MWBPP Working Groups

1. The purpose of working group is for state inspection program managers to collaborate on practices or procedures. Discussions and presentations include best practices, innovative technologies, successful policies, staffing structure, inspection roles, and metric compliance.
2. The committee is also a supportive place to ask questions or provide examples.  FHWA participates to help states understand upcoming initiatives and clarify issues.

1. Monthly meetings with various topics and round robin discussions or presentations.
2. Minutes kept by secretary for history.

1. Outreach to MWBPP States for Status of Programs.  Develop Synthesis of MWBPP states’ SPM plans / agreements / programs.
2. Develop list of potentially eligible SPM activities.

1. Summary of survey responses, including no responses:  Completed November 2013 and 2016 (To be updated on a 3-year cycle).

Survey Results (.docx) – 2016-11-01

1. Within the MWBPP states, identify proven bridge preservation techniques and provide networking and contact information for others.
2. Within the MWBPP states, identify the top five bridge preservation strategies, noting trends and the effectiveness of the applications.

1. Draft Deck Matrix:  April 2014; Final Draft:  1 January 2015.  Completed on 19 February 2015.  Download Final Matrix (.xlsx)
2. Web-based document: TBD.

1. Promote the consolidation and dissemination of research.
2. Identify research needs and promote new research.
3. Technology transfer and communication of technologies for bridge preservation.

1. Final report on 2012 survey of MWBPP agencies’ in-house research in February 2014.
2. Consolidation of research report resources from different states.
3. Prioritize research needs statements.

1. Develop an Agenda for Annual Meetings.
2. Plan separate conference calls for the Annual Meeting development.

1. MWBPP Meeting Agenda and Common Partnership Session: April 2018.

1. Develop Social Media tools for the MWBPP Webpage.
2. Increase awareness of Bridge Preservation.
3. Share Case Histories, Bridge Preservation Initiatives, Bridge Preservation Research, and Bridge Preservation Events using social media tools that are more readily accessed by some.
4. Work with the NCPP Webmaster to further develop the MWBPP Webpage.
5. Initiate other Social Media, including LinkedIn.

1. MWBPP Blog development to produce a draft version for review in July 2014. Consideration of this initiative at the 2014 National Meeting with the objective of promoting it as a National Initiative for all Bridge Preservation Partnerships.
2. A LinkedIn account for Bridge Preservation has been developed.
3. The MWBPP Blog was up and running by February 15, 2015.
4. This Working Group has been Sunset. A National Social Media Working Group has now been formed as a result of this Working Group’s initiatives. Social Media have no boundaries and the initial MWBPP Working Group was a Pilot Working Group, which was expected to evolve from its inception. Members from the four Bridge Partnerships will represent their regions. The MWBPP will continue to have representation, and Report-outs will be made during conference calls and at meetings.

1. National Performance Measures Liaison with FHWA BPETG. Future Needs: Defining the Value of Preventive Maintenance.

1. Presentation of Options: Working Group Completed and Sunset.

1. Market to local and state transportation agencies the benefits of bridge preservation.

1. Development of video clips promoting Bridge Preservation.  Develop separate videos for different audiences.  First video to be completed by 1 June 2015.
2. This Working Group has been Sunset. A National Social Media Working Group has been formed which includes this Working Group’s initiatives. Members from the four Bridge Partnerships will represent their regions. The MWBPP will continue to have representation, and Report-outs will be made during conference calls and at meetings.

1. TBD.
2. TBD.

1. TBD.
2. This Working Group has been Sunset.

1. 1. Develop a survey based on the results of the Preservation Matrix.  Potential Collaboration with other Partnerships.  [See Survey Results]
   2. Review how shared Specifications can be developed.
   3. Participate in a National Working Group for the development of a Bridge Performance Specification.

1. 1. This Working Group has been Sunset.

1. Working Group to tentatively sunset if a national initiative involving all Bridge Partnerships can be established.
2. There is an ongoing need for agencies to continue to evaluate and report on products with the assistance of industry.
3. Consideration of development into a National Working Group incorporating all Partnerships.
4. Pilot Specification:  To be developed.
5. This Working Group has been Sunset.

1. Exposure of the TSP2 Bridge Preservation Program.
2. Offer Scholarships to Counties, Cities, Towns.
3. Designate LTAP Contacts in the MWBPP states.
4. Promote attendance at TSP2 Annual Meetings and on Teleconference Calls.

1. List LTAP Contacts in the MWBPP states:  1 January 2015.
2. This MWBPP Working Group became a National Working Group.
3. For more information, refer to the TSP-2 National Local Agency Outreach Working Group webpage.

1. 1. Element-level and NBI deterioration curves.
   2. Element-level deterioration curves for substructure.
   3. Defect-level deterioration curves.
   4. Explore how bridge deck cracking progresses into delamination.
   5. Determine what type of inspection information (nondestructive testing) Mid-west DOTs have that translates into information on element-level defects, e.g., GPR, Thermograph, etc.
   6. Completion will be in phases.
   7. This Working Group has been Sunset.