FY 2022 Problem Statements
Maintenance
7. Determining Pile Capacity Using the IML-RESI PowerDrill
8. How Dirty can Chips be for Surface Treatments
9. Implementing Preventative Pavement Maintenance
10. Lowering Cost for Snow & Ice Removal and Prevention in Arkansas
11. Removing Bridge Expansion Joints and Making Bridge Decks Continuous
Materials
14. Effect of Using Wood Ash as Alternative Filler in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA)
15. Improving Embankment Settlement Estimates using CPT and DMT
16. Investigating Coarse Aggregate Impact on Concrete Shrinkage
17. Investigation of Ultra-Lightweight Concrete Properties for Transportation Structures
18. Low Shrinkage Concrete Mixtures for Arkansas
19. Update to ARDOT Superpave Gyratory Compaction Specification to Increase Pavement Durability
20. Use of Super Air Meter (SAM) in Determining Air Content in Fresh Concrete
Planning
26. Economic Impacts of Operational Improvements
28. Next-Generation Scenario Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies
29. Planning for Container Truck Traffic
30. Quantifying the Social and Economic Sustainability Benefits of Public Transportation
31. Telecommuting and its Long-term Effect on Statewide Travel Patterns
Special Projects
33. Developing a Framework for Equity Analysis of Transportation Improvement Programs
34. Impacts of COVID-19 on the Transport Sector and Mitigation Measures for its Sustainability
35. Off-Ramp Sensors to Detect Backed-up Off-Ramp on I-40 (blocking lane)
36. Prevent the Recurrence of a Recent Fatality by Barrier Placement
37. Project Bundling: Determining Optimum Project Type, Size, and Delivery Method
38. Roadside Pollinator Habitat
FY 2021 Problem Statements
Construction
1. Mixture Design and Testing Requirements for Drilled Shaft Concrete
2. Update of the ARDOT Workforce Forecasting System
3. Arkansas Guidelines for Automated Flagger Assistance Devices (AFAD)
4. Effects of Allowing Traffic on Milled Surfaces Prior to Treatment or Overlay
5. ABC Through Non-Composite Action: Re-Evaluating Material vs Labor Economic Incentives
6. Implementing Zipper Merge in Work Zones on Arkansas Roadways
Maintenance
9. Cover Depths for Rapid Setting Concretes
10. Latex Modified Concrete: Structural Properties
11. Developing Guidelines for Evaluating Weathering Steel Bridges
12. Raised Pavement Marker Installation
14. Maintenance Guidelines for MSE Walls
15. Metal Culvert Corrosion Risk and Life Cycle Cost Maps
16. Analyzing the Effectiveness of Joint Sealant Based on Region
Materials
17. Re-examining Air Content Testing for Pumped Concrete
21. Identifying Best Practices for Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement Methods, Materials and Quality Control
22. Correlating Aggregate Types with Pavement Durability
23. Design, Construction, and Performance Monitoring of Stabilization of Expansive Soils and Cement
Pavements
24. Impact of Grinding on Pavement
27. Exploring Re-use Options for Grinding Slurry from Asphalt and PCC Pavements
30. The Right Lane: Mitigation of Truck Traffic Pavement Deterioration
31. Effect of Flooding Event on Damage and Performance Characteristics of Roadway Pavements
33. Use of Rejuvenator for Enhancing Properties of Asphalt with High RAP
Planning
34. Identifying and Measuring Causes of Nonrecurrent Congestion Using Big Data
35. Transportation Critical Levees and Floodways
36. Innovative Countermeasures to Deter Wrong-Way Driving
37. ADA Ramp Inventory and Assessment Using Mobile Lidar
38. A Statewide Comprehensive Safety Index for Arkansas Highways
39. Forecasting Travel Demand for Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) and Shared Mobility Services in Arkansas
40. Artificial Intelligence Based Model Inventory of Roadway Elements Extraction
FY 2020 Problem Statements
Materials
11. Influence of Powder Activated Carbon (PAC) in Fly Ash on the Properties of Concrete
13. Development of More Reliable Liquefaction Resistance Estimates Using CPT and Vs
14. Fly Ash Carbon Content Dye Test
16. Use of Rice Husk Ash (RHA) in Flowable Fill Concrete Mix Material
17. Using Seismic Cone Penetration Testing to Develop Near Surface Vs Profiles
Pavements
18. Evaluating the Effects of Staged Construction on Pavement Performance
19. Enhancing High Friction Surface Treatments in Arkansas
20. Investigating Susceptibility of Arkansas Concrete to Deicing Salt Deterioration
21. Determining Layer Coefficients for HIR and CIR
22. Local Calibration of Pavement-ME Design for Rigid Pavement in Arkansas
23. Performance-Engineered Mix Design (PEMD) for Concrete Pavements
24. Using High Density Polyurethane Foam as a Treatment for Concrete Pavements
Planning
25. ARDOT’s Efforts to Prepare for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)
26. Bicycle and Pedestrian Crash Data Analysis
27. Data Driven Methods to Assess Transportation System Resilience in Arkansas
28. Evaluation of Sinusoidal Rumble Stripes
29. Feasibility and Locations of Intermodal Terminals in Arkansas
Special Projects
31. An Evaluation of UAS Capabilities for Transportation Applications
32. Cost/Benefit Evaluation of Soil Reclamation Excavated from Construction Sites
33. Developing a Roadside Trivia Alert System to Combat Driver Fatigue and Decreased Alertness
34. Evaluate the Benefits of Training Simulation for ARDOT Employees
35. Observation of Distracted Drivers in Arkansas
36. Updating Overweight Fees and Axle Limit Violation Fines
37. Exploring Methods to Mitigate Peak Rush Hour Traffic Volumes
FY 2019 Problem Statements
Construction
1. Capillary Pressure Sensor Testing to Identify Best curing regimen in Freshly Poured Bridge Decks.
2. Investigating concrete deck cracking in continuous steel bridges
3. MICP to Prevent Caving during Drilled Shaft Foundation Installation
4. Improved staged deck pour procedures for highly skewed and curved steel bridges
5. Using Smartphone Technology for Uniformity Probing during Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Construction
Design
6. Spatial Analysis of Benefits of Site Specific Ground Motion Response Analysis
7. Accelerated steel bridge construction (ABC) using non-composite pre-cast concrete decks
8. Investigating concrete deck cracking in continuous steel bridges
9. Life Cycle Cost Analysis of Alternative Culvert Designs
10. Lowering Long-Term Costs of Arkansas’ Pavement Infrastructure
Maintenance
11. Raised Pavement Marker Installation
13. Reducing the cost of bridge deck inspection
14. Improved bridge-deck overlay procedures for better deck and steel superstructure response
16. Mitigation of Sedimentation Issues in Box Culvert
17. Improved crack-arrest methods for steel bridge connections: Implementation of bridge “band-aids”
18. Lowering Cost for Snow & Ice Removal in Arkansas
19. Development of Metals Corrosion Maps of Arkansas and Maintenance of Cross-drains
Materials
20. A Standardized Foam Test for Arkansas Fly Ash
21. Accelerated Curing of Silica Fume Concrete
22. Developing Subgrade Stabilization and Improvement Procedures in Arkansas Using Fly Ash
23. Development of more reliable liquefaction resistance estimates using CPT and Vs
24. Elimination of Empirical, Ineffective and Expensive PG Plus Test
25. Guidance for Introducing Performance Based Concrete Mixtures in Arkansas
26. Impact of Pile Driving on Soil Shearing and Liquefaction Resistance
27. Implementing CPT Procedures in ARDOT Geotechnical Designs
28. Non-nuclear Moisture Content Determination
29. Optimizing Silane Application Time for Bridge Decks
30. Satellite InSAR Monitoring of Transportation Infrastructure in Arkansas
31. Use of Rice Husk Ash (RHA) in Flowable Fill Concrete Mix
44. Investigating Susceptibility of Arkansas Concrete to Calcium Oxychloride
Planning
34. Use of Truck GPS Data to Improve the ArDOT Overnight Truck Parking Survey
35. GIS-Based Analysis of Transportation Safety in Arkansas
36. Standardization of Arkansas Crash Data Reporting
37. Evidenced-Based Decision Making Guidance for Bypass and Widening Projects
38. Vehicle Class Seasonal Factor Groups for ARDOT Traffic Information Systems
Special Projects
FY 2018 Problem Statements
Maintenance
1. Cost Effective, Portable and Simplified Tool for Health Monitoring of Vertical Structure
4. Development of Metal Pipes Corrosion Maps for Arkansas
16. Implementation of pre-stressed CFRP fatigue retrofits for cracked steel bridge connections
25. Developing a Bridge Anti-icing System Using Renewable Energy
31. Recessed Pavement Striping
37. Investigating adverse impacts of road deicers on pavement materials
Materials
18. Scaled Design of Foundations
19. Conducting Water Quality Testing for Highway Construction Specifications
28. ASR Behavior during Accelerated Bar Test Periods
33. Mapping subsurface conditions for transportation applications
35. Developing Subgrade Stabilization and Improvement Procedures in Arkansas Using Fly Ash
Pavements
3. Evaluation and Prevention of Longitudinal Cracks in Asphalt Pavements
5. Utilizing Intelligent Compaction as a Construction Tool to Make Durable pavements in Arkansas
7. Compaction of Asphalt Mixtures: From the Lab to the Field
9. Field Evaluation of Full-Depth Reclamation
10. Performance-Based Asphalt Mixture Design (PBD) for Arkansas
29. Evaluating Pavement Distress with Revised Arkansas Truck Loadings
Planning
2. Access Management Implementation
8. Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Estimation for Local Roads
23. Truck Parking Project Prioritization to Ease Overcrowding
24. Evaluation of WIM Auto-Calibration Practices and Parameters
34. Understanding the Resilience of the Arkansas Transportation Network
36. Cost-Benefit Analysis of Alternative Traffic-Incident-Management Strategies
Special Projects
11. Evaluation of A+C Bidding – Risks and Rewards
21. Use of Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for AHTD procedures
32. Small Scale Renewable Energy Installations (REIs)
38. The Use of UAVs (Drones) for Transportation Applications
39. Examining Cement Treated Bases and Low-Cost Overlays to Provide Overnight Truck Parking