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AASHTO Committees are comprised of volunteers from member agencies. These Committees are tasked with the development of various standards, guidelines, specifications, and other publications on behalf of AASHTO. Often, these documents become the groundwork for the AASHTOWare software. Below are the Committees related to the AASHTOWare products.

AASHTOWare Project

Technical Committee on Cost Estimating

The objective of this technical committee is to provide a focal point and working group to review, develop, and recommend AASHTO’s positions on cost estimating and risk-based estimating for Transportation Projects. Additionally, the objective includes sharing the information with a wider audience at a national level. Furthermore, this assignment includes formulating new and revised criteria to keep cost estimating standards, policies, and guidelines current.

For more information, go to: https://transportation.org/design/technical-committees/cost-estimating/

Committee on Construction

The Committee shall prepare, publish, and keep current guide specifications for construction; coordinate the practices of the several Member Departments regarding construction procedures and operate a forum for the exchange of information regarding such procedures; and effect liaison with other operating committees in a concerted effort to reduce construction cost, promote quality in construction, provide coordinated plans and specifications, mitigate traffic impacts, advocate environmental sensitivity in construction, promote safety for both the construction workers and the traveling public, encourage economical electronically supported business practices for construction related programs, and promote the best practices for administering construction contracts with all stakeholders. It shall identify and report to its parent standing committee on any federal regulatory mandates of national concern. Each Member Department shall be entitled to membership thereon.

To ensure consistency and the best thinking of the Association, the committee shall work cooperatively, as appropriate, with other technical subcommittees.

For more information, go to: https://transportation.org/construction/

Committee on Materials and Pavements

The Committee on Materials and Pavements shall provide a forum for the development and exchange of information related to materials testing, specification, and performance; and pavement design, testing, and management.  The committee shall develop and maintain: technical specifications for materials used in the construction and maintenance of all transportation facilities including highways, bridges, and structures; guides, policies, and standards for the quality, design, rehabilitation, testing, and management of pavements and shoulders; specifications for standard methods of sampling and testing such materials and other items incident to construction, maintenance, operation, and quality of such facilities; and information on the performance of special products evaluated by member departments.  The committee shall also oversee the operation of AASHTO re:source and, where appropriate, promote the use of new materials and develop and recommend methods of testing for such materials.

For more information, go to: https://transportation.org/materials/

Committee on Civil Rights

The committee shall work cooperatively with the Association’s Member Departments and as appropriate with other committees, agencies, and external organizations to foster uniform and effective application of civil rights programs. This includes researching and evaluating the effectiveness of civil rights programs and reporting findings of issues, as well as sharing any best practices, to Member Departments on programs such as Disadvantaged Business Enterprise, Equal Employment Opportunity, On-The-Job Training, Non-Discrimination (Title VI), Americans with Disabilities Act and Supportive Services.

When solicited, it shall make recommendations and render advice to the President and staff of the Association, and to other committees as to courses of action which they may follow to assure compliance with civil rights laws and regulations in their respective areas. The committee shall also establish and maintain outreach efforts to other transportation organizations with similar interests.

The committee shall identify and report to its parent Committee on any federal regulatory mandates of national concern. Each Member Department shall be entitled to membership thereon.

For more information, go to: https://transportation.org/civil-rights/

AASHTOWare Bridge

The Committee on Bridges and Structures shall provide a forum for the development and exchange of information related to materials testing, specification, and performance; and bridge design, testing, and management. The committee shall develop and maintain: technical specifications for materials used in the construction and maintenance of all transportation facilities including highways, bridges, and structures; guides, policies, and standards for the quality, design, rehabilitation, testing, and management of all kinds of bridges and structures; specifications for standard methods of sampling and testing such materials and other items incident to construction, maintenance, operation, and quality of such facilities; and information on the performance of special products evaluated by member departments. The committee shall also oversee the operation of AASHTO resource and, where appropriate, promote the use of new materials and develop and recommend methods of testing for such materials.

For more information, go to: https://transportation.org/bridges/

AASHTOWare Pavement

The Joint Technical Committee on Pavements has been combined with the AASHTO Subcommittee on Materials. It is now known as the Committee on Materials and Pavements.

The Committee on Materials and Pavements shall provide a forum for the development and exchange of information related to materials testing, specification, and performance; and pavement design, testing, and management. The committee shall develop and maintain: technical specifications for materials used in the construction and maintenance of all transportation facilities including highways, bridges, and structures; guides, policies, and standards for the quality, design, rehabilitation, testing, and management of pavements and shoulders; specifications for standard methods of sampling and testing such materials and other items incident to construction, maintenance, operation, and quality of such facilities; and information on the performance of special products evaluated by member departments. The committee shall also oversee the operation of AASHTO re:source and, where appropriate, promote the use of new materials and develop and recommend methods of testing for such materials.

For more information, go to: https://transportation.org/materials/

AASHTOWare Safety User Experience Committee

The Committee on Safety shall focus on the advancement of multidisciplinary approaches to eliminating crashes, particularly those resulting in traffic fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads in the United States and in locations where roads interact with other modes. The committee shall serve as the technical and policy resource on transportation systems safety for AASHTO, and in this role will coordinate with other Association committees and support Member Departments’ safety performance initiatives. The AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan shall guide the activities of the Committee on Safety. Members should come from both policy and technical levels within the Member Departments, and will represent the multidisciplinary approach to safety performance, including experience in engineering, enforcement, education, emergency medical service or incident response, and the use of data-driven safety evaluation, analysis and diagnosis to identify and address the need to reduce crashes. Primary focus areas of the Committee shall be strategic safety planning, programs and policies, road and facility users, effective countermeasures, safety performance and data analysis and evaluation, workforce development, research, and local road safety. The Committee will coordinate with other AASHTO committees and external organizations on issues of joint interest, such as workforce development, data, and operations. The main functions of the committee will include research exchange of information on current practices, and implementation of new strategies and practices, and research results. Key themes of committee discussions and initiatives will include innovation and technology, performance measures, safety culture and multidisciplinary partnerships that accelerate progress toward goals. The Committee intends to address safety issues on non-highway modes as needed, and may establish subcommittees to focus on these modes.

For more information, go to: https://transportation.org/safety/

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