OMP Update David Lange, CEAT Director

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OMP Update David Lange, CEAT Director
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A little background

• OMP joined as major research sponsor in Oct 2004
  after a year of planning
• FAA and OMP Separate but Unified
• Project costs separate and accountable
• Center objectives unified and leveraged
• Leverage and Collaboration
• Share administrative costs
• Common research goals
• Complementary Outreach Program
• Greater visibility of Center activities

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OMP, FAA and UIUC in partnership
OHareModernizationProgram
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Subgrade issues Materials Pavements Outreach
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Our OMP Partner

• 6.6B program
• 35 miles of runways, taxiways
• 2.2M cu yds of PCC
• 29M cu yds of earthwork
• Modern, parallel runway configuration
• Massive earthmoving, construction, hydraulic,
  environmental impact challenges

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OMP

• A City of Chicago organization
• OMP is led by joint ventures
• a Program Manager -- DMJM Aviation
• Individual runways have their own design JV
• Master Civil -- BPC Partners
• Construction Manager

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OMP Advisory Board

• Joe Depa, DMJM (PMO)
• Chris Arman, OMP
• Mike Hanlon, Airline Representative
• Ross Anderson, BPC (Master Civil)

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OMP objectives

• Technical objectives
• Pursue research in support of OMP, and thus we
  share basic objectives of OMP
• Illuminate technical issues at OHare
• Improve basis for decision-making
• Lead to cost-effective solutions

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OMP Objectives

• Outreach objectives
• Support advancement of traditionally
  underrepresented groups in engineering and
  construction
• Attract students to technical career paths,
  particularly in service to OHare
• Participate in communicating to the public

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Tangible Impact!

• The CEAT study of subgrade stabilization and the
  k-150 support issue contributed to decisions
  that avoided additional test sections, saving
  over 100,000.
• The CEAT study of subgrade stabilization
  provided specification language to define
  procedures for lime modification and lime
  stabilization, providing for improved
  construction quality and reduced potential for
  weather-related construction delays.
• The CEAT study of soil and turfgrass contributed
  to a decision to avoid import of topsoil to
  OHare, saving millions of dollars.
• The CEAT study of aggregate quality led to
  establishment of specification language to
  achieve longer pavement service life with 40-yr
  resistance to freeze-thaw and reduced potential
  for damaging alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in the
  concrete.
• The CEAT study on concrete mixtures led to
  specification language to reduce shrinkage
  cracking potential.
• The CEAT study of mixture proportioning
  identified strategies to reduce concrete cost
  compared to previous OHare mixtures, with
  potential to save over 100,000 on the 9L-27R new
  north runway.

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Current 2005 Program

• Technical
• Subgrade stabilization -- Erol Tutumluer
  Marshall Thompson
• Raw Materials -- Leslie Struble
• PCC Pavement -- Jeff Roesler David Lange
• Outreach
• Minosca Alcantara, CEAT Outreach Coordinator
• College support, too Eve Earles, etc.
• Focus MBE/WBE, Contractors, Education

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Proposed 2006 Program

• Will start January 2006
• Expands research by 30
• Projects
• Subgrade Soil Support and Stabilization --
  Thompson/Tutumluer
• ASR and Role of Potassium Acetate on ASR --
  Struble
• PCC Pavements -- Roesler/Lange
• Aggregates Testing -- Tutumluer
• Airport Wildlife Safety Management --
  Herricks/Branham
• Field Validation of Constructed Subgrade and
  Pavement -- Popovics/Roesler/Thompson/Lange
• Reflective Cracking and Grooving of Asphalt
  Overlay -- Buttlar/Al-Qadi
• And Outreach Program