Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

The Center for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE) is the CCEE department’s partner for transportation education, research, and outreach. Two recently completed projects demonstrate CTRE’s emphasis on communications and technology transfer.

Toolbox to Address Safety and Operations on School Grounds and Public Streets Adjacent to Elementary and Middle Schools in Iowa. Associate Professor Shauna Hallmark’s study identified transportation safety issues and provided recommended solutions at existing Iowa school sites through on-site observations, traffic data collection, and interviews with schools, law enforcement, and traffic engineers. The manual won the 2006 Distinguished Technical Communication Award from the Society for Technical Communication. Learn more at www.ctre.iastate.edu/reports/school_zone.pdf.

Integrated Materials and Construction Practices for Concrete Pavement: A State-of-the-Practice Manual (IMCP manual). The product of a multiyear Federal Highway Administration-sponsored effort, the 350-page manual is a textbook, quick reference, and troubleshooting guide all in one. A Michigan practitioner even called it “one of the best concrete pavement technical documents developed in the last 15 years.” Nearly 6,000 copies have been distributed nationally, and a reprinting is planned. Tom Cackler (BSCE 1969), CTRE associate director for construction research and advanced technology; Dale Harrington (Construction Technology 1964), director of the Portland Cement Concrete Pavement Technology Center housed at CTRE; and Marcia Brink (MA English 1992), CTRE communications manager, developed the manual. For more information, visit www.cptechcenter.org/publications/imcp.