Description: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) – Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) Innovation Day Background: The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) mission is to enable and empower the strengthening of a world-class highway system that promotes safety, mobility, and economic growth, while enhancing the quality of life of all Americans. Within FHWA, Federal Lands Highways (FLH) is enabled and entrusted to administer many different programs and types of funds to facilitate transportation improvements for our many Federal Land Management Agency (FLMA) Partners such as: the National Park Service (NPS); USDA Forest Service (FS); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS); Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Tribal Governments; Bureau of Land Management (BLM); Department of Defense (DOD); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); and the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). What FLH Does: Since the early 1900's, FLH has assisted its FLMA partners in the design and construction of aesthetically pleasing and environmentally sensitive highway and bridge projects. This includes the original planning, design and construction of many roads and bridges within our National Parks and National Forests. FLH delivers projects through strong project management from inception to completion, working closely and coordinating constantly with our partners to facilitate delivery. To ensure successful delivery, FLH must apply innovative and diverse solutions to the unique projects we undertake. Context sensitivity, a design philosophy ingrained in our culture, is critical to meeting the unique missions, values and needs of our partners and the public. The FLH works with its partners to build roads and bridges that meet the transportation community's standards while balancing, respecting, and protecting the resources in which they are located. FLH Vision: A safe, reliable, equitable, and resilient transportation system for all those accessing Federal and Tribal Lands. FLH Mission: We deliver innovative and context sensitive transportation solutions in alignment with our partners’ missions and values. Within FLH, Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) serves the transportation engineering needs of FLMAs in 31 eastern states including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. EFLHD actively administers the survey, design, and construction of FLMAs roads and bridges. In addition, EFLHD provides traffic monitoring services, the road inventory program, asset management, pavement management systems, and bridge inspection services throughout the United States and territories. Invitation/Notice: EFLHD cordially invites interested companies to virtually present innovative transportation products, solutions, techniques, tools, or processes in the following areas: Highway Design Project Management Construction Engineering Support Geotechnical Pavements Hydraulics Safety and Traffic Survey and Mapping Utilities Materials Bridge: Design, Inspection or Management Road Inventory Planning Environmental Compliance Date: Thursday, February 8th, 2024 Time: 8:00am – 4:15pm Platform: Microsoft Teams How To Apply: To apply via email, please submit a maximum of three (3) pages write up describing the company; the innovative transportation product, solution, technique, tool, or process; and how it will benefit EFLHD’s projects by Wednesday, January 17th, 2024, by 5:00 PM EDT to
[email protected] with the subject “Application for the EFLHD Innovation Day” attention to Kaela Mattson. Applications will be reviewed and selected by a panel. Selectees will be notified by Thursday, January 18th, 2024. Important Details About The Event: Presenters will have 30 minutes for the presentation and 15 minutes for questions and/or discussion. We have other presenters the same day. To be respectful of everyone’s time, please make sure to log in 10 minutes prior to your assigned time and ensure you do not extend more than 45 minutes. Agenda with more details will be provided. Selectees are expected to send a copy of the presentation in a PDF format by Thursday, January 25th, 2024, to
[email protected] for approval with the subject “Presentation for the EFLHD Innovation Day” and be available for a dry run before the event. Your audience will be EFLHD staff (subject matter experts in the areas mentioned in the invitation/notice section above) willing to learn new innovative ways to complete projects faster and more efficiently, increasing quality, and/or saving money. Presenters cannot attend others company’s presentations. Questions about the event can be send to the attention of Kaela Mattson to
[email protected] with the subject “Questions about the EFLHD Innovation Day.”