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• Design
• Environmental
• Geotechnical
• Hydraulics
• Pavements
• Safety
• Structures

Design

• Autodesk for Project Delivery

Environmental

• Energy – Rest Area Wind Turbine for Supplemental Power

Animal–Vehicle Conflicts

• Streiter-Lite Animal Warning Reflector System

Erosion and Weed Control

• GeoRidge Erosion Control Permeable Ditch Berm
• Recycled Plastic Guardrail Mats for Erosion and Weed Control

Geotechnical

• Cement Treated Base
• Emulsified Asphalt Treated Aggregate (EATA) Base
• Paving Fabrics to Mitigate Transverse Cracking
• RoaDrain Geocomposite for Added Subsurface Drainage
• Tencate-Mirifi MPV400 Polypropylene Nonwoven Geotextile

Hydraulics

• A2000 Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Irrigation Line
• High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Culverts
• MacDonald Pass Culvert Rehabilitation
• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Lateral and Storm Drains
• Ribbed Aluminum Box Culvert (ABC)
• Sprayroq-SprayWall Polyurethane Applied Lining for Culvert Rehabilitation

Pavements

• 3/8" Asphalt Cement (AC) Placement with no Chip Seal (CS)
• Condon North & South Void Reducing Asphalt Membrane (VRAM)
• Crack Sealing Milled Asphalt Pavement Prior To Overlay
• Crafco Mastic One
• Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Cement (FRAC)
• Jointbond Asphalt Joint Stabilizer
• Kwik Bond PPC 1121 Polyester Polymer Concrete (PPC) Overlay
• Plant Mix Seal (PMS) on Concrete Pavement Dowel Retrofit
• Centerline Rumble Strip (CLRS)
• Sinusoidal Centerline Rumble Strip (SCLRS)
• T15 Base One Soil Stabilization

Cold in Place Recycling

• Avon North and Devil's Dip
• Fairfield North & South
• Fort Benton – Geraldine
• Fort Benton North & South
• Hays North
• Red Lodge North
• Two Medicine Bridge East

Pavement Markings

• Edge-line Pavement Markings on Rumble Strips
• Hot Laid Thermoplastic Pavement Markings Preparations
• Evaluation of Durable Traffic Pavement Marking Tape (PMT)
• Evaluation of Epoxy and Urethane Modified Pavement Markings
• Urethane Epoxy Pavement Markings
• Wet–reflective Bead Technology Pavement Marking

Pavement Surface Treatments

• Chip Seal as Interlayer to Retard Reflective Cracking
• Chip Seal Emulsion Field Comparison
• Fog Seal over Chip Seal (FSCS) Applications
• High Friction Surface Treatments (HFSTs)
• Warm Mix Asphalt Paving

Traffic

• Urban Traffic Counters

Whitetopping

• Glendive
• Great Falls
• Kalispell

Safety

• Automated Bridge Deck Anti-icing System
• Barrier Reflector Durability Study
• Crash Attenuator – Smart Cushions Innovations (SCI) 100GM Crash Attenuator
• Evaluation of TD5200 Boomerang and The Flexi–Guide FG 300 UR Reboundable Surface Mount Delineators for Centerline Two–Way, Two–Lane Traffic Control
• High Friction Surface Treatments (HFSTs)
• Kwik Bond PPC 1121 Polyester Polymer Concrete (PPC) Overlay
• Sinusoidal Centerline Rumble Strip (SCLRS)

Animal–Vehicle Conflicts

• Electric Wildlife Deterrent Mat (EWDM) Evaluation
• Streiter–Lite Animal Warning Reflector System

Detectable Warning Devices (DWD)

• Asphalt Pavement
• Concrete Pavement

Fencing

• Snow Fence Fiber–reinforced Polymer (FRP)
• Stay–Tuff Woven Fence

Pavement Markings

• Edge-line Pavement Markings on Rumble Strips
• Hot Laid Thermoplastic Pavement Markings Preparations
• Evaluation of Epoxy and Urethane Modified Pavement Markings
• Urethane Epoxy Pavement Markings
• Wet–reflective Bead Technology Pavement Marking

Signage

• Break–Out Square Post Breakaway System
• Square Sign Omni Directional Slip Base
• TAPCO Sequential Dynamic Curve Warning System
• Trailer–mounted Radar Speed Display for use in Work Zones

Structures

• Automated Bridge Deck Anti-icing System
• Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) IBS Technology
• High Friction Surface Treatments (HFSTs)
• High Performance Concrete (HPC) Bridge Deck
• Kwik Bond PPC 1121 Polyester Polymer Concrete (PPC) Overlay
• PavePrep Waterproof Membrane – Bridge Deck
• Sacrificial Osterberg Cell (O-Cell) To Confirm Load Design
• Shrinkage Reducing Admixture (SRA) and Synthetic Polyolefin Fibers (SPF) to Mitigate Early Age Bridge Deck Cracking
• Trail Creek Structures/Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC)