee.
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Safety and Traffic Operations Products

• Pavement Marking Materials
• Sign Sheeting Materials
• Raised Pavement Markers Adhesives
• Plowable Raised Pavement Markers
• Flexible Delineators
• Workzone Barrels (Drums)
• Flashing Arrowboards Portable Changeable
  Message Signs
• Roll-Up Signing Materials

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Construction and Maintenance Materials

• Geotextiles Geosynthetic Soil
  Reinforcement
• Rapid-Set Concrete Patching Materials
• Structural Steel Coating Systems
• Joint Sealers
• Rolled Erosion Control Products
• Concrete Admixtures
• Concrete Curing Compounds
• Plastic Pipe
• Bridge Deck Sealers
• Reinforcing Steel (Rebar)

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Products Tested in 2006

• Over 400 products were submitted for NTPEP
  testing in 2006
• There are 125 State engineers and technicians who
  conduct testing on behalf of NTPEP
• In 2006, 12 field test decks and 13 lab test
  locations operated nationwide through NTPEP.

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State Involvement
70 of States have an active role In the affairs
of NTPEP
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Pavement Marking Materials
States Hosting Test Decks
99, 04, 07 Wisconsin
Utah T2 Center 01, 05
(C) Dave Kuniega
00, 02, 05
(S) Meredith McDiarmid
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Mississippi State University 99, 02,
04, 06
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Pavement Marking Materials

• 2005 data has been uploaded into DataMine and is
  currently under review
• 2006 data has been uploaded into DatMine and is
  currently under review
• 2007 Site will be in Wisconsin
• Exact location has yet to be determined
• All information will be available on the website
  prior to the end of January
• Night Time color and Wet Retroreflectivity
  readings will soon be available in DataMine

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www.NTPEP.ORG
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NTPEP DataMine
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For more information about AASHTOs Product
Evaluation Services, contact
Michael McGough, P.E.NTPEP Managermmcgough_at_aasht
o.org [phone]
Joseph Dorsey, EIT NTPEP Project
Engineer jdorsey_at_aashto.org [phone]