FHWA Resource Center

PAVEMENT AND MATERIALS TEAM

The Resource Center Pavement and Materials Technical Service Team offers a complete range of services to the transportation community at State, local, and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Division Offices across the United States, covering all States and 6 territories. The focus areas of the Pavement and Materials Team include the following:

• Optimize Pavement Design, Materials, and Evaluation for Performance.
• Advance Quality Systems--develop and deploy full range of new tools to assure quality and performance of pavement projects, and deliver next generation quality systems.
• Enhance User Satisfaction--through reduced congestion and safer pavement surface characteristics.
• Technical Capability Building-qualified, equipped workforce to assure quality of Federal-aid pavement and materials.
• Environmental Steward-promote use of recycled materials and processes that provide quality pavement materials.

The team also works to successfully engage academia and public-private-partnerships to form a more effective solution to pavement and materials needs. The Pavement and Materials Team has been actively engaged around the Nation, providing a full range of specialized technical advice, training, and services to help improve our transportation infrastructure.

Mission: To Provide Timely and High Quality Technical Information on Highway Pavement and Material Issues

Who We Serve and Partner With

• FHWA Division Offices, FHWA Pavement & Materials Program Staff Pavement engineers, Leadership/management
• State DOTs throughout the Nation, including Puerto Rico , and District of Columbia (DC), and District of Columbia (DC)
• Pavement Design and Materials engineers, management/directors, district and county chief engineers
• Private sector, contractors, consultants
• Academia

Services We Provide

• Assistance and Expertise.
  Offer technical assistance and expertise in pavement and materials related technology, projects, and programs.
• Materials Expertise and Training.
  SUPERPAVE; Portland Cement Concrete (PCC); Asphalt Concrete (SUPERPAVE); Specifications: Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA); Mechanistic-Empirical Design Guide (MEPDG).
• Pavement Management and Design Expertise and Training
  Mechanistic and Empirical Pavement Design Guide (MEPDG) procedures; Pavement Management System; Preventative Maintenance; Research; QC/QA program; Life Cycle Costs Analysis; Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP)LTPP; Equipment; Pavement Smoothness measurement.
  

Benefits

As we provide services throughout the Nation, we compile data and findings that can help you achieve the results you need. Our broad scope and knowledge in the Pavement and Materials industry, as we work with our partners, also will be an added value to aid you in meeting your needs. We are always exploring cutting edge and innovative methods: tools, technology, knowledge, and information that can help improve your program.

Your Resource for Pavement and Materials!

Listed below are the Resource Center Pavement and Materials Experts. Please e-mail or call the Team Manager or one of the team Specialists.

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Team Manager

Thomas Harman
(biography)
Pavement and Materials Technical Service Team Manager
10 South Howard Street Suite 4000
Baltimore, MD 21201
Ph: (410) 962-0134
Fax: (410) 962-3655
tom.harman@dot.gov

Program Assistant

Marlene Eichner
(biography)
Program Assistant
10 South Howard Street Suite 4000
Baltimore, MD 21201
Ph: (410) 962-1890
Fax: (410) 962-4586
marlene.eichner@dot.gov

Team Members	Specialty Area(s)
Michael Arasteh (biography) Pavements and Materials Engineer 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-0678 Fax: (410) 962-3655 michael.arasteh@dot.gov	Flexible and rigid Pavements design, construction, and Maintenance. Hot Mix Asphalt Longitudinal Joints Best Practices. FHWA Multi-Million Dollar Project Technical Representative AOTR. Materials (Aggregates, HMA, WMA, and PCC). New technologies and deployment. Materials recycling (FDR, CIR, and HIR) and green initiatives. Technical Training. Quality Assurance (QA) procedures and Technician Certification.
Stephen Cooper (biography) Pavement Engineer 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-0629 Fax: (410) 962-3655 stephen.J.cooper@dot.gov	Asphalt and Concrete Pavement Materials and Construction Quality Assurance (QA) procedures, and Technician Certification Pavement Management Pavement Preservation HMA Compaction Best Practices
Dennis Dvorak (biography) Senior Pavement and Materials Engineer 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 Ph: (708) 283-3542 Fax: (708) 283-3501 dennis.dvorak@dot.gov	Quality Assurance Asphalt and Concrete Pavement Construction
Joseph Huerta (biography) Transportation Specialist 1310 North Courthouse Road Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22201 Ph: (703) 235-0519 Fax: joseph.huerta@dot.gov	Infrastructure Pavement Management Accelerated Pavement Construction Technologies Pavement Preservation Technologies Pavement Subsurface Drainage
Andrew Mergenmeier (biography) Pavement and Materials Engineer 10 South Howard Street Suite 4000 Baltimore, MD 21201 Ph: (410) 962-0091 Fax: (410) 962-3655 andy.mergenmeier@dot.gov	Materials Acceptance Programs Pavement Construction and Design
Steve Mueller (biography) Pavement and Materials Engineer 12300 West Dakota Avenue Suite 340 Lakewood, CO 80228 Ph: (720) 963-3213 Fax: (720) 963-3232 steve.mueller@dot.gov	HMA Pavement, Materials, Construction, and Maintenance Pavement Management Pavement Preservation Asset Management Pavement Recycling Provision of training assistance for HMA, PMS, and Pavement Preservation
Bob Orthmeyer (biography) Senior Pavement Engineer 4749 Lincoln Mall Drive Suite 600 Matteson, IL 60443 Ph: (708) 283-3533 Fax: (708) 283-3501 robert.orthmeyer@dot.gov	Construction Pavements Pavement Management Asset Management
Luis Rodriguez (biography) Senior Pavement and Materials Engineer 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3681 Fax: (404) 562-3700 luis.rodriguez@dot.gov	Pavement Management Systems Pavement Preservation Asset Amanagement
Chris Wagner (biography) Pavement and Materials Engineer 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 17T26 Atlanta, GA 30303 Ph: (404) 562-3693 Fax: (404) 562-3700 christopher.wagner@dot.gov	Hot Mix Asphalt Design and Construction Safety Edge Technology Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Asphalt Quality Acceptance and Specifications

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