New Member Orientation

2020 COMP Virtual Annual Meeting

What is AASHTO?

• Nonprofit, non-partisan association, founded 1914• Members include:

• Transportation departments of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

• 50 Associate Members from Federal, State, and Local agencies and other countries

• Covers all modes: Aviation, Rail, Highways, Transit, Water, and Active Transportation

2019 - 2020 AASHTO Leadership

Patrick K. McKennaPresident

Missouri Departmentof Transportation

Victoria SheehanVice President

New Hampshire Department of Transportation

Scott BennettSecretary-Treasurer

Arkansas Department of Transportation

Jim TymonExecutive Director

Committee Structure

Agency Administration

Internal and External Audit

Human Resources

Civil RightsKnowledge Management

Safety

Funding and Finance

Performance-Based

Management

Communications

Data Management and

Analytics

Transportation System Security and Resilience

Planning Environment and Sustainability DesignDesign

Bridges and Structures

Traffic Engineering

Right of Way and Utilities

Materials and Pavements Construction Maintenance

Transportation System

Operations

Rail

Water

Public Transportatio

n

Active Transportatio

n

Transportation Policy Forum

AviationHighways and

Streets

Program Delivery and Operations Committees:

Enterprise/Cross-Discipline Committees:

Administration Committees:

Special Committees: Strategic Management

Committee

Executive Committee

Board of Directors

Councils::

Policy Bodies:

AASHTOWare

Research and Innovation

Freight

Approved, Board of Directors 11-15-16CHS

COMP

• Committee On Materials & Pavements - formerly Subcommittee on Materials (SOM)

• Now also includes the Pavements group, formerly JTCoP• Provides a forum for the development and exchange of

information related to materials testing, specification, and performance; and pavement design, testing, and management.

• Responsible for developing and maintaining 525+ materials testing standards, specifications, and practices.

What is COMP?

Glossary• Committee – refers to the state-appointed voting & non-voting members

• Technical Subcommittee (TS) (aka “Tech Section”) – a subgroup of the committee focused on one material type or grouping. May include states, industry, academia, FHWA…

• Reconfirmation Ballot – a ballot containing standards that have not been revised or officially reviewed in 4 years.

• TS ballot – a ballot circulated to only TS members as the first step in revising, adopting, or deleting a standard

• COMP ballot – a ballot, after having passed a TS vote, circulated to the Committee. The second step in revising, adopting, or deleting a standard

• Concurrent ballot – a single ballot that is circulated to the TS and COMP at the same time

• Task Force – a temporary grouping of members assigned to investigate or resolve a specific issue

• Steward – an individual or state responsible for reviewing and proposing updates to a specific standard

StructureSteering

Committee

Committee (COMP)

1a – Soil & Unbound Recycled

Materials

5d – Pavement Design

4c – Markings and Coatings

4a – Concrete Drainage

Structures

4f - Metals5c – Quality

Assurance and Environmental

2a – Emulsified Asphalts

2b – Liquid Asphalt

1c -Aggregates

2c – Asphalt –Aggregate Mixtures

4b – Flexible and Metallic Pipe

4d – Safety Devices

2d –Proportioning of Asphalt Mixtures

3c – Hardened Concrete

5b – Bridge and Pavement

preservation

5a – Pavement Measurement and

Performance Measures

3b – Fresh Concrete

1b – Geotechnical Exploration,

Instrumentation, Stabiliaztion, and Field

Testing

4e – Joint, Bearings, and Geosynthetics

3a – Hydraulic Cement and Lime

Technical Subcommittees

Members• Voting – each state gets 1 voting member per group or subgroup

• Voting member is the person who can cast the official vote for the state• Committee level voting member must be appointed by executive level leadership• Different levels can have different voting members. Check status at

https://materials.transportation.org/membership/

• Non-voting – state members still participating in the TS but do not carry a vote.

• Non-voting members also include FHWA, industry, academia, AASHTO staff, TRB…

• Ex-officio – FHWA (non-voting)

• Friends – members of industry, academia, other associations• Up to one friend per organization• May not vote but is invited to weigh in on ballot items

Publications• Each Technical Subcommittee responsible for standards within its own

scope• TS’s are grouped into 3 publications groups with staggered schedule

• Schedule of balloting• Proposed revisions• TS ballot (simple majority)• COMP ballot (2/3 majority)• Technical review

Pubs Schedule

What to expect this virtual meeting

• Working meetings – no concurrent meetings in a virtual setting

• Opportunities to meet subject matter experts from other states, private industry, and academia

• Please use the platform tools available to engage!

• Don’t be afraid to volunteer and get involved

Have a great 2 weeks!

Your Mission:• Join a technical subcommittee• Become a steward of a standard• Join a task force• Participate in meeting discussions. Share your thoughts and

knowledge.• Talk to other attendees!• Share what you have learned when you go home!

Introductions –Welcome!

• Name

• State or organization represented

What to expect this week

• Working meetings – no concurrent meetings in a virtual setting

• Opportunities to meet subject matter experts from other states, private industry, and academia

• Peer exchange and presentations

• Some of the best discussion happens in the hallway!