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Back to SearchEpisode 46: Ways to improve winter resilience of roads
Season 4 Episode 46
What are some key elements to improve winter resilience of roads to severe winter conditions? In 2020 Mark Corbin, Highways Key Route Network Manage…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 45: Qualified Product List for Deicing Chemicals
Season 4 Episode 45
How do maintenance managers know what’s in deicing chemicals and do they meet the specifications? Many years ago a group of states in the pacific no…
5 years, 4 months ago
Episode 44: Let's break the ice
Season 4 Episode 44
There are many different alternative methods and equipment available to perform winter maintenance. In this episode Jed Falgren and Jeff Perkins fro…
5 years, 5 months ago
Episode 43: What's new in FHWA Road Weather Management?
Season 4 Episode 43
The Federal Highway Administration Road Weather Management Program plays an important role in winter maintenance across the nation. Contributing sig…
5 years, 7 months ago
Episode 42: Whats up with the weather?
Season 4 Episode 42
What is El Nino and how do the trade winds influence the weather on the east coast? We’ve all heard the terms atmospheric rivers, the polar vortex, S…
5 years, 8 months ago
Episode 41: Latest word on alternate methods for deicing
Season 4 Episode 41
There are many different alternative methods and equipment available to perform winter maintenance. In this episode Laura Fay from the Western Trans…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 40: Smart Salting for Sustainability
Season 4 Episode 40
Having sustainable winter maintenance practices is one of the Top 10 things for a world class winter maintenance program. Environmental consideratio…
5 years, 9 months ago
Episode 39: Covid impacts on maintenance operations
Season 4 Episode 39
The Covid pandemic has dramatically altered the way we do business and maintenance has not been immune. In this episode we’re having a discussion wi…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 38: Winter service by contract
Season 4 Episode 38
In this episode of SICOP Talks Winter Ops were visiting with Frank Rizzardo, President of Emcon Services, an employee owned construction company, wit…
5 years, 10 months ago
Episode 37: RWIS - How many and where?
Season 3 Episode 37
Road Weather Information Systems or RWIS provides invaluable data about road weather and the real-time condition of the roadway during winter events.…
6 years ago