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Recycled Materials Resource Center - Third Generation

项目名称：	Recycled Materials Resource Center - Third Generation
摘要：	The goal of the proposed Recycled Materials Resource Center- Third Generation (RMRC-3G) is to provide the resources and activities needed to break down barriers and increase utilization of recycled materials and industrial byproducts. This will be done through carefully integrated and orchestrated activities that include applied research in key areas relevant to transportation applications combined with outreach programs that provide the educational and technical resources needed to maximize the rate at which recycled materials and industrial byproducts are used in transportation applications. RMRC-3G would be supported by a pooled fund and focus specifically on issues of direct relevance to the contributing state departments of transportation (DOTs). The governance structure would include a Board of Directors comprised of representatives of participating State DOTs as well as Stephen R. Mueller, Pavement and Materials Engineer in the Federal Highway Administration's Resource Center in Lakewood, CO. Mr. Mueller was the technical representative and co-Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) for RMRC-2. The Board would have direct input on the activities and priorities of RMRC-3G through a balloting process tied to the level of contribution provided by each state. Through research projects, workshops and outreach efforts, the RMRC-3G expects to achieve its goal via the accomplishment of the following objectives: (1) Maintain RMRC webpage as an up-to-date resource and be available as a resource to the highway materials and construction community on recycled materials. (2) Define, conduct or manage critical recycled materials research that will support and improve the sustainability of transportation systems construction. (3) Collect and share information between state agencies that will improve the understanding of recycled materials and the appropriate applications. (4) Reach out to and share ideas with private sector producers of recycled materials on approaches to making their availability, quality control, and delivery more smoothly. (5) Define a system of regionally significant recycled materials and establish performance expectations for those materials in various applications that will guide and enhance their use and management. (6) Evaluate and recommend effective technologies and other roadway appurtenances from a recycled materials perspective and in a manner that supports the reliable, efficient, safe and sustainable use of construction materials. (7) Identify issues or bottlenecks that frustrate the wide spread use of recycled materials and then taking actions, individually or as a group, to improve those conditions. (8) Actively contribute to the development of specifications and guidelines through the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). (9) Organize webinars and workshops on critical recycled materials.
状态：	Completed
资金：	400000
资助组织：	Colorado Department of Transportation<==>Georgia Department of Transportation<==>Illinois Department of Transportation<==>Minnesota Department of Transportation<==>Virginia Department of Transportation<==>Wisconsin Department of Transportation
项目负责人：	Hanus, Lynn
开始时间：	20120604
实际结束时间：	20170801
主题领域：	Construction；Highways